Thursday, April 01, 2004

Google's Multiple April Fool's Jokes
"Google Copernicus Center is hiring" said the crafty online search company on its site today. "Google is interviewing candidates for engineering positions at our lunar hosting and research center, opening late in the spring of 2007. This unique opportunity is available only to highly-qualified individuals who are willing to relocate for an extended period of time, are in top physical condition and are capable of surviving with limited access to such modern conveniences as soy low-fat lattes, The Sopranos and a steady supply of oxygen." Wonder how many hapless rubes sent in resumes.

Meanwhile, Google's other potentially fake announcement of a new free email service called GMail, was taken as the real thing by the NY Times, Wall Street Journal and others. There is a huge debate online on what is real since the press release read like a joke, but it sounds like they are serious....

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