Posts About ‘april fools’

Google Introducing GMail Tap and Chrome MultiTask on April 1, What Did You Spot?

GMail-Tap

Do you have a shortage in time? Would you like to do more in one day? Google might be here to help you out! Today, April 1, 2012, they launch two new features which will help multitasking like no other tool has before: GMail Tap and Chrome MultiTask.

With Gmail Tap you can write e-mails, even two at a time, using only two buttons and morse code, with Chrome Multitask Google lets you browse within Chrome with two mice… (more…)

Google translate for animals

It’s from 2010, but still a very nice one to watch in between meetings or just to have a break in your hard work.

Google’s April fools jokes: Gmail motion, Teleport Search and a Google Autocompleter

GMail-motion

When Google launched +1 last week there were several people out there who believed it was an early version of Google’s April Fools joke. After all, every year Google tends to do one or more pranks to fool the community.

+1 didn’t turn out to be the joke, but on April Fools Day Google made up for that with several jokes. They introduced Gmail Motion, “a new way to communicate” with Gmail: controlling Gmail with your body. Based on that technology they supposedly built lots of new products in no time, with Google Teleport Search (in Chinese only) being my personal favorite. But they also showed us YouTube 1911 and they were hiring Google Autocompleter. Maybe not all as believable as possible, but sure a few you can at least laugh a little bit about. An overview. (more…)