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SO APRIL FOOLS day is over for another year and a lot of tech and digital companies got involved.
With the majority aiming for entertainment instead of fooling people, today meant that a lot of silly, crazy and genuinely funny products were announced today.
There were a lot out there, but here are a small selection of the best ones.
When Google does April Fools jokes, it goes all out and this year was no exception.
In no specific order, its jokes included (deep breath now) Gmail’s selfies background, Google Japan’s Magic Hand, Google Maps’ Pokemon Challenge, Google Chrome’s translate to emoji feature, Chromecast for squirrels, delivering coffee through Google Fiber, a Chrome plug-in which provides a virtual keyboard for cats, a Google+ feature that has David Hasselhoff appearing in all your photos, and a feature that auto-optimises your resume.
Although the best one was YouTube’s announcement that it had created every viral trend in existence and it announcing what’s trends will be big this year.
Apart from its announcement it was introducing its first wearable smart glove (which HTC also did a version of), Samsung also announced Fi-Fly, bringing wifi to everyone by attaching mini-routers to pigeons.
“With this breakthrough size and weight, it not only felt larger, it was *actually* larger.”
Virgin Airways teamed with the Google-owned Nest to introduce Total Temperature Control, allowing passengers to control the temperature at their seat.
Sony sees the next future power source in your food, and… well, you can see where this is going.
Headdit allows you to browse Reddit using just your head, nod to upvote, frown to downvote, and look surprised to open up a link.
Since everyone has such fond memories of the 3310, Nokia reinvented the model and updated it to include a modified version of Windows Phone 8 and One fan, Norman Gage (no prizes for guessing what that’s in reference to) said:
It’s an historic day. For five years, we’ve worked hard to make our voice heard and now our dreams are about to become reality. Personally, I’d have preferred to keep the five-line, monochrome screen, six ringing-tone volume levels and original message templates, but you can’t win them all!
Although that said, there is a demand for Nokia 3310s so maybe this is an plan to gauge interest by claiming it’s a joke before releasing it proper.
The Roku Watch allows anyone to stream TV shows on their wrist, a must have for anyone who really enjoys the feeling of squinting at a tiny screen.
Having created one of the best touchscreen keyboards out there, SwiftKey April Fools joke brings the same features to your physical keyboard.
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600 – The number of people travelling from Ireland to Germany to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption.
Haha!
Lol!!!
its because they Assume its their right to be there, and they are entitled to destroy, steal, crap anywhere they want.
Interesting to see how the majority of comments were deleted from the traveler article and even have removed the comment facility. Obviously we dont want to offend Pavee Point!
Bit late!!!!!!!!!!!
Bad day for Pavee Point…2 atrocities by 2 of their “client” groups in 2 days…Gypsy slavers in Meath and the Traveller Jihadis in the Vaterland….poor vulnerable minorities….
Is this the thread about the traveller story?
Yep. Just don’t mention them.
It sure is !
The Eu open border is working to Irelands advantage.
Lol, very witty!
Meant for Les!
Thanks Kate. How you doin’?
Good thanks thanks Les!, hope you got those towels dry, enjoying the lighthearted banter, makes a pleasant change!?
Indeed Kate. Things have gotten very serious here in the journal.ie recently. Have to do our best to bring some mirth to the proceedings. What you up to tonight? I’m getting locked.
Funny…!
You enjoy Les, don’t drink myself!, enjoy the fight, I’ll be chilling myself!
Sure you’ll have one?! Antibiotics?
Lol, do my best to give them a miss as well Les!
You’re right too Kate. Anyway, there’s stuff to be dried here so I’ll head.
Pleasure Les!
Completely out of character in fairness maybe they were travellers from some other country ?
Posting to comments in the story re the “ethnic” group destroying any good will we have in Europe is disabled. Someones cousin must be married to their cousin
Ethnic/racial/disenfranchised/marginalised/vulnerable/oppressed ( take your pick ) group…..
Peter, Sounds like to open statement from yer man from pavee pointless. You know the fellow, he is the one that did a diploma in sociology and trots out all the terminology in the first 30 seconds ( irrespective of what he is asked)
I could add a few more to that I list ..but I’ll refrain ..
Go on…you are among friends here…
I don’t have such an eloquent way with words like you do ! ..
Suzie…that “eloquence” is a complete sham….it hides the fact that im actually quite thick and my unprecedentedly large vocabulary implies i actually comprehend the meanings of many of the words i use….
Of course … you hide it so well … Lol !
Sociology….sociologists state that as an oppressed and marginalised and vulnerable minority ethnic social group Travellers are forced by society to compete – with conflict when necessary – with each other and other oppressed, vulnerable and marginalised minority social and/or racial/ethnic groups for scarce resources due to forced unemployment, racism, oppresdion, stigmatisation, bigotry, poverty, police harrassment, poor housing, health inequalities, educational discrimination etc…..that is Sociology and why the Travellers are victims..not responsible for behaving like Visigoths in Germany.
Sorry…”oppression”…and not cut and paste.
Always someone else’s fault , always has to be a reason or an excuse for their behaviour . They’re not forced into anything !
Did i not mention how Islamaphobia and homophobia have an egregious and deliterious effect on the homogeneity of the Traveller “community”? How did i overlook such contemporaneous causal factors in Traveller delinquency?
Bloody German “country people” spoiling all the fun sure it’s just our culture, we have it beat into us that we can’t sleep with our own women till we marry them so what are we supposed to do, aye they may look, dress and dance like (insert your own words here) but they can’t go anywhere without a chaperone – no siree that’s the gods honest truth I swear on me dead granny’s grave. Now where do ye want this Tarmac it’s a one day only deal, are ye sure tell ye what I’ll clean them gutters for 20 spuds and a chicken…
LoL….German “Buffers”!!!!!
Oh yeah that’s right no other country produces them just us sorry
Those colourful traveler boy’s, up to their old tricks again!
There must be a market for gates and shed painting in Germany then.
Hey
Hey a/s/l?
Charlie. . You’re in way too many chat rooms ..
@ FCR
WB
@ Suzie
Just cause you won’t talk to me Suzie..
Not true I always have time for Charlie ….
Is “Charlie” slang for Colombian marching powder? Jeez im starting to become jism stoonhager or Tariq or Liam…
Tariq .. I mean Peter ..I don’t know what you’re talking about .. I was just referring to Mr. Fogarty ..lol
Great Craic Sis….and no Tariq/Jester/Liam/Rowe/Phil/Avina/Malachi/Mick/Jason/Rowe/Prousse for miles….so..do you come here often?
Lol .. sshh Tariq has just arrived in the building … I’m a night owl so I’m around a lot ! Makes a change to have a bit of craic on here ..
1 idiot online Journal that provides a bit of lite entertainment with their stupid articles.
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