T-Mobile brings back iconic Sidekick brand for the world’s first ‘Smartshoephone’ (not really)

T-Mobile's latest elaborate April Fool's prank is a swanky pair of Sidekick smart shoes, which you can actually buy in a "dumb" variant for $65.

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T-Mobile ONEsie is the world’s first full body wearable, and it’s only part April Fools’ hoax

Technically, you can buy the "revolutionary" full body wearable for a limited time. But all the technology on the T-Mobile ONEsie is made-up.

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Samsung debuts Internet of Trousers for April Fools’ Day with Wi-Fly support

Let’s be honest, it was completely unrealistic to expect something funnier from Samsung this year than the brilliant Galaxy Blade Edge 2015 April Fools’ Day hoax. That had it all. Ridiculousness, self-mockery, and even a hint of authenticity.After all, if watches, refrigerators and belts can be “intelligent”, why wouldn’t a smart knife be developed too down the line? Or how about a series of Wi-Fi-connected pantaloons? Samsung seems to have put slightly less thought into today’s Internet of Trousers prank, but ...

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Google brings its A game to April Fools’ with Cardboard Plastic, Photos emoji search, and more

While we can probably all agree Google’s first early 2016 April Fools’ Day prank uncharacteristically bombed, a slew of much better gags and hilarious introduction videos for fake products were always expected to debut today.The hoaxes and “crazy features” ultimately went “official” a good number of hours ago, when it was still March 31, ranging as usual from gut-busting to self-deprecating to outright bizarre and… stuff we’d actually like to see happen.Hands down the best, most elaborate and funniest clip (embedded ...

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