Google Engineer Fired for Failure of “Google + Virgin= Virgle” April Fool’s Gag
Google fired the engineer who convinced Virgin Founder Richard Branson and Google Co-Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to participate in an elaborate hoax (see press release) inviting individuals to apply to live on a Mars colony sponsored by “Virgle.” Wired Writer Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides called it the “funniest April Fool’s Day spoof I have…