Google pulls April Fools 'strike after renaming a sensation Kansas

Google has a long history of April Fool's Day pranks'. From upside-down clips and YouTube videos with the replacement text, the partnership with Virgin on a Mars expedition team Virgle Google has withdrawn more than gags Frats at MIT, which belonged to many of his employees once.


However, today's spoof a touch of real-world consequence. Last month, Topeka jokingly changed its name into Google, Kansas. The renaming of the earlier pieces, and drew before 1 April, tried the Google's attention.The company offered a test of super-high-speed broadband networks - 20 times faster than current commercial opportunities - in the same town USA. This promise comes with a lot of publicity and possibly also sent new jobs in cities around the country ruthless bidding war.

The notified to Topeka. Duluth, Minn., Mayor Don Ness jumped into icy Lake Superior is a T-shirt and shorts - then the video on YouTube, of course, shared."I 'I the glove, " Mr. Ness in the video."Well, mayors of other cities that Google can thread? In Lake Superior jump"

In a press release April Fools'today, said Google CEO Eric Schmidt the company's new name

We did not reach this decision lightly, for we had committed a fair amount of brand to our old name,"he writes. " But the more we surf around the (former) Topeka on the municipal website, the more We felt kinship with this beautiful city the edge of the Great Plains. Actually,Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten Google put it best: "Do not be fooled. Even Google admits that all roads lead to Kansas, not only the yellow bricks.

Knowledge, broadband solutions, signed, Mr. Schmidt a letter: \ "And finally, we want to make clear that this initiative a one-shot deal, no impact on the communities that are selected will have to participate, our experimental ultra- high-speed broadband project, which Google, Kansas was to apply only one of many communities.

Like most changes in Google's banner, it will likely be normal tomorrow. But to teach for the selected city early Google April Fools'Day just a month full-cap stunts that change the community' s future in the coming years could.