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As you probably noticed, yesterday was April Fools Day.\u00a0 I actually didn\u2019t get caught by anything myself (apparently I\u2019m a hermit or something), but this morning I found out that Google has outdone itself again with April Fools jokes.\u00a0 Every year, Google goes mad with announcing new sort of plausible technologies, and usually adds a few Easter eggs, or hidden things, in its usual tools.<\/p>\n
For a full list of this year\u2019s pranks, check out this roundup<\/strong><\/a>. New technology in beta now: Google Nose<\/strong><\/a>! You can now search the Aromabase for scents.\u00a0 Complete with SafeSearch.\u00a0 Apparently this is based on an almost-possible technology, though unfortunately it would require a lot more machinery than your average cell phone.<\/p>\n The one that traumatized everyone: Youtube was actually an eight-year contest to discover the world\u2019s best video.\u00a0 Now that it\u2019s been found, Youtube will shut down.\u00a0 This one upset some of Google\u2019s already-angry Google Reader fans, because Google Reader is really<\/em> shutting down.\u00a0 They found this prank a little tasteless.<\/p>\n Wait, what?\u00a0 Google now supports your old technology (info here<\/a><\/strong>) \u2013 you can now export your documents to \u201clegacy\u201d technology including floppy disks, sticky notes, and papyrus.\u00a0 Also send data fax, telegram, or passenger pigeon (weigh limit of 1 to 25 lines enforced).\u00a0 The pigeons are an extension of a 2002 prank (info here<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n Watch my productivity drop like a stone: Google Treasure Maps<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Google discovered the map on an expedition to the Indian Ocean to improve its underwater street view maps, of course.\u00a0 There are apparently nine paths to secret treasure on the map.\u00a0 For spoilers, check out the blog here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n By ITA, Hillary Shipps<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As you probably noticed, yesterday was April Fools Day.\u00a0 I actually didn\u2019t get caught by anything myself (apparently I\u2019m a hermit or something), but this …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google","category-tips-and-tricks"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(For a list of everything they\u2019ve pulled, check out the Wikipedia article here<\/strong><\/a>.) I\u2019ve noted a few of my favorites below (there\u2019s a lot). <\/p>\n