The “Minion mic drop” attached a Minions GIF to any email that was sent over Gmail, leading to a whole host of awkward situations (applying for a job with a Minions GIF is grounds for instant ...

The company added a “mic drop” button in its email service that allowed users to fire off a GIF of a Minion — a character from the animated film “Despicable Me” — that would drop a ...

The only thing Google loves more than creating doodles on random anniversaries is April Fools’ Day. Google went too far with one Gmail prank during the 2016 online laugh-fest, however.

It was designed to end email chains by attaching a gif of an angry minion dropping a microphone, and effectively shutting down the conversation. "Everyone will get your message, but that's the ...

accompanied by hashtags #CdnTax and #DespicableMe4, and a GIF of a Minion. Shortly after ... is easy — AND you can do it one-handed on your phone.” These posts generated confusion and were ...

Using it would reply to the email, archive it — and also add a GIF of a "Despicable Me" minion dropping a mic. "Email's great, but sometimes you just wanna hit the eject button," Google wrote in ...

Google has reversed one of its April Fools’ Day pranks after it caused a number Gmail users to unwittingly insert GIFs into business emails and other important communications. “Today ...

It allowed users to click a button to include a GIF animation of a minion — the yellow cartoon characters that are adorably cute or annoyingly ubiquitous, depending on your perspective ...