Google is offering its interpretation of the languages of various non-human animals. In a cutesy video filled with odd animal pairs palling around, Google says the message the critters are sending is to "be together, not the same."
The one-minute video has little to do with mobile devices beyond Google using furries, not that kind, to invoke fuzzy feelings among consumers in an effort to promote its Android operating system.
The compilation of cute clips is set to music with Oo-De-Lally, a song from Disney's 1973 animated movie Robin Hood. Check out the video spot here:
For a few quarters now, Twitter has been rolling out parts of its strategy to rein in more of those approximately 500 million logged-out users its says it sees each month. The social network says it sees about 284 million logged-in users each month.
There have been reports that Twitter has come to terms on a deal with Google that would see tweets injected into relevant results on the world's largest search engine. During a call with investors to discuss Twitter's fourth quarter earnings, Dick Costolo, the social network's CEO, confirmed that Twitter and Google have indeed shaken hands on a deal.
"I do want to confirm that we have a relationship that we've agreed to with Google -- I don't have any more details to share about it at this time," stated Costolo.
The deal will see Twitter's fire hose feed embedded into Google search results. Previously, Google had to use its bots to crawl Twitter for bits of Tweets and other content. The deal benefits both parties.
Twitter considers the users who only log in to check on one or two tweets that have gone viral. Google, on the other hand, is looking to expand the content it offers in Search and could strengthen the loyalty of those logged-in Twitter users who use the search engine on occasion.
Google and Twitter's deal is expected to bear fruit at some point in the first half of 2015. So that's enough business -- it's time for more animal videos.
In case the above video spot is just too much cuteness packed into one minute of video, Google has also release bite-sized clips to help people key their "awww" levels in check:
