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Google always leads the pack with outrageous claims on April 1 of each year. Here’s a look at their prankster work today, along with a couple other companies getting in on the fun:

This year’s Gmail Autopilot is a riot. It’s mostly visual, so there’s not much to copy here.

Goog’s Twitter account was also “seized” by CADIE overnight. The Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity (#wtf?) has compiled Web design best practices on its blog, a must-see for any Web designer.

Over @SouthwestAir, an early morning tweet pointed to a blog post with a touch of humor:

Southwest Airlines announced today that the Company has absolutely no plans to expand service between the carrier’s newest market in the Twin Cities and the Mile High City with three new daily nonstop flights. Southwest did admit, however, that if the airline were to add service between the two cities, there is no way that fares would be as low as $89 one-way, not including fees and taxes.

The post quickly points out/corrects with the truth.

Even Starbuck’s is getting in on the action via its Twitter feed, with this tease for Coffee through USB: http://twitpic.com/2oq2f. The gag even has a Twitter feed of its own. (Can you imagine what that would really cost in S’buck’s pricing?)

I’m glad to see companies with a sense of humor in this economy. Hey – maybe Twitter will go an entire day without the “Fail Whale!”

Ha! April Fools on that.

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