It's April Fools' Day, so for Google employees, it's basically Christmas morning.

The tech giant spends an inordinate amount of time and resources every April 1 on pranking the Internet — because, they own half of it — so why not? This year's pranks include a new spin on the selfie, some Pokemon related challenges and emojis.

While we don't enjoy being fooled, we have to admit, Google, some of these wouldn't be so bad if they were real. Perhaps you put next year's pranking budget towards actually developing these?

1. The Gmail Shelfie

To celebrate Gmail's tenth birthday on April 1 (no, really, it's actually Gmail's anniversary), Google has announced a new custom theme for email accounts. And it's as Millennial as can be — the "shelfie."

It stands for SHareable sELFIE and makes narcism just a touch more techy.

"Gmail Shelfie is built on the idea that you shouldn’t be selfish with your selfie. With just a few clicks, your mom, your aunt, or that girl you have a crush on can set your Shelfie as their Gmail theme so they can enjoy checking, reading, and writing emails while seeing your friendly face in the background."

They even have this handy, dandy graph to prove that Gmail was solely responsible for the selfie trend and probably be responsible for making "shelfies" the word of 2014.

2. Chrome emoji translation

Actual text? That's so 2014. Thanks to Chrome Translate, say farewell to "cumbersome text" and instead read webpages with the ease of "emotive illustrations."

"One Emoji symbol can easily replace dozens of characters, improving efficiency and comprehension on the go. It turns out the best way to communicate in the future is to look to the past: the ancient Egyptians were really onto something with their hieroglyphs."

3. Google Japan's Magic Hand

Give your hands a break from all that texting and typing with the magic hand. The device which attaches to your keyboard can replace anything from a thumb or pinkie to a cat paw and even a back scratcher.

4. YouTube announces the viral trends of 2014

If you thought viral trends like Rebecca Black and Gangnam Style were just happenstance, you're wrong. YouTube is finally admitting to masterminding these memes and are giving us a heads up to what videos will dominate the Internet in 2014.

What can you can look forward to? "Clocking" — the practice of standing somewhere and moving your arms like the arms of a clock — and the "glub glub water dance" which, well, you just have to see it to believe it.

5. Google Maps Pokemon Challenge

Apply for a position as Pokemon Master at Google by catching 'em all. While the position actually doesn't exist, you can still hunt for Pokemon on iOS and Android devices in the Google Maps app.

6. Google+ photobombs you with David Hasslehoff

Because you always need a little more Hoff in your life, Google+ has "introduced" a new photo feature which automatically photobombs your pics with the celebrity.

7. AutoAwesome resumes

Even Google Drive isn't a safe space on this day. Pick from a plethora of different themes for your CV, including "Pokemon" or "Doge" to really add some flair to your job experience.

8. Google Ad Sense sends you reports from space

Your website should be user friendly for humans and martians. So now Google ads can help you track your inter-galatic audience using "interplanetary IP address repository." That totally sounds real...

Check back for more pranks as Google unveils them.

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