Pin Itemailprint One news anchor over at Fox 5 played a pretty spectacular prank on his co-worker for April Fools. The reporter did a news story on a fake iPad app called “Virtual Sip”, which supposedly allows the user to smell and taste food directly through their iPad. Having convinced his gullible co-worker that she [...]
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Was it just a prank or wasn’t it? Last week, Google got a good laugh with its annual April Fools prank. This year, the search giant “unveiled” a new service called Gmail Motion which would allow users to control their email interface using bodily gestures. Of course, many people were fooled given that this technology [...]
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The BBC has uncovered something extraordinary. Apparently, a new species of penguin has been found. These penguins don’t need to huddle for warmth in the cold, because these penguins can actually FLY. They fly thousands of miles to the South American rain forests every winter when it gets too cold. Truly an astonishing discovery. Watch [...]
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Mozilla has hopped onto the April Fools bandwagon by launching a Firefox extension called “Do Not Fool” that promises to protect users from all those fake news stories generating headlines today… The Web is evolving quickly and so are the ways that practical jokes are disseminated online. Every April Fools’ day, uncountable person-hours are wasted [...]
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Improv Everywhere is at it again, this time hitting the New York City subway dressed as Jar Jar Binks from “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace”. But, wait…what’s this? Things go terribly, terribly wrong when one big, burly fellow doesn’t want to be bothered. He and his friends wind up beating the snot out [...]
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There’s certainly no shortage of April Fools Day fun over at Google today. Gmail Motion For starters, there’s Gmail Motion, which allows you to finally control Gmail with your body. The mouse and keyboard were invented before the Internet even existed. Since then, countless technological advancements have allowed for much more efficient human computer interaction. [...]
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Here it is, the most viral video of all time…and I’ll bet you’ve never seen it. This blows “Evolution of Dance” away. It crushes “Friday”. It makes the homeless man with the golden radio voice seem like chopped liver. This will be the most epic video you have ever seen, guaranteed. Check it out below. [...]
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The April Fools fun just keeps on going and going. It looks like The Huffington Post it looking to raise a few eyebrows. The popular new AOL-owned site has put up a paywall that only applies to employees of the New York Times. The paywall message reads: Dear New York Times Employee, thank you for [...]
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YouTube is getting in on the April Fools Day fun today, with a special video highlighting the “Top 5 Viral Pictures of 1911″. The five videos shown below were the top 5 videos in the land on April 1, 1911. They are… 5. “The Irksome Citrus” – A historical take on our good friend, The [...]
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If you haven’t made your way over to LinkedIn yet today, you might want to take a look. After logging into the business-oriented, social networking site, be sure to click on “People You May Know”. Among today’s suggestions are famous historical figures such as Sherlock Holmes (listed as “Detective at 221B Baker Street”) and Robin [...]
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In a blockbuster announcement today, Lady Gaga has announced that she will be the newest member of the alt-rock band Goo Goo Dolls, according to MTV. The new super-group will be called Goo Goo Gaga. “I’m super excited about the formation of Goo Goo Gaga,” said Lady Gaga in a statement on Friday (Sunday comes [...]
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Do you agree with Vice President Joe Biden? Do you think President Barack Obama‘s health reform package is a big f–king deal? It now looks like you can express that sentiment with a “Health Reform Is a BFD” t-shirt…available at the official Barack Obama website, no less! I even went so far as to add [...]
