Real April Fool's Day Product Launches
Google has chosen April Fool's Day and the day before it to announce some of their actual products, as a form of viral marketing.
- Shortly before midnight on March 31, 2004, Google announced the launch of Gmail. However, many people believed it was a hoax, because free web-based e-mail with one gigabyte of storage was unheard of at the time.
- In 2005, Google increased Gmail storage to two gigabytes and released Google Ride Finder.
- On March 31, 2010, YouTube implemented its new video page design, which had been revealed two months earlier.
- On April 1, 2010, Google Street View received a new feature to toggle anaglyph 3D images. It was available by clicking on the icon depicting "pegman" wearing a pair of red/cyan glasses. The icon was present until April 8, when it was removed. The 3D view is now available by right-clicking on the image and selecting the 3D mode option or by pressing "T" or "3" on the keyboard. The images are genuine anaglyph images, with the red/cyan offset being greater for closer objects.
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