I thought a BuzzFeed-style listicle would help me mobilise these last couple of days in nice bite-sized chunks but in all honesty, it’s just made me realise that we’re not even two weeks into 2024 and all of this (and way way more) has already happened.
April Fool pranks played by people tend to be either cruel or embarrassing. April Fool pranks played by tech companies, however, are charming and endearing attempts at being funny for one day every year – and this year’s haul of PR stunts is actually pretty good. Check them out after the jump.
Facebook yesterday released a big ol’ lump of data about the most shared content of 2011, both globally and for specific countries. Osama Bin Laden’s death was far and away the most popular status update topic, followed distantly by the Super Bowl results and and the Casey Anthony trial for second and third most popular, respectively.