Filtered photos may be all the rage in the past, but you can’t deny the undying popularity of GIFs. In case you haven’t been on the Internet for the past two years, the Graphics Interchange Format – ...

Animated GIFs pervade my RSS reader and make up at least 98.7% of every BuzzFeed list; they have even become currency in many company chat rooms and email messages. Thoughtful, eye-catching animation ...

How To. How to download Instagram pictures/videos on iPhone How To. How to find the original source of an image on Google In this day and age, you almost definitely send your friends hilarious GIF ...

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Email seems antique for modern communication, but Giphy freshens it up a bit with a new Chrome extension that makes it easy add animated GIFs to Gmail messages. Just download the free Giphy for Gmail ...

Before the JPG, there was the GIF. Created in 1987, GIFs were introduced to provide a color image format, transparent backgrounds and simple animation by storing multiple images in a single file. GIFs ...

The magic began in 1987, when the first GIF was created. It was originally generated as an image format that had lossless data compression, which meant images generated had a smaller file size than ...

There is a truism in the Refinery29 office: If you want to get a response to an email, include a GIF. While not every office is GIF-sending-friendly, including one can be a great way to brighten a ...

Cash-back shopping app Ibotta partnered with Appboy, utilizing its CRM and lifecycle engagement platform to assess the impact of its multichannel welcome campaigns, including the use of visual content ...