Happy April Fools' Day: April 1, 2009

[MacRumors]

Today is April 1st, 2009 and represents April Fools' Day -- so readers should be wary of hoaxes and claims at both news and rumor sites today. Today also represents Apple's 33rd anniversary, as the company was founded on April 1st, 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

April Fools' Day pranks around the web (to be updated):

- Adding "&flip=1" to a YouTube page results in an interesting view: Example: Apple's 1984 commercial (flipped)
- Google Australia's gBall

MacRumors does not participate in April Fools' Day prank news stories. All stories posted today are real.

Article Link: Happy April Fools' Day: April 1, 2009

 

[3282868]

Happy April Fools! Be wary of iPhone 3G rumors (and for those running Windows systems, be wary of Conficker.c worm).

and Happy Birthday Apple!

 

[Doctor Q]

Happy Anniversary, Apple. It's my favorite day of the year!


Historical note, added after the fact:

There were two "unusual" occurrences at MacRumors today (April 1, 2009):

1. Many new icons appeared in the MacRumors forums. See discussion thread.

2. The following ad appeared on the MacRumors home page. See discussion thread and credits.

(The ad link still works.)

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[Peace]

Happy Birthday Apple!!

And me too.

 

[smurfjammer]

I saw the GBall one this morning and didn't even click...

 

[SkyBell]

Aw,what happened to the annual MR April Fool's changes to the forums?

 

[theheadguy]

Happy April Fools! (;

See Gmail's Autopilot
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/autopilot/index.html

 

[Telp]

Aw,what happened to the annual MR April Fool's changes to the forums?

I was wondering the same thing...!

What happened to your purple font cass!?

 

[SkyBell]

I was wondering the same thing...!

What happened to your purple font cass!?

Enough people complained. But there will always be purple somewhere in my signature.

 

[MacNut]

Macrumors would never trick us.

 

[r.j.s]

So, could there be any more icons under our titles?

 

[SkyBell]

Oh, there's the changes.

 

[Telp]

Enough people complained. But there will always be purple somewhere in my signature.

People suck =[. But good! Don't let it die completely. =]

 

[MacNut]

Oh, there's the changes.

Heh windows esk.

 

[EricNau]

So, could there be anymore icons under our titles?

No, those have always been there. Perhaps you're just now noticing?

 

[Telp]

So, could there be anymore icons under our titles?

Don't tempt them the MR G_ds!

 

[r.j.s]

No, those have always been there. Perhaps you're just now noticing?

Maybe ...

 

[cx300]

Internet is still up! conflicker hasnt dominated the world yet!

 

[MacNut]

Maybe ...

Maybe you forgot to take your pills.

 

[Telp]

It spells out April 1, Have a nice day . That was awefully sweet of them.

 

[Peace]

Internet is still up! conflicker hasnt dominated the world yet!

Oh Yea. It was designed to place tiny icons underneath each persons nick on discussion boards.

 

[r.j.s]

Oh Yea. It was designed to place tiny icons underneath each persons nick on discussion boards.

So, we all got infected ?!?! Crap.

 

[hugociss]

Haha...

Quote:

MacRumors does not participate in April Fools' Day prank news stories. All stories posted today are real.


I suspect...
sarcasm.

 

[MacNut]

So, we all got infected ?!?! Crap.

Oh well, guess Macs get it too.

 

[apsterling]

I was wondering what that meant til I hovered over all of them. That's pretty much awesome.