Overheard in the tech blogosphere » barcode http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard A Whatis.com blog Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Overheard – Today’s Google Doodle is a barcode http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-todays-google-doodle-is-a-barcode/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-todays-google-doodle-is-a-barcode/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:17:23 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/?p=2878 doogle “At Google, we like to reflect the ever changing world of our users through the logo designs on our homepage. These ‘doodles’ celebrate different people, events or special dates. Whenever we change these doodles we receive a lot of public interest.”

Wael Ghonim, as quoted in Doodle your Logo like Google!

Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is X dimension. It’s a term used in barcode technology. Google is celebrating the anniversary of this technology by changing its logo to a barcode today.

If you have a few minutes to spare, take an interesting tour at Google’s museum of Google Doodles. Many of them are location-specific.  Don’t you wish we had a holiday called “Moon Viewing Day” too?

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