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Woe is the Web: April Fools' Day 2008 on the Internet

We present our favorite online pranks this year

Posted 4.1.08 at 2:56 pm 1 Comments

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Jumping the gun by a few hours and posting on April Fools' Eve, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington announced a $25 million lawsuit against Facebook for using his likeness in its oft-decried Beacon advertisements. This one actually makes pretty good sense until the dramatic soy latte fight at the end, as I'm sure protecting his "rising personal brand" is something that goes through Michael Arrington's head fairly regularly.
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A prank only a hardcore typography geek could love, design blog The Serif unveiled a faux-font: Helvetica Serif. Gasp!
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Article Rating: 04/04/08 at 4:46 pm

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/04/01/april_1st/

Albeit I first heard it on the radio.

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