April’s Fool hoaxes made on the internets last year
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
The 1st of April is aproaching and i’m sure that the internets will be full of hoaxes on this time of the year. Google, the large IT corporation that serves our search queries is known for its “different” aproach with the users. Here are some of the interesting hoaxes made by Google in the last years and other companies in 2007.
In 2000 Mentalplex, an application for searching with your very own mind, eliminating the need of typing text in the search box. In 2002, Google revealed Pigeon Rank, the technology behind PageRank, one of the most important factors in sorting the search results. In 2004 people had the chance to sign up for a job on a lunar research center of Google, testing the new Luna/x OS. In 2005, Google released Gulp, a drink that would make people search more intelligent on the web with Google. In 2006 there was the Google Romance, a tool that would compete with online dating websites. In 2007 Google launched a special service for Gmail which could print your mail on organic paper and deliver it at your home. It also launched a super highspeed free internet service (TISP - Toilet Internet Service Provider) which would use the toilet paper and sewage as infrastructure.
What other companies and websites did in 2007 :
BMW launched a new text message : drivers would see the text mirrored on the windshield.
Ebay added a new “Unbelievable Deals!” section including the following categories : Cow licks, flying carpets, Happiness, A clue, Dream Date and Evaporated Water
Gizmodo posted about old inventions presenting them as new inventions.
Uncyclopedia moded their website to look like Wikipedia claiming that Wikipedia is a parody.
Information about Google hoaxes humbly provided by Wikipedia and information about other hoaxes humbly also provided by …. Uncyclopedia, erm Wikipedia.