Monday, April 1, 2013

April Fools!

Yes, it's that time of year again already!  What does Google have in store for us?  First a couple summaries:

From The Next Web:
"Round Up: All of Google’s jokes for April Fools 2013"
http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/03/31/round-up-all-of-googles-jokes-for-april-fools-2013-from-google-maps-treasure-hunting-to-youtube-closing/

From Search Engine Watch:
"Google April Fools' Pranks 2013: YouTube Closing, Google Nose, Gmail Blue & More!"
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2258435/Google-April-Fools-Pranks-2013-YouTube-Closing-Google-Nose-Gmail-Blue-More


The YouTube contest is ending very soon (winner to be announced in 2023).  Get your video in soon!  Love the cameos from various contestants!  From YouTube:

"YouTube's ready to select a winner"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H542nLTTbu0


The comments (at least when I viewed this very early in the morning, 2a) were PRICELESS.  Can you believe that some people actually believed this???


  • Amber Bodling
    not funny i was going to get pissed if u deleted my vids ALL MY DAMN VIDS WOULD BE DELETED thats alot of shit to re upload
     · 
  • Tom Holmes
    I bet the probability is pretty high that the winning video will have at least one cat in it.
     · 
  • SkeletonSarge
    i almost got fooled but only because it's not even April Fools yet it's still March 31st
     · 
  • Djinnihilation
    0:41 - 0:43 Isn't that the "We gone find you" guys whose sister almost got raped ? :O
     · 
  • Timathor
    I bet that this is april fools
     · 
  • sabrina joseph
    You scared the sh't out of me YouTube! Don't do that!
     · 
  • bieber shine
    what??? o_O



  • Google Maps Treasure Mode
    https://maps.google.com/maps?t=8  (not sure how this will look on your computer)
    Be sure to zoom in and see what Street View looks like (if you have your spyglass).

    From Google Maps:
    "Explore Treasure Mode with Google Maps"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qFFHC0eIUc


    Google Nose
    From Google:
    "Introducing Google Nose"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFbYadm_mrw

    Looks like the Autocompleter dude (remember him?) got a promotion!   :)


    From the Official Gmail Blog:
    "GMail Blue"
    http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/introducing-gmail-blue.html