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Create an April Fools pranklet with iPhoneception

by Erica Sadun (Mar 25th, 2012)

Looking for a cute and harmless April Fool's day prank for your iPhone. Consider iphoneception. It's a site that creates one of four special effects that mimic the iPhone's home screen, making users think that something deeply weird has happened to their unit. Best of all, at least in terms ...

iPhone 4's Operation Doorbell reveals mystery ringer

by Chris Rawson (Jun 12th, 2011)

One of our readers sent us a story that was too good not to share. James, an iOS developer living in the UK, cleverly rigged his iPhone 4 against the peephole in his front door to catch a prankster that had been ringing his doorbell and running away every morning. His story is below. For the ...

Eight cruel iPad wallpaper tricks

by Michael Rose (Apr 6th, 2010)

Pranksters, start your engines. Gizmodo lists eight tricks you can play on your iPad-owning, smug and self-satisfied friends to wipe the grins off their mugs. They've got a full gallery of options here; I especially like the SPOD screen, and the Wishful Thinking version shown here (multitasking! ...