Google April Fool’s jokes on April 1st

April 15th, 2008 by Maria

Always, eager for a good opportunity to laugh, Google launched a number of April Fool’s Day jokes on April 1st this year. My personal favorite was a stunt they pulled at Google.com.au (Australia) offering a new feature titled gDay™ with MATE™, allowing you to search into the future.

Happy Birthday grandma

gDay wasn’t the only prank Google pulled, their largest was a collaboration with Virgin Media, titled Virgle, looking for pioneers for their expedition to colonize Mars. With a company as big and innovative as Google this sort of endeavor is semi believable and probably threw quite a few people for a loop.

Google also added a couple other features worthy of a laugh, Gmail Custom Time, allowing users to send messages back in time, and Google Wake-up Kit, complete with a bucket for cold water and a bed flipper.

Go to this page for a complete list of International Google Hoaxes.

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2 Responses

  1. Steve Yu Says:
    April 15th, 2008 at 5:18 am

    Still can use it or only on April Fool?

  2. Maria Says:
    April 16th, 2008 at 3:26 am

    Steve Yu,
    I think can still be used. Let us know what do you think of the applications. :)

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