Itamar Kestenbaum

Google just came out with an awesome feature that lets you personalize your Google.com experience. And you don’t need to bother with all the iGoogle crap that came with the old version of “customizable background” – let’s face it, we didn’t need another dashboard.

Google’s logo today is a Pac Man screen that spells out Google. That’s not extraordinary. What is amazing is the fact that when you click on the Google Logo today, you can actually PLAY PACMAN!

Here’s what Google had to say about it:

I swear this must be the Year of the Awkward Non-Asked-For-Alternative-User-Interface! Google just came out with Google Reader Play – an alternative view for Google reader that allows you to flip through all of the top news you might be interested in. As you star articles, it will get smarter and suggest more articles you might like! Wait a minute… I said “flip” – there already IS something like this! It’s called Google FastFlip! Oy vey! Anyway, any new feature is exciting and shiny and new.

Forget Orkut. Okay, don’t forget it – but Google wants you to. Orkut was Google’s crack at a social network a while back, and while it’s popular in Brazil, it never took off that much here.