Tech Industry Enjoys April Fools' Day
Google will show everything recersed, T-Mobile offers the latest "Un-carrier" pet project, Samsung Galaxy Blade Edge is a smart knife and Microsoft puts MS-DOS in new mobile phone. Google launched a flipped-out search page that gets everything backward. You can visit the new page at https://com.google/.
Google also revealed a self-browsing Chromebook extension. "With just one click, you're off surfing the Web--no input needed. Just lean back, and we'll take you there," posting on social media, writing email to relatives and booking travel.
The #ChromeSelfie feature in Google's mobile browser lets people share website links with an attached self-portrait photo."With so much of our time spent browsing online, most Chrome users lose up to 6 hours of selfie-taking time every day!, Google said.
Select Google Maps locations have also become a gameplay field for the historic Pac-Man videogame.
T-Mobile's CEO John Legere proudly announcd the new Pets Un-leashed plan, which will definitely include your entire family.
"Today, we're launching Pets Un-leashed and expanding our family plans to include your entire family" -- i.e., your cat, boa constrictor and turtle too," he wrote in a blog post.
Microsoft is going back "to where productivity started" for millions of people, launching a simple OS - the MS-DOS Mobile preview.
The OS allows you to run a number of already installed applications, while the sleuths amongst you will delight in uncovering a few extra special features – all through the medium of the much-loved C:\ prompt.
"Turning our back on graphics was hugely liberating. We’ve dropped the resolution, and in doing so re-discovered our roots," said Daniel Glass who led design on the project.
MS-DOS Mobile is actually a real app that you can install and run to see the command-line interface of yesterday running on a modern Lumia phone.
Samsung announced the new Galaxy Blade Edge, the "world's first smart knife with smartphone capabilities."
The Galaxy BLADE edge comes with all the features of the Galaxy S6, but "its edge is so sharp and strong that the device can also serve as a chef’s knife."
Opera Mini announced a texture-enabled version of its mobile browser. "Touch your screen to feel the fluff of the sweater you want to buy online," the prank site said.
Motorola introduced the Moto Selfie Stick. Made with "the same craftsmanship and genuine materials" Motorola uses for its phones, like wood and leather, the selfie stick is as unique as you are.
Nvidia announced the Titan Mini, a smaller version of the company's flagship graphics card, which is more powerful, but also remarkably power efficient. It has a rugged titanium surface, "it’s a one size fits all hardware experience without compromise to performance or color."
Happy April Fool's day.