Happy April Fools' Day: April 1, 2011

[camelsnot]

April Fool's Day jumped the shark some years ago. It's time to turn April Fool's Day on its head and announce real new products on April 1.

You won't see Apple doing that. $teve Job$' ego is too big to share a marked day on the calendar when it comes to announcements. He wants all eyes on him and his fat ego. TRUE STORY BRO. NOT that I'm hoping it happens, but would be a strange twist of irony if he passed on April Fool's Day.

 

[Tonewheel]

So this Google geek in the t-shirt tells us that the mouse and keyboard are a "problem?" He needs to go back to his coffee and beanbag chair....

 

[gkarris]

I actually want the playset and line pack... actually 2 line packs...

 

[err404]

I'm ordering the iPhone 4 Oppression Kit... a pentalobular screw driver may actually come in handy!

 

[gogobera]

Copycats...

Well, it's slightly original, but the google things seems like a bit of a riff on something Opera did already:

<http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/04/01/>

 

[Consultant]

We are McLovin this April Fools!

 

[pjarvi]

Dammit, ThinkGeek had me fooled with the PlayMobil Apple Store, I actually thought that one was real (should've watched the video). I figured the plate shirt was the April Fool's joke. I was lamenting at not having $170 to buy it.

Stop by Destructoid.com for some hilarity (if it's still up).

LOL at all the McRumors stuff.

 

[ghostlines]

April 1st 1976 is when Apple Computer was founded. Just sayin'

Haha didn't notice that. Guess they're having a big party at Cupertino today!

 

[Ieo]

I love april fools....

 

[cvaldes]

The Worldwide Web has made April Fool's Day utterly tedious. It used to be more fun in the pre-Web days.

 

[Big-TDI-Guy]

Hulu is in on the April Fools bit too! It's all late-90s internet action.

Makes me feel old, but still awesome to see.

 

[azentropy]

Hulu is in on the April Fools bit too! It's all late-90s internet action.

Makes me feel old, but still awesome to see.

Check out Hulu. Gotta love the 90's style look complete with the dithered gifs.

http://www.hulu.com/index.htm

I love the frames, the under construction animated gif, and the reference to GeoCities!!

 

[PNutt06]

Aus MacWorld came up with this rather cruel prank.

Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO.

That was a rather alarming way to start my day...

 

[Anaemik]

Macprovideo got in on the pranks with a first look at the new Logic Studio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eNIFtcKjVo


I actually got momentarily excited for the first 60 secs until I remembered the date :/

 

[nwcs]

I would absolutely BUY that play set if that was available!

 

[Tanguyvd]

Check out Hulu. Gotta love the 90's style look complete with the dithered gifs.

http://www.hulu.com/index.htm

with the copyright 1996 and best viewed with netscape...

remember the days this actually was IT!

 

[reden]

MacRumors is the party pooper of April Fools day.

 

[alFR]

MacRumors does not participate in April Fools' Day prank news stories

Jesus, that means that the new iCal look in Lion isn't a joke then... I was hoping that despite being posted yesterday it was an early prank.

 

[mentholiptus]

LogicPro 10 sneak peek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eNIFtcKjVo

 

[PorterRocks]

The internet is quite the place to be on April Fools' day.

 

[nwcs]

with the copyright 1996 and best viewed with netscape...

remember the days this actually was IT!

I remember it all too well. They should have gone all the way back with NCSA Mosaic. It was the best gopher interface I ran across at the time, too.

 

[Michael383]

Check out Hulu. Gotta love the 90's style look complete with the dithered gifs.

http://www.hulu.com/index.htm

Definantly a blast from the past there.

 

[apple101]

This is silly.

It says on the side where what kind of food you are.. Mine says "Side Salad".

 

[LanPhantom]

I love to see what companies do on April Fools day. I wish more companies had the nuts to do something funny and post it publicly. I would like to see funny AFD commercials on TV.

Good Stuff guys.

-LanPhantom

 

[Phil A.]

The Playmobil Apple Store is probably one of the best April fools I've seen in a long time