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Google Japan’s outlandish keyboards might be the best running joke in tech
The TechCrunch newsroom fears only one thing: the coming of April 1. Because, I’m just going to say it, the tech industry isn’t very funny. But Google Japan’s ongoing series…
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The best and worst April Fools’ jokes from around the web
The tech world sure does love a good prank. While some sat out on April Fools’, a number of big tech companies embraced the opportunity to waste time this way. So without any further ado, here are the April Fools’ pranks from around the web: The good 1) Google Tulip Google Tulip, in my humble…
At some point in the not-so-distant past, April Fools was about pranks and hoaxes, but given that we apparently have enough of those on the web, the day has somehow…
Google reverses Gmail April 1 prank after users mistakenly put GIFs into important emails
It’s past midday on April 1 in some parts of the world, so already we’re seeing some of the inevitable glut of April Fools Day announcements from tech companies. There…
Toshiba’s Imaginary Wearable Computing Gloves Win April Fools’ Day
If there was some over-arching, governing body that handed out awards to April Fools’ Day prankers, I should hope that Toshiba would get one. The company today announced the Digit,…
Chrome Extension Makes Google’s April Fools Joke Real
If you were one of the three million people who watched Google’s Gmail Blue prank yesterday and found yourself wondering just how horrible it’d be if it weren’t, you know,…
Queueing Theory Lets Any App Offer A Mailbox-Like Reservation System (Even If It’s Just For Building Buzz)
Ever since Google announced that access to its then-new email application Gmail would be invite-only at first, startup founders have been angling to reproduce that same kind of fervor for…
Apple’s iWatch Is Actually Just A Wrist Band That Attaches To Your iPhone, iPad
The much-rumored Apple iWatch isn’t as exciting as you might have thought. We’ve heard rumors of flexible displays and Siri integration, but it appears that Apple’s iWatch is actually just…
Happy April First, errybody! Yes, that’s right, we’ve reached that special, inimitable time of year. April Fools Day 2013. At TechCrunch, we have a long history of taking April Fools…
Twitter Announces “Twttr” — Will Start Charging $5 A Month If You Want To Tweet Using Vowels
Vowels aren’t really necessary in today’s digital age, are they? Twitter doesn’t think so, as it announced a new “two-tiered” service including its free model called “Twttr.” You can only…
Google Introduces “Gmail Blue” — It’s Completely Blue, Because Brown Was a “Disaster”
The Google April Fool’s train continues with the announcement of “Gmail Blue.” Yes, it’s a version of Google’s email service where everything is the color blue. The YouTube one from…
YouTube Announces That It Has Been An 8-Year Contest, Will Shut Down On April 1 To Determine The Winner
Bad news, guys. YouTube is shutting down. The platform launched eight years ago, and some of us have gotten so distracted by YouTube videos that we’ve forgotten that the whole…
Facebook Considers Adding The Hate Button
In 2010, TechCrunch broke the news that Facebook was going to release a “Like” button for the whole darn Internet. Now, TechCrunch has learned Facebook is considering a “Hate” button…
April Fools 2012: We Ruin Every (Tech-Related) Joke On The Internets
Happy April 1st, Everybody! It’s that very special time of year — the day when tech companies break out their clown shoes to make their annual attempt at being funny.…
April Fools 2011: The Big List
Yes, folks, that’s right. That special, special time of year is upon us. It’s April Fools 2011! We take April Fools pretty seriously around here, so we’ll be constantly updating…
Road and Track is a great car magazine, but they forgot an important fact about April Fools’ Day: the date. Yesterday, March 30th, they outed some pictures of the Volt…
Google Japan releases the new keyboard drumset for one stroke input
Ever tried writing in Japanese? No, right? Well it’s really hard. There are like lines and little circles and things. Well, Google Japan just released their new drum-based interface to…
Yes, I’m so excited! There are no screenshots yet for Hellrazer: Triple Helix, but it sounds totally awesome. They even invented an entirely new peripheral, the Anaconda, which will only…
April Fools: YouTube Flails, Amazon Cloud Computing In A Blimp, 3D Chrome Browsing, Google Masters A.I.
Wow. April Fools Is In full swing. The Guardian goes all Twitter, ditching the printed version and the website. “Experts say any story can be told in 140 characters.” Amazon…
Today, as you have probably noticed, is April Fool’s Day. It’s a grand holiday that celebrates nothing but the cruel ability of humans to trick other humans and to take…