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Date: Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 1:07 PM
Subject: Google Operating System: Christmas Easter Egg in Google Translate
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Google Operating System: Christmas Easter Egg in Google Translate

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• Christmas Easter Egg in Google Translate
• Search Card for Google Trends
• Google Knowledge Graph Links to Online Music Services
• Google's Music Video Card Shows Lyrics

Christmas Easter Egg in Google Translate Posted: 25 Dec 2014 02:20 PM PST Google Translate has a cool Easter Egg for Christmas: when translating "Happy holidays" or "Santa Claus", Google shows an image of Santa Claus and links to Google's Santa Tracker. { Thanks, Emanuele Bartolomucci. }

Search Card for Google Trends Posted: 25 Dec 2014 11:06 PM PST When searching for [2014], Google shows a card with the top 5 trending topics from your country in 2014. You can click "Explore 2014 trending topics" to find other popular searches or pick a different country. There's also a "global" option that shows the worldwide trending searches. It's the first time when Google Zeitgeist is displayed in Google Search. As Google explains, "search statistics are automatically generated based on the billions of searches conducted on Google," so it makes sense to place them next to Google's search results.

Google Knowledge Graph Links to Online Music Services Posted: 25 Dec 2014 12:43 PM PST Back in June, Google announced a feature that allowed you to play music in your favorite mobile app directly from Google Search. "When you ask Google about a musician, you can simply tap a link to play their music right in one of your installed apps," explained Google. The feature is only available for Android devices in the US and works with apps like YouTube, Google Play Music, Tunein, Spotify. Google now tests a similar feature that works in desktop browsers and it's still limited to the US. When searching for musicians or bands, Google shows a list of links to services like YouTube, Google Play Music, Tunein. The knowledge graph card includes a section called "available on" that links to the official YouTube channel, the Play Music page and the Tunein artist page.

Google's Music Video Card Shows Lyrics Posted: 25 Dec 2014 11:40 AM PST Google has recently added a search card for lyrics in the US. You can also find the first lyrics of the song if you search for the song's name. Google links to the YouTube music video, shows the album's name, the year when it was released and now also links to a Google Play Store page that includes the song's lyrics and lets you preview the song and buy it. Here's an example: [bjork all is full of love]. Here's what happens when you click the play button: you can listen to a 90-second preview. If the track is shorter than 2min 30sec, the preview is only 30 seconds long.

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