The worst Apple April Fool’s jokes of 2009
There’s a great pressure in the Mac blog-o-sphere to attempt to be funny on April First, and many blogs just aren’t up to the challenge. Obviously our site is hysterical EVERY day, so we do not feel the need to make up some BS story in an attempt to get a cheap LOL, and neither should these sites:
Steve Jobs is dead – Tasteless
MacBook Tablet released ! – just kinda weak
Steve Jobs Reportedly Gained Weight in March – Decent headline, but that’s all. AND they seem to have taken my Mandy Amano Mac Chick of the month pics…
Apple To Release iPhone For Kids – lame, and has a press release quoting Steve Jobs, so not all that well researched
BREAKING: Rogers Announces iPhone 4G with Lifetime Contracts – WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too long for ANY press release
Apple goes completely nuts, switches Macs to Windows – They didn’t even try
Let me know if I missed any.
Macenstein's "Mac Chick of the Month" (July 2010): Lea Anne
Macenstein's "Mac Chick of the Month" (August 2007): Lauren Reeves
Macenstein's "Mac Chick of the Month" (August 2010): Caitlin Hixx
Did you hear about Apple’s cold fusion laptop battery? You will never have to recharge your MacBook again. Really! It’s the truth! Why don’t you believe me?
Titled “Microsoft Buys Apple”
http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/mac-planet/2009/4/1/microsoft-buys-apple/?c_id=5
Carl Icahn gunning for Apple
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/infoworld/20090401/tc_infoworld/130502
I read the headline links and feel like I’m caught up now without having to suffer (read) through those…thanks for taking one for the team Dr. Macenstein.
I know I’m a party pooper or whatever you want to call it, but I really don’t like April 1st, I would rather it be April 15th every day of April than April 1st once.
This one came close
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090331224435492
And this one I really liked
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/01/quickoffice/
This one is actually really good, iPhone2Mac:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CurzVma-0ZY
The video is available in German in French only, but I think you get the joke anyway.
Lead editor shigzeo arrested in this bizarre tale of app touching.
http://www.touchmyapps.com/2009/03/31/a-touching-story-touchmyapps-editor-shigzeo-arrested/