short internet cancelled microsoft project develop enabled portable toilet debut british summer festivals described portable toilet wireless internet screen membrane wireless keyboard channel speaker system toilet paper popular web site addresses extra screen keyboard outside guarded intended series successful initiatives sought introduce internet unusual locations including project announced april widely ridiculed declared hoax microsoft microsoft press release stated project hoax cancelled little promote brand speculation project cancelled fear sued invented similarly named product described public relations description designed internet enabled portable toilet allow users surf internet internally facility connection wireless wireless keyboard swivel screen running channel surround sound system beneath sink toilet paper popular toilet externally facility feature logo station additional screen keyboard waiting consumers security guard stationed near unit ensure properly prevent unit stolen debut majority summer season festivals deployed britain public relations timeline project announced april press release british subsidiary series initiatives look changing nature use web constantly press release stated popular website creating world internet mobile mission allow instant logging place time summer festival season process converting portable create unique experience looking alternative standard festival experience users able sit wireless keyboard access press release stated talks toilet paper manufacturers produce special web paper need inspiration news widely circulated mainstream media story story yahoo news times widely derided press coverage subjected microsoft heavy criticism published story alleged microsoft stole idea invention microsoft announced hoax british division calling april fool joke issued apology confusion associated_press stated previously received confirmation project microsoft firms red stated received confirmation provided drawing furthermore month microsoft released fake press release microsoft retracted denial stating legitimate demonstration project released britain summer music festivals terminated microsoft executives washington believed inappropriate final decision senior vice president product manager stated project didn map global branding objectives microsoft apologized stating confusion legitimacy effort caused people moving quickly gathering relevant information prior cancellation prototype early stages construction allows regional units design marketing campaigns division developed reputation innovative campaigns case involving british toilet humour designed tongue cheek marketing initiative intended line number clever initiatives involving introducing internet interesting locations including previous initiatives received microsoft stated employees disciplined result company stated conduct internal discussions reaction product publicly released questioned microsoft lost senses product widely derided critics contended product waste money doomed fail concerns raised serve extend waiting lines share keyboards public happen keyboard critics questioned users spend time use internet facilities noting port users stay long relieve having given related nature subjected microsoft jokes especially microsoft marketing slogan time want today dubbed herald sun wrote good news mainly journalists pit jokes wrote company credibility problem red face newspapers issued humorous headlines microsoft technology headed toilet san_francisco_chronicle toilet mixes ones washington_post microsoft daily_mirror product studied example public relations disaster example internet hoax microsoft public relations response considered company history given microsoft reputation micro managing news releases interviews promotional events negative publicity drowned launch inspired number controversy reading article inventor similarly named wrote stating sounds remarkably similar clever people microsoft idea went microsoft meant additionally printed information toilet paper didn use keyboard interface reasons thesis university degree interview noted designed university partial rights product watching microsoft invention closely microsoft formally commented allegations instead initially stated april fool joke result questioned calculated ploy destroy competition early stages admitting don know time month embarrassing potentially expensive situation went state idea joke able produce idea consulting law books statements taken public legal action microsoft pertaining described internet toilet roll novel unique product designed best use time spend product allows search internet whilst sitting toilet print web pages interested toilet paper brings new meaning word unit fixed toilet sic wall product provides date information new products daily news lottery results easy navigate software package normal operation toilet paper evident internet toilet roll featured daily mail ideal home future concepts exhibition london 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