Gloria E. Anzaldúa Google doodle marks 75th birthday of ‘Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza’ writer

Born in South Texas, Anzaldúa was American and Mexican and lived her life embracing both sides of her cultural background.

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When it ‘can’t answer that,’ Alexa begins recommending third-party skills

The move appears to be an attempt to broaden the device’s utility and better compete with Google’s search capabilities.

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Google’s Great American Eclipse 2017 doodle offers fun facts about today’s big event

In addition to offering tips on how best to view and photograph today’s eclipse, the doodle leads to a search for “solar eclipse science.”

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Google is bringing the funk with a doodle & digital turntable marking the birth of Hip Hop music

“Hip Hop was disruptive,” says YouTube’s head of music. “It shows that people in any situation have the ability to create something powerful and meaningful.”

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Report: Customer satisfaction with search drops, in social Google+ beats Facebook

ACSI rankings are based on survey of nearly 5,000 US consumers.

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Marshall McLuhan Google doodle pays tribute to ‘The medium is the message’ media theorist

In his 1962 book “Understanding Media,” McLuhan argued that the way people receive information is more important than the information being received.

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