2012 April Fools' Day
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Overview
On April 1st, 2012, many notable Internet companies created April Fool's Day sites, apps and videos to celebrate the occasion.
Notable Examples
Social news site reddit featured a timeline that allowed for fictional simulated links and text posts to be displayed based on various years.
Imgur
Image hosting site Imgur adopted a giraffe as the mascot of the site named imguraffe. In addition the background of the website was changed to that of a skin of a giraffe.
External References
[1] aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com – April Fool's Day on the Web
[2] Chrome Ad Block – Cat Block
[3] Google Maps – 8-bit Manhattan
[4] Google – Chrome Multitask