Photo: Ian Fuchs/Cult of Mac In the ’90s and early 2000, animated GIFs were a staple of web design. Today, they’re still imperative to the web, but for entirely different reasons. With GIFwrapped, you ...

Everyone’s using the same app to check Facebook, send tweets, or take pictures. Boring. This App is Fire is here to take a look at some of the best hidden gems in every app store you can find, from ...

Giphy, the popular resource for finding and sharing GIFs, has rolled out a significant upgrade to its flagship mobile application today. The upgrade sees the app rebranded from an add-on utility for ...

WhatsApp is planning a major update for its iOS app, replacing Tenor with Klipy as the platform’s primary GIF provider. The change comes in anticipation of Tenor shutting down its public ...

Giphy is launching Giphy Keys, its own standalone keyboard app today, which offers one of the best experiences we've seen in a GIF keyboard app on iOS. Karissa was Mashable's Senior Tech Reporter, and ...

GIF Brewery, the outstanding GIF creation app for macOS, has been acquired by Gfycat, the rapidly-growing short video platform. The app will remain a Mac-exclusive, and will stay on the Mac App Store, ...

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I'd like to start with a simple public service announcement: Tumblr has its own GIF maker now, allowing you to create your own animated images from pictures and videos on your phone. That's right — ...

Disney has now somewhat belatedly joined the ranks of the numerous app publishers offering their own custom keyboards for iOS 8 users with the launch of an iOS application called Disney Gif. The new ...

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The technology of text messaging paved the way for more abbreviated forms of communication. More than shortening words through "txtspeak" to fit character limits (that don't really matter much these ...

WhatsApp is preparing to replace Tenor with Klipy as one of its default GIF providers. The change was discovered in the ...