David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

If you use the beta version of Google’s incredible Gboard keyboard app, you may have noticed a new feature that popped up today. It appears that through Gboard, you can make your own GIF. To make your ...

Online "visual" reactions have come a long way since the first sideways smiley-face emoticon appeared four decades ago. Animated GIFs -- those files showing a few seconds of choppy motion, like the ...

Twitter made creating a GIF as easy as posting an image. Using the iPhone camera, users can capture a short video in the social-networking service’s app that is automatically converted into a GIF.

But even though they've been making the rounds on Tumblr for ages, 3D GIFs are only just now making their way into other parts of the Internet. Luckily for you, it's easy to impress other non-Tumblr ...

Tumblr’s new iMessage app is a GIF lover’s dream come true. Whether you happen to use the Yahoo-owned blogging platform doesn’t really matter, if you enjoy sharing GIFs (and want to create your own), ...

You're messaging your friend, and they just told you the juiciest gossip you've ever heard. It's so utterly surprising that words simply won't cut it. So what do you do instead? You send a GIF of ...

You can easily transform photos and videos into GIF files to share with family, friends or the world at large. By J. D. Biersdorfer Online “visual” reactions have come a long way since the first ...