For today’s U.S. movie debut, Google drops an Avengers Endgame easter egg.
5/1 Addendum: To reverse time (and restore your searches) click the Gauntlet again.
Want to know how far that hike is?
Cheers!
quincy
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iOS users, now you can swap that boring blue Nav arrow for a flashy red sport car or a sensible pickup truck.
What? no Go Karts?
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quincy
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Google is having a little fun with the date March 10 (a cheeky way to spell Mario) by adding this colorful character to Google Maps. Android and iOS users with the updated app can request directions and have the plucky plumber/racer show them how to get there.
, then click LET’S-A GO!Optionally, you can share Mario’s trip to @GoogleMaps on Twitter and/or tag it #MarioMaps in Instagram (but be careful of posting personal location info).
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quincy
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Today many of your favorite sites are April Fool‘n around.
For example, take Gmail’s MicDrop feature. It promises to give you the last word on your outgoing message.
I wish this feature did exist; it’d be a great way to silence those REPLY-TO-ALLers.
Update: Much like Orson Welles‘ radio broadcast of War of the Worlds this faux feature, was believed real. Citing a backlash of complaints, GMail quickly disabled this Aprils Fool’s joke
Past Tom Foolery has included Air BnB’s Bronze Era Rentals (pictured) complete with Trojan Horse, and Burger King’s left-handed sandwich wrapper.
This Year H&M is onboard with a Mark Zuckerberg line of clothing http://markforhm.com/
More faves and fails from 2016:
Found one you want to share? Drop me a comment and I’ll add it to this post.
Cheers!
Ramping up for the December opening of Star Wars – The Force Awakens, here’s a short and sweet Google Easter egg:
Super Mario Bros turns 30 today! Type Super Mario Bros into a Google Search screen for celebratory easter egg. Continue reading to learn of our plucky plumbers origins
(July 9) 1981 – Nintendo released the arcade game Donkey Kong (pictured), which featured the debut of Mario, “one of the most famous characters in video game history”
-wikipedia’
He wasn’t the headliner; that honor would go to the orange, barrel throwing, ape on the top girder.
Nevertheless, his sheer pluck and determination, to say nothing of his hammer wielding hi-jumping hi-jinks, would see him through to get the girl (Pauline), movie deals, and several several successive video-game variations.
Proving once again that if you want to succeed, jump softly and carry a big hammer.
Way to go Donkī Kongu!
(oh, you too Mario!)
now whatever happened to Pauline?
Ask Quincy 