Gif articles

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  Inventor of the GIF uses awards ceremony to remind us how it's pronounced

  By Matt Brian on May 22, 2013 06:26 am + 219 comments

  Invented in 1987, the GIF (or Graphics Interchange Format) definitely isn't showing its age. Popular Continue reading…

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  Exotic fighting game locales become animated GIFs in this tour of the 16-bit world

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 27, 2013 07:12 pm + 28 comments

  In the background of flurries of punching, kicking, and special moves, fighting games have a long Continue reading…

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  Cinemagram finally arrives on Android, beats Vine to the punch

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 10, 2013 12:20 pm + 39 comments

  Cinemagram, an app that turns videos into simple animated GIFs, is launching today on Android after d Continue reading…

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  How to complete 'Snake' and accept the emptiness of life

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 10, 2013 09:43 am + 70 comments

  It takes 13 minutes and seven seconds to complete Snake, the decades-old game that enjoyed a Continue reading…

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  Tumblr and NYC nonprofit offer grants for 'internet art'

  By Carl Franzen on April 4, 2013 04:06 pm + 2 comments

  There's no shortage of internet-inspired art cropping up in galleries around the world lately, but Continue reading…

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  Betaworks' Giphy takes on Google in the red-hot market for GIF search

  By Ben Popper on March 20, 2013 08:40 am + 36 comments

  Six weeks ago, Jace Cooke and Alex Chung, two of the hackers in residence at New York innovation lab Continue reading…

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  Google adds animated GIF filter to image search

  By T.C. Sottek on March 19, 2013 02:10 pm + 116 comments

  Animated GIFs were unleashed on the world more than 25 years ago, but we're just getting around to Continue reading…

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  Hollywood embraces the GIF with chilling 'Stoker' campaign

  By Amar Toor on March 1, 2013 07:42 am + 21 comments

  Stoker, the new movie from Oldboy director Park Chan-wook, arrives in a handful of US theaters Continue reading…

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  Astrophotographer's animated GIF displays fantastic, artistic 3D vision of a nebula

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 18, 2013 11:11 am + 13 comments

  The truly massive clouds of gas and dust that we call Nebulae are often the subjects of some Continue reading…

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  GIF-graffiti artist Insa on creating real-world works just for the internet

  By Sam Byford on February 17, 2013 04:38 am + 11 comments

  Insa is a UK graffiti artist who's gained some notoriety for his technique of creating GIFs by Continue reading…