So, it has struck again. The first of April is upon us yet again and Google, as usual, has a few tricks up their sleeve.
But first, where on earth have I been? Well, yeah. I’ve been really busy with life (school is horrible for having time to write) and I just didn’t have anything terribly interesting to write about.
But, I’m back. Not sure how often I’ll be posting here, but hopefully it will be more often than once every 3 months or whatever it has been. I apologize to anyone who actually reads and enjoys my blog.
Anyways, on to Google April Fools day jokes.
Google April Fools Day Jokes 2015
I’m gonna do this via categories, sorta…
The Nostalgic Award goes to … Google Dial-Up mode!
With Google rolling out Uber-fast internet access to several cities around the country, they figured people would want to be able to slow down for a bit. And, as they say, give more hugs. And, 56k modem sounds man! Right there in your browser! It’s incredible!
It’s also a great way to get your kids off the internet. If they spend all day watching Youtube videos or chatting with friends, just turn on dial-up mode and make them feel the pain you did back in the day. (Granted, back in that day, 56k modems were all the rage. Buuuut….we’ll ignore that point.)
Next up, we’ve got the Party Award goes to … The Keyless Keyboard!
Basically put, it’s a fancy-ified party noise-maker. What makes it fancy you ask? Well, watch the video!
The Cute (or, should I say, Kawaii – かわいい ) Award goes to … Google Panda!
This cute little Asian stuffed animal is all you’ll ever need again. Need to know what it’s going to be like outside today? Just ask Google Panda!
Want a companion who can answer questions when you’re out running? Google Panda is there to help again!
Oh yeah. And it comes in two sizes. The Google Panda 5 and Google Panda 6.
The Gamer Award goes to … Google Maps – Pacman Edition!
If you want to give this one a go (and I’ll warn you, it ain’t easy), then read this post on Bustle on how to get started wasting your day eating dots and avoiding ghosts around your house and workplace. Who knows, maybe one of those ghosts is that boss you really hate!
Now, this one could really give the Dial-Up mode a run for its money in the Nostalgic Award runnings. I really had a hard time deciding. I know! You guys tell me down in the comments what you think. Should this one (Google Maps – Pacman Edition) or Dial-Up mode receive the Nostalgic Award?
General Absurdity Award goes to: Google! Or rather, elgooG!
If you go to com.google (yes, that’s right. Just type in com.google in the address bar – it’ll work) this’ll come up. Interesting fact, this is the first that Google has used their top level domain name .google.
It’s a fully-functional version of Google, with everything reversed.
The Social Media Award goes to … Chrome Selfie!
(Image from Bustle – click the image to read their post)
Now, I don’t actually have a mobile device, nor do I use Chrome, so this one … really doesn’t affect me. But hey, I’m posting about all of elgooG’s exploits today, no discrimination here!
The Futuristic Award goes to … Smartbox by Inbox by Google:
Tired of getting junk mail in real life? Tired of being bombarded by annoying catalogs of junk? Well, no more. With Smartbox by Inbox by Google, you’ll be good to go. It has a motion sensor, so you’ll never have to actually touch your Smartbox by Inbox by Google to get your physical mail, and it’ll even sort it into Smart Folders for you!
Don’t want certain mail? Well, Smartbox by Inbox by Google has you covered. It’ll electrically zap any annoying spammers!
And, apparently, you can have Google Hangouts chats on it too and it runs full Android. So you’re basically getting the world’s bulkiest tablet that also sorts your mail for you.
The Youtube Meme Award goes to … dudududu The Darude Sandstorm button!
Prepare yourselves ladies and gents. For you are about to be …. DARUDELY RICK-ROLLED!
Just kidding, I wouldn’t Rick-Roll you. However, this is part of Youtube’s April Fools joke.
If you’ve been on Youtube and read basically any comments within, oh, the last 6 months plus, you’d know what Darude Sandstorm is. If not, you have narrowly escaped with your sanity.
Basically, if you search certain videos (Rick Roll being one of them, Rebecca Black Friday another, I’m sure there’s more) you’ll get that little Did you mean: Darude - Sandstorm by Darude popup-thing.
Youtube wants to make sure you’re nice and sandy.
In stupid infomercial voice But wait! There’s more! If you watch a video, you can play Darude Sandstorm over top of it! That way, you can listen to Darude Sandstorm while listening to Darude Sandstorm!
Just click the little Music note in the bottom-right-hand-corner of any Youtube video, and it will play snippets of Darude Sandstorm for you! You’re welcome.
If I find out about any more April Fools day jokes, I’ll update this post. But that’s all for this post. Thanks for reading guys!
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