How to Get Your Very Own Birthday Google Doodle

Whenever Google rolls out one of its quirky homepage redesigns, it's usually in commemoration of some famous event or celebrity birthday. Now, though, the search engine has decided to offer a special birthday doodle to each of its users -- even non-celebrity schmucks like us.

To get your very own birthday doodle surprise, you'll have to first add your birthday to your Google Profile, and make sure that you sign in to the service on your big day. Once you've signed in, you can head over to the Google homepage, where you'll find a festively designed doodle, replete with a cupcake, wrapped virtual gift and streamers. Clicking on the logo will send you to your Google Profile, where you'll find a special message from Google, congratulating you on making it this far without dying. Older users, of course, may not appreciate being reminded of their age, but others will certainly enjoy pretending that they ruled Google's homepage -- even if it's just for one day on one computer.

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Google Apps for Education: over 10 million users in just 4 years

Google Apps for Education has now been helping colleges and universities everywhere begin migrating their students and faculty to the cloud for four years. Just how many students and faculties, you ask? Over 10 million, according to Google's celebratory blog post.

Even more impressive is the fact that Google has added more than two million new users since this May. A 25% increase in about five months? Yeah, that probably calls for foam fingers, beers, and a marching band.

Check out more pictures of what looks like a humdinger of a tailgate party in the official Picasa album. There's also a video after the break!


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