a dorky april fools
The Internet had a ball with April Fools this year. Google posted two new Beta services that offer totally ridiculous services and even Facebook got their laugh in:
Google Paper

Ever want your e-mail in a physical form? Take your electronic mail and make it real mail with their new service. The testimonials are pretty funny. They quote a "Lifecoach" and the Google CEO. They'll even put your photos on glossy paper!
My friend, and fellow slob-ster, Anna totally believed this one, but not every April fools joke was this clever:
Google TiSP

The other Google April fools joke is more obvious. Free broadband through your toilet?!? Why didn't I think of that? The pictures are amazing. Dorks are funny.
Facebook thinks they're pretty goofy, so they jumped in on the whole mess:
Live Pokes

Today Facebook claimed that their poking system would be carried out live. The first 100 pokees in each network would recieve a real live poke. Boy, I wish this one was real...
Google Paper

Ever want your e-mail in a physical form? Take your electronic mail and make it real mail with their new service. The testimonials are pretty funny. They quote a "Lifecoach" and the Google CEO. They'll even put your photos on glossy paper!
My friend, and fellow slob-ster, Anna totally believed this one, but not every April fools joke was this clever:
Google TiSP

The other Google April fools joke is more obvious. Free broadband through your toilet?!? Why didn't I think of that? The pictures are amazing. Dorks are funny.
Facebook thinks they're pretty goofy, so they jumped in on the whole mess:
Live Pokes

Today Facebook claimed that their poking system would be carried out live. The first 100 pokees in each network would recieve a real live poke. Boy, I wish this one was real...
Labels: april fools, facebook, google, internet, trends
3 Comments:
i actually almost posted about the metaphysical of the live-poking 'gag.' for a small fee, a non-existent internet community comes to life and pokes your friend in the shoulder real world ... that's some trippy shit.
dude, screenshots!
Other Google jokes:
Google Romance:
http://www.google.com/romance/tour.html
Google Gulp:
http://www.google.com/googlegulp/
Google Fake Job Ad:
http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
Google MentalPlex:
http://www.google.com/mentalplex/
Silly techies....
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