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April 02, 2007 | Comments: (0)
Google April 1 gotcha: Gmail Paper
When I logged in to Gmail on Sunday night I almost fell to this April Fools from Google: Gmail Paper.
The new feature promises to allow you to snail-mail any of your Gmail messages. Some people would not doubt welcome this, and I was taken by the irony of it for InfoWorld, which was announcing the end of print, with Monday our final print issue.
So, here was Google reintroducing paper and we were balling it up and chucking it into the bin.
On second take, I realized the ridiculousness of it with the handler in one photo (above) delivering a whole box of Gmails. Oh, and the copy saying, "Gmail Paper is made out of 96% post-consumer organic soybean sputum, and thus, actually helps the environment."
Good one, Google.
Posted by Mike Barton on April 2, 2007 12:40 PM
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