BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "april fools" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:40:11 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) News Anchor Tricked Into Sniffing And Licking An iPad http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/news-anchor-tricked-into-sniffing-and-licking-an-i-4t5

More proof that all TV news co-anchors secretly hate each other.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/news-anchor-tricked-into-sniffing-and-licking-an-i-4t5 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:02:10 -0400 <b>More proof that all TV news co-anchors secretly hate each other.</b> provincialelitist nonadult Clever April Fool&#39;s Email http://www.buzzfeed.com/nikoguy1/clever-april-fools-email-5xy As a New Yorker, there's only a few of things one fears living here. The three are as follows; muggings, burglars, and bedbugs. Now then, imagine you waking up this morning to a snowstorm and this email. Classic.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/nikoguy1/clever-april-fools-email-5xy Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:02:09 -0400 <b>As a New Yorker, there&#39;s only a few of things one fears living here.</b> The three are as follows; muggings, burglars, and bedbugs. Now then, imagine you waking up this morning to a snowstorm and this email. Classic. nikoguy1 nonadult April Fools Pranks: The Best Office Pranks Of All Time http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/april-fools-pranks-office_n_843105.html

You don't like the people you work with anyway.

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]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/april-fools-pranks-office_n_843105.html Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:10:55 -0400 You don&#39;t like the people you work with anyway. huffpost nonadult Voice Activated Printer http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/voice-activated-printer This is my kind of evil. Passive aggressive evil.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/voice-activated-printer Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:02:09 -0400 This is my kind of evil. Passive aggressive evil. donnad nonadult April Fools Prank Watch http://www.buzzfeed.com/apriltruth/april-fools-prank-watch And so begins our slow descent into April Fools Day madness. I'll be keeping tab on the sites that are posting April Fools pranks all day, so check back often. Also, feel free to contribute if you see something that isn't on the list yet.

  1. Google

    Humbled by Topeka's decision to temporarily rename itself as "Google", the website returned the favor by taking up the city's former moniker.

  2. Urlesque

    Urlesque has handed the reigns over to everyone's favorite nerd, Steve Urkel, who has re-branded the site as "Urkelesque".

  3. ThinkGeek

    ThinkGeek has started rolling out their annual April Fools day "too-good-to-be-true" geek gift collection, starting with this iPad arcade accessory.

  4. Improv Everywhere

    Improv Everywhere joined in on the April Fools Day fun by pulling their most risque stunt to date, The "No Underwear Subway Ride."

  5. Hipster Runoff

    Hipster Runoff's Alt Report ran a story this morning about Pitchfork's unprecedented review of MGMT's new album, giving it a perfect 10.

  6. Funny Or Die

    Funny Or Die has become "Bieber Or Die" today, featuring videos of the actual Justin Bieber reenacting some iconic memes from the past.

  7. TechCrunch

    TechCrunch posted an article late last night about Google's intention to switch to nuclear power.

  8. YouTube

    YouTube introduced a new bandwidth-saving service today that let's you watch videos down-converted to basic text.

  9. Starbucks

    Starbucks introduced two new sizes today: The 128 oz "Plenta" and the 2 oz "Micra".

  10. Reddit

    Reddit granted all it's users admin status for the day, allowing infinite upvotes for everyone.

  11. College Humor

    College Humor has been taken offline due to "un-American sentiment."

  12. Cnet UK

    Cnet UK ran a story this morning from Apple admitting that the iPad was all just one big joke.

  13. Wikipedia

    Today's featured article on Wikipedia's front page is all about the traditional western practice of "wife selling."

  14. Hoot Suite

    The popular online Twitter client Hoot Suite announced this morning that they were switching to a fully-3D dashboard.

  15. Kodak

    Kodak announced a new product this morning, Aromatography, which would apply the scent of whatever you were photographing to the picture as well.

  16. Blizzard

    Blizzard announced their new line-up of mobile games due out this spring, including "Blackthorne 2: Thorne Harder" and "Queen's Quest"

  17. Google UK

    Google UK plans to develop an app for Android phones that will translate Animal sounds into speech.

  18. 4Chan

    4Chan added a new feature that lets you post your crude content to Facebook as well.

  19. Eater NY

    Popular NYC food blog Eater NY posted as article this morning about In-N-Out's new NYC franchise location.

  20. CNet UK

    Another one from Cnet UK, this time a story about a man claiming to be from the future being arrested at CERN.

  21. Guardian.co.uk

    The Guardian ran this story about the Labour party's edgy new campaign, which essentially amounts to candidate Gordon Brown calling out David Cameron for a fist fight.

  22. Shell Vacation Hospitality

    Shell Vacations is promoting their new service that lets guests book rooms that are designed to be easier on left-handed patrons.

  23. AOL Radio

    AOL Radio's blog posted a number of unreleased Beatles tracks today.

  24. xkcd

    xkcd has become unixkcd today, turning the whole site into a Unix command prompt.

  25. Deviant Art

    Deviant Art replaced all it's users profile icons with Twilight and Lady Gaga icons.

  26. IvyGate

    IvyGate got exclusive word today that two new schools were up for induction into the Ivy League.

  27. Film School Rejects

    Film School Rejects took a time machine back to April 1st, 1980.

  28. Yelp

    Yelp sent out a casting call looking for contestants for it's new reality show, based on the review site.

  29. The Pirate Bay

    Popular torrent search site, The Pirate Bay, has reverted to "retro style."

  30. The PETA files

    The PETA blog ran an story about a French geneticists attempt to make rats cuter by splicing their DNA with rabbit DNA.

  31. Amazon Kindle

    Amazon announced they'd be releasing a Kindle version of the Harry Potter series written entirely in runic characters.

  32. Let Me Google That For You

    Following Google's lead, Let Me Google That For You had now become Let Me Topeka That For You.

  33. LSU Sports

    LSU announced they'd be installing new purple turf for their Tigers to be play on.

  34. Screen Junkies

    Screen Junkies posted about a new Robocop movie directed by Darren Aronofsky, in which Avatar's Sam Worthington is set to star.

  35. Huffington Post

    Not so much a prank as it is a rock solid April Fools Day pun.

  36. The Leaky Cauldron

    The popular Harry Potter fan site has become a Glee fan site today.

  37. Google Voice

    Google Voice recognized that people felt a certain nostalgia for the way voicemail used to be, so they implemented changes today to make their service a little more old school.

  38. GMail

    GMail is experiencing a temporary vowel outage.

  39. Chat Roulette

    Chat Roulette's new service, Wed Roulette, helps you find a partner who is looking to get engaged RIGHT NOW.

  40. Babeland

    Popular adult toy website babeland is offering a new chocolate rabbit vibrator just in time for Easter.

  41. Battle.net

    Battle.net introduced a new service where you could be matched up with the love of your life to go out and pwn some n00bs with.

  42. JibJab Roulette

    JibJab launches a Chat Roulette variant that connects you with people in their birthday suits.

  43. Google Reader

    Google is introducing a new program to help incentivize using their RSS reader.

  44. Cute Overload

    CuteOverload is lousy with Rick Astley today.

  45. Austin Chronicle

    The Austin Chronicle ran a story about the University of Texas' intention to kill their athletics program.

  46. The Economist

    The Economist ran a very in-depth article about Russia's involvement in the lucrative olive oil industry.

  47. Google New Zealand

    Google New Zealand is timing their search results with some less than standard timing systems.

  48. Google Books

    Google Books implemented a new feature that lets you read in 3D. (3D is the "it" joke this April Fools.)

  49. The Guild

    In the tradition of Muppet Babies, the web series "The Guild" released an episode portraying the groups as babies.

  50. Wil Wheton's Twitter

    Wil Wheton divulged some details about a top-secret Star Trek reunion.

  51. Weather Underground

    The Weather Underground ran a story about how global warming unearthed an entire race of warrior merman and mermaids in the arctic.

  52. Flickr

    The Flickrpad is Flickr's answer to the Apple iPad.

  53. Coldplay

    The band Coldplay released details about their new branded cologne. They even added it to their merch site.

  54. Glamour

    Glamour has become "Glamour Pets" for the day.

  55. WikiTravel

    WikiTrips' featured destination today is Mordor.

  56. Ben & Jerry's

    Ben & Jerry released a revolutionary new way to experience ice cream called "ice screen."

  57. Hulu

    Hulu "accidentally" leaked a confidential video from our alien overlords.

  58. Google Docs

    Google Docs is going to start letting users store anything. Yes, anything.

  59. RyanSeacrest.com

    The Bronx Zoo Cobra's identity is still a mystery, maybe because it's too busy serving as webmaster of RyanSeacrest.com to reveal itself.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/apriltruth/april-fools-prank-watch Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:35:32 -0400 <b>And so begins our slow descent into April Fools Day madness.</b> I&#39;ll be keeping tab on the sites that are posting April Fools pranks all day, so check back often. Also, feel free to contribute if you see something that isn&#39;t on the list yet. apriltruth nonadult The Lamest April Fools Pranks http://www.buzzfeed.com/apriltruth/the-lamest-april-fools-pranks

Let's be truthful here for a minute, fools. April Fools pranks are sometimes funny!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/apriltruth/the-lamest-april-fools-pranks Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:26:32 -0400 Let&#39;s be truthful here for a minute, fools. April Fools pranks are sometimes funny! apriltruth nonadult Sites To Avoid On April Fools Day http://www.buzzfeed.com/apriltruth/sites-to-avoid-on-april-fools-day

There are a number of sites that post stories or change their design layout to pull one over on their readers for April Fools Day. If you spend a lot of time online, this gets tiresome pretty quickly. Here are some of the most consistent offenders that you should avoid tomorrow.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/apriltruth/sites-to-avoid-on-april-fools-day Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:07:59 -0400 <b>There are a number of sites that post stories or change their design layout to pull one over on their readers for April Fools Day.</b> If you spend a lot of time online, this gets tiresome pretty quickly. Here are some of the most consistent offenders that you should avoid tomorrow. apriltruth nonadult Worst April Fools Ever http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/worst-april-fools-ever-6y

The online stock trading site Zecco surprised its customers with fake multi-million dollar balances. Ha-ha! But then something happened…

The Best Links:

  1. Zecco April Fools’ Day: Million Dollar Account Balances
  2. Online Brokerage Zecco Pretends To Give Away Millions, Panics When People Start Spending
  3. Zecco.com
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/worst-april-fools-ever-6y Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:05:04 -0400 The online stock trading site Zecco surprised its customers with fake multi-million dollar balances. Ha-ha! But then something happened... ries nonadult Russian April Fools' Day http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/russian-april-fools-day In Russia, it is socially acceptable to celebrate April Fools' Day by blowing up Lenin's statue with a huge bundle of TNT.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/russian-april-fools-day Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:23:51 -0400 In Russia, it is socially acceptable to celebrate April Fools&#39; Day by blowing up Lenin&#39;s statue with a huge bundle of TNT. akdobbins nonadult Best Funeral Ever http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/best-funeral-ever-6y

Improv Everywhere crashed the funeral of a man with very few surviving relatives to make it the best funeral ever!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/best-funeral-ever-6y Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:27:21 -0400 Improv Everywhere crashed the funeral of a man with very few surviving relatives to make it the best funeral ever! ries nonadult Upside Down Youtube http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewwilliamson/upside-down-youtube-5fl

In honor of our April Fools, Youtube is upside down.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewwilliamson/upside-down-youtube-5fl Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:31:10 -0400 In honor of our April Fools, Youtube is upside down. matthewwilliamson adult April Fool's Contest http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/april-fools-contest

Trick your friends into clicking something they shouldn't.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/april-fools-contest Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:17:45 -0400 Trick your friends into clicking something they shouldn&#39;t. scott nonadult iTunes 4'33" Reviews http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/itunes-433-reviews

iTunes is letting users download a movement from John Cage's famous 4'33” for free this week.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/itunes-433-reviews Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:16:40 -0400 iTunes is letting users download a movement from John Cage&#39;s famous 4&#39;33" for free this week. akdobbins nonadult Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/warner-bros-acquires-the-pirate-bay-6y

The Pirate Bay is announcing that as of today, April 1st, they've been acquired by Warner Bros. for approximately $13 billion.

The Best Links:

  1. Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay
  2. Press Release for Immediate Publishing! Warner Bros Inc Acquires The Pirate Bay AB
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/warner-bros-acquires-the-pirate-bay-6y Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:31:15 -0400 The Pirate Bay is announcing that as of today, April 1st, they&#39;ve been acquired by Warner Bros. for approximately $13 billion. ries nonadult Stupid April Fools' Pranks http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Stupid_April_Fools_Pranks

It’s April 1st, don’t believe it.

The Best Links:

  1. Mahalo’s Steve Jobs April Fools prank
  2. April Fools Is The Amateur Hour For Humor
  3. France to limit US visitors
  4. April Fool’s Day Pranks Gone Wrong
  5. Helvetica Serif
  6. Gmail Custom Time Facilitates Tampering with Time
  7. Actually, This One is Kinda Funny
  8. April Fools’ Alert #3: Legend of Zelda movie by IGN
  9. Build Your Very Own Google Airplane!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!11!
  10. Jezebel Bought by Conde Nast!!
  11. Helvetica Serif
  12. Radar Draws a Line in the Sand
  13. My New Start-up: I Google For You
  14. This One Actually Isn’t a Joke
  15. Holy! Doctors Are Going to Stretch Sarkozy to Make Him as Tall as His New Wife!!
  16. Google and Virgin Join Forces to go to Mars!! It’s Virgle!!
  17. Flying Penguins Found by BBC
  18. Free Scanning of All Your Documents
  19. Cool! Google Australia Now Let’s You Search THE FUTURE!
  20. OMG! TechCrunch is Suing Facebook For $25 Million!!
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Stupid_April_Fools_Pranks Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:18:01 -0400 It's April 1st, don't believe it. buzz nonadult