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Awww.

I liked the idea of waiting to April 1 to announce this, complete with videos of the cars driving.

(Disclaimer, I work for Google and have known about this project for some time. I have no connection to it.)

This looks like something that could be game-changing. But Google seems to dabble with ideas that don't ultimately go anywhere. Do you have a sense for how seriously they're taking this project?

Is "as seriously as possible" a satisfactory answer? This stuff isn't easy ;)

This would give a whole new level of meaning to Google's favorite product subheading... "Beta"

April 1 trick used during the launch of Gmail. Twice wouldn't be that great. (It was a great marketing idea, by the way.)

I think it would make April 1 much more fun for people to be always sorting through Google's jokes trying to figure out which one was for real.

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