{"id":2628,"date":"2015-04-01T14:52:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T14:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2019-03-28T10:01:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T10:01:38","slug":"google-april-fools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/2015\/04\/google-april-fools.html","title":{"rendered":"Best Google April Fools 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s April Fools Day and no, we&#8217;re not kidding! To celebrate everyone&#8217;s favourite day in April, Google are up to their annual prankster antics. Here are our Top 3, personal favourite Google pranks this year:<\/p>\n<h2>#1\u00a0Smartbox, by Inbox, by Gmail, by Google<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Ever wanted to check your post without actually having to get out of bed?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/leo-laughing.gif\" alt=\"leo-laughing\" width=\"450\" height=\"192\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Well thanks to Google, if you&#8217;re really that gullible, now you can!<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEvery year on April 1st, Google launch their April Fools day trick for the more easily convinced surfers of the internet, and of course, those who like to laugh at them for believing it.<br \/>\nThis year, Gmail blessed us with Smartbox, by Inbox, by Gmail, by Google. Nicely timed alongside their new invitation only Inbox app, Smartbox offers &#8216;a better, smarter mailbox that fuses physical mail with everything you love about the electronic kind.&#8217;\u00a0Features of their wacky &#8216;new product&#8217; include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Temperature control<\/span> to keep your post toasty in the winter and cool in the summer.<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Smart Folders<\/span>\u00a0to keep things organised.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Strong Filters<\/span> to weed out spam, which just happens to be an electric shock system for all those pesky leaflet deliverers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Smartbox by Inbox: the mailbox of tomorrow, today\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hydLZJXG3Tk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>For some, Smartbox has been an emotional roller coaster:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Confusion:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-comment01.png\" alt=\"google-comment01\" width=\"466\" height=\"81\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-comment011.png\" alt=\"google-comment011\" width=\"363\" height=\"71\" \/><br \/>\nInitially confused by a well put together promo video, Gmail left users wondering whether their Smartbox was actually an April fools day joke, or just badly timed. Surely they wouldn&#8217;t <em>really<\/em> bother to go through that much effort..would they?<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Excitement:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-comment02.png\" alt=\"google-comment02\" width=\"379\" height=\"68\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-comment22.png\" alt=\"google-comment22\" width=\"373\" height=\"78\" \/><br \/>\nOthers took to the idea. I&#8217;m not sure if they are aware of Gmail&#8217;s master practical joke or not, but regardless, these guys couldn&#8217;t wait to pitch their Smartbox!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">More confusion:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-comment03.png\" alt=\"google-comment03\" width=\"364\" height=\"74\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-comment033.png\" alt=\"google-comment033\" width=\"396\" height=\"85\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-comment03333.png\" alt=\"google-comment03333\" width=\"305\" height=\"67\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-comment0333.png\" alt=\"google-comment0333\" width=\"341\" height=\"77\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>Yep. We are faced with yet more confusion as questions arise surrounding potential issues with Smartbox..But don&#8217;t worry all, it&#8217;s not real remember!<\/p>\n<h2>#2 Backwards Google<\/h2>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-backwards.png\" alt=\"google-backwards\" width=\"810\" height=\"404\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>com.Google homepage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-backwards-silkstream.png\" alt=\"google-backwards-silkstream\" width=\"781\" height=\"95\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>&#8216;Silkstream Web Design&#8217; search<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u00a0.sdrawkcab tib a smees gnihtyrevE .thgir ton s&#8217;gnihtemoS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>As another part of their April Fools Day master plan, Google introduced com.Google. I wouldn&#8217;t exactly recommend it for every day browsing, unless you&#8217;re extremely skilled at backwards reading or just in to that kinda thing..<\/p>\n<h2>#3 Google Maps Pacman<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/google-maps-pacman.png\" alt=\"google-maps-pacman\" width=\"1670\" height=\"904\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">*Sings theme tune in head*<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>One of our favourite Google April Fools Day stunts of this year is Google Maps&#8217; Pacman! Once you open Google maps and put in your desired location (ours shown above is the area surrounding the Silkstream offices), hit the pacman icon and you&#8217;re good to go!<\/p>\n<p><strong>*sigh* Oh Google, do you see what you do to the internet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/silkstream-april-fools.png\" alt=\"silkstream-april-fools\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1050\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Happy April Fools Day from all of us here at Silkstream!<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s April Fools Day and no, we&#8217;re not kidding! To celebrate everyone&#8217;s favourite day in April, Google are up to their annual prankster antics. 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