How’s this for rebranding? Topeka renames itself ‘Google,’ Kansas

In a formal proclamation Monday, Bill Bunten, 79, the mayor of Topeka, Kansas, announced that his city will be known as “Google” for the month of March. “The unusual move,” reports CNN, “comes as several U.S. cities elbow for a spot in Google’s new ‘Fiber for Communities’ program. The Web giant is going to install new Internet connections in unannounced locations, giving those communities Internet speeds 100 times faster than those elsewhere, with data transfer r…