April Fools' prank on Forbes.com runs afoul, claiming Mitt Romney ceded to Ric

PCWorld Apr 1, 2012 9:27 AM Google's fun new way to view mapsWeb surfers are getting a glimpse of fake Google products, pictures of cats instead of ads and a purported Sony laptop the size of a quarter — all spurred by April Fools' Day.</p

Continuing a longstanding tradition on April Fool's Day, a number of companies on the Web issued phony announcements.

Berkman and Skip Schumaker pulled off an April Fools' Day prank Sunday that had Wainwright hoping at first that it was all just for laughs. "As long as that's a joke, that is well done," Wainwright said.

When I was but a wee lad, my oldest sister Erin played an April Fools' joke on me by convincing my young, squishy mind that Sega had announced that they were going to stop making video games systems.

Presidential contender Mitt Romney may have forgotten that Sunday was April Fools' Day. His staff did not.