{"id":87509,"date":"2016-04-05T19:14:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T17:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=87509"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:00:49","slug":"2016s-best-technology-themed-april-fools-pranks-did-any-get-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/2016s-best-technology-themed-april-fools-pranks-did-any-get-you\/","title":{"rendered":"2016’s best technology themed April Fools’ pranks – did any get you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

April Fools’ Day has come and gone again, and if you were online at all on the April 1st then there is a good chance you spent at least a few moments trying to separate fact from fiction<\/strong>. So, on the off-chance that you are still pondering what was real, here are the craziest April Fools gags that caught our eye from some of the biggest tech companies.<\/p>\n

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YouTube<\/h3>\n

YouTube really pushed the boat out this year with SnoopVision, a tool that would let you enjoy all videos in 360 degrees… with Snoop Dog! Now you can watch every single clip as though you are sat in a theater with the D-O-double-G<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Google Cardboard<\/strong><\/p>\n

Google went even further with its augmented reality leg pulling by giving Google Cardboard an expansion, Google Cardboard Plastic<\/strong>. Yes, its just a transparent plastic box that offers a door way into a reality with breath taking visuals.<\/p>\n

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T-Mobile<\/h3>\n

Rather than offering a virtual experience, T-Mobile, has delivered a completely new way to enjoy your mobile hands free. Best of all, it looks really stylish. Seriously, if you fell for this one we are worried about you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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OneTable<\/h3>\n

If you want more than vision, then OneTable is about to take your digital experience one step further with lick-o-vision<\/strong>. Really don’t do this one, most phones are filthy.<\/p>\n

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Samsung<\/h3>\n

Rather than improving your digital life Samsung introduced something more real world, internet enabled pants<\/strong>. These make sure you always know when your flies open, which could actually be more useful than it sounds.<\/p>\n

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H&M<\/h3>\n

Still on clothing, H&M unveiled the Mark Zuckerberg collection which allows you to dress like a billionaire<\/strong>. Well, providing all that billionaire ever seems to wear are a pair of jeans and a gray T-shirt.<\/p>\n

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Google Netherlands<\/h3>\n

With all of Google’s work on self-drive cars, Google Netherlands decided to create something far more environmentally friendly, self-driving bikes<\/strong>. This maybe the only video that will have you scratching your head and wondering how they did it.<\/p>\n

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Gmail<\/h3>\n

Unfortunately not every joke if appreciated, like Gmail’s Minion mic drop. Showing a GIF of one of the yellow Minions dropping a mic<\/strong>, this little joke would actually prevent you from replying to a message if it turned up in your inbox. Funny, but frustrating if it is something important.<\/p>\n

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Spot any other great April fool gags? Let us know in the comments! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Related Stories<\/h3>\n

See our April Fool’s Day article<\/a><\/p>\n

How to try new features on WhatsApp before anybody else<\/a><\/p>\n

VR is here to stay<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow me on Twitter:\u00a0@DoFuss<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April Fools’ Day has come and gone again, and if you were online at all on the April 1st then there is a good chance you spent at least a few moments trying to separate fact from fiction. So, on the off-chance that you are still pondering what was real, here are the craziest April … Continue reading “2016’s best technology themed April Fools’ pranks – did any get you?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2049,"featured_media":87510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-87509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2049"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329120,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87509\/revisions\/329120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87509"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=87509"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=87509"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=87509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}