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 ...

An unexpected and somewhat unsettling side effect of learning how to make animated GIFs is that you start looking for them in the wild. When I'm watching movies, I now find myself sensitive to moments ...

Everyone loves GIFs. You do, I do, the Internet does. When you're browsing Tumblrs or blog posts and you come across their jerky, subtle movements you can't help but be captivated by that repetitive ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. In the future, we’ll all look back on the dark days of Tumblr when we had to go off platform to ...

Sometimes words aren’t enough when you want to express yourself online. You need an image that will simultaneously display your encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture and wit. I am, of course, talking ...

In its continued quest for world social media domination, Instagram announced a new feature. Starting today, September 20, you can now send GIFs in direct messages. This move is one of a number of ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, than an animated GIF has to be worth what, about a ten thousand Internet burn points? The actual value depends on the GIF in question and proper placement, be ...