Google Doodle celebrates the 20th anniversary of the search giant

Google has been 20 years old today. And he wants to make sure you know about his birthday.

The search giant Thursday introduced a new playable Google Doodle with "Google" spelled in letter-shaped balloons attached to a stack of gift boxes containing popular searches over the past 20 years.

The doodle is only one of the ways Google celebrates the occasion, which marks two decades of domination in the research sector. The company has grown from a humble beginning as a search engine to the most dominant advertising force. Google now has a parent company, Alphabet, with tentacles that touch everything from autonomous cars to Android mobile software and life extension.

But today, it's all about research. The company has hidden "Easter eggs" in the search engine for you to discover.

If you type "baby", for example, Google will give you a spelling suggestion like "Do you mean: bae? "

The idea is to translate the terms used in 1998 into terms we use in 2018:

mp3 file = music streaming

watch a DVD = streaming subscription

discussion room = group text

how to tell someone you like them = swipe right

page me = new phone, who say?

What is Y2K? = how does cryptocurrency work?

clip art = gif

screen name = social handle

keepin it real = keep 100

gettin 'jiggy wit ce = floss dance

butterfly clip styles = upper node

low-rider pants = how to wear high-waisted pants?

digital pet = spinner fidget

143 = ILYSM

You can also take a visual tour in Street View of the original Google Garage, as was the case in 1998. You will see the room down the hall as the main office space, with things like a blackboard who says "Google World Headquarters" and a Harvard jacket on a chair. You can take a parchment in the space and find other objects like a dinosaur on a computer, tables containing ideas, and so on.

If you find the hatch secret and turn on Google's neon, the virtual garage will change decorations. I've noticed that lava lamps are being added to the desks.

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