Comments on: Google Releases Santa Tracker App, Let the Countdown Begin

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:09:00 +0000

Dear Santa (Google), all I want for Christmas is more Nexus 4 “in stock” so I can freaking buy one

By: sk3litor

sk3litor — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:21:00 +0000

I don’t buy it for a second. That dude has way too many presents with no security to not have some sort of anti tracking device… unless he’s playing ingress. But then they’d still need express written consent and the postage to send those forms to the north pole would be outrageous, even for Google.

By: Tom Ball

Tom Ball — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:21:00 +0000

There’s also a couple of little games on the web version. Cheesey but fun for kids.

By: Raven

Raven — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:17:00 +0000

I think that this is in response to the fact that the official NORAD Santa tracking site has switched from using Google Maps to Bing.
http://slashdot.org/story/12/12/13/208214/google-loses-santa-to-bing

By: Chris Hollenbeck

Chris Hollenbeck — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:35:00 +0000

Very cool. Google still has a human side unlike most of corporations.
My kids and I would watch the Norad Santa Tracker (
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/ ). Would be a good way to get them to sleep. “Santa just flew over the house, maybe he knows that your still awake?). Worked every time.

By: John Jenness

John Jenness — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:15:00 +0000

LOL! The reviews suck because people don’t understand that most of the apps functionality will kick in once Santa takes off! Idiots!

By: Rodeojones000

Rodeojones000 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:59:00 +0000

My kids will love this app.

By: Crapple

Crapple — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:52:00 +0000

Google is going to use pilot-less sleigh and actually fly over all cities…because its Google and they can

By: EvanTheGamer

EvanTheGamer — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:41:00 +0000

Wait…you know Santa personally? Damn. That must be awesome.

By: EvanTheGamer

EvanTheGamer — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:40:00 +0000

Exactly! Google FTW! Again!

By: rohicks

rohicks — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:27:00 +0000

This is awesome

By: KOBALT

KOBALT — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:18:00 +0000

I’m going to stand outside and verify said tracking

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:18:00 +0000

I know right! Not to mention Ingress.

By: SirSoloDolo

SirSoloDolo — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:17:00 +0000

This kind of creativity and fun is why I like Google over Apple. Google isn’t tied up in patent cases so they have free time to make clever silly apps like this

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:16:00 +0000

Sandy Claws?