List of April Fools' Day Announcements • Hacker News Board

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by diyorgasms » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 10:50 AM UTC

faizmokhtar wrote: post #47

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

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.

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by dsjoerg » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 10:51 AM UTC

ZoFreX wrote: post #167

conroy wrote: post #11

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

And there's also Uber for Tinder! http://uberfortinder.com/

uber for tinder for uber! for tinder!

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by VelNZ » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 10:54 AM UTC

Blizzard joins in on the fun: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18486737/new-garrison-featu...

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by thomasahle » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 10:54 AM UTC

conroy wrote: post #9

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

This's gotta be the most well produced April Fools video I've seen.

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by dcustodio » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 10:57 AM UTC

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

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by mirap » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 10:57 AM UTC

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

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by detaro » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 10:57 AM UTC

superfeedr rebrandes as Batfeedr

http://blog.superfeedr.com/

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by just150e » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 10:58 AM UTC

pimlottc wrote: post #121

zaroth wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No it's not.

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_b...

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?

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by codeulike » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 11:00 AM UTC

Hailo Piggyback

http://www.techdigest.tv/2015/04/hailo-introduces-the-piggyb...

Re: List of April Fools' Day Announcements

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Post by Malstrond » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 11:01 AM UTC

dotdi wrote: post #36

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

Seems to be a rebranded Cheerson CX-10.