From the news source:
"There's a "Wizard of Oz" joke to be made here: The city of Topeka, Kansas has unofficially changed its name to "Google" in an attempt to get on the Mountain View tech giant's radar as a test bed for new fiber-optic technology that would bring it Internet connections at top speed.
The Topeka Capital-Journal wrote that Mayor Bill Bunten signed a proclamation Monday that designates the town as "Google" for the duration of March
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http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20100302/namechang.png |
As stupid as it is to do this, it would be really cool to say you lived in Google lol
Also loving the fact they changed the name to "ToPikachu" in 1998 :P |
There is a place called "Bing" in Montana. It would be funny if it was selected for Google's "Fiber for Communities" project.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bing&sll=45.912944,-108.468018&sspn=6.084603,6.514893&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bing,+Ravalli,+Montana&t=h&ll=46.44247,-114.084263&spn=0.048558,0.050898&z=14 |
Apparently some politicians felt bored, and wanted to entertain themself and the people there. |
