Gullible types should be wary today: April Fools jokes are clogging the Internet, with Google, Vanity Fair, and even Hulu trying to pull one over on their users.
Per usual, Gmail leads the pack with its cheeky "Gmail Motion" upgrade. The sell: Without body language, email loses its interactivity and sense of humanity. Using Wii-like technology, Gmail motion lets users control their messages sans pesky keyboards and mouses.
Need to open a message? Mime the act of opening an envelope. Want to send your note off to a friend? Lick the pretend stamp and place it on the air envelope
An even nerdier, under-the-radar joke awaits those who type "Helvetica" into Google's search tab (just try it).
Hulu.com downgraded its site to look like a 1990s geocities site. TV choices: The X-Files, News Radio, and Sliders.
FunnyorDie.com devoted its entire site to Rebecca Black, the teen whose music video "Friday" went viral just for being annoying.
Over at Vanity Fair, writers cleverly proclaimed that princess-to-be Kate Middleton has some Kennedy DNA. The article starts out as eyebrow-raising, then quickly regresses into prankster territory:
"Though Kate was educated in England, and, briefly, Jordan, she speaks with a hard Boston accent—her A's so broad that even a Sox fan would blush. As Katie Nicholl reported in the May 2011 issue of Vanity Fair, 'there was talk, among some of Kate's friends, that she had had elocution lessons.'"
In a play on the day's pranks, American Apparel launched a sale that sounds suspicious but is actually legitimate: Dubbed the "100% Off Sale," the site is giving away tons of merchandise.
Simply select at least $60 worth of merchandise, then enter the code "April1st" at checkout. Any items included in the sale will be deducted from the total.
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