TechnesstivityGoogle Pulled 14 April Fools Jokes Today, Here’s A Roundup
Remember when Google told us our GMail would be delivered by actual pigeons and when they changed their name to Topeka? It’s becoming Difficult to figure out what real announcement Google makes on the 1st of April. Here’s a round-up of 13 Pranks Google pulled today.
Google Maps in 8-bit for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Yes, Google has finally gone retro on Google Maps. It’s time to dust your NES systems and begin the quest.
Is Advanced Search not working for you? Head to Google Really Advanced Search. You can search using terms that are “rhyming slang for” or “this exact word or phrase, whose sum of unicode code points is a mersenne prime”. Still not satisfied? You can search for Innuendos even.
Using one mouse cursor to control an entire browser with a lot of tabs is hard work. Google brings you Chrome Multitask Mode: Use multiple cursors to control different tabs. Problem solved.
Sergey Brin announced Google Racing in partnership with Nascar. Google Racing battles Google’s self-driving cars[which are real] against each other. The video below might not be available in Nigeria.
It’s very hot here in Lagos this year and Google has finally enabled us change the weather. Take that Al Gore.
Featuring LL Cool J, Gmail Tap takes the stress out of the 26-character QWERTY Keyboard and replaces them with just two. That’s right. Just two keys for Gmail. The service allows you type two emails at once and even understands morse codes.
I’ve been asking this for a while. It’s 2012 already, why can’t we Teleport to places? Google has been thinking ahead with Click-To-Teleport - a service that lets potential customers teleport to business locations via search ads.
Australians can finally feel what the land looks like from the eyes of a Kangaroo. Introducing, Google Street Roo for Australia. Google will strap 360-degree cameras on the head of Kangaroos across the country.
Ninth on the list is The YouTube Collection. Every favorite viral YouTube video in DVD Packages organised by categories.
Get your grand[or greatgrand] parents on the internet with GoRo: The internet for Rotary Phones. You can even find GoRo developers for your website.
Remember when Google told us Google Fiber was a special high speed internet service being tested in Kansas? Turns out that was a lie. Google Fiber is an actual diet bar. Sorry Kansas, you’ve been punked.
With special voice communication collars, Google Voice for Pets lets you record audio directly from your pet’s vocal chords. There’s even a keyboard mat so your pet can send you love text messages.
Jargon-Bot for Google Apps fixes all the communication problems in your business. It translates workplace jargon into English you can actually understand.
Aliens have been visiting your blog/website. You can now find out what part of the Galaxy they are with a new Google Analytics feature that enables interplanetary reporting.
Source: TheNextWeb
