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Turn your Vines into animated GIFs using VineGifR

By Kimber Streams on February 3, 2013 01:47 am + 16 comments

Shortly after Twitter launched its new — and controversial — Vine service, Twitter software Continue reading…
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Cinemagram challenges Vine with video editing features in latest update

By Kimber Streams on January 26, 2013 05:13 pm + 28 comments

Popular GIF-creation app Cinemagram released an update today, giving users the ability to create Continue reading…
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Mind-bending GIFs push the limits of art and processors

By Amar Toor on January 25, 2013 06:24 am + 96 comments

Nowadays, the word "GIF" has become all but synonymous with the frivolous and whimsical, but Continue reading…
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Charlie Chaplin 2.0: how a mobile app taught teens the lost art of silent cinema

By Ben Popper on January 15, 2013 08:01 am + 18 comments

GIFs have a long and storied history, from their humble beginnings as garish decorations on dot-com Continue reading…
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Google+ for Android and iOS updated with support for new community feature, better photo experience

By Nathan Ingraham on December 14, 2012 10:05 am + 49 comments

Google has just announced a variety of tweaks and updates to improve the Google+ experience, Continue reading…
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The Useless Web: a collection of the world's most pointless websites

By Aaron Souppouris on November 17, 2012 01:57 pm + 91 comments

It's not new, it's not clever, but it is a great way to waste time. Welcome to The Useless Web, a Continue reading…
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'GIF' is the Oxford University Press word of the year in the US

By Nathan Ingraham on November 12, 2012 05:21 pm + 76 comments

The humble GIF has had a big year: it turned 25 in June, and was the preferred file format during Continue reading…
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Tumblr assembles a team to create live animated GIFs from the 2012 presidential debates

By T.C. Sottek on October 1, 2012 04:10 pm + 38 comments

In a move sure to cause unprecedented levels of excitement among editors of The Verge, Tumblr has Continue reading…
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Curiosity wiggles its wheels on Mars, creates interplanetary GIF magic

By Dante D'Orazio on August 21, 2012 01:46 pm + 77 comments

For a $2.5 billion science project, NASA's Curiosity rover (and its team) have put quite a bit of Continue reading…
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Max Capacity's glitch-fueled pop art: beyond the average GIF

By Adi Robertson on August 12, 2012 05:57 am + 14 comments

Drawing from old console games and VHS tapes, artist and horror aficionado Max Capacity has created Continue reading…