Best Of April Fools': Did You Fall For TM's New WauFi Or Groupon's Selfie Course?
What about Vegemite's new energy drink? Or the scientifically unproven Protein Shower Gel that will make you instantly ripped? Here are the best pranks we've seen this year!
By Melody Oei — 01 Apr 2014, 05:44 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
1. Telekom Malaysia introduces rural broadband service called WauFi where traditional giant kites equipped with solar panels will fly in the air and become a WauFi transmitting system
"Buat masa ini WauFi akan memulakan ujian di pantai timur sebelum kawasan ujian diperkembangkan ke pedalaman Sabah dan Sarawak. Dalam ujian yang dilakukan setiap WauFi yang terbang di udara mampu memberikan khidmat internet kepada kawasan bersaiz 10 kilometer persegi apabila diterbangkan pada ketinggian 60 meter."
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"Telekom Malaysia hari ini mengumumkan perkhidmatan jalur lebar luar bandar TM WauFi kepada umum. Melalui WauFi, khidmat jalur lebar yang selama ini terhad kepada pengguna urban kini boleh dinikmati oleh penduduk luar bandar. Wau tradisional gergasi yang dilengkapi panel solar akan terbang di udara dan menjadi sistem pemancar WauFi."
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2. This online selfie course on Groupon Malaysia will teach you up to 10 selfie techniques - diagrams and instructions included
"Gain acceptance, social recognition, Facebook friend requests and likes on Instagram."
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3. You will become instantly ripped with this scientifically unproven Protein Shower Gel
"Protein Shower Gel is a potent and scientifically unproven way to get instant mass from simply washing yourself. Featuring BROtech™, Protein Shower Gel features every single GoNutrition product rolled into one and is packed full of cleanliness, definition and ego. Ditch protein shakes and lather up today to take your body to the next level."
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4. A Freedom Food Farm became the first in the world to rare chickens that can lay square eggs, apparently
'Live at a farm in Suffolk reporting on the chicken laying SQUARE eggs'
Image via @NickDixon8/Twitter5. Swiss chocolate bar brand Toblerone wants to turn their triangular prism chocolate into a square
'We’ve got an idea, let’s turn Toblerone square for #AprilFools! That’s how you do it, right?' - Toblerone
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8. With the help of Google Japan's Magic Hand, one will no longer need to operate their own mobile devices
The nonexistent device weighs just 800g and can be attached to any keyboard. There are right-hand and left-hand versions, as well as ones to replace your thumb, pinkie, cat paw, or back scratcher.
9. Samsung and HTC launched new tech gloves - Talk To The Hand: Samsung Fingers and the HTC Gluuv
Gestures with the Samsung Fingers glove can be used to pick up calls and do other things.
Image via Samsung
"Samsung came up with the Samsung Fingers smart glove, but HTC has just pseudo-announced the HTC Gluuv. Same basic joke, different execution."
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