{"id":32598,"date":"2010-04-01T23:58:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T22:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=32598"},"modified":"2010-04-02T02:07:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T01:07:00","slug":"brands-play-april-fools-jokes-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/brands-play-april-fools-jokes-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Brands Play April Fools Jokes Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even brands are not immune to the fun of April Fool&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 A trip around the Web on April 1st can cause confusion, concern, and laughs, which more companies join each year.  This year, I stumbled across several branded April Fool&#8217;s jokes that either made me do a double-take or crack a smile.  Several are described below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/different-kind-of-company-name.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google changes its name to Topeka<\/a><\/strong> <br \/>\n In a hat tip to the mayor of Topeka, Kansas who recently said he was changing the name of his city to Google, visitors to Google&#8217;s Web site today were greeted with a new name and logo.\u00a0 I saw this one first thing this morning when I logged into my computer and while I noticed it, I just kept on going.\u00a0 Since Google changes its logo frequently to match the current holiday, I&#8217;d imagine most Google users didn&#8217;t think much of this change.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32599 lazyload\" title=\"Google_Topeka\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Google_Topeka.png\" alt=\"Google_Topeka\" width=\"440\" height=\"253\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Google_Topeka.png 440w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Google_Topeka-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Google_Topeka-300x172.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 440px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 440\/253;\" \/><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n2. <a href=\"http:\/\/gmailblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/todays-vowel-outage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gmail loses its vowels<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n If you logged into Gmail at one point today, you would have noticed that all of the vowels on the page were missing.\u00a0 I saw it and paused for a moment before realizing it had to be an April Fool&#8217;s joke!<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32601 lazyload\" title=\"gmail_vowels\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/gmail_vowels.jpg\" alt=\"gmail_vowels\" width=\"323\" height=\"185\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/gmail_vowels.jpg 323w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/gmail_vowels-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/gmail_vowels-300x171.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 323px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 323\/185;\" \/><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/blog\/10113\/starbucks-listens-to-customer-request-for-more-sizes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starbucks introduces new sizes<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n Starbucks introduced two new sizes for April Fool&#8217;s Day &#8212; the micra and the plenta, which could also be called the Dixie Cup size and the Bucket size.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32602 lazyload\" title=\"starbucks_new_sizes\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/starbucks_new_sizes.jpg\" alt=\"starbucks_new_sizes\" width=\"444\" height=\"231\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/starbucks_new_sizes.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/starbucks_new_sizes-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/starbucks_new_sizes-300x155.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 444px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 444\/231;\" \/><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n4. <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodak.com\/eknec\/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2\/6868&amp;pq-locale=en_US&amp;_requestid=18102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kodak announces Aromatography<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n Scratch &#8216;n sniff photographs are finally here &#8230; April Fool&#8217;s!<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32603 lazyload\" title=\"kodak_aromotography\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/kodak_aromotography.png\" alt=\"kodak_aromotography\" width=\"445\" height=\"276\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/kodak_aromotography.png 445w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/kodak_aromotography-150x93.png 150w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/kodak_aromotography-300x186.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 445px; 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