Time

Here’s a Timeline of the Debate About How to Pronounce GIF

Locker is a contributor for TIME. Locker is a contributor for TIME. The Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, was first developed by computer scientist working at CompuServe back in 1987. And while it ...
BBC

How the gif won the internet

The gif or graphics interchange format, which is ubiquitous in modern internet conversations, actually turned 30 this year. Arwa Haider tracks its meteoric rise. In an age of 24/7 information, where ...
Cult of Mac

The fastest way to make a GIF on your iPhone (or Mac)

Turn any Live Photo or video on your phone into a short GIF. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can make an animated GIF on your iPhone or Mac out of any Live ...
CNET

The Best Way to Make a GIF on Your Phone or Computer, at Home or on the Go

David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces. Over the last decade, he's reviewed phones for TechRadar as well as covered tech, gaming, and culture for Engadget, Popular Mechanics ...
The Digital Universe

What type of GIF user are you?

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 Sun

What is a GIF, who invented the image format, how is it pronounced and what’s an animated meme?

From its humble beginnings on black and white computers to its now ubiquitous usage in memes and how Facebook is celebrating the GIF's birthday THE GIF turned 30 today, so, let’s wish the Graphical ...
Mashable

How to save a GIF from X, formerly known as Twitter

So you saw a fun GIF on X, formerly known as Twitter. That's cool, good for you, seems like fun. Now you want to save it for your own personal use. That's cool, too, but unfortunately a bit more ...
Forbes

How Tenor Aims To Get GIF-Sharing Onto Every Mobile Phone

Google owns search intent. Facebook owns the social graph. But the “emotional graph” is still up for grabs -- or so goes the argument David McIntosh, cofounder and CEO of the mobile GIF keyboard and ...
CNN

It’s settled! Creator tells us how to pronounce ‘GIF’

We can’t settle iPhone vs. Android or “Star Wars” vs. “Star Trek” for you. But another long-running geek debate was put to rest Tuesday night. Those short, animated loops that have captivated the Web ...
Wired

The GIF Turns 30: How an Ancient Format Changed the Internet

The web's favorite file format just turned 30. Yep, it turns out the GIF is a millennial, too. At the same time, 30 makes the GIF ancient in web years, which feels a bit weird, given that the ...
Gizmodo

The Creator of the GIF Says It’s Pronounced JIF. He Is Wrong

Along with whether or not Al Gore invented the Internet, figuring out the correct pronunciation of GIF is one of the earliest questions of the Internet. I grew up believing it was hard-G GIF. Most ...
Macworld

The best GIF keyboards for your iPhone

Since their invention more than 30 years ago (four years before the World Wide Web even), GIFs have come to be one of the most popular and beloved forms of expression on the internet. Indeed, the ...