Similarly, Google Fiber launched Coffee-to-the-Home (CTTH) program for Kansas City residents delivering made-to-order coffee drinks straight to users at fiber speeds - through the same fiber jack that delivered 100 times faster Internet! Meanwhile, Google AdWords team released AdBirds, a new way to show ads. Features included Dmail with translation, Hangouts with Bark Enhancement, and paw recognition technology. Google even announced that they were launching a suite of features to make Google Apps more useful for Dogs in the workplace. One year, the Chromium team released a QWERTY virtual keyboard for cats on the Chrome Web Store. Over the years the jokes and gigs have become quirkier and more quirkier. April Fools’ Day was getting bigger and bigger at Google. Google in 2008 also announced a joint project with the Virgin Group to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars! This operation was named Project Virgle and featured videos of Richard Branson as well as Larry Page and Sergey Brin. When a user tried to create a new event, the user was given the regular option of entering the correct details and hitting “Create Event”, and also the new option of “I’m Feeling Lucky” which would set the user up with an evening date with, among others, Matt Damon, Eric Cartman, Tom Cruise, Jessica Alba, Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, Anna Kournikova, Johnny Depp, George W. That year Google added the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button to its calendar feature. Google launched, for example, Daja in Japan (.jp), with the mission of “organizing the world’s laughter”. Please try again.Īn additional error message was included which converted all navigation text to German, but was scrapped after user complaints.Ģ008 was about “GWeblogs,” or “Gblogs,” the next revolution in personal publishing. Error: MentalPlex™ has determined that this is not your final answer.Please clap hands 3 times, while chanting “I believe” and try again. Remove aluminum foil and remote control devices. Try again after removing hat, glasses and shoes. Error 104: That information was lost with the Martian Lander.Error CK8: That information is protected under the National Security Act.Error 445: Searching on this topic is prohibited under international law.Error 4P: Unclear on whether your search is about money or monkeys.Error 05: Brainwaves received in analog.Silence voices in your head and try again. Error 466: Multiple transmitters detected.Error 005: KUT Weak or no signal detected.The socks are bluetooth-enabled and are fitted with thin LTE beacons that "wrap around the top of your lower calf, just like the colored stripes you'd see on traditional socks. "We're teaming up with retailers across Australia to launch a new range of Searchable Socks - to organize the world's undergarments and make them universally findable," reads a blog post from an executive whose name matches her job title - Paula Legg, searchable socks product manager, Google Australia and New Zealand. Yes, this is something that most of us who lose socks in the laundry could all get behind. This April Fool's Day, Google is helping users in Australia find their socks. Not all Google pranks were poorly received. The polyglot-friendly pillow is listed at a retail price of $99 and the company said that it will help you learn Spanish, French, or Italian. but then it struck me: What if we could bring that number down to zero minutes a day?" Duolingo CEO and confounder Luis von Ahn said in the release. "We are proud to to have enabled 120 million people to learn a language in just five minutes every day with Duolingo.
The Duolingo Pillow apparently "activates proprietary sleep learning algorithms as users slumber," according to a faux press release.