Dive summary:
- In celebration of April Fool's day, Google announces the end of YouTube, the launch of smell sharing Google Nose, Google Treasure Maps, Gmail Blue and more. [see all pranks at Search Engine Watch]
- Google released a video announcing the end of YouTube which, according the video, was created as a contest to find the best internet video; the video features commentary from several iconic YouTube figures. [watch video at Search Engine Watch]
- Google Nose allows users to smell a post or post an aroma to Google+; the 15m+ scentibytes were collected by StreetSense vehicles and Android Ambient Odor Detection.
From the article:
"Celebrating its ninth anniversary today, Gmail is going blue, according to the Gmail Blog. And only one of the statements in that previous sentence is true.
It's Gmail. Only bluer. Why? Because brown was a disaster."