April 1st: Why So Funny?

Every year, countless numbers of people (and increasingly, businesses) reach for their inner teenager and pull off some amazing pranks on April Fool’s Day.

This year is no different, though the online world has gotten more and more savvy to Google’s Topeka’s hijinks.

The great people over at TechCrunch are keeping a live tally of the April Fool’s jokes that have hit the tech world today and rating them accordingly. Here are some highlights:

Wikipedia
Check out Wikipedia’s main page. Featured article is one on “wife-selling.” Excerpt: “Along with other English customs, wife selling was exported to England’s American colonies, where one man sold his wife for ‘two dollars and half [a] dozen bowls of grogg.’”

Google Search
Google really has their nerd on today and I love it. Search anything on their main search engine, and instead of telling you the amount of time it took to run your search it will use an arbitrary term like ‘jiffies’ or ‘epochs.’ Update: Google has renamed itself as Topeka. D-

Starbucks
Starbucks is now offering ‘micra’ and ‘plenty’ (128 fl. oz—think popcorn bucket) sizes. ‘Whether customers are looking for a large or small size, the Plenta and the Micra satisfy all U.S. and Canada customers’ needs for more and less coffee,’ said Hugh Mungis, Starbucks VP of Volume. ‘Our size selection is now plentiful.’ B+

Check out the entire list (updated all day) here!