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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Google extends mea culpa over ill-conceived, buggy Gmail Mic Drop prank

What did you think of today’s crop of April Fools’ Day pranks? Successes? Mixed bag? Looking at online reactions, some have clearly resonated better than others, but one that’s pretty unambiguously coming up in the “miss” column is Google’s Gmail Mic Drop stunt. Users were able to reply to messages with a mic-drop animation while also effectively closing themselves off to the thread – and it might have been a cute joke, had it not been so easy to ...

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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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