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Title: Gmail April Fools' prank yanked after Minion mic drop GIFs wreak havoc on people's lives Post by: HCK on April 05, 2016, 04:05:11 pm Gmail April Fools' prank yanked after Minion mic drop GIFs wreak havoc on people's lives
<article> <section class="page"> <p> 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. Before you could said “April fools!” Google had to pull the joke after people complained of missed business opportunities and lost jobs.</p><h2>Drop the mic</h2> <p> It all started out innocently enough. Who doesn’t love a good “drop the mic” joke—like this one featuring Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-m3BcdsI2I)So Google thought it would be a good idea to create a send button that automatically inserted an animated GIF featuring a Minion (from the Despicable Me and Minions movies) dropping a microphone.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3050656/internet/gmail-april-fools-prank-yanked-after-minion-mic-drop-gifs-wreak-havoc-on-peoples-lives.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Gmail April Fools' prank yanked after Minion mic drop GIFs wreak havoc on people's lives (http://www.macworld.com/article/3050656/internet/gmail-april-fools-prank-yanked-after-minion-mic-drop-gifs-wreak-havoc-on-peoples-lives.html#tk.rss_all) |