Smells like April Fools' Day. Much like in 2012, the April Fools' Day pranks arrived early from Google – and it brought the shocking news that YouTube is shutting down to prepare to pick the Best Video ever.
The Youtube video of a Time Square street fight recorded on a phone camera surprised me, but the truncated title (“Fiance Drops 3 Disrespectful Fools Who Assaulte…”) got me curious enough to start watching.
Reassured that the idea of an over-optimization penalty was not some sort of bad April Fools' gag, it became obvious that at least to Google “over optimization” is indeed the new search engine spam. While speaking during a presentation at SXSW in...
As an April Fools' prank this year, Google co-founder Sergey Brin jokingly announced that a driverless car would soon compete in NASCAR racing. Back in 2010 Google announced it's self-driving car project with a goal of making driving safer, more...
Perhaps by next April Fools’ Day, you’ll have one in your city. Today, Google has announced plans to right that wrong with the introduction of Google+ Bowling to Portland, Oregon, soon to also launch in NYC and California.
April Fools 2010: Google Real-Time Search Results Powered by Pigeons on Red Bull? Industry observers have recognized that Sloof Lirpa is "April Fools" spelled backwards, but the search engine industry issues covered in this exclusive interview aren...
For Google, April Fools' Day is the annual launch day for a slew of gag products and hoax services you’ll likely never see in real life. Fittingly, clicking on any of those, or the blue Advanced Search button will take you to the search results...
April Fools: The Top 5 Viral Pictures of YouTube 1911 In reverse chronological order, they are: Major YouTube Redesign Zooms in on Channels, Video Discovery, Social Sharing On Dec. YouTube introduced a new homepage, unveiled a new Channel design...
Third, there's "WestJet introduces state-of-the-art money-saving feature - April Fools. Yes, I know that it isn't April Fools Day. I've started to gather examples of contagious viral videos being shared on Facebook, Twitter, and blogs in...
Amazingly, this is not an April Fools' prank. Surprisingly, the ice cream sundae has a controversial past. It is said to have been invented accidentally. The urban tale goes that in more austere times the clergy deemed the popular dessert, ice...
Google Japan Forgoes April Fools For 2011 by Thom Craver April Fools' Day April Fools Pranks 2011 - Google, Hulu, Groupon and more! Continuing its tradition of making the world smile with faux products and service hoaxes, Google has a barrage of...
YouTube has a tradition of celebrating April Fools Day as only the the largest worldwide video-sharing community can. April Fools Pranks April Fools day 2010 April Fools 2010: Google Officially Changes Name to Topeka
Continuing its tradition of making the world smile with faux products and service hoaxes, Google has a barrage of novelty in store for April Fools 2011. Non-Google April Fools 2011 Follies April Fools 2011: The Top 5 Viral Pictures of YouTube 1911
It's not a joke. Google Japan is postponing April Fool's Day until next year. While recognizing that April 1 is a day many fans of Google look forward to, Google Japan has decided not to go forward with the typical barrage of hoaxes and pranks this...
April Fools Pranks Google April Fools' Day Pranks 2012: 8-Bit Maps, Chrome Multitask Mode & More! April Fools 2012: Google+ Bowling: Real Life Bowling Rethought for Real Life April Fools 2012: Exclusive Interview on Search Engine Industry Issues...
You know, April Fools Day. Facebook Login Fiasco Demonstrates Challenge in Competing with Google You can't make this stuff up. If you're not already aware, this week ReadWriteWeb wrote up a post pondering about how Facebook wishes to be the "One...
Gmail Launch: "Launching Gmail on April Fools day was widely misinterpreted. Google has had a ton of massive successes -- AdWords, Maps, Gmail, and Chrome to name a few. It's always interesting to get insights from the top execs at Google of what...
The Wikipedians have been busy today updating all the Google hoaxes they've discovered on April Fools Day. April Fools: Google's best jokes (telegraph.co.uk) Google April Fools' Day 2010 (googlesystem.blogspot.com)
No, it's not an April Fools joke. When you go to YouTube today, you will notice that Google's video service has changed. It's an actual change to the design of the biggest video search engine in the world.
You know, April Fools Day. April Fools' Day roundup: 'let me Topeka that for you' edition (engadget.com) Our Choice: The Funniest April Fools Jokes (mashable.com) Okay, so my usually reliable sources weren't so reliable.
