GIFs (or Graphics Interchange Formats), those hilarious and often animated clips that pervade your Tumblr timeline, are perhaps the purest form of digital escapism. And with tools like Emoji Gif, an ...

Tumblr today is launching a new tool that will capitalize on its community’s love for both creating and sharing GIFs with the debut of a mobile-only “GIF Maker.” The tool, which lets you quickly turn ...

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Just as we were beginning to think we had the GIF all figured out, this tech sorcery is dropped on us. Using Photoshop and magic (obviously), artists insert lines into regular GIFs to create a "split ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

Streaming video service Hulu is today launching its own tool for fans of GIFs, with the debut of its own GIF search engine powered by Tumblr. The new site, dubbed “The Perfect GIF,” isn’t just a ...

GIFs have been around since way back in 1987, but show no signs of disappearing. They continue to be a popular way of sharing short videos in just about any app, on just about any platform. Whether ...

Along with emoji, GIFs have become the de facto communication tool when words simply aren't enough to properly express what one is feeling. They can be tragic, sad, disgusting, and downright funny.

The popular blogging platform now offers a search tool through which you can spice up your posts with animated GIF files from other users. Here's how to do it. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance ...

Social media platform Twitter has increased the size of animated GIF files that users can upload to 15 MB, opening up the possibility of using higher quality and/or longer GIFs in situations when ...