Top 10: April Fool's Day jokes of 2012
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Creative minds with a sense of humour let their imagination loose on April 1. Here's a selection of the best April Fool's Day 2012 hoaxes from around the world.
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Tech website The Register added another patent to Apple's arsenal against Android - one that gives the tech giant from Cupertino the rights over the shape of the rectangle. [Link]
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If Apple indeed asserts its rights over the rectangle, Toshiba already has a way out of the legal wrangle - Toshiba Shapes. The tablets are available in three different shapes Oblong, Rhombus and Amore. [Link]
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Google is the undisputed king of online April Fool gags. This year they had plenty of pranks to play on us and the Really Advanced Search did grab our attention. [Link]
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On April 1, Google launched 'Quest' that converts Google Maps images into an 8-bit video game adventure. This is being termed as Google's best April Fool's Day prank ever. [Link]
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Sony gives Apple's Retina display a run for its money with a Full HD 1080p display compressed into a tiny winy 0.75x1.25-inch LED backlit screen on the power-packed Ultrabook. [Link]
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We all want a tablet, don't we? Here's the Tablifier, a do-it-yourself kit to convert your obsolete desktop computer into a supercool tablet. [Link]
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As the official sponsor of the 2012 London Olympic Games BMW announced through ads published in British newspapers that it has developed a technology that turns your car into a driverless running coach. [Link]
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There are some April Fool jokes that we wish were actually true, and IBNLive's April 1 story on how India secretly brought back black money into the country was one such hoax. [Link]
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We all know of Richard Branson's plans to take us to space, and this April 1, he announced plans to take us to a journey to the core of an active volcano through what he calls Virgin Volcanic. [Link]
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American TV host announced on April 1 that he is taking over popular social media news blog Mashable and ousting its founder and CEO Pete Cashmore. [Link]
