Your Guide To Every April Fools' Day Prank On The Internet
It's the first of April and NOTHING is safe. Here's a guide to help you figure what is real and what is pure hogwash. Together, we can get through this.
1. The U.S. Army is planning on weaponizing cats.
Via army.mil
2. American Eagle is selling spray-on skinny jeans.
3. YouTube reaveals it was actually just a contest to find the best video and is finally shutting down.
View this video on YouTube
4. Google Maps is adding a treasure map feature.
View this video on YouTube
5. Gmail is adding a much-needed "blue" feature.
View this video on YouTube
6. And Google is adding a search-by-smell feature called Google Nose.
View this video on YouTube
7. Sony is designing headphones for cats.
Via blog.sony.com
8. Scope released bacon mouthwash.
View this video on YouTube
9. Reddit's r/Murica switched to r/France.
Via reddit.com
10. Justin Bieber fans are spending the day mimicking everything Justin says and does online.
11. And One Directioners are going to break up with the band.
12. Twitter is going to ban vowels and charge you $5 to use them again.
13. Birchbox added Birchbox for actual boxes.
Via birchbox.com
14. And Hulu is only advertising fake shows like Rural Juror, Itchy And Scratchy, or Inspector Spacetime
Via hulu.com
15. The Guardian released a new product that lets readers see only liberal or conservative augmented realities.
Via telegraph.co.uk
16. The Telegraph releases on article about a new "Lights Tzar."
Via telegraph.co.uk
17. Virgin announces a glass-bottom plane.
Via virgin.com
18. Ted Cruz, Senator of Texas posted this:
19. If you go to Digg and use the Konami code (up up, down down, left, right, left, right, B, A) the site will Rickroll you.
20. Canadian airline West Jet introduces their "furry family" program.
View this video on YouTube
21. Kayak has added a new "dates" section.
22. The White House released a video message from "Kid President."
View this video on YouTube
23. DeviantArt releases DeviantHEART, the online dating site for artists.
Via deviantart.com
24. Imgur adds a "snail mail" feature.
Via imgur.com
25. The Pirate Bay becomes The Freedom Bay.
Via thepiratebay.se
26. Tic Tac released a pizza flavor.
27. BMW released the P.R.A.M. (Postnatal Royal Auto Mobile).
28. George Takei switched sides to Star Wars.
Via facebook.com
29. Vimeo became Vimeow.
Via vimeo.com
30. Subaru released a methane-powered car.
View this video on YouTube
31. The Whole Foods' Cattle Cam, which lets you watch what you eat eat.
32. Seamless is letting you upgrade your food deliveryperson.
View this video on YouTube
33. Aer Lingus announced in-flight riverdancing, among other initiatives.
View this video on YouTube
34. And this:
35. Urban Outfitter's Maxi Tube Dress.
36. Oberlin College filled their homepage with cats.
Via oberlin.edu
37. Soundcloud added a "Here's the drop" feature.
Via soundcloud.com
38. WNYC has peep-vision, which is activated when you type peep on the homepage.
Via wnyc.org
39. LA Weekly has turned into The Onion.
Via laweekly.com
40. Netflix added some very specific categories:
41. Astronaut Chris Hadfield posted this photo of "space debris" to his Twitter.
