Google gets pretty hilarious on April Fools’ Day. They take it very seriously! Here are my top three “hoaxes” they have published on April 1:
#3 – Gmail Paper
Imagine getting all of your emails printed and sent for free on paper. All you have to put up with is a bold red advertisement printed on the back of each message. Even image attachments would be printed on photo paper. Sound files would not be printed! Check it out here: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/index.html and http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/more.html
#2 – CADIE (Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity)
Supposedly, Google engineers have created an artifical intelligence. A quite outstanding AI as a matter of fact. One that seems to be starting to outsmart the Google engineers themselves! Check it out here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/cadie/index.html
#1 – Google TiSP (Toilet Internet Service Provider)
Yes, Google claimed to have a new way of providing free internet to homes everywhere. Google claimed a fully functional internet connection that you used by dropping a fiber-optic cable into your toilet. The cable would find its way through the sewer system while the home user held on to the other end. A Google dispatcher would fish the cable out of the sewer, hook it into a TiSP access point, and you’d be connected in under an hour! Check it out here: http://www.google.com/tisp
Interesting in seeing the hoaxes that didn’t make it on this list? Check them out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_hoaxes
Don’t forget to check out the hoax(es) for this year: http://www.google.com
Have a fun April Fools’ Day! Remember not to take anything too seriously.
