Google has a long history of April Fool Pranks, they spend a lot of time and never miss it year-after-year. Last year’s prank was Google Romance which aimed at resolving search problems while dating with the contextual SoulMate search technology. This year, Google has come up with two new prank products.
Google TiSP: TiSP stands for Toilet Internet Service Provider. It is a free in-home wireless broadband system which will be delivered to your toilet using your plumbing system. As usually, TiSP is free and ad supported. Users need a WiFi capable computer and a toilet connected to the municipal sewage system. To learn more about TiSP and Install TiSP in your toilet, please refer this page. Read press release here.
Gmail Paper: I warn you, this is extremely funny, if you don’t want to fall off the chair and start laughing, please stop reading, else… you can proceed under your own risk. Gmail Paper is a new addition to the long list of features offer by Gmail. With this new feature, you can get a hard copy (printed) copy of your emails via traditional snail mail. The printing and postage costs are covered by relevant unobtrusive advertisements which will appear behind every Gmail Print.
Just in case your mails have photos as an attachment, Google will print them for you on high quality glossy paper. Similarly for audio attachments like WAV and MP3, they suggest you to create their mirror copies on non-paper media. There are absolutely no limits for the quantity of mails that can be printed. All emails are printed on papers made out of 96% post-consumer organic soybean sputum, and thus, actually helps the environment. Head over to this page to read more. Don’t miss the testimonials 
Google sometimes chooses April Fools Day to actually launch new products. Few call it as their marketing strategy. Gmail, Google Moon and Google Rider Finder were announced on this day. Everyone assumed it to be prank, but they turned out to be real products.
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