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Google’s April Fools’ Day Prank: 8-Bit Google Maps

| Apr 1, 2012 | Google Humor Video

Old school flashback! Google couldn’t wait for April Fools’ Day to prank the web with its 8-bit version of Google Maps, temporarily replacing its standard version. Not as good or real as the Google Chrome Multitask Mode , but fun nonetheless. On Friday, Google posted this YouTube video: Accessing the 8-bit map is easy. Use Google Maps as you normally would to search for cities or landmarks, then click on the “Quest” picture icon in the right area of the screen to view the map as large colored pixels.

Google Chrome Multitask Mode

| Apr 1, 2012 | Google Humor Video

Google again at the edge of innovation - how come no one ever thought of this before? I just tried it out, and I think this increases my performance by 100% - should I get a raise?

LinkedIn Fables and Fairy Tales

| Apr 1, 2011 | Humor

LinkedIn has been recommending me people I might know such as Wizard of In, Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, the Hatter, J. R. R. Tolkien, Albert Einstein, and others … anyone else noticed LinkedIn went totally ballistic? See enlarged image for yourself, can’t believed I actually felt for their April fool’s joke after posting mine.