Top Neekly April Fool’s Day Pranks of 2013
Twitter announced that it will henceforth be a two-teired service. Anyone can use “Twttr,” but you only get consonants and the letter “y.”
“SMART Eco Trees intake CO2 and release oxygen to support a healthier environment. In the process it also uses a natural filtering system to eliminate pollutants. Eco Trees also help keep the humidity at a pleasant level. These features are fully automatic and require only the addition of water and S (Solar) Beams.”
Guardian upped the augmented reality ante with their new Goggles, “a pair of web-connected…spectacles that will beam [the Guardian's] journalism directly into the wearer’s visual field, enabling users to see the world through the Guardian’s eyes at all times.”
Sarcastically Specific Netflix Categories
Netflix added a new movie or TV show category to all users’ Netflix accounts…but with a twist. These snarky category titles mock the over-specification that Netflix often uses when separating its media.
According to Google, smelling is believing. This tool allows users to sniff the screens of their computers and smell…whatever it is they’d like to smell. “In the fast-paced world that we live in, we don’t always have time to stop and smell the roses,” proclaims product manager Jon Wooly. “Now with Google Nose Beta, the roses are just a click away.”
Google is radically reinventing Gmail with this spoof on Windows Blue. “How do we completely redesign and recreate something while keeping it exactly the same?” asks the project manager. The answer? Gmail Blue. It’s Gmail…only bluer.
Instacart Puppies Express
Everyone loves puppies. Even you, jaded wanderer of the far reaches of the Interwebs. So when you need your puppy fix, just pop online to order unlimited free puppies. Unlimited puppies. What could possibly be better than this?
Originally posted: April 5, 2013