April Fools’ Day 2015 Prank Round-up

April Fools’ day is upon us and the Internet is awash with well-funded corporate pranks, with Google once again leading the pack. For example, check out Google reversed at http://com.google. And, the Google Japan Panda product launch here. Or, you can play Pac-Man on your very own street at http://maps.google.com.

And, oh… Google says Australia is moving north

Beyond the all-seeing, all-knowing world of Google, there’s much, much more funny stuff all of which will be updated throughout the day on The Telegraph’s Best Spoofs and Pranks in Pictures; LifeHacker’s April Fools’ Day 2015 Spoilers: All The Fake Stories And Pranks Revealed; and Gamespot’s Video Game Joke Roundup.


While You Were Sleeping The World Has Changed

The Independent UK brings news today heralding scientific advances of unimaginable significance:


Mypopic viewpoint

Car technology breakthrough hailed as vehicles driven by near-sighted persons are fitted with prescription glass windscreens. Watch the video here.




Licking history

The Sun has today made newspaper history with the world’s first flavoured page. On page 17 a white square carries the words “Lick here” and an arrow advises viewers where to place their tongues to experience the flavour… Sadly, it doesn’t work online


There’s no place like home-page

Google has officially changed its name to Topeka. The news follows last month’s decision by the mayor of Topeka in Kansas to change the city’s name to Google.


Etre, ou ne pas àªtre, c’est là  la question

The Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 reported this morning that archaeologists from Birmingham University have uncovered evidence to suggest that Shakespeare’s mother was French.


And, that’s not all… To see the rest, visit here.