The way you use GIFs means more than you might realize, according to new research from BYU. When you get a text from a friend, is your immediate reaction to reply with a GIF? Do you know which GIF to ...

The ancient GIF format isn’t going away anytime soon. With the birth of social media and memes, the three-decade-old format for lightweight, looping, sound-free animation has found a new lease on life ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - More and more, you’re seeing animated messages that promote the Hawaiian language showing up on social media posts and in online chats. They are a distinctly different type ...

With the update, which comes via a tie-in with GIF powerhouse Giphy, users can now decorate their in-app snaps with animated stickers. The creations can then be shared to Instagram Stories or ...

It looks like the capital continues to flow into startups looking to provide some easy way for users to share GIFs, with another startup called Emogi announcing today that it’s raised $12.6 million in ...

One of the most fun things about creating stories on Instagram or Snapchat is decorating them afterwards. Using stickers, location tags, and filters are playful ways to make your story stand out as ...

Long before viral sensations like "the dress" divided the internet, another online phenomenon was already polarizing the masses: the pronunciation of "GIF." The GIF — or graphics interchange format, a ...

According to a new study by Church and a team of BYU coauthors, GIF users fall into one of three categories: GIF Enthusiasts, Searchers, or Referentialists. Read on to find out what kind of GIF user ...