Prompt's TechBlog

As someone who constantly watches tech news looking for big announcements or new cutting edge technology, I can't imagine a more frustrating day than April 1st. It's been impossible to read anything online today because everyone wants to take advantage of April Fools' Day and throw around false information. But now that the day is just about over, it's OK to spoil some of the best surprises.

First to strike was Google in Australia who announced "Google Future Search", a tool allowing surfers to find information 24 hours ahead. Google then followed up with Virgle, the "Open Source Planet", as well as the Google Wake Up Kit, Google Dream Ads, and the "New airplane" functionality of Google Docs.

Not to be outdone by its parent company, YouTube Rickrolled the world by making all of the site's featured videos link to the same video.

Former TechTV host Chris Pirillo ran a day full of joke posts, including why he is switching back to XP from OSX and "I hate the iPhone", not to mention his multiple Rickrolls from his newly invisible Twitter page that was "optimized for IE8".

One of the best Windows Mobile sites, PocketPCThoughts.com had a full day of fake posts, from the New iPhone Running Windows Mobile, to the equally ironic: Windows Abandons Windows Mobile in Favor of Apple OS.

And also there was Techcrunch posted about a fake lawsuit against Facebook for $25m (which was awkwardly posted a day early).

As frustrating as it was to attempt to read any tech "news" today, it just made me excited to get home and work with some real cutting edge technology...