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 ...

GIFs may be a popular way of communicating as the way we talk to each other increasingly shifts to mobile, but really it’s about communicating in some form of video. We’re seeing video become more and ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's how emails on "coming and goings" of CIA Director David Petraeus and other military ...

When it comes to the internet, GIFs are like that funny, reliable friend — ready to drop in at a moment's notice to throw some shade or bring the laughs. So it's hard to believe something so ingrained ...