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Google Operating System: Google Tests Material Design Mobile Search Interface

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• Google Tests Material Design Mobile Search Interface
• Google's Pac-Man Card
• Knowledge Graph Cards for Video Games

Google Tests Material Design Mobile Search Interface Posted: 25 Oct 2014 02:04 PM PDT Opera Mini had a cool feature: when disabling images, the browser still displayed some placeholders with the dominant colors of the images. Google tests a similar feature for mobile image search: while waiting for the search results to load, placeholders are no longer gray, they use colors from the images. Google also tests a Material Design mobile search interface with fluid animations and smoother interactions. Update: Android Police has more screenshots from a Mechanical Turk account. { via Nedas }

Google's Pac-Man Card Posted: 25 Oct 2014 01:06 PM PDT I'm not sure if this is new, but I thought it's worth mentioning. When searching for [pac man], Google shows a card that links to the doodle from 2010 that celebrated 30 years of Pac-Man. Google doesn't have a card for doodles, so this was manually added. The card has two calls-to-action: "Play PAC-MAN Doodle" and "Click to Play", it includes the source of the doodle: "Google homepage, May 21, 2010", a large promotional image and some copyright information: "PAC-MAN™ & ©1980 NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc." The game plays inline and there's a permalink for the game.

Knowledge Graph Cards for Video Games Posted: 25 Oct 2014 12:35 PM PDT Google's Knowledge Graph cards now include information about video games. You can find all about Pac-Man, Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Candy Crush Saga, Grand Theft Auto, Need for Speed, Minecraft, Halo, Counter-Strike or any other game for mobile devices, desktop computers or consoles. Google shows links to app stores and gaming sites. Cards also include ratings, screenshots, initial release date, developer information, supported platforms, publishers, awards and more. { via +Google }

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