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Google: "Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: 1918-2013" on homepage. Reaction: Little fanfare. Apple: "Nelson Mandela: 1918-2013" on homepage with b/w photo. Reaction:

• adamnemecek 13y ago
  Well if nothing else, one is a small line of text, the other is a full page photo. You did notice that right?
• asdfs 13y ago
  Google has a pretty large news presence, and a history of both remarking on notable anniversaries via doodles, and posting relevant news in small text on its home page. It's much more in line with Google's history.
  • philwelch 13y ago
    Apple was honoring people like Mandela since before Google was a company.
    • swang 13y ago
      Okay I'll bite since I don't know this. Like who?
      • ra3 13y ago
        Steve Jobs, of course. ducks
      • bwork 13y ago
        In 2001, when George Harrison died In 2002, when Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize In 2003, when Gregory Hines died In 2005, when Rosa Parks died In 2007, when Al Gore received the Nobel Peace Prize In 2011, when Steve Jobs died http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Different http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Different
        • swang 13y ago
          Google was founded in 1998?
          • bwork 13y ago
            Oops. "Think different" was an advertising slogan for Apple Inc (formerly Apple Computer Inc) in 1997 created by the Los Angeles office of advertising agency TBWA\Chiat\Day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Different http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Different
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• pedalpete 13y ago
  It's about taste. You're comparing a likely barely noticeable line on Google's homepage to a near shill tactic in your face 'look at us we've got Mandela on our homepage'. If Coca-cola started putting Mandela on it's cans, would you be as supportive? They are using the death of an incredible figure as a promotional tool.