Monday, April 1, 2013

2013 April Fool's Round-up


I've collected some of the better April Fool's posts I've seen this morning. If you see something I've missed, leave it in the comments and I may or may not update with more as the day continues!

Google

Google Nose: "The new scentsation in search"


YouTube - Winner: The contest that has been known as YouTube has officially ended, and now it is time to find the single winning video.



Google Maps - Treasure: Street view divers discovered a treasure map and are sharing it with the world as an emersive layer on Google Maps (complete with ye olde Street Spyglass View)


Gmail - Blue: It's like the old Gmail you love... but blue.


Twitter

Premium vowels: "Starting today, we are shifting to a two-tiered service: Everyone can use our basic service, Twttr, but you only get consonants. For five dollars a month, you can use our premium “Twitter” service which also includes vowels."

Scope

Scope Bacon Mouthwash: Yep.


ThinkGeek

Adventure Time BMO Interactive Buddy: "Powered by your iPad mini, BMO is ready to play video games with you."



Play-Doh 3D Printer: "A great introductory 3D printer for you or your kids."



Bane Mask Walkie Talkie: "With amazing hypercommunication technology, you can command your own League of Shadows!"



Hulu

Fake show ads: Hulu is advertizing fake shows from other real shows like Itchy and Scratchy (The Simpsons), Robin Sparkles (HIMYM), Inspector Spacetime (Community), The Rural Juror (30 Rock), etc.


Virgin Atlantic/ Richard Branson

Glass-bottom plane: "And with an unrivalled view of Scotland I hope this gives Scottish tourism an even bigger boost."



AE

Spray On Jeans: Yep.


US Army

Military working cat program: "The 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), is doing its part to cut down on military spending with the implementation of a new cutting-edge program which will use military working cats to work alongside military police."


Imgur

Upload via Snailmail: "It became evident to us that a more non-traditional type of uploading is necessary to appeal to a broad user base which includes film users, the computer illiterate, and those afraid of radiation from scanners."




William Shatner/George Takei

...to Star in Star Wars Episode VII


Whole Foods

Cattle Cam: "See what your meat eats"


Virgin Mobile

Ultra Fast 4G Pagers: "No contract beeps at the speed of awesome."


SciShow

The Retro-Proto-Turbo-Encabulator: A breaking news report on the scientific breakthrough of... I don't even know.


Rhett and Link

Hilarious fake ads: Don't press the "Skip Ad" button (it's not real anyways!)


Vimeo

Vimeow: "We’ve been building an innovative platform — one that you can sit on and survey your domain; tenderly rub up against; or scratch fervently, as if trying to claw the eyes out of the human who refuses to put more food in your bowl. It’s a place to hide when people come over, and a way to connect with other feral, potentially rabid strays. It’s the home for your cat videos. It’s called Vimeow."


Chris Hadfield (Astronaut on ISS)

UFO Pic: "Orbital debris seems to be on a course moving a bit faster than ISS. I'll try to take more pictures if it swings by."


The New York Times

Times Haiku: "Serendipitous poetry from The New York Times"