April Fools' Day: The best (and worst) Tech Pranks 2015Each year, the Telegraph is flooded with horrible April Fools' pranks, resins and ideas. Here are the best and worst we have seen,
April 1, do not forget to April Fools' Day, the day of the PR industry is trying bent over backwards, journalists in current jokey or just rubbish stories trick. Read on for the offensive contender for the telegraph technology service this year sent.
• April Fools' Day 2015 Live: all parodies and jokes
Play Pac-Man on Google Maps
No April Fools' Day love quite as much as Google, and this year the tech giant has all gone with a number of pranks. It's an April Fool version of Google Maps, started to play with the user the classic arcade game Pacman on real roads.
Google Maps users will be able Pacman version by accessing the icon in the bottom corner of the screen and then use your keyboard to play the game.
The game is available on desktop computers and on the Google Maps app and allows users to play the famous game around the world recongisable streets or your own neighborhood.
At some famous places such as the area around the Taj Mahal and the Arc de Triomphe ,, Google has a Pacman-markers will also start the game because the areas seem absorbed perfectly matched to the original Pacman layout.
In a blog post that explains the game, Michelle Luo, Product Manager at Google, said: "With local information and Street View, it's easier than ever to find where you go, but it's never anything you know where you do not have to go already. With this update we have included footage of dangerous virtual beings, starting with Pinky, Blinky, Inky and Clyde.
"When navigating fruit-filled streets, determine to pass at a glance, to escape the ghosts and get where you make sure you go. If you peckish, you can simply swallow some pac-dots or a cherry and nommin to keep. '"#ChromeSelfieIf you are booting Google's Chrome web browser on your mobile today, you could be a bit of a shock. Another clever trick is #ChromeSelfie, which allows you an unflattering Selfie Snap and share them in response to an open tab on Chrome.
April 1, do not forget to April Fools' Day, the day of the PR industry is trying bent over backwards, journalists in current jokey or just rubbish stories trick. Read on for the offensive contender for the telegraph technology service this year sent.
• April Fools' Day 2015 Live: all parodies and jokes
Play Pac-Man on Google Maps
No April Fools' Day love quite as much as Google, and this year the tech giant has all gone with a number of pranks. It's an April Fool version of Google Maps, started to play with the user the classic arcade game Pacman on real roads.
Google Maps users will be able Pacman version by accessing the icon in the bottom corner of the screen and then use your keyboard to play the game.
The game is available on desktop computers and on the Google Maps app and allows users to play the famous game around the world recongisable streets or your own neighborhood.
At some famous places such as the area around the Taj Mahal and the Arc de Triomphe ,, Google has a Pacman-markers will also start the game because the areas seem absorbed perfectly matched to the original Pacman layout.
In a blog post that explains the game, Michelle Luo, Product Manager at Google, said: "With local information and Street View, it's easier than ever to find where you go, but it's never anything you know where you do not have to go already. With this update we have included footage of dangerous virtual beings, starting with Pinky, Blinky, Inky and Clyde.
"When navigating fruit-filled streets, determine to pass at a glance, to escape the ghosts and get where you make sure you go. If you peckish, you can simply swallow some pac-dots or a cherry and nommin to keep. '"#ChromeSelfieIf you are booting Google's Chrome web browser on your mobile today, you could be a bit of a shock. Another clever trick is #ChromeSelfie, which allows you an unflattering Selfie Snap and share them in response to an open tab on Chrome.
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