It’s kind of become tradition in the technology industry to put out a fake announcement on April 1 of some cool experimental technology that will revolutionize the industry and is usually completely implausible. Google always leads the way. Today is no exception as they have already started pouring in.
- Google announced a join venture with Virgin Airlines (dubbed Virgile) that will take people to mars by 2014. Do you want to be a “Virgle Pioneer?”
- Googlesightseeing.com announced infrared and thermal imaging added to Google Maps and Google Earth.
- PostgreSQL shut down
- Doctrine became a PECL application that now runs “4x faster”
And there are so many more that I am unaware of. It seems everyone is doing some type of April Fool’s joke in the tech community.
Google has been the king of these pranks. A few past Google announcements from April 1:
- Google TISP: Google Wireless Broadband through the sewer system. TISP = Toilet Internet Service Provider. (my favorite)
- Gmail Paper: Order your emails printed and shipped to you by Google
- Gmail Custom Time: Customize the time you send an email
Checkout a list of all Goolge’s Hoaxes.
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Dan Wilson is a self described computer geek with an opinion on too many things. Regardless of whether the topic is politics, computers, gadgets or social engineering, you can bet he's got an opinion and tends to share. He's currently employed as a software engineer and excels at web development using open-source technologies. 