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Peanut Butter Maker Partners With GIPHY to End GIF Pronunciation Debate

Tim February 25, 2020

The debate is settled! No more will we have to battle amongst ourselves over the proper pronunciation of GIF, all thanks to a new promotional partnership between Jif, the peanut butter maker, and GIPHY, the GIF-slinging service that acts like they own the...

Google’s New iOS-Exclusive Motion Stills App Technology May Come to Google Photos

Kellen June 7, 2016 57

Try not to get mad at what I'm about to say, but Google released another iOS-exclusive app today. I'm sorry! I'm just the news deliverer! Would it help if I told you that we could see the technology from this app on Android? Better? OK, let's talk about the...

Twitter Intros GIF Search to Your Timeline and Direct Messages

Tim February 17, 2016 8

Lovers of the almighty GIF will be grateful of Twitter's new GIF Search feature, allowing users to search through a vast library of GIFs for usage in tweets and direct messages. From now on, you will never need to have all of your GIFs downloaded and saved...

Google Messenger Updated With GIF Support and a Widget

Kellen March 13, 2015 136

Google's Messenger app, a new-ish SMS app that exists outside of Hangouts even though Hangouts was supposed to be the future of messaging for Google, received an update this week that introduces GIF support and a widget. Oh, it also should perform better and...

Experimental Feature in Testing Could Make GIFs Out of Your Favorite YouTube Videos

Tim December 12, 2014 21

An experimental YouTube feature, so far only spotted on a single channel, allows users to create 6 second GIFs from any part of a video. Using the feature is quite easy, having only to hit the "Share" button, then select "GIF." From here, simply drag the...

Animated GIFs Come to Twitter!

Kellen June 18, 2014 21

According to Twitter's official support account, animated GIFs are now supported through the web, Android, and iPhone. I'm not sure anything else needs to be said. Via: Twitter Support