Tag: TOPEKA

Share A month ago, the mayor of Topeka, Kansas changed the city's name (temporarily) to 'Google, Kansas' in a bid to become one of the test beds for the company's Fiber for Communities project. The search giant responded in kind today; visiting Google.com will reveal a change in names from 'Google' to 'Topeka.' The April Fool's Day-obsessed Web giant posted a lengthy explanation on its ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Glenn Beck's increasingly inflammatory methods of inspiring viewer hysteria are taking a serious toll on the show's advertising possibilities. According to the Washington Post, more than 200 prominent companies are boycotting Beck's rhetoric, and Apple is actually avoiding FOX News as a whole. But, maybe that's what happens when ...

Hoping to be selected as test sites for Google's upcoming high-speed fiber network, many cities have launched weird viral campaigns. According to an Associated Press report, Google set the nomination deadline for March 26th, and will announce the winners by the end of the year. Sascha Meinrath, director of the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative, told the AP that Google wants ...

Share If you search for "Google" on Google Maps, you'll find a lot of dots around San Francisco and other parts of the world. You won't, however, find many in Kansas. All that's about to change, though, thanks to a radical move from one Kansan mayor. Bill Bunten, the mayor of Topeka, Kansas, has signed a proclamation that officially changes the city's name to Google... for the month of March, ...