April Fools Prank Watch, 2011

Every year has an April 1st, and every April 1st brings out the fools. But we bring you the TRUTH. This year's spectrum of April Fools pranks run from site takeovers to subtle font changes. We'll catalog them all here -- and add others you see in the comments below.

• Google

  

  Search for Helvetica. You may be surprised by what you see! Haha lol!

• YouTube

  Today, they bring you the Top 5 Viral Pictures of 1911.

• Urlesque

  

  It might just be my aging eyes, but something seems different about the spelling over there today.

• Funny Or Die

  

  Everyone's favorite new pop sensation has taken over Funny Or Die -- and it's Friday, too, which is fitting. Yesterday was Thursday, tomorrow is Saturday, etc.

• Hulu

  

  Welcome back to the '90s!

• Gmail

  

  Try out the new Gmail Motion! It's like Xbox Kinect for your emails.

• Post-PC Mag

  

  From PC Mag, it's the first magazine for the post-PC world we're all living (?) in.

• Google Job: Autocompleter

  You didn't think computers did all that work, did you?

• The Chive

  

  It's now a food blog -- for today, at least.

• The Sun

  

  Marshmallow assault? Hmm. Sounds suspicious.

• Think Geek:

• Angry Birds Pork Rinds

  

  Delicious, made from dead pigs. It makes sense.

• Playmobil Apple Store

  

  Includes tiny Steve Jobs!

• Comic Sans Pro

  

  Finally, a Comic Sans upgrade!

• Improv Everywhere

  Don't get on that subway car, Jar Jar.

• Harry Potter Show On FX

• Adventure Time Canceled

  

  If only the cancellation of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack had also been a prank. :(

• AskMen

  

  With an App and the AskMen site, you can now engage another sense on the web: Smell.

• Starbucks

  

  Finally! Mobile coffee!

• Know Your Meme

  

  Nic Cage really is everybody.

• Living Social

  

  What a great deal! Salami on your face!

• Whole Foods

  

  Free-range insects are big for 2011. Or so I hear.

• Someecards

  

  What a deal!

• Fora.tv

  Just what we needed.