April Fools - Droid Life

Sony’s Xperia 5 V Micro Should be Real

Tim April 1, 2024 8

Every year when April 1 rolls around, I find myself upset because some of the ideas that are shared strike me as pretty good, then I find out they're not real. It's rude, honestly. Take this idea from Sony as an example: Xperia 5 V Micro. Flagship phone in...

Google Gnome is Winning April Fool’s Day so Far

Kellen March 31, 2017 24

Solid entry here from Google for April Fool's Day. Get out of here dumb energy drinks, no-thank-you onesies, and re-releases of Pac-Man in Google Maps. The Gnome is king. Don't @ me. Update: Oooh, Google Gnome has a website.

#TBT: Google Unveils Gmail Tap Keyboard, Powered By Dots and Dashes

Tim February 16, 2017 12

Each year for April Fools' Day, Google enjoys announcing fake products. Provided the company has what seems to be an unlimited budget for creating these silly, non existent products, they are always coupled with announcement posts and even product videos. ...

HTC One M9 Review

Kellen April 1, 2015 85

For the last three years, we found ourselves skipping past the mess of CES and setting our sights on Mobile World Congress, hoping that both HTC and Samsung had something special in-store to show us. Over those three years, some of their new products have...

Our April Fools’ Day 2015 Round-Up – Google, Samsung, and More

Kellen April 1, 2015

First of all, today is April Fools' Day. Don't believe anything that happens in the next 24 hours, especially anything that appears on the internet. Today is both entertaining as hell, and also the most annoying day on Earth every single year. Companies like...

Here Come the April Fools’ Jokes a Day Early – Google and Samsung are First (Updated)

Kellen March 31, 2015 135

Well, get ready for it - April Fools' 2015 has already started. Google is in on the act as usual, with a Pac-Man version of Google Maps that went live moments ago. Samsung is playing as well today, with the introduction of the Galaxy BLADE edge. There will be...

April Fools Roundup: Hasselhoff+, Waze, SwiftKey, Imangi Acquires Doodle Jump, and More

Tim April 1, 2014 13

Instead of filling up your feed with a ton of pointless prank articles, we will combine them all into one nice, digestible piece for you to see here. This year, we had lots of good jokes coming from Google, as well as a few not-so-funny attempts from Samsung...

Chrome Wants to Emojify the Internet, Now Available on Android

Kellen April 1, 2014 21

The best April Fools' pranks from Google are the ones that you can actually participate in. (Anyone remember 8-bit Google Maps?) Thanks to today's shenanigans, you can add Emoji translate for Chrome to the short list of awesome, over-the-top, pranks that are...