Google Doodle for 2012 London Olympics. Live Streaming Available Online and on Mobile

The 2012 London Olympics started is scheduled to start on July 27^th, and already Google has something to honor the much-awaited event with – the Google Doodle, of course. The Google Doodle is scheduled to appear in various local Google sites, and those in the Asia and Pacific region were the first to check out the cute and interesting Doodle, eventually reaching to Google users in the UK and the U.S. The newest Doodle features an adorable cartoonish design featuring five different athletes and five different sporting sports to commemorate the Olympics.

As the 2012 London Olympics commences, moreover, sporting fans will be pleased to know that they can actually watch main competitions online, and even through their mobile devices. NBC is scheduled to stream live footage to web browsers so fans can watch Olympics events unfold in real time. To gain access to these real-time streams, however, online viewers will have to authenticate themselves as a pay TV subscriber, whether through logging into the TV provider’s site or through a viewing pass.

Authentication is really an essential step for anyone to get their needed dose of the 2012 London Olympics anytime and anywhere but once they’re in, they can easily access live coverages and streams almost on any device – whether through NBCOlympics.com, iPad or iPhone or via an Android device. To watch through the iPad of iPhone viewers will need to do so through an app and pass through an authentication process but after that, it’s smooth sailing over to iTunes.

For updates and info on anything related to the London Olympics, there are a slew of apps designed specifically for the job, too. NBC offers another app to give viewers the best event highlights and updates on athlete performances. There’s also the sound-tagging app Shazam and the BuddyTV app that offers a short list of the competitions online.

And if you’re in the mood for some live chatting with fellow Olympics aficionados, there’s the PlayUp –available to iOS mobile devices – app for you.