It is that time of the year, when even the tech world goes overboard with April Fools’ Day pranks. Every year geniuses at top tech companies, thanks to their creative juices, come up with the coolest and weirdest ideas and innovations. Let’s dive in and see what the great minds have for us this year!
Reliance Jio’s JioJuice
JioJuice charges the phone just by inserting the Jio SIM using wireless Jio network. This creates wireless electromagnetic field between the transmitter and receiver that turns 4G data packets into energy packet to charge the phone.
OnePlus’ Pei Coin
PeiCoin is a peer-to-peer digital currency created exclusively for OnePlus users. This can be mined with OxygenOS, is lightning quick with no-fee transactions supported by a secure open-source framework and the PeiCoin wallet is seamlessly integrated with the OnePlus device, making it easier to complete transactions, manage your wallet, and transfer funds.
Xiaomi Mi A1 with 6 camera setup
Xiaomi MiA1 with 6 rear cameras takes a dig at Huawei P20 Pro with three rear cameras.
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Uber Eats world’s 1st Anti Aging Ice Cream
They say it also works on 8 signs of aging and it is event taking pre-orders for the ice cream.
Where’s Waldo? in Google Maps
Each of Google’s division has unique products for April fool’s day this year. This time Google Maps division has introduced new Where’s Waldo game on Android, iOS and desktop that lets you find waldo in the crowd. You need to find him and his friends as they travel, and you you’ll be transported to places all around the world, where you can him over and over again. You can win wonderful and wacky badges throughout your journey by finding him and his friends.
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Bad Joke Detector in Google Files Go app
Files Go now lets you all the bad jokes from your phone with Files Go with Bad Joke Detector. It also takes a dig at “good morning” memes sent in India. The Bad Joke Detector uses a custom-built deep neural network that scans your smartphone for jokes with your permission, identify the bad ones and delete all of them with a single tap, freeing up space for more important things—like better jokes!
Gboard Hardware Keyboard
Google Japanese input team has introduced Gboard Hardware Keyboard. Once you have connected your keyboard to the physical handwritten converter, you are ready. All you have to do is write the letters on the keyboard. The physical handwritten converter analyzes the input signal sent from the keyboard and identifies the character you wrote.
Google Cloud Hummus API
Google Cloud Hummus API is the latest Google Cloud groundbreaking technology. “After enabling our customers to address senses through Speech & Vision API, we are now releasing a subset of Taste APIs started with a dish we all love – Hummus,” says Google.
Razer Project Venom v2
Razer Project Venom V2 that lets you play longer and level the playing fields between yourself and pro-gamers. “Proprietary Razer Nano-Mechanical Bots are far from venomous — they are safe for consumption and navigate your body to manipulate and interact with you at a molecular level. Expertly programmed and calibrated for esports, these nanobots stretch your meaty shell to its limits to deliver maximum gaming performance with minimal harm and fatigue” says Razer.
Check out the hilarious specs sheet:
- Recommended Serving Size: 1 Vial
- Recommended dosage: not more than 1 serving every 2 hours
- Contains no artificial preservatives or flavors
- B Vitamins and antioxidants
- L-Carnatine
- Ginseng extract
- Guarana extract
- Mild dosage of Baclofen
- Green tint result of active Nanobots in the mixture
Pokémon GO with cutting graphics
Starting today you will experience this all-new graphics engine with cutting-edge 8-8-bit graphics. “Registering approximately twice the definition of 4K, the chunky squares of each pixel provide realistic detail and unbelievable definition. Your Pokédex will feel lifelike in ways previously unimagined on any handheld device ever created,” says Nintendo.
NVIDIA GeForce Academy of Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce Academy of Gaming prepares students to make meaningful contributions to the gaming world as engaged players, personalities, and leaders.
T-Mobile Sidekicks: The World’s First Smartshoephone
T-Mobile’s Sidekick smartphone re-imagined in the form of shoes. “Inspired by the past but stepping boldly into the future, it has revolutionary AI, headphones that double as chargers, personalized GPS guidance by John Legere, and more,” says T-Mobile.
Logitech Business Speak (BS) Detection software
Logitech BS Detection revolutionizes meeting capabilities with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) that flags the BS in business communications cutting out unclear and superfluous language.
BS Detection’s razor-sharp optics monitor and evaluate speakers’ facial expressions, catching and alerting meeting participants’ insincere business speak in real time. The software also monitors the audio stream in for subtle vocal clues signaling BS.
Roku Happy Streaming Socks
Roku Happy Streaming Socks with built-in motion sensors, plus toe-toasting and anti-loss technology to perform all commands available on your Roku remote hands-free with the Socks. It costs .01 Bitcoin.
CORSAIR GPURescue
Over 3 million graphics cards are sold to cryptocurrency miners every year which are being abused. CORSAIR is taking an initiative to rescue these abused graphics cards from miners to give them home.
Charge your Chromebook with renewable energy
Chrome OS team says that they have worked hard to generate renewable ways to keep your Chromebook running anywhere with Wind power, Solar power and Compost power.
ASUS Zenbook AI
ASUS ZenBook AI comes with a bezel-less display and a host of ASUS intelligence features to make multi-tasking both effortless and enjoyable says ASUS.
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Tesla Goes Bankrupt
Elon Musk says Tesla has gone completely and totally bankrupt. He also tweeted a picture of him saying that Elon was found passed out against a Tesla Model 3, surrounded by “Teslaquilla” bottles, the tracks of dried tears still visible on his cheeks.
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LineageOS LOSCoins
“LOSCoins is the new game-changer currency for LineageOS and beyond: users are given a simple yet safe way to pay, send and receive money on their favorite OS. And with the newly introduced LineaGenuine, they will know their data is safe. Moreover everything remains on your local storage: you wipe your data, your money is wiped away too,” says LineageOS .
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