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Beware, it's April Fools' Day!

With the iPad launch just two days away and new iPad news flooding the net almost every hour, we want to remind all our readers that today is April Fools' Day -- so take what you hear with a grain of salt. The web is already bursting with April Fools' pranks. Some of my favorites are:

Google Translate for Animals -- an Android app that translates animal sounds into human speech using Google's "animal linguistic database."

The Dharma Initiative Alarm Clock -- there's only two settings: one-minute warning and electromagnetic cataclysm mode.

Google Street View in 3D -- go to Street View on and Google Map and you'll see a 3D icon. Glasses not included.

Google Mobile Search "Where am I?" -- you'll be surprised to find where you are.

The iCade, iPad Arcade Cabinet -- Donkey Kong never looked so good.

Starbucks introduces the plenta and the micra - new coffee sizes for the modern appetite

Besides a day for pranks, April 1, 2010 is Apple's 34th anniversary. Apple was founded this on this day in 1976. Happy anniversary Apple!

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Kyle

I really liked this video poking fun at web marketing lingo. The nonsense graphs really cracked me up.
http://websmart.tv/fun/how-to-market-on-the-web/

April 01 2010 at 4:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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DigitalBenjamin

HA! I saw this last week. Pretty funny video.

April 09 2010 at 4:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jay

The iCade actually looks pretty awesome.

April 01 2010 at 11:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joshua Ochs

Thank God for http://www.tuaw.com/not/aprilfools .

Too much utter stupid on the Internet today already. April Fools Day used to be clever (xkcd today is a great blast from the past, as it were), but now it just consists of obviously fake and stupid "news" stories.

April 01 2010 at 10:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nic

also google standard voicemail

http://www.google.com/googlevoice/standard_voicemail.html

April 01 2010 at 10:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Oliver Breidenbach

TextExpanderInk released: http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/ink/ink.html

:-)

April 01 2010 at 9:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DJ

Apple gives military free iPads
http://digg.com/d31NEzk?t

April 01 2010 at 9:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Adrian vG

I want the Arcade Cabinet for iPad :( How hard could it be making it real?

April 01 2010 at 8:52 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Adam

Google is also renamed "topeka" on the front page... ultramegalolz.

April 01 2010 at 8:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
asif

This one too:

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/pad-dock/index.html

April 01 2010 at 8:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nick Park

The Google StreetView 3D looks real to me - the separation in the anaglyph looks like it would generate pretty good 3D... if I had a pair of 3D glasses.

April 01 2010 at 8:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Videofyle

Just tried it (thank you Coraline)

It's actually kind of neat- obviously an effect applied after - like a generic filter that makes everything toward the bottom of the image closer so the street has some depth- but it seems to "cut out" cars and render them with the proper depth as well!!

It seems to work anywhere since I've checked at a few random addresses (including my own) - so yeah, it's kind of a useless gimmick so it could easily be a (n awesome) April Fools joke, but still sort of a neat effect. I for one hope it sticks around.

April 01 2010 at 12:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Craig Stanton

I'm in the same boat, it looks real but I don't have glasses to check it. I don't know if this counts as a joke/prank, I think it's kinda cool, if it works. I still generally use Google Earth more, but a 3D street view would be welcome

April 01 2010 at 3:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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