The internet is a very silly place on April Fool's Day. You never can truly tell if what you're seeing is real - not only because the jokes are subtle, but because the production value on these gags can be incredibly high.
Here is, in no particular order, the best April Fool's Day jokes of 2011:
NUMBER FIVE - Google Motion
http://www.google.com/mail/help/motion.html
Google is a legend of the April Fool's Day pranks. I mean, they had a moonbase! That's just awesome. Well they actually fooled me for about 30 seconds when I first saw this video. It starts off believable, but then goes deep into silly territory.
NUMBER FOUR - Google needs Autocompleters!
http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompleter/index.html
Google gets two spots because they're just that goog. This one is for a job posting for autocompleters. All you need are psychic abilities and 32,000 WPM typing speed. The video is a treat.
NUMBER THREE - Harry Potter TV Show?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WhhS2maFEs
This one has one of the highest production values of them all, and it's a believable enough concept. Actually, I kind of think this would be an amazing TV series :)
NUMBER TWO - Hulu.com circa 1996
This one was more charming than anything else - and unfortunately I don't think there's a way to link to it anymore. All the images were grainy .gif, loading super slow... all the features shows were 90's classics like Sliders and The X-Files. Super nostalgic!
NUMBER ONE - The Spectacle: 3d one-eyed monacle
http://us.toshiba.com/spectacle
This is amazing. The production value is through the roof, and I'll be damned if that monacle doesn't look fasionable. You have to see it!
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