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<p>The Internet loves April Fools&rsquo; Day. We didn&rsquo;t pull any pranks this year; we&rsquo;re <a href="//2013/03/episode-eh-its-easter-go-read-a-book/">too mature for all of those shenanigans</a>. Also, we were too busy getting our new Deemable Tech tattoos.&nbsp;However, if you enjoy all&nbsp;that tom-foolery, here&rsquo;s a break down of the best April Fools&rsquo; Day pranks for 2013. We&rsquo;ll keep it updated throughout the day.</p>
<p>Google has built a reputation for almost every product at Google putting out several April Fools&rsquo; pranks each year. Starting with the one that made the front page, here are Google&rsquo;s pranks for the year.</p>
<ul><li><span id="hpplink"><span style="color: #ff0000;">New!</span> What&rsquo;s that smell? Find out with <a href="http://www.google.com/landing/nose">Google Nose</a>&nbsp;</span>
<ul><li><span id="hpplink"><em>Smells like a winner. </em></span></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H542nLTTbu0">YouTube&rsquo;s ready to select a winner</a>.
<ul><li><em>And they&rsquo;re closing, YouTube?! God, Please No!! What am I supposed to do when I am supposed&nbsp;to be working? They have Facebook blocked at work!</em></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/introducing-gmail-blue.html">Gmail Blue</a><em></em>
<ul><li><em>For those days you miss WordPerfect 5.1 on DOS. (Wait, does anyone have days like that?)</em></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Google Maps&nbsp;finds pirate, William ?Captain? Kidd&rsquo;s treasure&nbsp;map and adds <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2013/03/find-treasure-with-google-maps.html">Treasure Mode</a>
<ul><li><em>It looks like he didn&rsquo;t bury any treasure in Jacksonville.</em></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/100549881469536411122/posts/6cbXigttnUL">Google+ adds emoticons to your pictures.</a>
<ul><li><em>Because apparently seeing your face isn&rsquo;t enough to know how you feel, because &ldquo;when it comes to expressing yourself, nothing beats the richness and elegance of a few properly placed colons, parentheses, letters and hyphens.&rdquo;</em></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p>Another site that has become famous for their hilarious April Fools&rsquo; hijinks is the specialty online retailer <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/">ThinkGeek</a>. Many of <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/">their past April Fools&rsquo;&nbsp;jokes</a>&nbsp;have been so genius&nbsp;that they have gone on to become real products. Here&rsquo;s a selection of this year&rsquo;s pranks.</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f486/?pfm=AprilFools_homepage_Featured_4_f486">The Eye of Sauron Desk Lamp</a>
<ul><li><em>Don&rsquo;t take off your wedding ring and leave it on the night stand next to this lamp.</em></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f487/?pfm=AprilFools_homepage_Featured_5_f487">Play-Doh 3D Printer</a>
<ul><li><em>Why do only thermoplastics and metals get to have all the 3D printing fun?</em></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f48a/">Bane Mask Walkie Talkies</a>
<ul><li><em>You will buy these, then when it is done and Gotham is ashes, then you have my permission to die.</em></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f489/">Death Star Trench Toss</a>
<ul><li><em>Practice taking advantage of the universe&rsquo;s worst design flaw ever made.</em></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f483/">Batman Family Car Decal Set</a>
<ul><li><em>I hate those stupid family car decals.</em></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f488/">Creeper Body Pillow</a>
<ul><li><em>Ah, Creepers, what would Minecraft be without them? More fun. that&rsquo;s what it would be. More. Fun. Kill them with a <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ea12/">Minecraft&nbsp;Foam Sword, also from ThinkGeek</a>.</em></li>
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</ul><p>Other sites:</p>
<p>Ready to learn how to fly in a wingsuit?&nbsp;Why not learn from an expert that was made that way? For $50 you can take <a href="http://www.zozi.com/experiences/5068">wingsuit lessons from a flying squirrel</a>!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2013/03/annncng-twttr.html">For $4 dollars a month, you can use Twitter premium</a>. &ndash; <em>Tme&nbsp;2 drp&nbsp;d vwls. Twttr&nbsp;s nw chrgng&nbsp;4 vwls.</em></p>
<p>Sprint launches <a href="http://now.sprint.com/specs/">Sprint Specs</a>.&nbsp; &ndash; <em>Never look rude again when you&rsquo;re completely ignoring someone.</em></p>
<p><strong>&nbsp;Update 1:03:45 PM EDT</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/5byDhm-E-YE">The White House has gotten into the act. </a>&ndash; <em>You might not agree with his policies, but <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyy9h6R6-Ok">Kid President sure can get the world to dance</a>. </em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYXcTAIdV08">Pokester</a> &ndash; <em>It&rsquo;s time for a social network that only lets you do one thing, poke someone. (Thanks, reader&nbsp;Joey for the heads up.)</em></p>
<p>Search for &ldquo;Google&rdquo; on <a href="http://bing.com/">Bing</a>. Try not to get confused.</p>
<p><a href="http://imgur.com/blog/2013/04/01/upload-via-snail-mail/">Upload images to Imgur by mail</a>!</p>
<p><strong>Update 1:37:32 PM EDT</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/blog/virgin-atlantic-launches-worlds-first-ever-glass-bottomed-plane">Virgin launces glass-bottomed plane.</a>&nbsp;&ndash; <em>As if air&nbsp;travel isn&rsquo;t scary enough.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2013/04/01/introducing-the-wolframalpha-handwritten-knowledge-engine/">Hand written search results from Wolfram Alpha.</a> &ndash; <em>Basically, it&rsquo;s a bunch of nerds being forced to do your homework.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://scopemouthwash.com/bacon/">Scope Bacon</a> &ndash; <em>We&rsquo;re actually still not sure if this is a hoax or not. We are hoping that it is. We are really hoping that it is.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.kayak.com/dates">Kayak adds Dates.</a> &ndash; <em>Compare hundreds of dating sites at once!</em></p>
<p>Toshiba launches the <a href="http://us.toshiba.com/tubetop/">Toshiba TubeTop</a>, the world&rsquo;s first inflatable laptop. &ndash; <em>How many times have I wanted to surf the web while I was swimming in the pool? (That&rsquo;s not a joke. I can think of at least 5 times off the top of my head!)</em></p>
<p><a href="http://digg.com/">Digg</a>&nbsp;+ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code">Konami code</a>&nbsp;+ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling">Rick Astley</a> = hilarious. &ndash; <em>Just go try it.</em></p>
<p><strong>Update&nbsp;2:54:11 PM&nbsp;EDT</strong></p>
<p>iFixit finds the least repairable tech product on the market: <a href="http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Orange+Teardown/13470/">the Orange</a>. After a complete teardown, they find it cannot be put back together at all. <a href="http://www.orange.com/en/home">Orange mobile</a> has not responded.</p>
<p>Nokia changes how you do TV dinners with a <a href="http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/04/01/nokia-turns-up-the-heat-with-its-first-microwave/">smart microwave</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.shophex.com/blog/news/apple-newton-cross-body-bag-from-hex-makes-beaming-and-faxing-documents-a-breeze/">HEX announces new cases for the Apple Newton.</a></p>
<p>Funny Or Die announces the <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b668767cf6/darkwing-duck-the-movie-kickstarter-project">Darkwing Duck</a>, <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/314ecd2314/the-wings-serenity-movie-project">Wings</a>, <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/edd4c4228d/sliders-the-movie">Sliders</a>, <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bc3ee45025/the-family-matters-movie">Family Matters</a> and <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bd06aebe56/baby-sinclair-from-the-dinosaurs-one-man-show">Baby Sinclair from Dinosaurs</a> Kickstarter movie projects.</p>
<p>Two of our favorite news sources, NPR and WJCT, pulled off their own April Fools Pranks. NPR&rsquo;s Morning Edition aired this story, <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/04/01/175886251/hootie-and-the-time-travelers-love-the-90s">Hootie And The Time Traveler Love The 90s</a>, and WJCT 89.9 FM aired <a href="http://news.wjct.org/post/amusement-park-proposed-shipyards-property">Amusement Park Proposed For Shipyards Property</a>.</p>
<p><strong>&nbsp;Have you found some that we haven&rsquo;t seen yet? Let us know in the comments down below.</strong></p></body></html>
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