The 2010 timeline

1. Jan12
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   Google announces "a new approach to China"

   Google revealed that it had been hit by a sophisticated attack from China (Operation Aurora) and said it was no longer willing to censor results on google.cn, setting up its withdrawal from the Chinese search market.

No events recorded for February in this category.

1. Mar22
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   Google stops censoring in China and redirects to Hong Kong

   Google began redirecting google.cn users to its uncensored Hong Kong site, effectively leaving mainland China's search market to Baidu.

No events recorded for April in this category.

1. May21
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   Google's playable Pac-Man doodle

   For Pac-Man's 30th anniversary Google replaced its logo with a playable version of the game, its first interactive doodle. It reportedly cost the world's workers millions of hours.

No events recorded for June in this category.

No events recorded for July in this category.

No events recorded for August in this category.

1. Sep8
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   Google Instant shows results as you type

   Google began displaying search results before users finished typing, claiming it would save two to five seconds per search, and changed how people searched almost overnight.

No events recorded for October in this category.

No events recorded for November in this category.

No events recorded for December in this category.