An “easter egg” is an intentional hidden message programmed into websites, games, movies, books, etc. The companies Google, Facebook, and Take Two are best known for integrating Easter eggs into their products. In this case Google has added a couple of Easter eggs to their search engine to get into the holiday spirit.

Research firm Distimo put together a series of posts to find out how many downloads it takes to get to the top of the Apple App Store free app rankings. Just how much does it take a free app to hit the top 10 free apps in the Apple App Store? it would require about 30,000 downloads per day in the U.S. alone. And how about the #2 or #3 top free app? About 200,000-300,000 downloads! That is nuts! [Distimo]

Want to see what Google Earth looks like on 48 screens? I’ll give you a hint: It looks awesome. Above is a video of Google Earth on 48 screens, which covers 40 square meters and almost 100 million pixels. This display was put together in the Paris Center for Architecture and Urbanism. The installation is powered by Google’s Liquid Galaxy software that is used for Google Earth being displayed on multiple displays. The map can be navigated by using four multi-touch displays that allows visitors to pan and pinch and zoom in or zoom out. [UberGizmo]

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has recently acquired supply chain analytics company Emptoris shortly after acquiring DemandTec for $440 million. Emptoris is cloud and on-premise analytics software that is used for procurement and retail supply chain operations. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.

Angela Trimbur had a bad break-up and she decided to cheer herself up by dancing like nobody’s watching in a YouTube video. Trimbur danced to the song “I’m Good. I’m Gone” by Lykke Li at a laundromat in Echo Park, California. This video has gone viral on YouTube by gathering well over 380,000 views since being uploaded on December 11, 2011.

In the video above is a salt-water aquarium that was built inside of an old Xbox 360 console by Spencer Shepard of Blue World Aquariums. The console no longer operates, but the power cable and external supply box is still used to power the aquarium. Shepard removed the inside pieces of the console, cut a viewing window, and then had the tank custom built for fitting the console. Inside of the salt-water aquarium are crabs, shrimp, snails, fish, and live corals. Personally I’m impressed that Shepard was able to find a creative way to use an old Xbox.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) employee Kenton Varda has every geek’s dream house. He has set up his family room in a way that supports LAN gaming for 12 people. Most people have to deal with tons of ethernet cables, power cables, and extension cords to deal with getting a decent LAN gaming party together. Kenton had custom cabinets built to hide all of these wires. How much did it cost him to build the ultimate LAN gaming room? About$40,000 to set-up six stations spread over two rooms. [Engadget and Kenton's Blog]

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp (TYO:4901) has agreed to acquire SonoSite Inc. for around $995 million. The acquisition included a debt owed to note holders. This expands the range of imaging products used in medicine.