Google’s April Fools [Hack Your Day]

Google really does come up with the best pranks on April 1st. Most pranks I see around the web and in real life are either quite dull, or are quite evil and over the top. Google manages to balance this somehow and provide us with more charm than we are used to. Last year they had a Gmail Paper prank, which I am ashamed to say I believed. I will try and let myself off the hook by saying that I actually saw it a few days after, so I didn’t suspect, but seriously. this isn’t a bad idea, just wasteful. I mean I have tons of email from my significant other I’d love to archive, although I could of course print it at home.

So another April Fools has come and it’s time for Google gDay, the search engine that searches tomorrow’s news. Lottery numbers, team standings, breaking news, you get it all. My favorite part is the third comment “This is old news. I read about this announcement yesterday on Google”. Hilarious, good job again Google!

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Original post here: Daniel

31 March 2008 | Fun & Games, april fools, google, online apps | Comments