Apple Buys iFixit, and Other 2014 April Fools' Jokes

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Article Link: Apple Buys iFixit, and Other 2014 April Fools' Jokes

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Yay, I guess no random artist mockup of new hardware today! I guess they are done just for any other day but today

Love it… some good ones!

The only reason the iFixit story was believable was because it was so dull and boring that I couldn't believe anyone would have invented it for an April Fool.

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Um, thank you? LOL

mvmanolov said:

ahahha i laughed so hard at all of these... though the ifix it one initially fooled me until i got to the part about "replacability" that was epic!

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Agree completely! You really can't tell it is a joke until you click and read the Replaceability index. The verbage about taking your money and complimenting you on your excellent taste is the give-away.

Another Apple related one for your list: http://theapertureblog.com/2014/04/01/apple-finally-releases-aperture-x/

"APPLE FINALLY RELEASES APERTURE X"

Always enjoy a good April Fools joke. Wish every day had some kind of humor associated with it like April 1.

Real selfie-bot is now being invented.

Stars should bypass paparazzi by having selfie-bots around them until the public is sick of celebrity.

iBlazed said:

It really is impossible to please everyone.

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It's enough that they please me.

Apple soon to announce its first phone with over 60 days of battery life on a single charge. The revolutionary one and a half inch thick iPhone Brick.
Stacking up at a store near you.

ValSalva said:

It's too predictable now. It borders on tedium.

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Sure, it's predictable. But, some of them are really imaginative -- even if they aren't likely to fool anyone.

I do like MacRumor's "Good News" blog. Some of the article titles in the sidebar are pretty funny.

But, the best part is the "top rated comments". Some of them are suspiciously close to what I see posted to real MacRumors articles, by real MacRumors readers.

This article ruined April Fool's for me

Apple is expected to release 7 versions of the iPhone 6 today (4", 4.3", 4.7", 5", 5.3", 5.5" & 5.7") so that MacRumors users can shut the hellup. Capacity is expected to range from 8GB to 256GB.

ptb42 said:

Sure, it's predictable. But, some of them are really imaginative -- even if they aren't likely to fool anyone.

I do like MacRumor's "Good News" blog. Some of the article titles in the sidebar are pretty funny.

But, the best part is the "top rated comments". ALL of them are suspiciously close to what I see posted to real MacRumors articles, by real MacRumors readers.

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There, I fixed it for you.

My fav is the Flow Hard demo on SwiftKey's website.

It actually works and would be the most destructive thing to keyboards since rage-quitting.

i feel like the ifixit wasn't really worth the risk...acquisition activity is kind of a big deal and i think it crossed the line to falsely claim that your company has been acquired by the most valuable company in the world

Hey, I would love to see nest and Virgin America (or Delta or Jet Blue) work together for personal climate control on planes, it would be really nice to have.

What would have been funny is if Apple went along with iFixit's prank and also put the announcement on their front page. I know Apple doesn't usually participate in April Fools day jokes, but still...

Carlanga said:

Yay, I guess no random artist mockup of new hardware today! I guess they are done just for any other day but today

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Don't forget the Nokia 3310 Windows Phone.

http://conversations.nokia.com/2014/04/01/nokia-3310-gets-41-megapixel-windows-phone-makeover/

sransari said:

i feel like the ifixit wasn't really worth the risk...acquisition activity is kind of a big deal and i think it crossed the line to falsely claim that your company has been acquired by the most valuable company in the world

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Your statement would be more true (and a lot more hilarious) if ifixit were a publicly traded company whose stock rose 25% on this news.

Gmail motion was probably my favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu927_ul_X0

Aren't armoires book books for imacs? (however that stupid word is spelled)

The google one is really good. I love the HTML written with emoji tags.

All news stories posted on our front page, iOS Blog, and Mac Blog today are real.

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Now, I had always thought that everything on the front page were rumors. Thanks for the clarification

MacRumors has not participated in April Fools' Day prank news stories on its regular news pages in past years, and has no plans to break from that tradition this year. All news stories posted on our front page, iOS Blog, and Mac Blog today are real.

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Good. Thank You.