GroupOn buys April Fools

Now, when you think of Groupon Presents April Fools’ Day™ (the holiday's officially sanctioned title), you'll think of Groupon—because you and your favorite corporate entities are barred from creating or participating in any April 1 prank without the express written consent of Groupon

Bronx Zoo Cobra features the 6 sexiest snakes

Now safely in captivity, the Bronx Zoo Cobra takes over Ryan Seacrest's site and ponders dating sexy snakes.

Bronx Zoo Cobra inks deal with Animal Planet

"Featuring never-before-seen footage, this renegade cobra’s home movies and personal disclosures about why she slipped town will offer the real story behind the cobra's escape and solo adventures through New York City. "

General Electric aims to cure sock loss

Don't forget to report your missing socks.

Says the site: "L.O.S.S. (Laundered and Orphaned Sock Society) was formed to find the real cause of “sock loss” and effect a solution to this, one of society’s oldest problems. And after years of intensive research, we’re proud to say that we have."

Deals for Hipsters

Nothing is more important to us than taking your money and spending it on material goods of our own.

Among the feature items are a pair of lensless frames and tight purple pants.

Go, hipster, go!

Google introduces Comic Sans for everyone

Says the company:
We’ll therefore be rolling out Comic Sans as our default font across all Google products on April 4, 2011.

This is great and an amazing compliment to last year's Google AdSense Windings:

Huffington Post launches paywall for New York Times employees

Writes Arianna Huffington: "Today marks a significant transition for The Huffington Post Media Group, as we introduce digital subscriptions for employees of The New York Times."

Floating Ashokan Reservoir casino one step closer to reality

The Watershed Post is reporting that, "The Tuscarora tribe has entered into a secret deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to build a floating luxury casino on the Ashokan Reservoir."

Rebecca Black takes over 'Funny or Die'

It is now "Friday or Die"

Betwixt The Music: Rebecca Black from Rebecca Black

LinkedIn has some strange professional suggestions

This is what shows up in "People You May Know":

The Guardian changes course, supports British monarchy

But Prince William has shown that he can be a new kind of king. That is why, in a significant change of course, we today pledge our full-throated support for the British monarchy.

Hulu, now in low-definition

The entire site goes back to 1996s, full with "X files videos," low-res images, frames, counter, parts under construction and all the aberrations from horrible web design of the time.

Klout now measures your Text Messaging influence

After many months of meetings and negotiations, we are proud to announce that we have made a deal with all major carriers to access 90% of text messages throughout the continental United States. We will analyze these messages to better understand your influence.

Journal Register Company gives out more tools to Idealab

Google Docs also has a Motion function

Over 10,000 supported gestures!

Easy charts!

Being a Google Autocompleter

That's right! Google is hiring autocompleters!

Introducing Gmail motion

Try it!

IKEA unveils doggy high chair

Shock Top app lets you taste beer on your iPhone

Get the app!

YouTube marks 100 years shocasing top viral videos of 1911

See what was trending then.