![]() ![]() Image attachments would also be printed on high-quality glossy paper, though MP3 and WAV files would not be printed. The service would be free, supported by bold, red advertisements printed on the back of the printed messages. The service offered to allow users of Google's free webmail service to add e-mails to a "Paper Archive", which Google would print (on "94% post-consumer organic soybean sputum") and mail via traditional post. Clicking on either of these gave an error page, which explained that it was an April Fool's joke and included links to previous April Fools' jokes.Īt about 10:00 pm, Pacific time (where Google has its headquarters) on March 30, 2007, Google changed the login page for Gmail to announce a new service called Gmail Paper. A parody of online dating, it had a link for "those who generally favor the 'throw enough stuff at the wall' approach to online dating" to Post multiple profiles with a bulk upload file, you sleaze in addition to Post your Google Romance profile. Solve it with Google Romance." It pretends to offer a "Soulmate Search" to send users on a "Contextual Date". On April Fools' Day 2006, Google Romance was announced on the main Google search page with the introduction, "Dating is a search problem. In the Google Gulp FAQ, Google replies to the observation "I mean, isn't this whole invite-only thing kind of bogus?" by saying "Dude, it's like you've never even heard of viral marketing." ![]() Although ostensibly free, the company claimed the beverage could only be obtained by returning the cap of a Google Gulp bottle to a local grocery store: a Catch-22. This hoax was probably intended as a parody of Google's then invite-only email service called Gmail. The drink was said to come in "four great flavors": Glutamate Grape ( glutamic acid), Sugar-Free Radical ( free radicals), Beta Carotty ( Beta-Carotene), and Sero-Tonic Water ( serotonin). It was claimed this boost was achieved through real-time analysis of the user's DNA and carefully tailored adjustments to neurotransmitters in the brain (a patented technology termed Auto-Drink as the "Google Gulp FAQ" suggests, partly through MAO inhibition). According to the company, this beverage would optimize one's use of the Google search engine by increasing the drinker's intelligence. Google Gulp, a fictitious drink, was announced by Google in 2005. In reality, it was a double fake, in that the announced product was serious. The announcement of Gmail was written in an unserious jokey language normally seen in April Fools' jokes, tricking many into thinking that it was an April Fools' joke. Google also announced Gmail on April 1, with an unprecedented and unbelievable free 1 GB space, compared to e.g.
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