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April Fools' 2015: the best stories from the date we hate

Although media houses (we'll turn a blushing cheek here) love to publish hoaxes for the sake of good fun and spikes in traffic on April Fool's Day, there are a lot of hilarious pieces published by brands and companies themselves during this period...

By Andy Walker

2 Apr 2015

April Fools' 2015: the best stories from the date we hate

Often, these companies have the sense of humour to poke fun at themselves, even if that is what journalists do to them in the other 364 days of the year.

So, to celebrate the day where lying, cheating and being an all-round bad journalist is written in the global constitution, we've rounded up a few good fake gadget and geekery news stories from around the web, beginning in Redmond of all places.

Continue reading the full article here.

Andy Walker

About Andy Walker

Camper by day, run-and-gunner by night, Andy is editor at Memeburn and prefers his toast like his coffee -- dark and crunchy. Specialising in spotting the next big Instagram cat star, Andy also dabbles in smartphone and game reviews over on Gearburn.