Google April Fool's Jokes

Google changes its name: In homage to the US city of Topeka – which recently changed its name to Google in the hope of winning a place on Google's new broadband rollout scheme – Google announced that it is changing its name to Topeka. "We've been wondering how best to honour that moving gesture," wrote Google on its blog. "We didn't reach the decision to change our name lightly; after all, we had a fair amount of brand equity tied up in our old name. But the more we surfed around Topeka's municipal website, the more kinship we felt with this fine city at the edge of the Great Plains."

YouTube cuts costs: Google said it was going to cut the cost of running its video clip website by adding a text-only mode. "It's great news that there are 24 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, we support 1080p and HD uploads are rising quickly, but that's also meant increasing bandwidth costs cutting in to our bottom line," said YouTube on its blog. "TextP is the result of months of intense transcoding efforts by our engineers, who toiled for weeks to ensure that a large chunk of videos on the platform could be reduced to their most basic elements. By replacing the images in the video with a series of letters and numbers, the videos are far less taxing on our system – and have the added benefit of promoting literacy!"

Google Books: Google's digitised books collection can now be "viewed in 3D".Google Search: Type in a search in the box, and Google will tell you how long it took to find a list of results. A search for "space", for instance, takes 0.20 cantons.

Google Docs: Google has taken its cloud computing service to another level, offering to store everything from keys to train tickets in Google Docs so "you'll never have to worry about finding them again".

Google Translate: Ever wanted to talk to the animals? Google Translate makes the dream a reality, with an Android app that translates "words and phrases that are common to a species".

Google Maps: Australian users of Google Maps have been greeted with a localised version of Google's mapping service, which tells them to "chuck a right" rather than make a right turn.

Google Voice: Google has launched a retro voicemail service – messages will be deleted after 14 days "so you don't have to listen to them", and users will only be able to access their voicemails on their phone, rather than via the web. Just like the good old days.

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Get Jail for kissing in public ( Dubai) !!!

Two Britons today lost their appeal against a conviction for kissing in public in Dubai.

Ayman Najafi, 24, and Charlotte Adams, 25, were given a one-month prison sentence by the Gulf resort's authorities.

They were allegedly seen kissing on the mouth in a restaurant, breaching Dubai's strict decency laws.

Ayman Najafi, right, was having dinner with friends and Miss Adams when the alleged incident is said to have taken place

They were arrested by police in November last year and appeared in court last month.
According to reports, a judge at Dubai's Misdemeanours Court heard written evidence from the 38-year-old mother who complained to police.

She said she was offended by their behaviour at the Jumeirah Beach Residence, where she was dining with her daughter.

The judge dismissed Mr Najafi's claim he had merely kissed Miss Adams on the cheek and sentenced both to a month in jail followed by deportation.

The pair were bailed pending today's appeal against the sentence and have now said they will appeal again.

It is understood the Dubai authorities are holding their passports so they cannot leave the country.

Mr Najafi has been working for marketing firm Hay Group in Dubai for about 18 months.

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An Apple A Day Keeps Cancer at Bay

Eating apples regularly may reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer, according to new research in Poland and reported in the European Journal Of Cancer Prevention.
The tests compared 592 patients suffering from the disease with 765 patients without at the same hospital.

Research concluded that those with cancer had eaten 9.5 servings a week, compared to those without the disease, who had 11 servings a week.

A reduced risk was observed with those who ate one apple a day, with the odds at 0.65, while eating more than one apple a day reduced the risk by about half.

Eating other fruit or vegetables did not have the same effects on the risk of colorectal cancer.

The protective properties of apples may be as a result of their high content of flavonoids.

These act as antioxidants found concentrated in the skin of apples, preventing molecules or free radicals from inflicting damage on tissue and which can inhibit cancer onset and cell proliferation.

Antioxidants were five times more prevalent in the apple skin than the actual flesh - so wash, but do not peel before you eat.

However, the World Cancer Research Fund says its research has shown that the risk of all cancers can be reduced by between 30 to 40 per cent by making simple lifestyle changes, such as eating more fruit and vegetables, taking regular exercise and watching our weight.


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