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Be careful on April 1. It’s April Fools’ Day, and YouTube, Twitter and Google launch several pranks to add to the dozens of sites joining the fun. On Sunday, the world’s most popular video-sharing site announces it’s shutting down. It also says YouTube was an eight-year contest to find the best video. In a 3-minute video posted on its homepage, YouTube representatives say it would close down to review all the video submissions uploaded on the site and announce the best one in 2023. Its parent company Google also pulls an early prank, with Google Analytics telling website administrators they are getting traffic from the International Space Station. Popular microblogging site Twitter — known for its 140-character limit — announces it’s removing the use of vowels in the basic Twitter service. Calling the “new” service Twttr, the company says vowels can be purchased and used in its “premium” Twitter service for five dollars a month.
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