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List of April Fools' Day Announcements

592 points by conroy 12y ago

Instead of cluttering the front page with fake product announcements, let's just post them in here instead. One thread where each top-level comment is just a title and a link.

mcbetz 12y ago
Sacha Greif's "Discover Meteor" announces a print edition with "Component-Oriented Architecture", "three-way binding" and integrated package management system to "remove" and "add" new pages: https://www.discovermeteor.com/blog/discover-meteor-print-edition/ https://www.discovermeteor.com/blog/discover-meteor-print-ed...
- spb 12y ago
  So like the AD&D Monster Manual then?
josso 12y ago
Minecraft snapshot 15w14a – The Love and Hugs Update https://mojang.com/2015/04/minecraft-snapshot-15w14a-the-love-and-hugs-update/ https://mojang.com/2015/04/minecraft-snapshot-15w14a-the-lov... "We’ve thought long and hard about this, but we finally feel happy to announce that we are now changing the general direction of the game Minecraft. Starting from the next update we will be focusing on the things that make life worth living, promoting healthy relationships with the environment and its inhabitants."
conroy 12y ago
Introducing the new face of Search — Google Panda http://googleasiapacific.blogspot.com/2015/04/introducing-new-face-of-search-google.html http://googleasiapacific.blogspot.com/2015/04/introducing-ne...
- pimlottc 12y ago
  This gets my early vote for most likely to become a reality.
conroy 12y ago
The New Audi A8 http://www.audi.jp/gohan/ http://www.audi.jp/gohan/
- wwwhizz 12y ago
  In Japan, you never know..
- mdekkers 12y ago
  lol, in japan, a new car comes with a branded spankpaddle
  - forlulz 12y ago
    Gee, thanks for that. Next time I'm scooping cooked rice out for dinner I would hope that the other occupants of the house have not used it as a spank paddle.
    - mdekkers 12y ago
      I have never seen anything like that used for scooping rice...
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rcarmo 12y ago
CERN researchers confirm the existence of the Force http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2015/04/cern-researchers-confirm-existence-force http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2015/04/cern-researche...
- sanoli 12y ago
  "...Kenobi's seminal paper "May the Force be with EU" – a strong argument that his experiment should be built in Europe – persuaded the CERN Council to finance..."
- JamyDev 12y ago
  For being the people who created the internet their website is rather slow...
  - Chinjut 12y ago
    You mean, "created the World Wide Web".
- johnl1479 12y ago
  This is my favorite today so far > With the research ongoing, many at CERN are already predicting that the Force will awaken later this year.
conroy 12y ago
Share a Reaction http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2015/03/chrome-selfie-share-reaction.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2015/03/chrome-selfie-share...
conroy 12y ago
You can play Pac-Man in Google Maps right now http://www.sciencealert.com/you-can-play-pac-man-in-google-maps-right-now http://www.sciencealert.com/you-can-play-pac-man-in-google-m...
- concerto 12y ago
  Is it an April Fool if you can actualy do it? More like an early Easter Egg?
- LeoPanthera 12y ago
  Blogspam url?
- gbraad 12y ago
  zoom in to the map select the Pacman overlay. If it can't create a playfield it offers a 'I'm feeling lucky'. I ended up at https://www.google.com/maps/@-22.975078,-43.1923318,18z/data=!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@-22.975078,-43.1923318,18z/data...
- kissickas 12y ago
  Ingress (the game by Google's Niantic Labs) also replaced some of its graphics with those of Pacman https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/8TQAYXzvQpB https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/8TQAYXzvQpB
finnn 12y ago
https://com.google https://com.google - Google showing off their new gTLD in a silly manner.
- BetaMechazawa 12y ago
  Is it me or does everyone and their mother have a gTLD these days? I would not take any company that uses a gTLD serious at all.
  - jitl 12y ago
    what's wrong with having gTLD? Seeing lots of this new TLD hate, I want to understand the reasoning.
    - sneak 12y ago
      Adding random things at the root of a hierarchy subverts the entire idea of having a hierarchy in the first place.
      - dagw 12y ago
        This battle was lost the second people started using .net and .org for things that wheren't related network technologies and non-profit orgranizations respectively. The nail was driven into the coffin when people started using country tld's for sites that had nothing to do with that country. If anything this might be step back in the right direction. Whereas I cannot tell anything about the nature or origin of a site based on the fact that it has a .net or .ly tld, I will be able to tell something about nature and origin of a site if it has a .google or .apple tld.
        sneak 12y ago
        Misusing the hierarchy is different than subverting it entirely. Also, your last statement isn't true.
        josteink 12y ago
conroy 12y ago
Smartbox by Inbox: the mailbox of tomorrow, today http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/smartbox-by-inbox-mailbox-of-tomorrow.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/smartbox-by-inbox-mai...
- thomasahle 12y ago
  This's gotta be the most well produced April Fools video I've seen.
- aladine 12y ago
  I love the video so much. Very convincing and surreal
- crivabene 12y ago
  Reminds me of one of the jokes they did in 2007: Gmail Paper. Loved this one! http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/04/gmail-paper-print-your-messages-for.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/04/gmail-paper-print-y... https://www.gmail.com/mail/help/paper/ https://www.gmail.com/mail/help/paper/
- bhandziuk 12y ago
  Was that Kelsey Grammer narrating?!
- anoncow 12y ago
  Do you know whee the song in the end is from - "Let's do something new"?
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scommab 12y ago
xkcloud: http://xkcd.com/1506/ http://xkcd.com/1506/
conroy 12y ago
Tinder for Uber* http://tinderforuber.com/ http://tinderforuber.com/ *I'm praying this is a joke
- dexcs 12y ago
  I wonder how many crazy entrepreneurs use april days for validating ideas they had without loosing they're credibility :)
  - johnlbevan2 12y ago
    Amazon Dash?
    - simonk 12y ago
      Dash is real.
  - Jedd 12y ago
    To assist with you're credibility: "their" And 'losing', 'April', missing 'fools' (or 'first of').
    - w0rm 12y ago
      "your"
      - mangeletti 12y ago
        win!
      - Jedd 12y ago
        I concede that succinct satire doesn't really work on the Net.
    - dexcs 12y ago
      You're the man.
- 12y ago
conroy 12y ago
- Game of Thrones clue - Power Wheels Desert Drifters - Steam-powered Gaming Cabinet - Voltron Cat Condo - and more... http://www.thinkgeek.com/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/
- huxley 12y ago
  My favourite Think Geek April Fools was the 2001: A Space Odyssey Monolith Action Figure: http://www.wired.com/2010/10/2001-a-space-odyssey-monolith-action-figure/ http://www.wired.com/2010/10/2001-a-space-odyssey-monolith-a... (which they did end up selling due to demand) "It's Full of Stars!" "Zero Points of Articulation"
rxin 12y ago
Spark 2.0: Rearchitecting Spark for Mobile Platforms https://databricks.com/blog/2015/04/01/spark-2-rearchitecting-spark-for-mobile.html https://databricks.com/blog/2015/04/01/spark-2-rearchitectin... This is probably among the most technical, nerdy April fool's.
- eranation 12y ago
  It's actually one of the few that one day might not be a joke...
draugadrotten 12y ago
SAS SPACE TRAVEL by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) http://www.sas.se/ http://www.sas.se/
lunaru 12y ago
Here's one we did targeted to our (customer support) audience: "Please type your reply above this line" (http://blog.reamaze.com/2015/04/01/please-type-your-reply-above-this-line/ http://blog.reamaze.com/2015/04/01/please-type-your-reply-ab...)
ljk 12y ago
google japan's new keyboard https://www.google.co.jp/ime/___o/ https://www.google.co.jp/ime/___o/
- mlex 12y ago
  Pay attention to the URL as you scroll down the page. ;)
  - shultays 12y ago
    I don't know much about html/js, how is it done without #? Why doesn't it trigger a page change
    - Styn 12y ago
      http://stackoverflow.com/questions/824349/modify-the-url-without-reloading-the-page http://stackoverflow.com/questions/824349/modify-the-url-wit... Google is your friend
    - general_failure 12y ago
      it's a new html5 feature
    - xg15 12y ago
      http://diveintohtml5.info/history.html http://diveintohtml5.info/history.html
kevinburke 12y ago
Changed my HN title bar from gray to blue
kingzain 12y ago
Google purchases Dubai's world of islands to reconfigure into Google-shaped floating cities. http://inhabitat.com/google-purchases-dubais-world-of-islands-to-reconfigure-into-google-shaped-floating-cities/ http://inhabitat.com/google-purchases-dubais-world-of-island...
dezgeg 12y ago
MS-DOS for Lumia smartphones: http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/ms-dos/ http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/ms-dos/
maaaats 12y ago
MSDOS is the new mobile OS from Microsoft Announcement: http://lumiaconversations.microsoft.com/2015/04/01/microsoft-launches-ms-dos-mobile/ http://lumiaconversations.microsoft.com/2015/04/01/microsoft... Product page: http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/ms-dos/ http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/ms-dos/ Edit: Even an app http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/ms-dos-mobile/8573c4a8-b9df-4409-90a6-dad2dc0b6b26 http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/ms-dos-mobile/85... Wow, the app is really well done. SPOILERS: Can cd into a programs folder, and launch programs like sms.exe, where I get a blue DOS-style window asking for input. Can use "phone <nr>" to call someone, send e-mails. If i launch "internet" it plays an old modem sound before launching the stock OS browser. CDing into C:\GAMES\RPS and launching RPS.exe first gives you a question about using "PC Speaker" or "Sound Blaster", and then how many colors you would like. Then the game crashes with "Error! Not enough memory, RPS needs 641KB conventional memory (...)" and then a quote "---Cortana: That's odd, 640 K ought to be enough for anyone", haha. After that, it guides you through using mem and loadhigh to get the game to run. And of course, RPS is Rock-Paper-Scissors in 8-bit glory. The camera is an ASCII-camera, using letters with only a few colors, or CGA mode. Here are two selfies I took http://imgur.com/a/deajM http://imgur.com/a/deajM The command help gives all useable command: CD, CLS, COLOR, DATE, DIR, ECHO, EDIT (edit autoxec.bat for instance), EXIT, FORMAT, HELP, LOADHIGH, MEM, PATH, TIME, TYPE, VER.
- endgame 12y ago
  That's beautiful, and probably an improvement on most smartphone OSes.
- dickvdbrink 12y ago
  Haha, love it this is a briljant joke! :)
- wz1000 12y ago
  I'd love to have something like that if it ran bash or even Powershell.
  - creshal 12y ago
    Android has shells, and you can put arbitrary distributions in a chroot, if it's rooted.
seanhandley 12y ago
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/01/jeremy-clarkson-joins-guardian-drive-for-fossil-fuel-divestment http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/01/jeremy-clarkson... Jeremy Clarkson joins campaign for fossil fuel divestment
- m_sc 12y ago
  Don't know if april fools but the banner at the top: http://www.topgear.com/uk/ http://www.topgear.com/uk/
- codeulike 12y ago
  More than 1.5 million Britons signed an online petition calling for Clarkson to be reinstated and for a relaxation of the laws against assault in cases that could be demonstrated to involve banter. Practically true.
InternetGiant 12y ago
A major ebook announcement. Science Fiction writer Charlie Stross releases an reader app to counter Clean App. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/04/a-major-ebook-announcement.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/04/a-major-...
jgifford 12y ago
A new Startup Vitamins product http://www.startupvitamins.com/products/startup-condoms-triple-packs http://www.startupvitamins.com/products/startup-condoms-trip...
jgifford 12y ago
A new Startup Vitamins product http://www.startupvitamins.com/products/startup-condoms-triple-packs http://www.startupvitamins.com/products/startup-condoms-trip...
1729 12y ago
Uber-like on demand cab service in India launches an on demand helicopter service https://www.olacabs.com/air https://www.olacabs.com/air
- icebraining 12y ago
  It's 404ing.
  - asimaskit 12y ago
    https://www.olacabs.com/ola-air https://www.olacabs.com/ola-air
wippler 12y ago
Retro amazon, http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.amazon.com/
- masida 12y ago
  Amazon Dash Button https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-button https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-button
  - aroman 12y ago
    Not sure if you were being cheeky or not, but that's not an April Fool's joke.
  - simonk 12y ago
    Dash is real.
    - zaroth 12y ago
      No it's not.
      - pimlottc 12y ago
        They've certainly gone to a lot of trouble writing support docs if it's not real: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_bc_nav?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201706050 http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_b...
        just150e 12y ago
        Did you read those docs? > Note: You may need to increase your iPhone volume, since Dash Button uses ultrasonic tones to sync with your iPhone during setup. If prompted, drag the volume slider to the recommended level, at or above where it says Best. Ultrasonic tone sync?
        zaroth 12y ago
concerto 12y ago
Not on the Highstreet. Happy Hatchery - hatch at home eggs ordered online. http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/happyhatchery http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/happyhatchery
dezgeg 12y ago
Support for negative number of CPUs is implemented in the Linux kernel. https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/31/994 https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/31/994
- ikeboy 12y ago
  Don't tempt physicists. Remember how it turned out last time with the semi-dead cat.
- Taniwha 12y ago
  I looked at that patch, it still divides by 0 when you have 0 CPUs, I hope Linus rejects it
- spb 12y ago
  Since LKML seems to be overloaded right now: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142784405100723&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142784405100723&w=2
LaurentGh 12y ago
http://blog.sunrise.am/post/115135988899/introducing-clippy-for-sunrise http://blog.sunrise.am/post/115135988899/introducing-clippy-... Sunrise joining Microsoft, they just added Clippy to their calendar
coldelectrons 12y ago
Michael Bay will be doing a reboot of Casa Blanca.
- deleted 12y ago
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vidyesh 12y ago
Amazon India LucID : Lucid dream analyser wrist band http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322727_2/278-8747141-7982610?ie=UTF8&node=6264496031&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1FHEMREEDFJT8ZRECTQ9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=602014527&pf_rd_i=1320006031 http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322727_2/278-8747141-... Silicon Styler : Electronic Moustache Styler http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187323127_2?ie=UTF8&node=6264495031&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0CNXDBGPCZBDS8J82YZM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=602015547&pf_rd_i=1320006031 http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187323127_2?ie=UTF8&node... Biovap Mark III : Bio-waste disintegrator. Processes kitchen waste to scented vapour as air-freshner http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322547_2?ie=UTF8&node=6264492031&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1JMXJ61E4PDSXX01JKRX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=602014267&pf_rd_i=1320006031 http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322547_2?ie=UTF8&node... QuickClean : Electronic dry cleaner for 'dry-clean only' fabric http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322867_2?ie=UTF8&node=6264493031&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0RQXSKC5NX2G1CTDZ9SA&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=602015067&pf_rd_i=1320006031 http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322867_2?ie=UTF8&node... Exotic Amazon : Exotic pets from Madagascar/wildlife. Pair of two species wit heach purchase. http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322987_2?ie=UTF8&node=6264494031&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1DC4MYH97W7BTVJ9AGPZ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=602015147&pf_rd_i=1320006031 http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322987_2?ie=UTF8&node...
LouisRoR 12y ago
Coldfusion is making a huge comeback in the London Tech-Scene. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9302185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9302185
- sjwright 12y ago
  It should make a comeback -- in the pure open source form of Lucee. It's like the PHP of Java.
- rip747 12y ago
  it very well could: CFWheels.org - https://github.com/cfwheels/cfwheels https://github.com/cfwheels/cfwheels and no, this isn't a joke. Full disclosure: I worked on and LOVE this project.
jackpirate 12y ago
Bashing Haskell: Reimplementing Haskell's Parsec library within the unix shell SIGBOVIK2015 paper: https://github.com/mikeizbicki/parsed/raw/master/sigbovik2015/paper.pdf https://github.com/mikeizbicki/parsed/raw/master/sigbovik201... github repo: https://github.com/mikeizbicki/parsed https://github.com/mikeizbicki/parsed
dotdi 12y ago
A drone from OnePlus https://oneplus.net/gamechanger https://oneplus.net/gamechanger (although they pitch it as an April Fools', they actually sell a limited quantity)
- Malstrond 12y ago
  Seems to be a rebranded Cheerson CX-10.
- Systemic 12y ago
  I liked that in their graph on the 3rd from last page their drone had the tallest bar which at first sight looks like it would indicate it is the best, when actually it just has the highest portability, with terrible agility and control.
sandaru1 12y ago
Checkout our newest product - an online medical reference. The main feature would be our new creative UI that would let users navigate the site easily and comfortably with a nostalgic feeling. http://www.explainmedicine.com/ http://www.explainmedicine.com/
sanxiyn 12y ago
Samsung announces the world's first IoT smart knife, Galaxy BLADE edge, made for the modern chef with cutting-edge technology. http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/galaxy-blade-edge-chefs-edition/ http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/galaxy-blade-edge-chefs-ed...
- shultays 12y ago
  They had to include a warning about it is being aprils fool
  - sredfern 12y ago
    This is coming from the company who brings you the "IoT" clothes washing machine... Also whats with curved phones?
- recentdarkness 12y ago
  Now that is what I call cutting edge! :D
chaimkut 12y ago
Glide to be acquired by Apple for $430 million, will open an R&D center in Jerusalem http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://medium.com/%40MadeinJLM1/confirmed-glide-to-be-acquired-by-apple-for-430-million-will-open-an-r-d-center-in-jerusalem-8f53ba24684c&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=ubuntu&channel=fs&gws_rd=cr&ei=5KQbVbzeNcP1ggT214D4CQ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...
TilmanGriesel 12y ago
Introducing PlayStation Flow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bPUaLpNcMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bPUaLpNcMY
Graham24 12y ago
I do not believe that the University of Leicester is renaming itself the King Richard University. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/richard-iii-the-university-of-leicester-expected-to-change-name-to-king-richard-university-10147577.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/richard-iii-t...
tagawa 12y ago
Redact.js for ultimate web performance: https://codepo8.github.io/redact.js/ https://codepo8.github.io/redact.js/
faizmokhtar 12y ago
Gentoo website makeover. https://www.gentoo.org/ https://www.gentoo.org/
- jtaylor100 12y ago
  That's actually pretty cool
  - sneak 12y ago
    ANSI art adds 5hp
  - drincruz 12y ago
    Right, I actually like it and wouldn't mind if that stayed up for a while.
- avinassh 12y ago
  Looks slick! Are there any templates/libraries available to build such site? The initial loading of text looks pretty nice.
  - mben 12y ago
    Check this bootstrap theme: https://github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386 https://github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386
    - kristopolous 12y ago
      1090+ clicks from that one comment alone ... the internet is a pretty wild place.
- Tsiolkovsky 12y ago
  Damn, I love this. Best I've seen so far today.
- diyorgasms 12y ago
  And the gopher mirror, too! I don't have a good reason, but I really like the gopher protocol. Cool to see someone go to the (minimal) effort it takes to make a gopher mirror.
trainwreckme 12y ago
Joylent Green - a powdered food replacement made from people http://joylent.eu http://joylent.eu
- chanux 12y ago
  #NSFW
  - RankingMember 12y ago
    Haha wow, I did not see that coming.
conradfr 12y ago
SpeedRunners (a game on Steam) is running with graphics like 320x200 & 16 colors, and 8 bits music. You have to restore an old version of some files to play ...
ilpianista 12y ago
I suppose the SailfishOS for console games is a joke: https://twitter.com/JollaHQ/status/583176660821913600 https://twitter.com/JollaHQ/status/583176660821913600
- bobuk 12y ago
  This is a good list of games, which can be used in SailfishOS's console: http://www.tuxarena.com/2014/02/several-great-linux-terminal-games/ http://www.tuxarena.com/2014/02/several-great-linux-terminal... :)
dral 12y ago
Raspberry pi model C launches http://raspi.tv/2015/raspberry-pi-model-c http://raspi.tv/2015/raspberry-pi-model-c http://www.recantha.co.uk/blog/?p=12281 http://www.recantha.co.uk/blog/?p=12281
manojlds 12y ago
Clippy is open source on Github - http://thebeebs.github.io/OfficeAssistant/ http://thebeebs.github.io/OfficeAssistant/
- m12k 12y ago
  It's 12.5% Objective-C - who'd have thunk?
  - mijoharas 12y ago
    Hahaha, that's a nice touch, I hadn't noticed that. :)
- touristtam 12y ago
  
  - hobarrera 12y ago
    The "Clone in desktop" button gave it away as fake - I'm assuming it's a windows plugin for browsers or something, but I'd never seen that on github before.
    - antsar 12y ago
      Its seems to be a native Github feature visible for those browsing on a Windows device. The button simply links to https://windows.github.com/ https://windows.github.com/
felipe_csl 12y ago
SOLVING AN UNTIMELY SYSTEM ERROR ON OUR SITE http://blog.airbnb.com/solving-an-untimely-system-error-on-our-site/ http://blog.airbnb.com/solving-an-untimely-system-error-on-o...
schmielson 12y ago
Dachshund-Powered Delivery Service https://docsend.com/dachshund https://docsend.com/dachshund
tajen 12y ago
April fools I wanted the most: - NSA announcing they were dropping all illegal activities, - Water allowed on board of planes, - ISIS converting to Christianity, - Apple patenting the patent, - Snapchat releasing a payment system Note that April Fools is on December 28th in Spannish culture. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day#Comparable_prank_days http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day#Comparable...
- mikeknoop 12y ago
  https://support.snapchat.com/ca/snapcash https://support.snapchat.com/ca/snapcash
  - jtwebman 12y ago
    This is real though!
- ohazi 12y ago
  Well... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBwjxBmMszQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBwjxBmMszQ
  - toxicFork 12y ago
    I love how ridiculous it is!
- antimagic 12y ago
  waterboarding allowed on planes maybe?
  - johnlbevan2 12y ago
    (though with a 100ml limit)
- raverbashing 12y ago
  Snapchat payment system doesn't look like a good idea, unless you want the payment to disappear after a certain time
andrebalza1 12y ago
Kim Jong Un chooses an Italian education provider to have a course about freedom of the press https://youtu.be/d_vit8ZRHx8 https://youtu.be/d_vit8ZRHx8
Ookami86 12y ago
The Play Framework folks will be offering the "Certified Reactive Application Programmer" - in short: CRAP certification https://twitter.com/playframework/status/583131097396989952 https://twitter.com/playframework/status/583131097396989952
- JanneVee 12y ago
  https://playframework.com/certification https://playframework.com/certification I just love the checkbox for "Yes! I want my organization to be full of CRAP™ developers!"
nitin_flanker 12y ago
Apple is releasing iPhone-7 on a price below than Galaxy s7
tonglil 12y ago
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard The "executive suite - productivity edition" http://executivesuite2016.tumblr.com/post/115074577715/tumblr-executivesuite-2016-is-the-hottest-business http://executivesuite2016.tumblr.com/post/115074577715/tumbl...
- spike021 12y ago
  Also Coppy (Clippy clone): http://i.imgur.com/iDSUNhi.png http://i.imgur.com/iDSUNhi.png
- egeozcan 12y ago
  They had even translated it to other languages. Color me impressed. http://i.imgur.com/4KI0vRT.png http://i.imgur.com/4KI0vRT.png
- Red_ 12y ago
  I love this: http://i.imgur.com/7qRyFBN.png http://i.imgur.com/7qRyFBN.png
_dancannon 12y ago
Hailo Piggy Back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw49oK9bMLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw49oK9bMLM
- solaris999 12y ago
  When they mentioned rebranding the mount as a Hailo lift I was hoping they'd take it a step further and invent the Uber Hailo Lyft
jjp 12y ago
https://www.nutmeg.com/electro-save https://www.nutmeg.com/electro-save - electric shock therapy to make you think twice about withdrawing your savings
polemic 12y ago
Double bluff in today's New Zealand Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11426501 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objecti... The "April Fools' Day special" promised a new BMW to the first person who took their car and the front-page coupon to the dealership. Ms Marsh was first at the Newmarket car dealership this morning, arriving in her 15-year-old Nissan Avenir. She was swiftly rewarded with a new BMW 1 Series worth almost $50,000 in exchange for the old station wagon.
- NamTaf 12y ago
  That's fantastic!
- jtth 12y ago
  That is a perfect April Fools' day joke.
- a_c_s 12y ago
  The image of the newspaper front page in this article is completely unreadable (specifically the BMW coupon): is a legible version available somewhere?
- SilasX 12y ago
  How is that April Fools? The offer was serious and they honored it. It's not like e.g. offering all of YouTube on DVDs.
  - undersuit 12y ago
    It was literally titled the April Fools Day Special and on a day where the pranks vary from annoying programs that mess with my keyboard input to annoying news articles that mess with my sanity. I wouldn't have driven down to that dealership it they were giving away junkers or Bugatti Veyrons not to mention a BMW.
  - bo1024 12y ago
    The joke is on all the people who thought it wasn't serious.
kinduff 12y ago
http://imgur.com/play http://imgur.com/play - interactive Imgur experience with input commands http://imgur.com/collab http://imgur.com/collab - collaborative post creation
SoulMan 12y ago
Now fly using Ola App – Introducing Ola Air! http://www.tdgmag.com/2015/04/ola-air-fly-using-ola-app/ http://www.tdgmag.com/2015/04/ola-air-fly-using-ola-app/
Argorak 12y ago
lobste.rs sports a full terminal interface with working chat and slowly updating lines. http://lobste.rs http://lobste.rs
- BetaMechazawa 12y ago
  Username/password to log in? Or is this a real service that put up this site just for today and requires an actual account?
  - mseri 12y ago
    try user: guest
    - joombaga 12y ago
      also admin/letmein
  - SSLy 12y ago
    I am able to login there with my account.
  - Argorak 12y ago
    Use https://lobste.rs/hypertext https://lobste.rs/hypertext to sign up :).
- swah 12y ago
  Most users are too young to remember what this is emulating!
- nickthemagicman 12y ago
  This is cool. How do I do this on my site?
cohech 12y ago
http://espresso.economist.com/3525bb43cce253e2e8f04e7b62f1bac2 http://espresso.economist.com/3525bb43cce253e2e8f04e7b62f1ba... Economist reports that Poroshenko has suggested a winner takes all judo match with Putin to end the fighting in the Donbas.
mariuscoto 12y ago
New inbox by Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hydLZJXG3Tk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hydLZJXG3Tk
streger 12y ago
Popcorn Time, Now part of Netflix https://blog.popcorntime.io/popcorn-time-now-part-of-netflix/ https://blog.popcorntime.io/popcorn-time-now-part-of-netflix...
- touristtam 12y ago
  also on torrentfreak: http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-plans-free-tier-after-absorbing-popcorn-time-150401/ http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-plans-free-tier-after-absorb...
sWski 12y ago
x86: Drop 32-bit support in Linux Kernel: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/1/118 https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/1/118
wiradikusuma 12y ago
I published my Work-in-Progress maze game in Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinjas https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinjas After a minute or two (after tapping Start), it will jump-scare you with your friend's photo. You can then jump-scare your friends with your own photo. It uses Facebook, but doesn't post anything (other than Game Request, which is user-initiated). The game itself is still largely unfinished, but playable. Feedbacks welcome!
amouat 12y ago
Container Solutions is proud to release today its own container technology, Rocker. Rocker is an amalgamation of ideas and sources from both the Docker and Rocket projects. http://container-solutions.com/2015/04/container-solutions-introduces-rocker/ http://container-solutions.com/2015/04/container-solutions-i...
steele 12y ago
Motorola Selfie Stick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=584qPWzfhHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=584qPWzfhHY
- tinkerdol 12y ago
  Beautiful. Anyone know what music is playing in the background?
  - Navarr 12y ago
    Darude Sandstorm by Darude
    - chrisper 12y ago
      That's only if you use the HTML 5 player and click on the music note.
amolgupta 12y ago
Run to get offers by flipkart: https://twitter.com/Flipkart/status/583145516218720256 https://twitter.com/Flipkart/status/583145516218720256
- amolgupta 12y ago
  and another one https://twitter.com/91bilal/status/583177078238945280 https://twitter.com/91bilal/status/583177078238945280
shwetanka 12y ago
BuzzKill - http://offers.freecharge.com/buzzkill/ http://offers.freecharge.com/buzzkill/
skuhn 12y ago
imgix launched the Chester Face feature, which we're providing to our customers as an AFaaS (April Fools as a Service) option: http://blog.imgix.com/post/115195342369/new-imgix-feature-chester-face http://blog.imgix.com/post/115195342369/new-imgix-feature-ch... Chester Face is a tool that will automatically detect any faces in your imagery and replace those faces with that of Chester. (Chester is an engineer's cat, who happens to be photogenic and comes out of the box in the correct shade of orange for our branding)
martius 12y ago
Humble Bundle proposes the Humble Indie Ballyhoo: https://www.humblebundle.com/ballyhoo https://www.humblebundle.com/ballyhoo http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/115193038361/step-on-up-for-modern-gaming-at-its-finest-its http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/115193038361/step-on-up-fo...
- jonesetc 12y ago
  Looks like it will really take your money, but it all goes to the charity, no humble tip. I like it.
attilagyorffy 12y ago
https://github.com/npm-ruby/npm-ruby https://github.com/npm-ruby/npm-ruby - Bringing npm functionality to Ruby applications
johnfisherman 12y ago
"Send 15$ to this account and let's fight SPAM together!" Memeoirs launches the Spam Book! Make your own! http://blog.memeoirs.com/2015/04/making-spam-matter-memeoirs-now-offers-a-brand-new-feature http://blog.memeoirs.com/2015/04/making-spam-matter-memeoirs...
kinduff 12y ago
https://github.com/mrThe/to_nil https://github.com/mrThe/to_nil - to_nil gem
- peshkira 12y ago
  this made my day. bravo!
- iagooar 12y ago
  The best thing about it is, it is documented, tested and everything. The CoC is cool, too :)
mseri 12y ago
Quantum music on arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.09045 http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.09045
dbeardsl 12y ago
https://www.ifixit.com https://www.ifixit.com announces iFAXit! On-demand repair guide delivery (to your fax machines! For free!)
datenwolf 12y ago
Systemd is forking the Linux kernel: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150330#community http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150330#community
- LukeB_UK 12y ago
  This was simply a case of someone getting the systemdaemon name on github. It's not the systemd project.
  - keithpeter 12y ago
    The article is a fairly amusing April Fool's joke. Real quote from LP (on his blog from months ago) mixed in with quotes from a fictional developer. Googling the fictional developer's family name comes up with mysteriously few results...
    - dEnigma 12y ago
      And the fictional dev has "Gotya" in his name ;)
- brockers 12y ago
  Funny how something that hits so close to the truth is more scary than funny.
chrischen 12y ago
Instapainting no longer uses children to paint your photos: https://www.instapainting.com/blog/company/2015/04/01/no-child-labor/ https://www.instapainting.com/blog/company/2015/04/01/no-chi...
gzur 12y ago
Transform your work world with holograms! Tempo Vision is hardware that enhances the way teams experience their environment in Tempo and JIRA. http://www.tempoplugin.com/tempo-vision/ http://www.tempoplugin.com/tempo-vision/
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sup1998 12y ago
http://www.nitflux.co.nz http://www.nitflux.co.nz
m-i-l 12y ago
April Fool's Day: 10 stories that look like pranks but aren't: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32144005 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32144005
- borgia 12y ago
  There's many of those things I'm desperately hoping are simply April Fool's jokes.
17425170 12y ago
Coffeevault - http://blog.hemavault.com/2015/04/01/introducing-coffeevault/ http://blog.hemavault.com/2015/04/01/introducing-coffeevault...
aurizon 12y ago
The XQD - Quantum Entanglement Camera https://vimeo.com/123649095 https://vimeo.com/123649095
pierre 12y ago
Lunar Impulse http://www.lunarimpulse.com/ http://www.lunarimpulse.com/ A plane that use lunar energy.
Lethalman 12y ago
H1Z1 and PlanetSide 2 switched reddit banners: http://www.reddit.com/r/H1Z1 http://www.reddit.com/r/H1Z1 http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/ That's because PS2 says they get cheaters from H1Z1, and viceversa.
AgLiAn 12y ago
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
- josteink 12y ago
  It actually took some time before I realized this was a mockery of Islamic jihadist hackers. Well done!
- MikeTV 12y ago
  A fitting riposte, given that the site was hacked by Islamic jihadists earlier this year http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/32248/hacking/notepad-site-hacked.html http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/32248/hacking/notepad-si...
anotherevan 12y ago
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/520042a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/5200... An Australian and UK study has reported that increasing temperatures will result in an explosion of fire-breathing dragons around the world.
mguillemot 12y ago
We are launching our MMO Gangs of Space on Game Boy! https://www.gangsofspace.com/en https://www.gangsofspace.com/en
FanaHOVA 12y ago
Not sure if UberLIONS is an April's fools joke or not, but it probably belongs here. Use promo code LIONCUBS and lion cubs (and a trainer) will come right to you ready to play. They'll also donate $1 toward the Big Cats Initiative. https://blog.uber.com/nyc-uberlions-2015 https://blog.uber.com/nyc-uberlions-2015
- cguess 12y ago
  My bet is that the donation is real, but the lions are not.
cfj 12y ago
Banish the Hamburger Menu, Adopt Pizza Menus http://www.nngroup.com/articles/hamburger-menu-vs-pizza/ http://www.nngroup.com/articles/hamburger-menu-vs-pizza/
infinity 12y ago
The german newspaper FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) claims that there is an inititiative to block cat images from the web due to excessive bandwidth consumption (article in german): http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/die-digital-debatte/zwei-klassen-internet-das-katzenlose-netz-13515864.html http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/die-digital-d... The other content to be blocked are 'theses concerning the future of journalism' ...
- SilasX 12y ago
  There's a campaign to keep California restaurants from bringing out water to drink because of excessive consumption. Not April Fools though :-/
FaisalRashid 12y ago
Furious 7 got banned in Pakistan: http://www.shareonfb.com/n4nqp0/film-censor-board-bans-furious-7-in-pakistan http://www.shareonfb.com/n4nqp0/film-censor-board-bans-furio...
LinkPlug 12y ago
AngularJS + React Merger http://moduscreate.com/reangular-angular-react-merger/ http://moduscreate.com/reangular-angular-react-merger/
- AlexMuir 12y ago
  How did they not call it Rectangular??
  - eigenrick 12y ago
    "That's way better than what I had"
tk120404 12y ago
http://olaair.com http://olaair.com
matcanessa 12y ago
http://visual-seo.com/SEO-Blog/Case-Study-CR-increased-neuromarketing http://visual-seo.com/SEO-Blog/Case-Study-CR-increased-neuro...
neilpeel 12y ago
Spotify CEO to launch rap career http://www.thenordicweb.com/blog/spotify-ceo-to-launch-rap-career http://www.thenordicweb.com/blog/spotify-ceo-to-launch-rap-c...
carlosgg 12y ago
Petbox, from the people who brought you Redbox. http://www.redbox.com/petbox/?CID=EM:37311&et_rid=79397907 http://www.redbox.com/petbox/?CID=EM:37311&et_rid=79397907
VelNZ 12y ago
Blizzard joins in on the fun: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18486737/new-garrison-feature-tindr-for-followers-3-27-2015 http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18486737/new-garrison-featu...
dcustodio 12y ago
Google Fiber dial-up mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTTtkisylQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTTtkisylQw
mirap 12y ago
There also is Tinder for Stupid things: http://getstd.us http://getstd.us
detaro 12y ago
superfeedr rebrandes as Batfeedr http://blog.superfeedr.com/ http://blog.superfeedr.com/
codeulike 12y ago
Hailo Piggyback http://www.techdigest.tv/2015/04/hailo-introduces-the-piggyback-revolutionising-personal-transportation.html http://www.techdigest.tv/2015/04/hailo-introduces-the-piggyb...
codeulike 12y ago
Chrome Android App - Introducing #ChromeSelfie http://chrome.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/introducing-chromeselfie.html http://chrome.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/introducing-chromeselfi...
- ge0rg 12y ago
  This is awesome. I've been thinking about a meta-youtube-channel, where you can watch people watch youtube (if anyone has the time, please pull it off!).
corobo 12y ago
Online.net has a "Selfie" option when ordering. Pretty fun way to order a server to be honest! https://console.online.net/en/server/selfie/Al5dpTp6Awp3 https://console.online.net/en/server/selfie/Al5dpTp6Awp3
benn_88 12y ago
First Raspberry Pi in Space http://www.raspberrypi.org/first-pi-in-space/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/first-pi-in-space/
1234567890123 12y ago
Terminal interface for omgubuntu: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/bash/ http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/bash/
peshkira 12y ago
Selfie Shoes http://miz-mooz.com http://miz-mooz.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw72zFX2rsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw72zFX2rsk
sanikin 12y ago
Pipedrive-Tinder Integration. Being serious about dating requires having the ability to never drop the ball. http://blog.pipedrive.com/2015/04/manage-your-dating-pipeline-with-the-pipedrive-tinder-integration/ http://blog.pipedrive.com/2015/04/manage-your-dating-pipelin...
sanikin 12y ago
Pipedrive-Tinder Integration. Being serious about dating requires having the ability to never drop the ball. http://blog.pipedrive.com/2015/04/manage-your-dating-pipeline-with-the-pipedrive-tinder-integration/ http://blog.pipedrive.com/2015/04/manage-your-dating-pipelin...
thekemkid 12y ago
Micromonitor reaping huge rewards as nearForm moves all developers to four inch screens! Announcement: http://www.nearform.com/nodecrunch/micromonitor-reaping-huge-rewards-nearform-moves-developers-four-inch-screens/ http://www.nearform.com/nodecrunch/micromonitor-reaping-huge...
codeulike 12y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned Today eeryone's comments are being auto-edited to include conspiracy theory claptrap (added to end of whatever they wrote), and they've got an illuminati theme
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
  Ah, the wonders of CSS. I bet they're choosing "random" phrases by trailing post ID characters.
  - phantom784 12y ago
    Yep! https://a.thumbs.redditmedia.com/mvUjuBTLugN70a4mTrXqmEK937FtiiQIN7HeMzg-p88.css https://a.thumbs.redditmedia.com/mvUjuBTLugN70a4mTrXqmEK937F...
- anonymfus 12y ago
  Year ago on April Fools' Day /r/europe added "thanks to Putin" to the end of every submission title and it fitted perfectly.
- amyjess 12y ago
  http://www.reddit.com/r/subredditdrama http://www.reddit.com/r/subredditdrama SRD is "banned".
gerty 12y ago
Pipedot is now in Esperanto. https://pipedot.org/ https://pipedot.org/
lhorie 12y ago
Mithril.js website in elvish http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/archive/v0.1.34/ http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/archive/v0.1.34/
las_cases 12y ago
Youtube has a new 'Add Music' button to the player (left to the 'Watch Later' button) which spices the experience I suppose! :) Oh and it's action based of course, some kind of a storm inducing experience.
- Zecc 12y ago
  Searching for a song on YouTube will suggest Sandstorm by Darude.
sijoe 12y ago
slowpath data appliances for buzzword dense storage: http://scalableinformatics.com/tortoise http://scalableinformatics.com/tortoise
geoffwoo 12y ago
Keanu - Download the New You by Nootrobox https://nootrobox.com/keanu https://nootrobox.com/keanu
simonh 12y ago
Amazon announces the Fire HD Seven, Fire HD-7, Fire HD Sven, Fire HD VII and Fire HD 7' as successors to the Fire HD 7 and Fire HD 7". Each launches with it's own range of mutualy incompatible accessories.
sujjjith 12y ago
http://www.shopclues.com/laggayi90percent-offsale.html?icid=Happ|cnl|laggayisale|010415 http://www.shopclues.com/laggayi90percent-offsale.html?icid=...
sujjjith 12y ago
http://www.shopclues.com/laggayi90percent-offsale.html?icid=Happ|cnl|laggayisale|010415 http://www.shopclues.com/laggayi90percent-offsale.html?icid=...
josteink 12y ago
Cyanogenmod 12 nightlies April 1st build: http://imgur.com/l6PV5x5 http://imgur.com/l6PV5x5 http://imgur.com/M9fRJpf http://imgur.com/M9fRJpf
m-i-l 12y ago
Microsoft Announces Its Own Linux OS: http://itsfoss.com/microsoft-announces-linux-os/ http://itsfoss.com/microsoft-announces-linux-os/
- spb 12y ago
  That is one thirsty fucking site. Something popping up every five seconds saying "Subscribe! Retweet! Look at meeeeee!!"
gmakkoulis 12y ago
How Avocarrot Replaced Targeting Algorithms With 742 Real People http://www.avocarrot.com/blog/how-avocarrot-replaced-targeting-algorithms-with-742-real-people/ http://www.avocarrot.com/blog/how-avocarrot-replaced-targeti... Announcing HERO, the Human-Enabled Relevancy Optimizer, to address one of the hardest challenges we faced yet.
IgnitedGeek 12y ago
Facebook to acquire Meteor Announcement: http://joshowens.me/facebook-to-acquire-meteor/ http://joshowens.me/facebook-to-acquire-meteor/
krallja 12y ago
KSP now stands for Kerbal Submarine Program https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/310j26/awoogah_awoogah/ https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/310j26/...
RRRA 12y ago
Why do you want to ruin the fun? :P
gadders 12y ago
The Today Program (news) on BBC Radio 4 had a suggestion by FIFA in the sports section to make football (soccer) goals 6 inches wider.
brianbreslin 12y ago
I may be accused of being a curmudgeon, but most of these aren't funny anymore. Companies are rarely funny, not sure why they keep doing this. /rant
- borgia 12y ago
  >not sure why they keep doing this Because it gets them attention. Personally I find it irritating. /Buzz Killington
- dnlbyl 12y ago
  Humor by committee. What could go wrong?
- joshu 12y ago
  I agree. The Essenes of s good April Fool's is something that is mostly believable. None of this fools anyone, it is just silly.
  - joshu 12y ago
    I probably shouldn't post via audio. Looks like I am drunk.
- hrayr 12y ago
  Ah, I don't enjoy them either, but let them have fun. This is probably more for their employees morale than for the customers.
jackreichert 12y ago
NordVPN - Internet unlocked... on Mars https://nordvpn.com/blog/how-did-we-unblock-the-internet-of-mars/ https://nordvpn.com/blog/how-did-we-unblock-the-internet-of-...
xyclos 12y ago
Fast to the Future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLazRt8s8Wc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLazRt8s8Wc
MrArtichaut 12y ago
Winner from the Password Hashing Competition http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.phc/2658 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.phc/2658
dasfee 12y ago
Digital agency launches division to make tiny websites for the Apple Watch Page: http://www.applewatchdesign.co/ http://www.applewatchdesign.co/
peterwwillis 12y ago
Slashdot has a few stories that will blow your mind, like the tatooine youth suspected in a terrorist attack, or the discovery of alien life by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. http://slashdot.org/ http://slashdot.org/ Unfortunately, the comments section is still not an April Fools joke.
werencole 12y ago
Bob Loblaw hired by Applause: http://blog.applause.com/2015/04/01/bob-loblaws-applause-blog-debuts/ http://blog.applause.com/2015/04/01/bob-loblaws-applause-blo...
- inthewoods 12y ago
  Funny - "Applause AppleWatch Watch – Where we watch for updates on what people are watching for from the Apple Watch"
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digitalsushi 12y ago
/tmpShark https://appliance.cloudshark.org/tmpshark/ https://appliance.cloudshark.org/tmpshark/ Cloud Storage for your temp files.
flurdy 12y ago
Google Actual Cloud platform https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp10_PygJ4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp10_PygJ4o https://cloud.google.com/actual-cloud/ https://cloud.google.com/actual-cloud/
- TeMPOraL 12y ago
  This comment looks even better with cloud-to-butt installed.
  - flurdy 12y ago
    :) You have to be alert with the my butt extension installed though. Only a few days ago I answered a stack overflow question where I added a link with the word cloud in it. Unfortunately the extension changed the URL when I edited the raw text. Luckily I realised quickly when I double checked if the link worked and it 404ed...
    - TeMPOraL 12y ago
      You don't say... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9137909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9137909 One has to be careful with editing HN comments as well. ;).
    - mmanfrin 12y ago
      I answered a question with the word cloud in it, and when I posted I saw 'butt' and thought I had accidentally copy/pasted wrong, so I Went back to edit, BUT THEN I SAW IT AGAIN and edited 3 more times before realizing that it just 'wasnt saving' because it was saving, I just had the extension on. I felt dumb.
  - dEnigma 12y ago
    "ButtDrops™" Oh yes, I definitely don't regret installing this extension.
- nmc 12y ago
  They even have a form to apply for a free trial! Where does the joke end?
rascul 12y ago
DigitalOcean opens new underwater datacenter in Atlantis https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/announcing-atlantis/ https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/announcing-atlanti...
- mangeletti 12y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP8sofAN4xc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP8sofAN4xc
ernestipark 12y ago
HubSpot Goes #DeskFree, Pioneering the Next Frontier of Workspace Collaboration http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/hubspot-desk-free http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/hubspot-desk-free
andrewbarba 12y ago
#CHAMPRANK Your Friends http://blog.tablelist.com/tablelist-april-fools-2015-champrank http://blog.tablelist.com/tablelist-april-fools-2015-champra...
dingaling 12y ago
QANTAS to become QUANTAS, to end decades of orthographic confusion. http://www.ausbt.com.au/australia-s-best-april-fools-day-aviation-pranks-for-2015 http://www.ausbt.com.au/australia-s-best-april-fools-day-avi...
jeditobe 12y ago
ReactOS Foundation renounce claims to the logo ReactJS in exchange for investments by Facebook http://habrahabr.ru/company/reactos/blog/254579/ http://habrahabr.ru/company/reactos/blog/254579/ As the saying goes, there would be a blessing ... Some time ago, in the ReactOS Foundation, it was decided to exercise their right to protect their means of individualization, namely the registered trademark, trademark and logo (the wording depends on the jurisdiction of law enforcement). We were inspired by the successful experience of the project Gnome, which is to protect their brand from the encroachments of Groupon. Recently, the lawyers hired by the Fund, sent to Facebook Ireland Limited warning about trademark infringement ReactOS. The fact that Facebook is developing a project ReactJS, whose logo resembles the logo ReactOS confusingly. Since over the long term has not followed any response letter, nor any appropriate action on the part of Facebook, lawyers fund full steam preparing a lawsuit against the social network. Suddenly came very late response to the complaint letter ... and what! Facebook ReactOS Foundation offered to give up claims to ReactJS out of court in exchange for investments in the project of our operating system. The volume and the specific conditions of the investment currently being discussed in the negotiations, but it is already clear that it is a sum equivalent to several million euros. For their part, representatives of Facebook made demands on what exactly should go money. Is expected to develop client and server distributions based on ReactOS, a graphical shell which will be based on React.JS, then while all calculations and data processing will be carried out thanks to Node.js. It is obvious that Facebook is preparing to attack Google and Microsoft in the operating system market for tablets and handheld gadgets. It is worth noting that the social giant has long been known for its contribution to the opensource-motion: Apache Cassandra, Apache Hive, Apache Thrift, FQL, Hack, HipHop for PHP, Scribe, Open Compute Project. Stay tuned for details of this epochal event will follow soon!
- ju11111 12y ago
  Is this news verified and true?
- deleted 12y ago
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rbustamante22 12y ago
New teeth jewelry line: http://www.loveandpieces.com/blogs/online-jewelry-boutique-blog/19039275-all-new-teeth-jewelry-line http://www.loveandpieces.com/blogs/online-jewelry-boutique-b...
coldpie 12y ago
One of my favorite April 1 things is Wikipedia's bizarre frontpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page The featured article, picture, and various highlights on the frontpage are always delightful. And true and educational! Check it out.
- no_news_is 12y ago
  The cake is a pie! Also whoa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_cake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_cake
xyclos 12y ago
Code School is Now Customizable: https://www.codeschool.com/geocities#?bg=1&cr=1&ff=1&g1=0&g2=0&g3=0&g4=0&g5=0&g6=0 https://www.codeschool.com/geocities#?bg=1&cr=1&ff=1&g1=0&g2...
Vaanir 12y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/android http://www.reddit.com/r/android and http://www.reddit.com/r/apple http://www.reddit.com/r/apple swapped their CSS.
- octatoan 12y ago
  As did /r/guitar and /r/bass, and /r/AncientGreek and /r/latin.
- hvnswrd 12y ago
  This surely has some of the acolytes going insane.
ins0 12y ago
Google: Moon optimize mobile pages https://developers.google.com/webmasters/mobile-sites/mobile-seo/other-devices/moon https://developers.google.com/webmasters/mobile-sites/mobile...
tashoecraft 12y ago
Angular and React have merged http://moduscreate.com/reangular-angular-react-merger/ http://moduscreate.com/reangular-angular-react-merger/
urvader 12y ago
Sync physical post-it board with trello using magnetism, pencil and a Raspberry Pi. https://vimeo.com/123835399 https://vimeo.com/123835399
asomorjai 12y ago
From the Hungarian iPhone site szifon.com comes the news that Apple buys Yosemite Park :) http://szifon.com/2015/04/01/felvasarolja-az-apple-a-yosemite-nemzeti-parkot/ http://szifon.com/2015/04/01/felvasarolja-az-apple-a-yosemit...
larleys 12y ago
Study led by senior Google dev reveals direct correlation between tech conference food and blacking out in sessions. https://www.voxxed.com/blog/2015/04/chet-haase-forking-disrupting-conference-learning/ https://www.voxxed.com/blog/2015/04/chet-haase-forking-disru...
will_walker 12y ago
Glitter resin launched by Formlabs: http://formlabs.com/company/blog/2015/04/01/introducing-glitter-resin/ http://formlabs.com/company/blog/2015/04/01/introducing-glit...
tomjhill 12y ago
http://www.wiffi.co.uk http://www.wiffi.co.uk - The Scent of Connection Scented Wi-Fi that lets you know if a connection is secure or not. If it smells bad, don't connect. The best thing is... It's not an April Fools!
blparker 12y ago
Uber Shop Uber's trademark innovation and convenience have revolutionized the way you move. Starting today, we're revolutionizing the way you shop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECYvHkDrMo&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECYvHkDrMo&feature=youtu.be
fudgy73 12y ago
Uber Car Shop Pick up a Car Shop catalog on your next Uber trip and discover world class products from the comfort of the backseat. http://issuu.com/ubermo/docs/ubercarshop http://issuu.com/ubermo/docs/ubercarshop
johnm1019 12y ago
Prysm announces headband control for collaborative display walls https://vimeo.com/123800794 https://vimeo.com/123800794
thelonelygod 12y ago
Today, we're pivoting. Major League Hacking is now Major League Packing: http://news.mlh.io/major-league-hacking-now-major-league-packing-04-01-2015 http://news.mlh.io/major-league-hacking-now-major-league-pac...
fudgy73 12y ago
Not sure if this is a joke or not. HackTonight from HotelTonight https://www.hoteltonight.com/2015/04/join-beta-hacktonight/ https://www.hoteltonight.com/2015/04/join-beta-hacktonight/
sarciszewski 12y ago
Crypto pranks: The winner of the Password Hashing Contest was announced to be, LM Hash! https://twitter.com/veorq/status/583175725206892544 https://twitter.com/veorq/status/583175725206892544 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.phc/2658 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.phc/2658 libsodium added ROT13, fast, keyless, powerful cipher https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/commit/23f1c90c682484f6984ece54b20f6cf231ca9344 https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/commit/23f1c90c682484f...
- marcosdumay 12y ago
  > libsodium added ROT13, fast, keyless, powerful cipher And made resistent to timming attacks!
adem666 12y ago
black out whole country was good idea. and Turkey did it for 10 hours http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/nationwide-blackout-throws-turkey-into-chaos-10145504.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/nationwide-blackout-...
relu 12y ago
Elance-oDesk announcing new name and the shift to online dating. Elove-oDate, double click on love. https://www.odesk.com/blog/2015/04/announcing-new-name-new-shift-online-dating/ https://www.odesk.com/blog/2015/04/announcing-new-name-new-s...
skrowl 12y ago
On reddit /r/andoid and /r/apple both show each other's posts (mixed together)
gk3 12y ago
Parse Pigeon - add on-demand delivery to your app with a few lines of code: http://parse.com/products/pigeon http://parse.com/products/pigeon
- CGamesPlay 12y ago
  Plus, a Parse coupon for joining the waitlist!
alicez 12y ago
Dato targets MS-DOS as the next Big Data platform, processes terabytes of data in 640KB of RAM http://blog.dato.com/dato-on-ms-dos http://blog.dato.com/dato-on-ms-dos
omgitstom 12y ago
https://stormpath.com/blog/why-http-is-sometimes-better-than-https/ https://stormpath.com/blog/why-http-is-sometimes-better-than... Compelling argument why your app should use HTTP instead of HTTPS
cies 12y ago
"Functor is now a superclass of Monad in GHC HEAD" http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/3121lh/functor_is_now_a_superclass_of_monad_in_ghc_head/ http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/3121lh/functor_is_n... Same as last year: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1bfojn/functor_is_now_a_superclass_of_monad_in_ghc_head/ http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1bfojn/functor_is_n... And I fell for it again... Hmpf.
- marcosdumay 12y ago
  Isn't it now? Or is it only Applicative?
nvader 12y ago
David Beazley releases Meẗal, a python decorator library powered by umlauts. https://github.com/dabeaz/me-al https://github.com/dabeaz/me-al
- pavel_lishin 12y ago
  Haha, I love this bit of the README: > If the above command fails with an ImportError, you're probably using a Mac. That's an unfortunate choice as you can't really expect a toy machine like that to be used for serious tasks.
- gldnspud 12y ago
  > Meẗal only works with Python 3. If you love Python and you're still coding in Python 2, well, then fuck you. Glad I already switched to Python 3 for new projects, so I could evade that one! - Sent from my toy machine
rand888 12y ago
http://www.ebuyer.com/k9-audio-hf-hifi-canine-hifi-unit http://www.ebuyer.com/k9-audio-hf-hifi-canine-hifi-unit
dewyatt 12y ago
Complete rewrite of HAProxy in Lua http://www.haproxy.org/ http://www.haproxy.org/
mbostleman 12y ago
Vail Resorts buys Jackson Hole Mountain Resort http://www.tetongravity.com/story/ski/breaking-vail-resorts-buys-jackson-hole-mountain-resort http://www.tetongravity.com/story/ski/breaking-vail-resorts-...
codysoyland 12y ago
yoloimport: Python package that eliminates ImportErrors. https://github.com/codysoyland/yoloimport https://github.com/codysoyland/yoloimport
hdmoore 12y ago
Metasploit Framework rolls out new banners: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/5047 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/5047
- skrowl 12y ago
  My Little Pwny: Exploits are Magic! Hilarious!
Zigurd 12y ago
Latvia to get Mistral warship instead of Russia: https://euobserver.com/news/128217 https://euobserver.com/news/128217 It was picked up as fact by several Rusian media outlets: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KJbT4XwEOicJ:sputniknews.com/military/20150401/1020300718.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KJbT4Xw...
krallja 12y ago
https://meh.com/ https://meh.com/ applies one of several vertigo-inducing CSS transforms
makeee 12y ago
Popular DIY blog "The Crafted Life" is acquired by Kraft Cheese, rebrands to The Krafted Life, focuses solely on DIY tutorials that utilize Kraft cheese products: http://thecraftedlife.com http://thecraftedlife.com
bhaumik 12y ago
We added new mentors, including rms for iOS, Elon Musk, etc. http://www.thinkful.com/mentors http://www.thinkful.com/mentors
ai_ja_nai 12y ago
Language translation company Translated releases a klingon version of its website: http://www.translated.net/tlh/ http://www.translated.net/tlh/
pamonrails 12y ago
Removing support for credit cards in Kill Bill: http://killbill.io/blog/deprecating-support-debit-credit-cards/ http://killbill.io/blog/deprecating-support-debit-credit-car...
tie_ 12y ago
Nokia HERE's first wearable tech - geo-intelligent kitty collar: http://360.here.com/2015/04/01/unveils-first-wearable-tech/ http://360.here.com/2015/04/01/unveils-first-wearable-tech/
thefahim 12y ago
Instacart: Self-driving Carbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzjkFiv6CPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzjkFiv6CPs
cmpaul 12y ago
The latest in eSignatures: carrier pigeons. http://info.hellosign.com/avian http://info.hellosign.com/avian
kyledrake 12y ago
Neocities raises $400m at a $14b valuation https://neocities.org/blog/neocities-raises-400-million https://neocities.org/blog/neocities-raises-400-million
milesf 12y ago
Looks like iFixit has multiple A1 jokes today: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Watch+Teardown/38659 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Watch+Teardown/38659 https://www.ifixit.com/ifaxit https://www.ifixit.com/ifaxit
cbsmith 12y ago
Google Panda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI9Qb4PuiOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI9Qb4PuiOU
blumentopf 12y ago
The Hurr Durr Archives https://www.kernel.org/ https://www.kernel.org/
viacoffee 12y ago
Hodor Lang by Hummingbird Tech http://www.hodor-lang.org/ http://www.hodor-lang.org/
binoyxj 12y ago
T-Mobile Pets Unleashed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kj-4F8pWfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kj-4F8pWfk
thebiglebrewski 12y ago
New York Code + Design Academy has a web development class for your furry friends now! http://nycda.com/classes/web-development-for-dogs/ http://nycda.com/classes/web-development-for-dogs/
drelihan 12y ago
Ministry of Supply sells The Armstrong, a space suit for the modern man - http://ministryofsupply.com/pages/the-armstrong http://ministryofsupply.com/pages/the-armstrong
tumultco 12y ago
Introducing Tumult Hype Edition http://blog.tumult.com/2015/04/01/introducing-tumult-hype-edition/ http://blog.tumult.com/2015/04/01/introducing-tumult-hype-ed... Light theme, Dark theme, and now the Gold theme!
dylnclrk 12y ago
Indiegogo Heat: The world's first hot sauce crowdfunding platform. https://learn.indiegogo.com/heat/ https://learn.indiegogo.com/heat/
cbsmith 12y ago
Disney announces X-Wings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ3n_D1zBrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ3n_D1zBrg
GeoNomad 12y ago
https://phplist.nova-wings.com/lists/lt.php?id=fk4BAwkaUFMZUVUFUw https://phplist.nova-wings.com/lists/lt.php?id=fk4BAwkaUFMZU... Flying 365 days per year! Austrian paragliding manufacturers NOVA plan to convert a reservoir into an indoor paragliding centre During a press conference in Terfens, Tyrol, local paragliding manufacturer NOVA has announced their intention to open an indoor flying centre. They plan to convert a reservoir into a so-called Para-Hall, in order to offer pilots from all over the world the opportunity to fly regardless of the weather conditions. At present they are in intense negotiations with hydroelectric companies and the state governments of the Tyrol and Salzburg. The project focuses on sustainability and will contribute to the long-term future of the Austrian tourism industry. “Climate change cannot be ignored” says NOVA CEO Wolfgang Lechner, “glaciers in the Alps will melt sooner or later. Therefore, it is inevitable that some reservoirs and their hydroelectric plants will no longer be profitable. Our Para-Hall is a ground-breaking alternative.“ NOVA intends to empty, dredge, clean and cover a reservoir. Lechner explains that from a technical point of view, a reservoir with a hydroelectric plant is ideal for converting into a flying centre: “the turbines can be reversed and used to blow air into the Para-Hall. Add a few filaments and indoor thermals are possible. Our test pilots have already tried this in the indoor ski centre in Dubai. It worked fine!” A highlight of the NOVA Para-Hall will be the Open Air Access, which is a huge retractable roof. With strong indoor thermals, it will be possible to take off inside and go through the roof. Alternatively, it can launch outside, for example in the Outdoor Hike & Fly Area in the mountains above the centre, and then land inside. The Spectator Area will be situated at the front of the Para-Hall – with glazed viewing areas facing into the centre and down to the valley. Several levels will offer visitors the chance to have a variety of gastro-experiences: Tyrolean Stubn (inns) will offer locally produced local organic produce, an Ayurveda restaurant staffed by genuine Indian chefs, Schnitzel-World (a self-service restaurant with good cost-benefit ratio), on level three it is possible to fast, while next to the landing zone, pilots can avail themselves of the obligatory landing field beer. “The absolute highlight", according to Wolfi Lechner, "is the Silent Zone. This is situated in the Fresh Air Zone and offers complete relaxation. Here everyone can discover their inner apricot.” NOVA plans to convert the current engine room into an Outdoor Experience Centre. Lechner explains: “We hope to install eco hotels with straw beds and Tyrolean pinewood interiors, a climbing wall, wellness centre, a spacious spa area with attached salt cave, an ice climbing wall, yoga retreat and a children's crèche with a mountain pasture experience - featuring real cows. Part of the drainage channel will be converted to a night club. Finally, there will be conferencing facilities. We’re thinking big and are focussing on the family - and all very sustainable!“ In co-operation with the ZAMG (Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Innsbruck) NOVA has commissioned research, which will pinpoint the optimal moment to start the building work. The project should commence no later than the 1st April 2020, probably earlier. “At first glance, the concept may sound a bit crazy”, explains Lechner, “but the planning is in the advanced stages.” Currently the reservoir at the Moserboden in the Tauern area is favourite. The site offers the advantage of two dams. On one side the topography will enable soaring flights, the other will be developed as a thermalling paradise. Lechner is convinced that the power generation companies will be enthusiastic about the concept and he is anticipating investment from ski resort operators. “Sooner or later they will no longer have a viable business. With our long-term sustainable concept we will be able to save the day. The Para-Hall we will mean we are all ready for the future. It will allow tourists to experience all facets of nature – without having to step outside!” Find out more at www.nova.eu
binoyxj 12y ago
Dominos driverless delivery vehicle https://www.dominos.co.uk/blog/dominos-rolls-out-driverless-delivery-vehicles/ https://www.dominos.co.uk/blog/dominos-rolls-out-driverless-...
binoyxj 12y ago
KINDLR, the New Goodreads Dating App https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/498-announcing-kindlr-the-new-goodreads-dating-app https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/498-announcing-kindlr-th...
theophrastus 12y ago
Duluth Magnetic Pants: https://www.duluthtrading.com/features/magnetic-work-pants-april.aspx?src=T15C055C4&ym_mid=1570606&ym_rid=1565786&mboxSession=T15C055-9991565786 https://www.duluthtrading.com/features/magnetic-work-pants-a... Got me thinking: "wait, what if two guys bought these on the same work-site?" (admittedly i was pre-caffeine at the time)
andybuzz 12y ago
Blinkist announces Blink-ku, poetic summaries of nonfiction books. https://www.blinkist.com/page19/introducing-blink-ku-the-worlds-best-nonfiction-books-in-verse https://www.blinkist.com/page19/introducing-blink-ku-the-wor... The summary of Tim Ferriss's The 4-Hour Workweek is hilarious: So Much Depends Upon a 40-Hour Lie So much depends upon a forty hour lie when all you need is an out of office responder and a bunch of virtual assistants
binoyxj 12y ago
Coca-Cola in a new 10 ml sip size pack https://twitter.com/CocaCola/status/583303638090694656 https://twitter.com/CocaCola/status/583303638090694656
orik 12y ago
Moz is offering support to all users through Snapchat. http://moz.com/blog/snapchat-support http://moz.com/blog/snapchat-support
ssharp 12y ago
Embrace Pet Insurance Proud to Say Direwolf Coverage Is Coming http://www.embracepetinsurance.com/about-us/press/direwolf-coverage-is-coming http://www.embracepetinsurance.com/about-us/press/direwolf-c... Disclaimer: I work there.
pknerd 12y ago
MS Definitely win here.
- pknerd 12y ago
  Thanks downvoter, I love you
benatkin 12y ago
https://instagram.com/p/078SdFQ3hJ/?taken-by=marutaro https://instagram.com/p/078SdFQ3hJ/?taken-by=marutaro
jianshen 12y ago
Houzz releases HouzzLenz VR Goggles to visualize home remodeling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYIKDcMwreY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYIKDcMwreY http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/46342399/list/houzzlenz-the-new-way-to-see-your-home http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/46342399/list/houzzlenz-the-n... "If you can swipe your face, you can update your place."
bvanvugt 12y ago
Share underwear with the world - MeUndies introduces the #ReUndies program. https://www.meundies.com/videos/reundies https://www.meundies.com/videos/reundies
carlosgg 12y ago
Dirk Nowitzki announces he is retiring http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2015/4/1/8320117/dirk-nowitzki-announces-he-is-retiring-on-APRIL-FIRST http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2015/4/1/8320117/dirk-nowitzki-...
sisivee 12y ago
+1, thanks for creating this.
skynetv2 12y ago
Humble bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/ballyhoo https://www.humblebundle.com/ballyhoo
- placeybordeaux 12y ago
  You can actually buy it. They are instructions on how to play those games.
  - tehaugmenter 12y ago
    That's actually kind of cool though no joke.
austen 12y ago
Dragon Drop for Asana Accouncement: https://blog.asana.com/2015/04/breathe-some-fire-into-your-task-list/ https://blog.asana.com/2015/04/breathe-some-fire-into-your-t...
cpeterso 12y ago
blink-dev: Intent to deprecate and remove: JavaScript https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/m/#!topic/blink-dev/6mfrkTkw808 https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/m/#!topic/bli...
youknowjack 12y ago
Jobs4Pets: http://www.indeed.com/jobs4pets http://www.indeed.com/jobs4pets
zakelfassi 12y ago
FlipTheWeb Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fliptheweb/jfdmnekbhhloooancdmoomkggpejdjfd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fliptheweb/jfdmnek... (inspired by com.google)
- dag11 12y ago
  Phew, this fixed com.google. Now I can search again!
anotherdjohnson 12y ago
Apparently HealthLoop was attacked by zombies: http://ow.ly/L42S9 http://ow.ly/L42S9
markkat 12y ago
Hubski, clicking a hubwheel plays "thoughtful" audio clip. https://hubski.com https://hubski.com
- lowboy 12y ago
  Too bad I get redirected to an auth page after 50ms of audio.
dumbstoneDOTcom 12y ago
Dumbstone.com http://www.dumbstone.com http://www.dumbstone.com We Bedazzle Wearables and trade them as virtual currency!
kibwen 12y ago
The CSS working group has published a draft of proposed extensions to the CSS specification, which include dedicated units for denoting lengths on astronomical scales (lightseconds, attoparsecs, etc.) as well as extending the CSS gradient syntax to grant first-class support to the generation of double rainbows. http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-egg/ http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-egg/
- gravity13 12y ago
  This is gold
- Intermernet 12y ago
  > Note: This specification does not address relativistic effects of scrolling or animations and transitions at (or beyond) the speed of light. I presume these would only show up if using relative paths or positions in your CSS.
tpowell 12y ago
Miscellaneous Month at Travaasa Experiential Resorts – http://travaasa.com/newsletter/2015/april/ http://travaasa.com/newsletter/2015/april/
salimmadjd 12y ago
Bacon Flavored Asthma Peak Flow Meter to improve asthma adherence. https://twitter.com/AsthmaMD/status/583333806469337088 https://twitter.com/AsthmaMD/status/583333806469337088
Red_ 12y ago
InternetIsBeatiful went retro http://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/ http://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/
notatoad 12y ago
Google Reader re-launched: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/04/01/google-reader-rises-from-the-grave-with-new-material-update/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/04/01/google-reader-rises-...
redwards510 12y ago
Google acquires XDA : http://www.xda-developers.com/google-to-acquire-xda-dev-rewards-policy-changes/ http://www.xda-developers.com/google-to-acquire-xda-dev-rewa...
Taek 12y ago
Reddit releasing a crowd game at /r/thebutton http://www.redditblog.com/2015/04/the-button.html http://www.redditblog.com/2015/04/the-button.html
misframer 12y ago
The C languages merge http://isocpp.org/blog/2015/04/the-c-languages-merge http://isocpp.org/blog/2015/04/the-c-languages-merge
yaliceme 12y ago
Space Rock - Build computer things that are nice to use, faster than you could before https://space-rock.meteor.com/ https://space-rock.meteor.com/
sycren 12y ago
Fake Job Ad: MyAppConverter is seeking a new senior developer to open up their new San Francisco office in their expansion plans. https://www.myappconverter.com/blog/senior-developer-wanted-sf-based-250000-300000-annum https://www.myappconverter.com/blog/senior-developer-wanted-... $250,000 - $300,000 per annum + bonus + benefits Join our new San Francisco office! We’re looking for a Senior Developer to bring their talents to our brand new team. This opportunity is simply unmissable! Join the innovators in app conversion, and take your career to new heights. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Developer to join our expanding team. MyAppConverter is seeking a talented Senior Developer to sit back, relax and have all of their work done for them. A lazy mindset is essential, and someone with a passion for the latest revolution in app conversion is a must. Developer skill / responsibilities: - No previous experience necessary. - Excellent Java skills (drinking coffee from a mug/cup/thermos). - Thumb twiddling expertise. - A passion for the latest revolution in app conversion. - Watching in silent awe. - Enjoys boredom.
lelf 12y ago
TeslaMotors: No more parking tickets for Model S owners. Today we’re introducing: ticket-avoidance-mode. Here’s how it works: https://amp.twimg.com/v/cdad704b-5167-42bd-9fd7-a5c39fabf1f9 https://amp.twimg.com/v/cdad704b-5167-42bd-9fd7-a5c39fabf1f9 (c) https://twitter.com/teslamotors/status/583339439759310848 https://twitter.com/teslamotors/status/583339439759310848
timwiththebo 12y ago
Adopt A Pothole: http://www.adoptapothole.co.ke/ http://www.adoptapothole.co.ke/ Created by OkHi, a tech startup in Kenya that has a mission to give a physical address to the 4B people in the world who don't have one.
danschumann 12y ago
Eagle Optics introduces a way to attract more birds to your feeder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6mlw3165fo&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6mlw3165fo&feature=youtu.be
ndesaulniers 12y ago
Microsoft to buy Mozilla: http://imgur.com/oF0S74Y http://imgur.com/oF0S74Y
theophrastus 12y ago
The effort to fork Debian (Devuan) capitulates: starting here: https://devuan.org/ https://devuan.org/ follow "BREAKING NEWS: Ultimately, we give up. Read here in detail" to here: https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150401.095603.4a3a1e39.en.html https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150401.095603.4a3a1e... at least i think it's an April fools joke (not a super funny one at least)
ca98am79 12y ago
Flippa is selling itself on itself: https://flippa.com/4334300-premium-pr-5-online-marketplace-with-3mil-uniques-mo-making-10mil-mo https://flippa.com/4334300-premium-pr-5-online-marketplace-w...
rbc 12y ago
Here's one from 2011, "Stetson hat to be new Army standard headgear": http://www.army.mil/article/54202/Stetson_hat_to_be_new_Army_standard_headgear/ http://www.army.mil/article/54202/Stetson_hat_to_be_new_Army...
magdi 12y ago
Introducing Prezi Retro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be
mmagdi 12y ago
Introducing Prezi Retro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be
mmagdi 12y ago
Introducing Prezi Retro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be
bmet 12y ago
Education.com announces it will become a cat-based learning platform Announcement: http://www.education.com/cat-based-learning/ http://www.education.com/cat-based-learning/ "Science" article: http://www.education.com/magazine/article/cat-co-learning/ http://www.education.com/magazine/article/cat-co-learning/ Homepage (they added cats): http://www.education.com/ http://www.education.com/
drewry 12y ago
The future of programming languages, a long jumbled series of HODOR to create functional scripts. http://hodor-lang.org http://hodor-lang.org
steven_pack 12y ago
Government to sell-off playgrounds - kids don't play outside anyway. Proceeds to be used to build digital parks inside Minecraft. http://daily.koalasafe.com/ http://daily.koalasafe.com/ Got picked up by a few places in Australia.
VelNZ 12y ago
Grouber from Groupon: http://www.groupon.com/pages/grouber http://www.groupon.com/pages/grouber
VelNZ 12y ago
Razer - Project McFly Hovering Mouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCx5gjAmqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCx5gjAmqI
carlosgg 12y ago
Hillary Declares 2016 Run, Files For Divorce http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/hillary-declares-2016-run-files-divorce/ http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/hillary-declares-2016-run-f...
Red_ 12y ago
Compilations of Pranks from TechCrunch, CNN and TheVerge http://techcrunch.com/gallery/april-fools-2015-the-mega-round-up-of-the-best-gags/ http://techcrunch.com/gallery/april-fools-2015-the-mega-roun... http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/world/april-fools-day-pranks/ http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/world/april-fools-day-pranks/ http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/1/8327379/april-fools-roundup http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/1/8327379/april-fools-roundup

592 points by conroy 12y ago

Instead of cluttering the front page with fake product announcements, let's just post them in here instead. One thread where each top-level comment is just a title and a link.

mcbetz 12y ago

Sacha Greif's "Discover Meteor" announces a print edition with "Component-Oriented Architecture", "three-way binding" and integrated package management system to "remove" and "add" new pages: https://www.discovermeteor.com/blog/discover-meteor-print-edition/ https://www.discovermeteor.com/blog/discover-meteor-print-ed...

spb 12y ago
So like the AD&D Monster Manual then?

josso 12y ago

Minecraft snapshot 15w14a – The Love and Hugs Update https://mojang.com/2015/04/minecraft-snapshot-15w14a-the-love-and-hugs-update/ https://mojang.com/2015/04/minecraft-snapshot-15w14a-the-lov... "We’ve thought long and hard about this, but we finally feel happy to announce that we are now changing the general direction of the game Minecraft. Starting from the next update we will be focusing on the things that make life worth living, promoting healthy relationships with the environment and its inhabitants."

conroy 12y ago

Introducing the new face of Search — Google Panda http://googleasiapacific.blogspot.com/2015/04/introducing-new-face-of-search-google.html http://googleasiapacific.blogspot.com/2015/04/introducing-ne...

pimlottc 12y ago
This gets my early vote for most likely to become a reality.

conroy 12y ago

The New Audi A8 http://www.audi.jp/gohan/ http://www.audi.jp/gohan/

wwwhizz 12y ago
In Japan, you never know..
mdekkers 12y ago
lol, in japan, a new car comes with a branded spankpaddle
- forlulz 12y ago
  Gee, thanks for that. Next time I'm scooping cooked rice out for dinner I would hope that the other occupants of the house have not used it as a spank paddle.
  - mdekkers 12y ago
    I have never seen anything like that used for scooping rice...

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rcarmo 12y ago

CERN researchers confirm the existence of the Force http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2015/04/cern-researchers-confirm-existence-force http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2015/04/cern-researche...

sanoli 12y ago
"...Kenobi's seminal paper "May the Force be with EU" – a strong argument that his experiment should be built in Europe – persuaded the CERN Council to finance..."
JamyDev 12y ago
For being the people who created the internet their website is rather slow...
- Chinjut 12y ago
  You mean, "created the World Wide Web".
johnl1479 12y ago
This is my favorite today so far > With the research ongoing, many at CERN are already predicting that the Force will awaken later this year.

conroy 12y ago

Share a Reaction http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2015/03/chrome-selfie-share-reaction.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2015/03/chrome-selfie-share...

conroy 12y ago

You can play Pac-Man in Google Maps right now http://www.sciencealert.com/you-can-play-pac-man-in-google-maps-right-now http://www.sciencealert.com/you-can-play-pac-man-in-google-m...

concerto 12y ago
Is it an April Fool if you can actualy do it? More like an early Easter Egg?
LeoPanthera 12y ago
Blogspam url?
gbraad 12y ago
zoom in to the map select the Pacman overlay. If it can't create a playfield it offers a 'I'm feeling lucky'. I ended up at https://www.google.com/maps/@-22.975078,-43.1923318,18z/data=!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@-22.975078,-43.1923318,18z/data...
kissickas 12y ago
Ingress (the game by Google's Niantic Labs) also replaced some of its graphics with those of Pacman https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/8TQAYXzvQpB https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/8TQAYXzvQpB

finnn 12y ago

https://com.google https://com.google - Google showing off their new gTLD in a silly manner.

BetaMechazawa 12y ago
Is it me or does everyone and their mother have a gTLD these days? I would not take any company that uses a gTLD serious at all.
- jitl 12y ago
  what's wrong with having gTLD? Seeing lots of this new TLD hate, I want to understand the reasoning.
  - sneak 12y ago
    Adding random things at the root of a hierarchy subverts the entire idea of having a hierarchy in the first place.
    - dagw 12y ago
      This battle was lost the second people started using .net and .org for things that wheren't related network technologies and non-profit orgranizations respectively. The nail was driven into the coffin when people started using country tld's for sites that had nothing to do with that country. If anything this might be step back in the right direction. Whereas I cannot tell anything about the nature or origin of a site based on the fact that it has a .net or .ly tld, I will be able to tell something about nature and origin of a site if it has a .google or .apple tld.
      - sneak 12y ago
        Misusing the hierarchy is different than subverting it entirely. Also, your last statement isn't true.
      - josteink 12y ago

conroy 12y ago

Smartbox by Inbox: the mailbox of tomorrow, today http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/smartbox-by-inbox-mailbox-of-tomorrow.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/smartbox-by-inbox-mai...

thomasahle 12y ago
This's gotta be the most well produced April Fools video I've seen.
aladine 12y ago
I love the video so much. Very convincing and surreal
crivabene 12y ago
Reminds me of one of the jokes they did in 2007: Gmail Paper. Loved this one! http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/04/gmail-paper-print-your-messages-for.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/04/gmail-paper-print-y... https://www.gmail.com/mail/help/paper/ https://www.gmail.com/mail/help/paper/
bhandziuk 12y ago
Was that Kelsey Grammer narrating?!
anoncow 12y ago
Do you know whee the song in the end is from - "Let's do something new"?

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scommab 12y ago

xkcloud: http://xkcd.com/1506/ http://xkcd.com/1506/

conroy 12y ago

Tinder for Uber* http://tinderforuber.com/ http://tinderforuber.com/ *I'm praying this is a joke

dexcs 12y ago
I wonder how many crazy entrepreneurs use april days for validating ideas they had without loosing they're credibility :)
- johnlbevan2 12y ago
  Amazon Dash?
  - simonk 12y ago
    Dash is real.
- Jedd 12y ago
  To assist with you're credibility: "their" And 'losing', 'April', missing 'fools' (or 'first of').
  - w0rm 12y ago
    "your"
    - mangeletti 12y ago
      win!
    - Jedd 12y ago
      I concede that succinct satire doesn't really work on the Net.
  - dexcs 12y ago
    You're the man.
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conroy 12y ago

- Game of Thrones clue - Power Wheels Desert Drifters - Steam-powered Gaming Cabinet - Voltron Cat Condo - and more... http://www.thinkgeek.com/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/

huxley 12y ago
My favourite Think Geek April Fools was the 2001: A Space Odyssey Monolith Action Figure: http://www.wired.com/2010/10/2001-a-space-odyssey-monolith-action-figure/ http://www.wired.com/2010/10/2001-a-space-odyssey-monolith-a... (which they did end up selling due to demand) "It's Full of Stars!" "Zero Points of Articulation"

rxin 12y ago

Spark 2.0: Rearchitecting Spark for Mobile Platforms https://databricks.com/blog/2015/04/01/spark-2-rearchitecting-spark-for-mobile.html https://databricks.com/blog/2015/04/01/spark-2-rearchitectin... This is probably among the most technical, nerdy April fool's.

eranation 12y ago
It's actually one of the few that one day might not be a joke...

draugadrotten 12y ago

SAS SPACE TRAVEL by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) http://www.sas.se/ http://www.sas.se/

lunaru 12y ago

Here's one we did targeted to our (customer support) audience: "Please type your reply above this line" (http://blog.reamaze.com/2015/04/01/please-type-your-reply-above-this-line/ http://blog.reamaze.com/2015/04/01/please-type-your-reply-ab...)

ljk 12y ago

google japan's new keyboard https://www.google.co.jp/ime/___o/ https://www.google.co.jp/ime/___o/

mlex 12y ago
Pay attention to the URL as you scroll down the page. ;)
- shultays 12y ago
  I don't know much about html/js, how is it done without #? Why doesn't it trigger a page change
  - Styn 12y ago
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/824349/modify-the-url-without-reloading-the-page http://stackoverflow.com/questions/824349/modify-the-url-wit... Google is your friend
  - general_failure 12y ago
    it's a new html5 feature
  - xg15 12y ago
    http://diveintohtml5.info/history.html http://diveintohtml5.info/history.html

kevinburke 12y ago

Changed my HN title bar from gray to blue

kingzain 12y ago

Google purchases Dubai's world of islands to reconfigure into Google-shaped floating cities. http://inhabitat.com/google-purchases-dubais-world-of-islands-to-reconfigure-into-google-shaped-floating-cities/ http://inhabitat.com/google-purchases-dubais-world-of-island...

dezgeg 12y ago

MS-DOS for Lumia smartphones: http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/ms-dos/ http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/ms-dos/

maaaats 12y ago

MSDOS is the new mobile OS from Microsoft Announcement: http://lumiaconversations.microsoft.com/2015/04/01/microsoft-launches-ms-dos-mobile/ http://lumiaconversations.microsoft.com/2015/04/01/microsoft... Product page: http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/ms-dos/ http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/ms-dos/ Edit: Even an app http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/ms-dos-mobile/8573c4a8-b9df-4409-90a6-dad2dc0b6b26 http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/ms-dos-mobile/85... Wow, the app is really well done. SPOILERS: Can cd into a programs folder, and launch programs like sms.exe, where I get a blue DOS-style window asking for input. Can use "phone <nr>" to call someone, send e-mails. If i launch "internet" it plays an old modem sound before launching the stock OS browser. CDing into C:\GAMES\RPS and launching RPS.exe first gives you a question about using "PC Speaker" or "Sound Blaster", and then how many colors you would like. Then the game crashes with "Error! Not enough memory, RPS needs 641KB conventional memory (...)" and then a quote "---Cortana: That's odd, 640 K ought to be enough for anyone", haha. After that, it guides you through using mem and loadhigh to get the game to run. And of course, RPS is Rock-Paper-Scissors in 8-bit glory. The camera is an ASCII-camera, using letters with only a few colors, or CGA mode. Here are two selfies I took http://imgur.com/a/deajM http://imgur.com/a/deajM The command help gives all useable command: CD, CLS, COLOR, DATE, DIR, ECHO, EDIT (edit autoxec.bat for instance), EXIT, FORMAT, HELP, LOADHIGH, MEM, PATH, TIME, TYPE, VER.

endgame 12y ago
That's beautiful, and probably an improvement on most smartphone OSes.
dickvdbrink 12y ago
Haha, love it this is a briljant joke! :)
wz1000 12y ago
I'd love to have something like that if it ran bash or even Powershell.
- creshal 12y ago
  Android has shells, and you can put arbitrary distributions in a chroot, if it's rooted.

seanhandley 12y ago

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/01/jeremy-clarkson-joins-guardian-drive-for-fossil-fuel-divestment http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/01/jeremy-clarkson... Jeremy Clarkson joins campaign for fossil fuel divestment

m_sc 12y ago
Don't know if april fools but the banner at the top: http://www.topgear.com/uk/ http://www.topgear.com/uk/
codeulike 12y ago
More than 1.5 million Britons signed an online petition calling for Clarkson to be reinstated and for a relaxation of the laws against assault in cases that could be demonstrated to involve banter. Practically true.

InternetGiant 12y ago

A major ebook announcement. Science Fiction writer Charlie Stross releases an reader app to counter Clean App. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/04/a-major-ebook-announcement.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/04/a-major-...

jgifford 12y ago

A new Startup Vitamins product http://www.startupvitamins.com/products/startup-condoms-triple-packs http://www.startupvitamins.com/products/startup-condoms-trip...

jgifford 12y ago

A new Startup Vitamins product http://www.startupvitamins.com/products/startup-condoms-triple-packs http://www.startupvitamins.com/products/startup-condoms-trip...

1729 12y ago

Uber-like on demand cab service in India launches an on demand helicopter service https://www.olacabs.com/air https://www.olacabs.com/air

icebraining 12y ago
It's 404ing.
- asimaskit 12y ago
  https://www.olacabs.com/ola-air https://www.olacabs.com/ola-air

wippler 12y ago

Retro amazon, http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.amazon.com/

masida 12y ago
Amazon Dash Button https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-button https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-button
- aroman 12y ago
  Not sure if you were being cheeky or not, but that's not an April Fool's joke.
- simonk 12y ago
  Dash is real.
  - zaroth 12y ago
    No it's not.
    - pimlottc 12y ago
      They've certainly gone to a lot of trouble writing support docs if it's not real: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_bc_nav?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201706050 http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_b...
      - just150e 12y ago
        Did you read those docs? > Note: You may need to increase your iPhone volume, since Dash Button uses ultrasonic tones to sync with your iPhone during setup. If prompted, drag the volume slider to the recommended level, at or above where it says Best. Ultrasonic tone sync?
        zaroth 12y ago

concerto 12y ago

Not on the Highstreet. Happy Hatchery - hatch at home eggs ordered online. http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/happyhatchery http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/happyhatchery

dezgeg 12y ago

Support for negative number of CPUs is implemented in the Linux kernel. https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/31/994 https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/31/994

ikeboy 12y ago
Don't tempt physicists. Remember how it turned out last time with the semi-dead cat.
Taniwha 12y ago
I looked at that patch, it still divides by 0 when you have 0 CPUs, I hope Linus rejects it
spb 12y ago
Since LKML seems to be overloaded right now: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142784405100723&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142784405100723&w=2

LaurentGh 12y ago

http://blog.sunrise.am/post/115135988899/introducing-clippy-for-sunrise http://blog.sunrise.am/post/115135988899/introducing-clippy-... Sunrise joining Microsoft, they just added Clippy to their calendar

coldelectrons 12y ago

Michael Bay will be doing a reboot of Casa Blanca.

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vidyesh 12y ago

Amazon India LucID : Lucid dream analyser wrist band http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322727_2/278-8747141-7982610?ie=UTF8&node=6264496031&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1FHEMREEDFJT8ZRECTQ9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=602014527&pf_rd_i=1320006031 http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322727_2/278-8747141-... Silicon Styler : Electronic Moustache Styler http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187323127_2?ie=UTF8&node=6264495031&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0CNXDBGPCZBDS8J82YZM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=602015547&pf_rd_i=1320006031 http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187323127_2?ie=UTF8&node... Biovap Mark III : Bio-waste disintegrator. Processes kitchen waste to scented vapour as air-freshner http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322547_2?ie=UTF8&node=6264492031&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1JMXJ61E4PDSXX01JKRX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=602014267&pf_rd_i=1320006031 http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322547_2?ie=UTF8&node... QuickClean : Electronic dry cleaner for 'dry-clean only' fabric http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322867_2?ie=UTF8&node=6264493031&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0RQXSKC5NX2G1CTDZ9SA&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=602015067&pf_rd_i=1320006031 http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322867_2?ie=UTF8&node... Exotic Amazon : Exotic pets from Madagascar/wildlife. Pair of two species wit heach purchase. http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322987_2?ie=UTF8&node=6264494031&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1DC4MYH97W7BTVJ9AGPZ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=602015147&pf_rd_i=1320006031 http://www.amazon.in/b/ref=amb_link_187322987_2?ie=UTF8&node...

LouisRoR 12y ago

Coldfusion is making a huge comeback in the London Tech-Scene. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9302185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9302185

sjwright 12y ago
It should make a comeback -- in the pure open source form of Lucee. It's like the PHP of Java.
rip747 12y ago
it very well could: CFWheels.org - https://github.com/cfwheels/cfwheels https://github.com/cfwheels/cfwheels and no, this isn't a joke. Full disclosure: I worked on and LOVE this project.

jackpirate 12y ago

Bashing Haskell: Reimplementing Haskell's Parsec library within the unix shell SIGBOVIK2015 paper: https://github.com/mikeizbicki/parsed/raw/master/sigbovik2015/paper.pdf https://github.com/mikeizbicki/parsed/raw/master/sigbovik201... github repo: https://github.com/mikeizbicki/parsed https://github.com/mikeizbicki/parsed

dotdi 12y ago

A drone from OnePlus https://oneplus.net/gamechanger https://oneplus.net/gamechanger (although they pitch it as an April Fools', they actually sell a limited quantity)

Malstrond 12y ago
Seems to be a rebranded Cheerson CX-10.
Systemic 12y ago
I liked that in their graph on the 3rd from last page their drone had the tallest bar which at first sight looks like it would indicate it is the best, when actually it just has the highest portability, with terrible agility and control.

sandaru1 12y ago

Checkout our newest product - an online medical reference. The main feature would be our new creative UI that would let users navigate the site easily and comfortably with a nostalgic feeling. http://www.explainmedicine.com/ http://www.explainmedicine.com/

sanxiyn 12y ago

Samsung announces the world's first IoT smart knife, Galaxy BLADE edge, made for the modern chef with cutting-edge technology. http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/galaxy-blade-edge-chefs-edition/ http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/galaxy-blade-edge-chefs-ed...

shultays 12y ago
They had to include a warning about it is being aprils fool
- sredfern 12y ago
  This is coming from the company who brings you the "IoT" clothes washing machine... Also whats with curved phones?
recentdarkness 12y ago
Now that is what I call cutting edge! :D

chaimkut 12y ago

Glide to be acquired by Apple for $430 million, will open an R&D center in Jerusalem http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://medium.com/%40MadeinJLM1/confirmed-glide-to-be-acquired-by-apple-for-430-million-will-open-an-r-d-center-in-jerusalem-8f53ba24684c&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=ubuntu&channel=fs&gws_rd=cr&ei=5KQbVbzeNcP1ggT214D4CQ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...

TilmanGriesel 12y ago

Introducing PlayStation Flow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bPUaLpNcMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bPUaLpNcMY

Graham24 12y ago

I do not believe that the University of Leicester is renaming itself the King Richard University. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/richard-iii-the-university-of-leicester-expected-to-change-name-to-king-richard-university-10147577.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/richard-iii-t...

tagawa 12y ago

Redact.js for ultimate web performance: https://codepo8.github.io/redact.js/ https://codepo8.github.io/redact.js/

faizmokhtar 12y ago

Gentoo website makeover. https://www.gentoo.org/ https://www.gentoo.org/

jtaylor100 12y ago
That's actually pretty cool
- sneak 12y ago
  ANSI art adds 5hp
- drincruz 12y ago
  Right, I actually like it and wouldn't mind if that stayed up for a while.
avinassh 12y ago
Looks slick! Are there any templates/libraries available to build such site? The initial loading of text looks pretty nice.
- mben 12y ago
  Check this bootstrap theme: https://github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386 https://github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386
  - kristopolous 12y ago
    1090+ clicks from that one comment alone ... the internet is a pretty wild place.
Tsiolkovsky 12y ago
Damn, I love this. Best I've seen so far today.
diyorgasms 12y ago
And the gopher mirror, too! I don't have a good reason, but I really like the gopher protocol. Cool to see someone go to the (minimal) effort it takes to make a gopher mirror.

trainwreckme 12y ago

Joylent Green - a powdered food replacement made from people http://joylent.eu http://joylent.eu

chanux 12y ago
#NSFW
- RankingMember 12y ago
  Haha wow, I did not see that coming.

conradfr 12y ago

SpeedRunners (a game on Steam) is running with graphics like 320x200 & 16 colors, and 8 bits music. You have to restore an old version of some files to play ...

ilpianista 12y ago

I suppose the SailfishOS for console games is a joke: https://twitter.com/JollaHQ/status/583176660821913600 https://twitter.com/JollaHQ/status/583176660821913600

bobuk 12y ago
This is a good list of games, which can be used in SailfishOS's console: http://www.tuxarena.com/2014/02/several-great-linux-terminal-games/ http://www.tuxarena.com/2014/02/several-great-linux-terminal... :)

dral 12y ago

Raspberry pi model C launches http://raspi.tv/2015/raspberry-pi-model-c http://raspi.tv/2015/raspberry-pi-model-c http://www.recantha.co.uk/blog/?p=12281 http://www.recantha.co.uk/blog/?p=12281

manojlds 12y ago

Clippy is open source on Github - http://thebeebs.github.io/OfficeAssistant/ http://thebeebs.github.io/OfficeAssistant/

m12k 12y ago
It's 12.5% Objective-C - who'd have thunk?
- mijoharas 12y ago
  Hahaha, that's a nice touch, I hadn't noticed that. :)
touristtam 12y ago

- hobarrera 12y ago
  The "Clone in desktop" button gave it away as fake - I'm assuming it's a windows plugin for browsers or something, but I'd never seen that on github before.
  - antsar 12y ago
    Its seems to be a native Github feature visible for those browsing on a Windows device. The button simply links to https://windows.github.com/ https://windows.github.com/

felipe_csl 12y ago

SOLVING AN UNTIMELY SYSTEM ERROR ON OUR SITE http://blog.airbnb.com/solving-an-untimely-system-error-on-our-site/ http://blog.airbnb.com/solving-an-untimely-system-error-on-o...

schmielson 12y ago

Dachshund-Powered Delivery Service https://docsend.com/dachshund https://docsend.com/dachshund

tajen 12y ago

April fools I wanted the most: - NSA announcing they were dropping all illegal activities, - Water allowed on board of planes, - ISIS converting to Christianity, - Apple patenting the patent, - Snapchat releasing a payment system Note that April Fools is on December 28th in Spannish culture. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day#Comparable_prank_days http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day#Comparable...

mikeknoop 12y ago
https://support.snapchat.com/ca/snapcash https://support.snapchat.com/ca/snapcash
- jtwebman 12y ago
  This is real though!
ohazi 12y ago
Well... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBwjxBmMszQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBwjxBmMszQ
- toxicFork 12y ago
  I love how ridiculous it is!
antimagic 12y ago
waterboarding allowed on planes maybe?
- johnlbevan2 12y ago
  (though with a 100ml limit)
raverbashing 12y ago
Snapchat payment system doesn't look like a good idea, unless you want the payment to disappear after a certain time

andrebalza1 12y ago

Kim Jong Un chooses an Italian education provider to have a course about freedom of the press https://youtu.be/d_vit8ZRHx8 https://youtu.be/d_vit8ZRHx8

Ookami86 12y ago

The Play Framework folks will be offering the "Certified Reactive Application Programmer" - in short: CRAP certification https://twitter.com/playframework/status/583131097396989952 https://twitter.com/playframework/status/583131097396989952

JanneVee 12y ago
https://playframework.com/certification https://playframework.com/certification I just love the checkbox for "Yes! I want my organization to be full of CRAP™ developers!"

nitin_flanker 12y ago

Apple is releasing iPhone-7 on a price below than Galaxy s7

tonglil 12y ago

Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard The "executive suite - productivity edition" http://executivesuite2016.tumblr.com/post/115074577715/tumblr-executivesuite-2016-is-the-hottest-business http://executivesuite2016.tumblr.com/post/115074577715/tumbl...

spike021 12y ago
Also Coppy (Clippy clone): http://i.imgur.com/iDSUNhi.png http://i.imgur.com/iDSUNhi.png
egeozcan 12y ago
They had even translated it to other languages. Color me impressed. http://i.imgur.com/4KI0vRT.png http://i.imgur.com/4KI0vRT.png
Red_ 12y ago
I love this: http://i.imgur.com/7qRyFBN.png http://i.imgur.com/7qRyFBN.png

_dancannon 12y ago

Hailo Piggy Back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw49oK9bMLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw49oK9bMLM

solaris999 12y ago
When they mentioned rebranding the mount as a Hailo lift I was hoping they'd take it a step further and invent the Uber Hailo Lyft

jjp 12y ago

https://www.nutmeg.com/electro-save https://www.nutmeg.com/electro-save - electric shock therapy to make you think twice about withdrawing your savings

polemic 12y ago

Double bluff in today's New Zealand Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11426501 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objecti... The "April Fools' Day special" promised a new BMW to the first person who took their car and the front-page coupon to the dealership. Ms Marsh was first at the Newmarket car dealership this morning, arriving in her 15-year-old Nissan Avenir. She was swiftly rewarded with a new BMW 1 Series worth almost $50,000 in exchange for the old station wagon.

NamTaf 12y ago
That's fantastic!
jtth 12y ago
That is a perfect April Fools' day joke.
a_c_s 12y ago
The image of the newspaper front page in this article is completely unreadable (specifically the BMW coupon): is a legible version available somewhere?
SilasX 12y ago
How is that April Fools? The offer was serious and they honored it. It's not like e.g. offering all of YouTube on DVDs.
- undersuit 12y ago
  It was literally titled the April Fools Day Special and on a day where the pranks vary from annoying programs that mess with my keyboard input to annoying news articles that mess with my sanity. I wouldn't have driven down to that dealership it they were giving away junkers or Bugatti Veyrons not to mention a BMW.
- bo1024 12y ago
  The joke is on all the people who thought it wasn't serious.

kinduff 12y ago

http://imgur.com/play http://imgur.com/play - interactive Imgur experience with input commands http://imgur.com/collab http://imgur.com/collab - collaborative post creation

SoulMan 12y ago

Now fly using Ola App – Introducing Ola Air! http://www.tdgmag.com/2015/04/ola-air-fly-using-ola-app/ http://www.tdgmag.com/2015/04/ola-air-fly-using-ola-app/

Argorak 12y ago

lobste.rs sports a full terminal interface with working chat and slowly updating lines. http://lobste.rs http://lobste.rs

BetaMechazawa 12y ago
Username/password to log in? Or is this a real service that put up this site just for today and requires an actual account?
- mseri 12y ago
  try user: guest
  - joombaga 12y ago
    also admin/letmein
- SSLy 12y ago
  I am able to login there with my account.
- Argorak 12y ago
  Use https://lobste.rs/hypertext https://lobste.rs/hypertext to sign up :).
swah 12y ago
Most users are too young to remember what this is emulating!
nickthemagicman 12y ago
This is cool. How do I do this on my site?

cohech 12y ago

http://espresso.economist.com/3525bb43cce253e2e8f04e7b62f1bac2 http://espresso.economist.com/3525bb43cce253e2e8f04e7b62f1ba... Economist reports that Poroshenko has suggested a winner takes all judo match with Putin to end the fighting in the Donbas.

mariuscoto 12y ago

New inbox by Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hydLZJXG3Tk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hydLZJXG3Tk

streger 12y ago

Popcorn Time, Now part of Netflix https://blog.popcorntime.io/popcorn-time-now-part-of-netflix/ https://blog.popcorntime.io/popcorn-time-now-part-of-netflix...

touristtam 12y ago
also on torrentfreak: http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-plans-free-tier-after-absorbing-popcorn-time-150401/ http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-plans-free-tier-after-absorb...

sWski 12y ago

x86: Drop 32-bit support in Linux Kernel: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/1/118 https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/1/118

wiradikusuma 12y ago

I published my Work-in-Progress maze game in Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinjas https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinjas After a minute or two (after tapping Start), it will jump-scare you with your friend's photo. You can then jump-scare your friends with your own photo. It uses Facebook, but doesn't post anything (other than Game Request, which is user-initiated). The game itself is still largely unfinished, but playable. Feedbacks welcome!

amouat 12y ago

Container Solutions is proud to release today its own container technology, Rocker. Rocker is an amalgamation of ideas and sources from both the Docker and Rocket projects. http://container-solutions.com/2015/04/container-solutions-introduces-rocker/ http://container-solutions.com/2015/04/container-solutions-i...

steele 12y ago

Motorola Selfie Stick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=584qPWzfhHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=584qPWzfhHY

tinkerdol 12y ago
Beautiful. Anyone know what music is playing in the background?
- Navarr 12y ago
  Darude Sandstorm by Darude
  - chrisper 12y ago
    That's only if you use the HTML 5 player and click on the music note.

amolgupta 12y ago

Run to get offers by flipkart: https://twitter.com/Flipkart/status/583145516218720256 https://twitter.com/Flipkart/status/583145516218720256

amolgupta 12y ago
and another one https://twitter.com/91bilal/status/583177078238945280 https://twitter.com/91bilal/status/583177078238945280

shwetanka 12y ago

BuzzKill - http://offers.freecharge.com/buzzkill/ http://offers.freecharge.com/buzzkill/

skuhn 12y ago

imgix launched the Chester Face feature, which we're providing to our customers as an AFaaS (April Fools as a Service) option: http://blog.imgix.com/post/115195342369/new-imgix-feature-chester-face http://blog.imgix.com/post/115195342369/new-imgix-feature-ch... Chester Face is a tool that will automatically detect any faces in your imagery and replace those faces with that of Chester. (Chester is an engineer's cat, who happens to be photogenic and comes out of the box in the correct shade of orange for our branding)

martius 12y ago

Humble Bundle proposes the Humble Indie Ballyhoo: https://www.humblebundle.com/ballyhoo https://www.humblebundle.com/ballyhoo http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/115193038361/step-on-up-for-modern-gaming-at-its-finest-its http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/115193038361/step-on-up-fo...

jonesetc 12y ago
Looks like it will really take your money, but it all goes to the charity, no humble tip. I like it.

attilagyorffy 12y ago

https://github.com/npm-ruby/npm-ruby https://github.com/npm-ruby/npm-ruby - Bringing npm functionality to Ruby applications

johnfisherman 12y ago

"Send 15$ to this account and let's fight SPAM together!" Memeoirs launches the Spam Book! Make your own! http://blog.memeoirs.com/2015/04/making-spam-matter-memeoirs-now-offers-a-brand-new-feature http://blog.memeoirs.com/2015/04/making-spam-matter-memeoirs...

kinduff 12y ago

https://github.com/mrThe/to_nil https://github.com/mrThe/to_nil - to_nil gem

peshkira 12y ago
this made my day. bravo!
iagooar 12y ago
The best thing about it is, it is documented, tested and everything. The CoC is cool, too :)

mseri 12y ago

Quantum music on arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.09045 http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.09045

dbeardsl 12y ago

https://www.ifixit.com https://www.ifixit.com announces iFAXit! On-demand repair guide delivery (to your fax machines! For free!)

datenwolf 12y ago

Systemd is forking the Linux kernel: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150330#community http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150330#community

LukeB_UK 12y ago
This was simply a case of someone getting the systemdaemon name on github. It's not the systemd project.
- keithpeter 12y ago
  The article is a fairly amusing April Fool's joke. Real quote from LP (on his blog from months ago) mixed in with quotes from a fictional developer. Googling the fictional developer's family name comes up with mysteriously few results...
  - dEnigma 12y ago
    And the fictional dev has "Gotya" in his name ;)
brockers 12y ago
Funny how something that hits so close to the truth is more scary than funny.

chrischen 12y ago

Instapainting no longer uses children to paint your photos: https://www.instapainting.com/blog/company/2015/04/01/no-child-labor/ https://www.instapainting.com/blog/company/2015/04/01/no-chi...

gzur 12y ago

Transform your work world with holograms! Tempo Vision is hardware that enhances the way teams experience their environment in Tempo and JIRA. http://www.tempoplugin.com/tempo-vision/ http://www.tempoplugin.com/tempo-vision/

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sup1998 12y ago

http://www.nitflux.co.nz http://www.nitflux.co.nz

m-i-l 12y ago

April Fool's Day: 10 stories that look like pranks but aren't: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32144005 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32144005

borgia 12y ago
There's many of those things I'm desperately hoping are simply April Fool's jokes.

17425170 12y ago

Coffeevault - http://blog.hemavault.com/2015/04/01/introducing-coffeevault/ http://blog.hemavault.com/2015/04/01/introducing-coffeevault...

aurizon 12y ago

The XQD - Quantum Entanglement Camera https://vimeo.com/123649095 https://vimeo.com/123649095

pierre 12y ago

Lunar Impulse http://www.lunarimpulse.com/ http://www.lunarimpulse.com/ A plane that use lunar energy.

Lethalman 12y ago

H1Z1 and PlanetSide 2 switched reddit banners: http://www.reddit.com/r/H1Z1 http://www.reddit.com/r/H1Z1 http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/ That's because PS2 says they get cheaters from H1Z1, and viceversa.

AgLiAn 12y ago

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

josteink 12y ago
It actually took some time before I realized this was a mockery of Islamic jihadist hackers. Well done!
MikeTV 12y ago
A fitting riposte, given that the site was hacked by Islamic jihadists earlier this year http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/32248/hacking/notepad-site-hacked.html http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/32248/hacking/notepad-si...

anotherevan 12y ago

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/520042a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/5200... An Australian and UK study has reported that increasing temperatures will result in an explosion of fire-breathing dragons around the world.

mguillemot 12y ago

We are launching our MMO Gangs of Space on Game Boy! https://www.gangsofspace.com/en https://www.gangsofspace.com/en

FanaHOVA 12y ago

Not sure if UberLIONS is an April's fools joke or not, but it probably belongs here. Use promo code LIONCUBS and lion cubs (and a trainer) will come right to you ready to play. They'll also donate $1 toward the Big Cats Initiative. https://blog.uber.com/nyc-uberlions-2015 https://blog.uber.com/nyc-uberlions-2015

cguess 12y ago
My bet is that the donation is real, but the lions are not.

cfj 12y ago

Banish the Hamburger Menu, Adopt Pizza Menus http://www.nngroup.com/articles/hamburger-menu-vs-pizza/ http://www.nngroup.com/articles/hamburger-menu-vs-pizza/

infinity 12y ago

The german newspaper FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) claims that there is an inititiative to block cat images from the web due to excessive bandwidth consumption (article in german): http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/die-digital-debatte/zwei-klassen-internet-das-katzenlose-netz-13515864.html http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/die-digital-d... The other content to be blocked are 'theses concerning the future of journalism' ...

SilasX 12y ago
There's a campaign to keep California restaurants from bringing out water to drink because of excessive consumption. Not April Fools though :-/

FaisalRashid 12y ago

Furious 7 got banned in Pakistan: http://www.shareonfb.com/n4nqp0/film-censor-board-bans-furious-7-in-pakistan http://www.shareonfb.com/n4nqp0/film-censor-board-bans-furio...

LinkPlug 12y ago

AngularJS + React Merger http://moduscreate.com/reangular-angular-react-merger/ http://moduscreate.com/reangular-angular-react-merger/

AlexMuir 12y ago
How did they not call it Rectangular??
- eigenrick 12y ago
  "That's way better than what I had"

tk120404 12y ago

http://olaair.com http://olaair.com

matcanessa 12y ago

http://visual-seo.com/SEO-Blog/Case-Study-CR-increased-neuromarketing http://visual-seo.com/SEO-Blog/Case-Study-CR-increased-neuro...

neilpeel 12y ago

Spotify CEO to launch rap career http://www.thenordicweb.com/blog/spotify-ceo-to-launch-rap-career http://www.thenordicweb.com/blog/spotify-ceo-to-launch-rap-c...

carlosgg 12y ago

Petbox, from the people who brought you Redbox. http://www.redbox.com/petbox/?CID=EM:37311&et_rid=79397907 http://www.redbox.com/petbox/?CID=EM:37311&et_rid=79397907

VelNZ 12y ago

Blizzard joins in on the fun: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18486737/new-garrison-feature-tindr-for-followers-3-27-2015 http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18486737/new-garrison-featu...

dcustodio 12y ago

Google Fiber dial-up mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTTtkisylQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTTtkisylQw

mirap 12y ago

There also is Tinder for Stupid things: http://getstd.us http://getstd.us

detaro 12y ago

superfeedr rebrandes as Batfeedr http://blog.superfeedr.com/ http://blog.superfeedr.com/

codeulike 12y ago

Hailo Piggyback http://www.techdigest.tv/2015/04/hailo-introduces-the-piggyback-revolutionising-personal-transportation.html http://www.techdigest.tv/2015/04/hailo-introduces-the-piggyb...

codeulike 12y ago

Chrome Android App - Introducing #ChromeSelfie http://chrome.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/introducing-chromeselfie.html http://chrome.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/introducing-chromeselfi...

ge0rg 12y ago
This is awesome. I've been thinking about a meta-youtube-channel, where you can watch people watch youtube (if anyone has the time, please pull it off!).

corobo 12y ago

Online.net has a "Selfie" option when ordering. Pretty fun way to order a server to be honest! https://console.online.net/en/server/selfie/Al5dpTp6Awp3 https://console.online.net/en/server/selfie/Al5dpTp6Awp3

benn_88 12y ago

First Raspberry Pi in Space http://www.raspberrypi.org/first-pi-in-space/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/first-pi-in-space/

1234567890123 12y ago

Terminal interface for omgubuntu: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/bash/ http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/bash/

peshkira 12y ago

Selfie Shoes http://miz-mooz.com http://miz-mooz.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw72zFX2rsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw72zFX2rsk

sanikin 12y ago

Pipedrive-Tinder Integration. Being serious about dating requires having the ability to never drop the ball. http://blog.pipedrive.com/2015/04/manage-your-dating-pipeline-with-the-pipedrive-tinder-integration/ http://blog.pipedrive.com/2015/04/manage-your-dating-pipelin...

sanikin 12y ago

thekemkid 12y ago

Micromonitor reaping huge rewards as nearForm moves all developers to four inch screens! Announcement: http://www.nearform.com/nodecrunch/micromonitor-reaping-huge-rewards-nearform-moves-developers-four-inch-screens/ http://www.nearform.com/nodecrunch/micromonitor-reaping-huge...

codeulike 12y ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned Today eeryone's comments are being auto-edited to include conspiracy theory claptrap (added to end of whatever they wrote), and they've got an illuminati theme

TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
Ah, the wonders of CSS. I bet they're choosing "random" phrases by trailing post ID characters.
- phantom784 12y ago
  Yep! https://a.thumbs.redditmedia.com/mvUjuBTLugN70a4mTrXqmEK937FtiiQIN7HeMzg-p88.css https://a.thumbs.redditmedia.com/mvUjuBTLugN70a4mTrXqmEK937F...
anonymfus 12y ago
Year ago on April Fools' Day /r/europe added "thanks to Putin" to the end of every submission title and it fitted perfectly.
amyjess 12y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/subredditdrama http://www.reddit.com/r/subredditdrama SRD is "banned".

gerty 12y ago

Pipedot is now in Esperanto. https://pipedot.org/ https://pipedot.org/

lhorie 12y ago

Mithril.js website in elvish http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/archive/v0.1.34/ http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/archive/v0.1.34/

las_cases 12y ago

Youtube has a new 'Add Music' button to the player (left to the 'Watch Later' button) which spices the experience I suppose! :) Oh and it's action based of course, some kind of a storm inducing experience.

Zecc 12y ago
Searching for a song on YouTube will suggest Sandstorm by Darude.

sijoe 12y ago

slowpath data appliances for buzzword dense storage: http://scalableinformatics.com/tortoise http://scalableinformatics.com/tortoise

geoffwoo 12y ago

Keanu - Download the New You by Nootrobox https://nootrobox.com/keanu https://nootrobox.com/keanu

simonh 12y ago

Amazon announces the Fire HD Seven, Fire HD-7, Fire HD Sven, Fire HD VII and Fire HD 7' as successors to the Fire HD 7 and Fire HD 7". Each launches with it's own range of mutualy incompatible accessories.

sujjjith 12y ago

http://www.shopclues.com/laggayi90percent-offsale.html?icid=Happ|cnl|laggayisale|010415 http://www.shopclues.com/laggayi90percent-offsale.html?icid=...

sujjjith 12y ago

http://www.shopclues.com/laggayi90percent-offsale.html?icid=Happ|cnl|laggayisale|010415 http://www.shopclues.com/laggayi90percent-offsale.html?icid=...

josteink 12y ago

Cyanogenmod 12 nightlies April 1st build: http://imgur.com/l6PV5x5 http://imgur.com/l6PV5x5 http://imgur.com/M9fRJpf http://imgur.com/M9fRJpf

m-i-l 12y ago

Microsoft Announces Its Own Linux OS: http://itsfoss.com/microsoft-announces-linux-os/ http://itsfoss.com/microsoft-announces-linux-os/

spb 12y ago
That is one thirsty fucking site. Something popping up every five seconds saying "Subscribe! Retweet! Look at meeeeee!!"

gmakkoulis 12y ago

How Avocarrot Replaced Targeting Algorithms With 742 Real People http://www.avocarrot.com/blog/how-avocarrot-replaced-targeting-algorithms-with-742-real-people/ http://www.avocarrot.com/blog/how-avocarrot-replaced-targeti... Announcing HERO, the Human-Enabled Relevancy Optimizer, to address one of the hardest challenges we faced yet.

IgnitedGeek 12y ago

Facebook to acquire Meteor Announcement: http://joshowens.me/facebook-to-acquire-meteor/ http://joshowens.me/facebook-to-acquire-meteor/

krallja 12y ago

KSP now stands for Kerbal Submarine Program https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/310j26/awoogah_awoogah/ https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/310j26/...

RRRA 12y ago

Why do you want to ruin the fun? :P

gadders 12y ago

The Today Program (news) on BBC Radio 4 had a suggestion by FIFA in the sports section to make football (soccer) goals 6 inches wider.

brianbreslin 12y ago

I may be accused of being a curmudgeon, but most of these aren't funny anymore. Companies are rarely funny, not sure why they keep doing this. /rant

borgia 12y ago
>not sure why they keep doing this Because it gets them attention. Personally I find it irritating. /Buzz Killington
dnlbyl 12y ago
Humor by committee. What could go wrong?
joshu 12y ago
I agree. The Essenes of s good April Fool's is something that is mostly believable. None of this fools anyone, it is just silly.
- joshu 12y ago
  I probably shouldn't post via audio. Looks like I am drunk.
hrayr 12y ago
Ah, I don't enjoy them either, but let them have fun. This is probably more for their employees morale than for the customers.

jackreichert 12y ago

NordVPN - Internet unlocked... on Mars https://nordvpn.com/blog/how-did-we-unblock-the-internet-of-mars/ https://nordvpn.com/blog/how-did-we-unblock-the-internet-of-...

xyclos 12y ago

Fast to the Future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLazRt8s8Wc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLazRt8s8Wc

MrArtichaut 12y ago

Winner from the Password Hashing Competition http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.phc/2658 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.phc/2658

dasfee 12y ago

Digital agency launches division to make tiny websites for the Apple Watch Page: http://www.applewatchdesign.co/ http://www.applewatchdesign.co/

peterwwillis 12y ago

Slashdot has a few stories that will blow your mind, like the tatooine youth suspected in a terrorist attack, or the discovery of alien life by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. http://slashdot.org/ http://slashdot.org/ Unfortunately, the comments section is still not an April Fools joke.

werencole 12y ago

Bob Loblaw hired by Applause: http://blog.applause.com/2015/04/01/bob-loblaws-applause-blog-debuts/ http://blog.applause.com/2015/04/01/bob-loblaws-applause-blo...

inthewoods 12y ago
Funny - "Applause AppleWatch Watch – Where we watch for updates on what people are watching for from the Apple Watch"

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digitalsushi 12y ago

/tmpShark https://appliance.cloudshark.org/tmpshark/ https://appliance.cloudshark.org/tmpshark/ Cloud Storage for your temp files.

flurdy 12y ago

Google Actual Cloud platform https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp10_PygJ4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp10_PygJ4o https://cloud.google.com/actual-cloud/ https://cloud.google.com/actual-cloud/

TeMPOraL 12y ago
This comment looks even better with cloud-to-butt installed.
- flurdy 12y ago
  :) You have to be alert with the my butt extension installed though. Only a few days ago I answered a stack overflow question where I added a link with the word cloud in it. Unfortunately the extension changed the URL when I edited the raw text. Luckily I realised quickly when I double checked if the link worked and it 404ed...
  - TeMPOraL 12y ago
    You don't say... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9137909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9137909 One has to be careful with editing HN comments as well. ;).
  - mmanfrin 12y ago
    I answered a question with the word cloud in it, and when I posted I saw 'butt' and thought I had accidentally copy/pasted wrong, so I Went back to edit, BUT THEN I SAW IT AGAIN and edited 3 more times before realizing that it just 'wasnt saving' because it was saving, I just had the extension on. I felt dumb.
- dEnigma 12y ago
  "ButtDrops™" Oh yes, I definitely don't regret installing this extension.
nmc 12y ago
They even have a form to apply for a free trial! Where does the joke end?

rascul 12y ago

DigitalOcean opens new underwater datacenter in Atlantis https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/announcing-atlantis/ https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/announcing-atlanti...

mangeletti 12y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP8sofAN4xc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP8sofAN4xc

ernestipark 12y ago

HubSpot Goes #DeskFree, Pioneering the Next Frontier of Workspace Collaboration http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/hubspot-desk-free http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/hubspot-desk-free

andrewbarba 12y ago

#CHAMPRANK Your Friends http://blog.tablelist.com/tablelist-april-fools-2015-champrank http://blog.tablelist.com/tablelist-april-fools-2015-champra...

dingaling 12y ago

QANTAS to become QUANTAS, to end decades of orthographic confusion. http://www.ausbt.com.au/australia-s-best-april-fools-day-aviation-pranks-for-2015 http://www.ausbt.com.au/australia-s-best-april-fools-day-avi...

jeditobe 12y ago

ReactOS Foundation renounce claims to the logo ReactJS in exchange for investments by Facebook http://habrahabr.ru/company/reactos/blog/254579/ http://habrahabr.ru/company/reactos/blog/254579/ As the saying goes, there would be a blessing ... Some time ago, in the ReactOS Foundation, it was decided to exercise their right to protect their means of individualization, namely the registered trademark, trademark and logo (the wording depends on the jurisdiction of law enforcement). We were inspired by the successful experience of the project Gnome, which is to protect their brand from the encroachments of Groupon. Recently, the lawyers hired by the Fund, sent to Facebook Ireland Limited warning about trademark infringement ReactOS. The fact that Facebook is developing a project ReactJS, whose logo resembles the logo ReactOS confusingly. Since over the long term has not followed any response letter, nor any appropriate action on the part of Facebook, lawyers fund full steam preparing a lawsuit against the social network. Suddenly came very late response to the complaint letter ... and what! Facebook ReactOS Foundation offered to give up claims to ReactJS out of court in exchange for investments in the project of our operating system. The volume and the specific conditions of the investment currently being discussed in the negotiations, but it is already clear that it is a sum equivalent to several million euros. For their part, representatives of Facebook made demands on what exactly should go money. Is expected to develop client and server distributions based on ReactOS, a graphical shell which will be based on React.JS, then while all calculations and data processing will be carried out thanks to Node.js. It is obvious that Facebook is preparing to attack Google and Microsoft in the operating system market for tablets and handheld gadgets. It is worth noting that the social giant has long been known for its contribution to the opensource-motion: Apache Cassandra, Apache Hive, Apache Thrift, FQL, Hack, HipHop for PHP, Scribe, Open Compute Project. Stay tuned for details of this epochal event will follow soon!

ju11111 12y ago
Is this news verified and true?
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rbustamante22 12y ago

New teeth jewelry line: http://www.loveandpieces.com/blogs/online-jewelry-boutique-blog/19039275-all-new-teeth-jewelry-line http://www.loveandpieces.com/blogs/online-jewelry-boutique-b...

coldpie 12y ago

One of my favorite April 1 things is Wikipedia's bizarre frontpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page The featured article, picture, and various highlights on the frontpage are always delightful. And true and educational! Check it out.

no_news_is 12y ago
The cake is a pie! Also whoa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_cake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_cake

xyclos 12y ago

Code School is Now Customizable: https://www.codeschool.com/geocities#?bg=1&cr=1&ff=1&g1=0&g2=0&g3=0&g4=0&g5=0&g6=0 https://www.codeschool.com/geocities#?bg=1&cr=1&ff=1&g1=0&g2...

Vaanir 12y ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/android http://www.reddit.com/r/android and http://www.reddit.com/r/apple http://www.reddit.com/r/apple swapped their CSS.

octatoan 12y ago
As did /r/guitar and /r/bass, and /r/AncientGreek and /r/latin.
hvnswrd 12y ago
This surely has some of the acolytes going insane.

ins0 12y ago

Google: Moon optimize mobile pages https://developers.google.com/webmasters/mobile-sites/mobile-seo/other-devices/moon https://developers.google.com/webmasters/mobile-sites/mobile...

tashoecraft 12y ago

Angular and React have merged http://moduscreate.com/reangular-angular-react-merger/ http://moduscreate.com/reangular-angular-react-merger/

urvader 12y ago

Sync physical post-it board with trello using magnetism, pencil and a Raspberry Pi. https://vimeo.com/123835399 https://vimeo.com/123835399

asomorjai 12y ago

From the Hungarian iPhone site szifon.com comes the news that Apple buys Yosemite Park :) http://szifon.com/2015/04/01/felvasarolja-az-apple-a-yosemite-nemzeti-parkot/ http://szifon.com/2015/04/01/felvasarolja-az-apple-a-yosemit...

larleys 12y ago

Study led by senior Google dev reveals direct correlation between tech conference food and blacking out in sessions. https://www.voxxed.com/blog/2015/04/chet-haase-forking-disrupting-conference-learning/ https://www.voxxed.com/blog/2015/04/chet-haase-forking-disru...

will_walker 12y ago

Glitter resin launched by Formlabs: http://formlabs.com/company/blog/2015/04/01/introducing-glitter-resin/ http://formlabs.com/company/blog/2015/04/01/introducing-glit...

tomjhill 12y ago

http://www.wiffi.co.uk http://www.wiffi.co.uk - The Scent of Connection Scented Wi-Fi that lets you know if a connection is secure or not. If it smells bad, don't connect. The best thing is... It's not an April Fools!

blparker 12y ago

Uber Shop Uber's trademark innovation and convenience have revolutionized the way you move. Starting today, we're revolutionizing the way you shop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECYvHkDrMo&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bECYvHkDrMo&feature=youtu.be

fudgy73 12y ago

Uber Car Shop Pick up a Car Shop catalog on your next Uber trip and discover world class products from the comfort of the backseat. http://issuu.com/ubermo/docs/ubercarshop http://issuu.com/ubermo/docs/ubercarshop

johnm1019 12y ago

Prysm announces headband control for collaborative display walls https://vimeo.com/123800794 https://vimeo.com/123800794

thelonelygod 12y ago

Today, we're pivoting. Major League Hacking is now Major League Packing: http://news.mlh.io/major-league-hacking-now-major-league-packing-04-01-2015 http://news.mlh.io/major-league-hacking-now-major-league-pac...

fudgy73 12y ago

Not sure if this is a joke or not. HackTonight from HotelTonight https://www.hoteltonight.com/2015/04/join-beta-hacktonight/ https://www.hoteltonight.com/2015/04/join-beta-hacktonight/

sarciszewski 12y ago

Crypto pranks: The winner of the Password Hashing Contest was announced to be, LM Hash! https://twitter.com/veorq/status/583175725206892544 https://twitter.com/veorq/status/583175725206892544 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.phc/2658 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.phc/2658 libsodium added ROT13, fast, keyless, powerful cipher https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/commit/23f1c90c682484f6984ece54b20f6cf231ca9344 https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/commit/23f1c90c682484f...

marcosdumay 12y ago
> libsodium added ROT13, fast, keyless, powerful cipher And made resistent to timming attacks!

adem666 12y ago

black out whole country was good idea. and Turkey did it for 10 hours http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/nationwide-blackout-throws-turkey-into-chaos-10145504.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/nationwide-blackout-...

relu 12y ago

Elance-oDesk announcing new name and the shift to online dating. Elove-oDate, double click on love. https://www.odesk.com/blog/2015/04/announcing-new-name-new-shift-online-dating/ https://www.odesk.com/blog/2015/04/announcing-new-name-new-s...

skrowl 12y ago

On reddit /r/andoid and /r/apple both show each other's posts (mixed together)

gk3 12y ago

Parse Pigeon - add on-demand delivery to your app with a few lines of code: http://parse.com/products/pigeon http://parse.com/products/pigeon

CGamesPlay 12y ago
Plus, a Parse coupon for joining the waitlist!

alicez 12y ago

Dato targets MS-DOS as the next Big Data platform, processes terabytes of data in 640KB of RAM http://blog.dato.com/dato-on-ms-dos http://blog.dato.com/dato-on-ms-dos

omgitstom 12y ago

https://stormpath.com/blog/why-http-is-sometimes-better-than-https/ https://stormpath.com/blog/why-http-is-sometimes-better-than... Compelling argument why your app should use HTTP instead of HTTPS

cies 12y ago

"Functor is now a superclass of Monad in GHC HEAD" http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/3121lh/functor_is_now_a_superclass_of_monad_in_ghc_head/ http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/3121lh/functor_is_n... Same as last year: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1bfojn/functor_is_now_a_superclass_of_monad_in_ghc_head/ http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1bfojn/functor_is_n... And I fell for it again... Hmpf.

marcosdumay 12y ago
Isn't it now? Or is it only Applicative?

nvader 12y ago

David Beazley releases Meẗal, a python decorator library powered by umlauts. https://github.com/dabeaz/me-al https://github.com/dabeaz/me-al

pavel_lishin 12y ago
Haha, I love this bit of the README: > If the above command fails with an ImportError, you're probably using a Mac. That's an unfortunate choice as you can't really expect a toy machine like that to be used for serious tasks.
gldnspud 12y ago
> Meẗal only works with Python 3. If you love Python and you're still coding in Python 2, well, then fuck you. Glad I already switched to Python 3 for new projects, so I could evade that one! - Sent from my toy machine

rand888 12y ago

http://www.ebuyer.com/k9-audio-hf-hifi-canine-hifi-unit http://www.ebuyer.com/k9-audio-hf-hifi-canine-hifi-unit

dewyatt 12y ago

Complete rewrite of HAProxy in Lua http://www.haproxy.org/ http://www.haproxy.org/

mbostleman 12y ago

Vail Resorts buys Jackson Hole Mountain Resort http://www.tetongravity.com/story/ski/breaking-vail-resorts-buys-jackson-hole-mountain-resort http://www.tetongravity.com/story/ski/breaking-vail-resorts-...

codysoyland 12y ago

yoloimport: Python package that eliminates ImportErrors. https://github.com/codysoyland/yoloimport https://github.com/codysoyland/yoloimport

hdmoore 12y ago

Metasploit Framework rolls out new banners: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/5047 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/5047

skrowl 12y ago
My Little Pwny: Exploits are Magic! Hilarious!

Zigurd 12y ago

Latvia to get Mistral warship instead of Russia: https://euobserver.com/news/128217 https://euobserver.com/news/128217 It was picked up as fact by several Rusian media outlets: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KJbT4XwEOicJ:sputniknews.com/military/20150401/1020300718.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KJbT4Xw...

krallja 12y ago

https://meh.com/ https://meh.com/ applies one of several vertigo-inducing CSS transforms

makeee 12y ago

Popular DIY blog "The Crafted Life" is acquired by Kraft Cheese, rebrands to The Krafted Life, focuses solely on DIY tutorials that utilize Kraft cheese products: http://thecraftedlife.com http://thecraftedlife.com

bhaumik 12y ago

We added new mentors, including rms for iOS, Elon Musk, etc. http://www.thinkful.com/mentors http://www.thinkful.com/mentors

ai_ja_nai 12y ago

Language translation company Translated releases a klingon version of its website: http://www.translated.net/tlh/ http://www.translated.net/tlh/

pamonrails 12y ago

Removing support for credit cards in Kill Bill: http://killbill.io/blog/deprecating-support-debit-credit-cards/ http://killbill.io/blog/deprecating-support-debit-credit-car...

tie_ 12y ago

Nokia HERE's first wearable tech - geo-intelligent kitty collar: http://360.here.com/2015/04/01/unveils-first-wearable-tech/ http://360.here.com/2015/04/01/unveils-first-wearable-tech/

thefahim 12y ago

Instacart: Self-driving Carbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzjkFiv6CPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzjkFiv6CPs

cmpaul 12y ago

The latest in eSignatures: carrier pigeons. http://info.hellosign.com/avian http://info.hellosign.com/avian

kyledrake 12y ago

Neocities raises $400m at a $14b valuation https://neocities.org/blog/neocities-raises-400-million https://neocities.org/blog/neocities-raises-400-million

milesf 12y ago

Looks like iFixit has multiple A1 jokes today: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Watch+Teardown/38659 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Watch+Teardown/38659 https://www.ifixit.com/ifaxit https://www.ifixit.com/ifaxit

cbsmith 12y ago

Google Panda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI9Qb4PuiOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI9Qb4PuiOU

blumentopf 12y ago

The Hurr Durr Archives https://www.kernel.org/ https://www.kernel.org/

viacoffee 12y ago

Hodor Lang by Hummingbird Tech http://www.hodor-lang.org/ http://www.hodor-lang.org/

binoyxj 12y ago

T-Mobile Pets Unleashed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kj-4F8pWfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kj-4F8pWfk

thebiglebrewski 12y ago

New York Code + Design Academy has a web development class for your furry friends now! http://nycda.com/classes/web-development-for-dogs/ http://nycda.com/classes/web-development-for-dogs/

drelihan 12y ago

Ministry of Supply sells The Armstrong, a space suit for the modern man - http://ministryofsupply.com/pages/the-armstrong http://ministryofsupply.com/pages/the-armstrong

tumultco 12y ago

Introducing Tumult Hype Edition http://blog.tumult.com/2015/04/01/introducing-tumult-hype-edition/ http://blog.tumult.com/2015/04/01/introducing-tumult-hype-ed... Light theme, Dark theme, and now the Gold theme!

dylnclrk 12y ago

Indiegogo Heat: The world's first hot sauce crowdfunding platform. https://learn.indiegogo.com/heat/ https://learn.indiegogo.com/heat/

cbsmith 12y ago

Disney announces X-Wings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ3n_D1zBrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ3n_D1zBrg

GeoNomad 12y ago

https://phplist.nova-wings.com/lists/lt.php?id=fk4BAwkaUFMZUVUFUw https://phplist.nova-wings.com/lists/lt.php?id=fk4BAwkaUFMZU... Flying 365 days per year! Austrian paragliding manufacturers NOVA plan to convert a reservoir into an indoor paragliding centre During a press conference in Terfens, Tyrol, local paragliding manufacturer NOVA has announced their intention to open an indoor flying centre. They plan to convert a reservoir into a so-called Para-Hall, in order to offer pilots from all over the world the opportunity to fly regardless of the weather conditions. At present they are in intense negotiations with hydroelectric companies and the state governments of the Tyrol and Salzburg. The project focuses on sustainability and will contribute to the long-term future of the Austrian tourism industry. “Climate change cannot be ignored” says NOVA CEO Wolfgang Lechner, “glaciers in the Alps will melt sooner or later. Therefore, it is inevitable that some reservoirs and their hydroelectric plants will no longer be profitable. Our Para-Hall is a ground-breaking alternative.“ NOVA intends to empty, dredge, clean and cover a reservoir. Lechner explains that from a technical point of view, a reservoir with a hydroelectric plant is ideal for converting into a flying centre: “the turbines can be reversed and used to blow air into the Para-Hall. Add a few filaments and indoor thermals are possible. Our test pilots have already tried this in the indoor ski centre in Dubai. It worked fine!” A highlight of the NOVA Para-Hall will be the Open Air Access, which is a huge retractable roof. With strong indoor thermals, it will be possible to take off inside and go through the roof. Alternatively, it can launch outside, for example in the Outdoor Hike & Fly Area in the mountains above the centre, and then land inside. The Spectator Area will be situated at the front of the Para-Hall – with glazed viewing areas facing into the centre and down to the valley. Several levels will offer visitors the chance to have a variety of gastro-experiences: Tyrolean Stubn (inns) will offer locally produced local organic produce, an Ayurveda restaurant staffed by genuine Indian chefs, Schnitzel-World (a self-service restaurant with good cost-benefit ratio), on level three it is possible to fast, while next to the landing zone, pilots can avail themselves of the obligatory landing field beer. “The absolute highlight", according to Wolfi Lechner, "is the Silent Zone. This is situated in the Fresh Air Zone and offers complete relaxation. Here everyone can discover their inner apricot.” NOVA plans to convert the current engine room into an Outdoor Experience Centre. Lechner explains: “We hope to install eco hotels with straw beds and Tyrolean pinewood interiors, a climbing wall, wellness centre, a spacious spa area with attached salt cave, an ice climbing wall, yoga retreat and a children's crèche with a mountain pasture experience - featuring real cows. Part of the drainage channel will be converted to a night club. Finally, there will be conferencing facilities. We’re thinking big and are focussing on the family - and all very sustainable!“ In co-operation with the ZAMG (Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Innsbruck) NOVA has commissioned research, which will pinpoint the optimal moment to start the building work. The project should commence no later than the 1st April 2020, probably earlier. “At first glance, the concept may sound a bit crazy”, explains Lechner, “but the planning is in the advanced stages.” Currently the reservoir at the Moserboden in the Tauern area is favourite. The site offers the advantage of two dams. On one side the topography will enable soaring flights, the other will be developed as a thermalling paradise. Lechner is convinced that the power generation companies will be enthusiastic about the concept and he is anticipating investment from ski resort operators. “Sooner or later they will no longer have a viable business. With our long-term sustainable concept we will be able to save the day. The Para-Hall we will mean we are all ready for the future. It will allow tourists to experience all facets of nature – without having to step outside!” Find out more at www.nova.eu

binoyxj 12y ago

Dominos driverless delivery vehicle https://www.dominos.co.uk/blog/dominos-rolls-out-driverless-delivery-vehicles/ https://www.dominos.co.uk/blog/dominos-rolls-out-driverless-...

binoyxj 12y ago

KINDLR, the New Goodreads Dating App https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/498-announcing-kindlr-the-new-goodreads-dating-app https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/498-announcing-kindlr-th...

theophrastus 12y ago

Duluth Magnetic Pants: https://www.duluthtrading.com/features/magnetic-work-pants-april.aspx?src=T15C055C4&ym_mid=1570606&ym_rid=1565786&mboxSession=T15C055-9991565786 https://www.duluthtrading.com/features/magnetic-work-pants-a... Got me thinking: "wait, what if two guys bought these on the same work-site?" (admittedly i was pre-caffeine at the time)

andybuzz 12y ago

Blinkist announces Blink-ku, poetic summaries of nonfiction books. https://www.blinkist.com/page19/introducing-blink-ku-the-worlds-best-nonfiction-books-in-verse https://www.blinkist.com/page19/introducing-blink-ku-the-wor... The summary of Tim Ferriss's The 4-Hour Workweek is hilarious: So Much Depends Upon a 40-Hour Lie So much depends upon a forty hour lie when all you need is an out of office responder and a bunch of virtual assistants

binoyxj 12y ago

Coca-Cola in a new 10 ml sip size pack https://twitter.com/CocaCola/status/583303638090694656 https://twitter.com/CocaCola/status/583303638090694656

orik 12y ago

Moz is offering support to all users through Snapchat. http://moz.com/blog/snapchat-support http://moz.com/blog/snapchat-support

ssharp 12y ago

Embrace Pet Insurance Proud to Say Direwolf Coverage Is Coming http://www.embracepetinsurance.com/about-us/press/direwolf-coverage-is-coming http://www.embracepetinsurance.com/about-us/press/direwolf-c... Disclaimer: I work there.

pknerd 12y ago

MS Definitely win here.

pknerd 12y ago
Thanks downvoter, I love you

benatkin 12y ago

https://instagram.com/p/078SdFQ3hJ/?taken-by=marutaro https://instagram.com/p/078SdFQ3hJ/?taken-by=marutaro

jianshen 12y ago

Houzz releases HouzzLenz VR Goggles to visualize home remodeling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYIKDcMwreY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYIKDcMwreY http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/46342399/list/houzzlenz-the-new-way-to-see-your-home http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/46342399/list/houzzlenz-the-n... "If you can swipe your face, you can update your place."

bvanvugt 12y ago

Share underwear with the world - MeUndies introduces the #ReUndies program. https://www.meundies.com/videos/reundies https://www.meundies.com/videos/reundies

carlosgg 12y ago

Dirk Nowitzki announces he is retiring http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2015/4/1/8320117/dirk-nowitzki-announces-he-is-retiring-on-APRIL-FIRST http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2015/4/1/8320117/dirk-nowitzki-...

sisivee 12y ago

+1, thanks for creating this.

skynetv2 12y ago

Humble bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/ballyhoo https://www.humblebundle.com/ballyhoo

placeybordeaux 12y ago
You can actually buy it. They are instructions on how to play those games.
- tehaugmenter 12y ago
  That's actually kind of cool though no joke.

austen 12y ago

Dragon Drop for Asana Accouncement: https://blog.asana.com/2015/04/breathe-some-fire-into-your-task-list/ https://blog.asana.com/2015/04/breathe-some-fire-into-your-t...

cpeterso 12y ago

blink-dev: Intent to deprecate and remove: JavaScript https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/m/#!topic/blink-dev/6mfrkTkw808 https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/m/#!topic/bli...

youknowjack 12y ago

Jobs4Pets: http://www.indeed.com/jobs4pets http://www.indeed.com/jobs4pets

zakelfassi 12y ago

FlipTheWeb Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fliptheweb/jfdmnekbhhloooancdmoomkggpejdjfd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fliptheweb/jfdmnek... (inspired by com.google)

dag11 12y ago
Phew, this fixed com.google. Now I can search again!

anotherdjohnson 12y ago

Apparently HealthLoop was attacked by zombies: http://ow.ly/L42S9 http://ow.ly/L42S9

markkat 12y ago

Hubski, clicking a hubwheel plays "thoughtful" audio clip. https://hubski.com https://hubski.com

lowboy 12y ago
Too bad I get redirected to an auth page after 50ms of audio.

dumbstoneDOTcom 12y ago

Dumbstone.com http://www.dumbstone.com http://www.dumbstone.com We Bedazzle Wearables and trade them as virtual currency!

kibwen 12y ago

The CSS working group has published a draft of proposed extensions to the CSS specification, which include dedicated units for denoting lengths on astronomical scales (lightseconds, attoparsecs, etc.) as well as extending the CSS gradient syntax to grant first-class support to the generation of double rainbows. http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-egg/ http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-egg/

gravity13 12y ago
This is gold
Intermernet 12y ago
> Note: This specification does not address relativistic effects of scrolling or animations and transitions at (or beyond) the speed of light. I presume these would only show up if using relative paths or positions in your CSS.

tpowell 12y ago

Miscellaneous Month at Travaasa Experiential Resorts – http://travaasa.com/newsletter/2015/april/ http://travaasa.com/newsletter/2015/april/

salimmadjd 12y ago

Bacon Flavored Asthma Peak Flow Meter to improve asthma adherence. https://twitter.com/AsthmaMD/status/583333806469337088 https://twitter.com/AsthmaMD/status/583333806469337088

Red_ 12y ago

InternetIsBeatiful went retro http://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/ http://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/

notatoad 12y ago

Google Reader re-launched: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/04/01/google-reader-rises-from-the-grave-with-new-material-update/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/04/01/google-reader-rises-...

redwards510 12y ago

Google acquires XDA : http://www.xda-developers.com/google-to-acquire-xda-dev-rewards-policy-changes/ http://www.xda-developers.com/google-to-acquire-xda-dev-rewa...

Taek 12y ago

Reddit releasing a crowd game at /r/thebutton http://www.redditblog.com/2015/04/the-button.html http://www.redditblog.com/2015/04/the-button.html

misframer 12y ago

The C languages merge http://isocpp.org/blog/2015/04/the-c-languages-merge http://isocpp.org/blog/2015/04/the-c-languages-merge

yaliceme 12y ago

Space Rock - Build computer things that are nice to use, faster than you could before https://space-rock.meteor.com/ https://space-rock.meteor.com/

sycren 12y ago

Fake Job Ad: MyAppConverter is seeking a new senior developer to open up their new San Francisco office in their expansion plans. https://www.myappconverter.com/blog/senior-developer-wanted-sf-based-250000-300000-annum https://www.myappconverter.com/blog/senior-developer-wanted-... $250,000 - $300,000 per annum + bonus + benefits Join our new San Francisco office! We’re looking for a Senior Developer to bring their talents to our brand new team. This opportunity is simply unmissable! Join the innovators in app conversion, and take your career to new heights. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Developer to join our expanding team. MyAppConverter is seeking a talented Senior Developer to sit back, relax and have all of their work done for them. A lazy mindset is essential, and someone with a passion for the latest revolution in app conversion is a must. Developer skill / responsibilities: - No previous experience necessary. - Excellent Java skills (drinking coffee from a mug/cup/thermos). - Thumb twiddling expertise. - A passion for the latest revolution in app conversion. - Watching in silent awe. - Enjoys boredom.

lelf 12y ago

TeslaMotors: No more parking tickets for Model S owners. Today we’re introducing: ticket-avoidance-mode. Here’s how it works: https://amp.twimg.com/v/cdad704b-5167-42bd-9fd7-a5c39fabf1f9 https://amp.twimg.com/v/cdad704b-5167-42bd-9fd7-a5c39fabf1f9 (c) https://twitter.com/teslamotors/status/583339439759310848 https://twitter.com/teslamotors/status/583339439759310848

timwiththebo 12y ago

Adopt A Pothole: http://www.adoptapothole.co.ke/ http://www.adoptapothole.co.ke/ Created by OkHi, a tech startup in Kenya that has a mission to give a physical address to the 4B people in the world who don't have one.

danschumann 12y ago

Eagle Optics introduces a way to attract more birds to your feeder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6mlw3165fo&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6mlw3165fo&feature=youtu.be

ndesaulniers 12y ago

Microsoft to buy Mozilla: http://imgur.com/oF0S74Y http://imgur.com/oF0S74Y

theophrastus 12y ago

The effort to fork Debian (Devuan) capitulates: starting here: https://devuan.org/ https://devuan.org/ follow "BREAKING NEWS: Ultimately, we give up. Read here in detail" to here: https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150401.095603.4a3a1e39.en.html https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150401.095603.4a3a1e... at least i think it's an April fools joke (not a super funny one at least)

ca98am79 12y ago

Flippa is selling itself on itself: https://flippa.com/4334300-premium-pr-5-online-marketplace-with-3mil-uniques-mo-making-10mil-mo https://flippa.com/4334300-premium-pr-5-online-marketplace-w...

rbc 12y ago

Here's one from 2011, "Stetson hat to be new Army standard headgear": http://www.army.mil/article/54202/Stetson_hat_to_be_new_Army_standard_headgear/ http://www.army.mil/article/54202/Stetson_hat_to_be_new_Army...

magdi 12y ago

Introducing Prezi Retro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be

mmagdi 12y ago

Introducing Prezi Retro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be

mmagdi 12y ago

Introducing Prezi Retro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOgnaEc5hg&feature=youtu.be

bmet 12y ago

Education.com announces it will become a cat-based learning platform Announcement: http://www.education.com/cat-based-learning/ http://www.education.com/cat-based-learning/ "Science" article: http://www.education.com/magazine/article/cat-co-learning/ http://www.education.com/magazine/article/cat-co-learning/ Homepage (they added cats): http://www.education.com/ http://www.education.com/

drewry 12y ago

The future of programming languages, a long jumbled series of HODOR to create functional scripts. http://hodor-lang.org http://hodor-lang.org

steven_pack 12y ago

Government to sell-off playgrounds - kids don't play outside anyway. Proceeds to be used to build digital parks inside Minecraft. http://daily.koalasafe.com/ http://daily.koalasafe.com/ Got picked up by a few places in Australia.

VelNZ 12y ago

Grouber from Groupon: http://www.groupon.com/pages/grouber http://www.groupon.com/pages/grouber

VelNZ 12y ago

Razer - Project McFly Hovering Mouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCx5gjAmqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCx5gjAmqI

carlosgg 12y ago

Hillary Declares 2016 Run, Files For Divorce http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/hillary-declares-2016-run-files-divorce/ http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/hillary-declares-2016-run-f...

Red_ 12y ago

Compilations of Pranks from TechCrunch, CNN and TheVerge http://techcrunch.com/gallery/april-fools-2015-the-mega-round-up-of-the-best-gags/ http://techcrunch.com/gallery/april-fools-2015-the-mega-roun... http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/world/april-fools-day-pranks/ http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/world/april-fools-day-pranks/ http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/1/8327379/april-fools-roundup http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/1/8327379/april-fools-roundup