April Fool’s Day has returned and it has graced us. Well, Google has graced us at least. Google launched a myriad of jokes centered around CADIE.
CADIE is an artificial intelligence system that apparently is going rogue and is taking control of Google. However, CADIE allows Google to improve it’s products with features such as 3D Browsing in their Chrome browser, Gmail Autopilot in Gmail and Brain Search with Google Mobile.
YouTube joined in on the fun again this year after rick-rolling everyone to death last year. Actually, I don’t know if you’d like to call it fun when all the videos are inverted and start playing upside down.
The Guardian in the UK says they’re going out of print and will use Twitter only to deliver the news.
All fun and entertaining, but I think companies need to get a little more aggressive with their jokes.
Maybe Apple could pull a prank where every song downloaded on April 1st is the same song. Perhaps something by Prince? But yes, the same exact song. No matter what you’re downloading you get that same Prince song. Actually, Paula Abdul may be more funny.
Microsoft could file for bankruptcy! That would get some heads spinning.
Facebook could announce that you can now sell your information online.
The government could put our an absolutely brilliant prank though, or a couple. Could you imagine President Obama announcing that he’s painting the White House black? Or maybe the Treasury announces a $5 coin?
In all honesty, at this point the best joke would be Obama coming out and saying the words that would soothe the ears of millions, perhaps billions: the financial crisis is fake! April Fools!
