The iPhone 5 has been criticized for being a boring and marginal update to the iPhone 4S—at least in terms of design, since the new handset looks a lot like its predecessor. The two phones are so similar, that when Jimmy Kimmel showed the iPhone 4S to random people on the street, passing it off as the iPhone 5, no one realized the ruse.
Another sighting of Google’s yearly April Fool’s Day jokes is live. If you search for “weather” you will have the standard forecast available, but you’ll have the new option of using the “Google Weather Control” interface to make changes if you’d like. You’ll see in the image above I set it to snow in Beverly Hills on Sunday.
Being a geek amongst the non-technical has the advantage of making you seem like a wizard, and your magical computer skills can come in handy on April Fools' Day. Here are our top 10 favorite (mostly) harmless geek pranks for a fun, tech-savvy April Fools' Day.
The prestige of presenting at TED usually means talks so polished you can see your face in 'em. Colin Robertson challenged that idea with an error message-filled presentation that made the audience squirm in their seats...until they realized the slew of spinning beach balls of death were all part of an Improv Everywhere stunt.
A new Facebook scam tricks people into downloading malware by using a fake CNN report about World War III.
If you see a post on Facebook that claims the US just attacked Saudi Arabia and Iran, don’t believe it. And please, whatever you do, don’t click the link. It’s just another Facebook scam, reports Graham Cluley at Sophos’ Naked Security blog. This time, rather than playing on users’ desire for free iPads and get-rich-quick schemes, the swindlers are exploiting fears of impending doom.
A CBC News Exclusive: It's the biggest security breach ever at the Toronto International Film Festival. With a small team and an intricate plot, two Toronto men fake their way into the country's biggest and most exclusive party. The CBC's Muhammad Lila reports.
YouTube is big fat no fun having missy when it comes to copyright rules. They're so afraid of pissing somebody off (and getting a lawsuit) that they'll even pull official videos now. Like today, when a prankster submitted a copyright claim against Justin Bieber's Vevo and YouTube took down his page.
