But livid users cried fool after unintentionally attaching minions dropping a mic during important business communications. One user, Scotty Martin, wrote on Gmail’s help forum: “Seriously Google?

Google's plans for a funny April Fool's prank apparently backfired big time. Earlier today, Google announced what it called "Gmail Mic Drop," a send-button feature that added a gif of a little ...

A royal Minion dropping a mic in your Gmail inbox is the last thing you see before you get fired. That was the case for Allan Pashby, who fell victim to Google's April Fools' Day prank this year ...

Gmail Mic Drop: "We've defaced some of your messages and hidden the replies, and you probably have no idea why! LOL, April Fool!" — Tom Scott (@tomscott) April 1, 2016 ...

If the minions really are taking over the world, they're at least doing it in style. When Sandra Bullock walked the premiere of the Minions movie on June 27, the cameras were snapping away at her ...

Gmail April Fools’ prank yanked after Minion mic drop GIFs wreak havoc on people’s lives. It's all fun and games until someone loses their job on April Fools' Day. By Ian Paul.

Obviously, when someone drops the mic, there's little more that you can do to respond. Now that seems like a harmless enough gag. For the next day or two, you could send some Minion mic drops to ...

NEW YORK — Google is acknowledging that it pranked itself after an April Fool's Day Gmail tweak angered some people who use Google's email for work.

Minions are once again ruining lives. But this time, they partnered with one of the most powerful companies in the world. Google apologized Friday after many users accidentally used the “Mic Drop” ...

The road to April Fools' Day is paved with not-so-good intentions and it's even worse when the prank you've planned backfires in a big way.

In Gmail, next to the standard "Reply" button, Google added a "Mic drop" button. Using it would reply to the email, archive it — and also add a GIF of a "Despicable Me" minion dropping a mic.