Twitter’s ads would work a lot better if it knew how old you are. So in an obvious data grab, Twitter will show animated balloons on your profile when it’s your birthday if you’re willing to give it ...

From its humble beginnings on black and white computers to its now ubiquitous usage in memes and how Facebook is celebrating the GIF's birthday THE GIF turned 30 today, so, let’s wish the Graphical ...

Off Book explores the web's most iconic image format: the animated gif. GIFs are one of the oldest image formats used on the web. Throughout their history, they have served a huge variety of purposes, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. So you’ve ...

Steve Wilhite, the developer of the image file format ' GIF ', died of a new coronavirus infection. Fast Company, an American business magazine, summarizes GIFs that have been used on websites and SNS ...

GIFs have gone from still images to ubiquitous forms of communication across the Internet and social media. What do Barack Obama, the sloth from Zootopia, and a bear waving its paw have in common? All ...