When words are not enough, GIFs are a perfect way to convey big emotions, like outrage, shock, and joy. But have you ever felt limited by the selection available? Perhaps you have a series of photos ...

You can make a YouTube video into a GIF using free websites like GIPHY. GIPHY lets you select up to 30 seconds from nearly any YouTube video and turn it into a GIF ...

While the internet has been transformed over the last 30 years into a kind of engineering fairyland, the popularity of low-tech animated GIFs in the age of social media has held up better than most ...

The GIF has had an impressively long run amidst the usual short-term churn of the tech industry. One of the earliest ways of displaying animations on the web—long before there was enough bandwidth to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scrolling through the internet, whether that's on a social media app or your favorite website, isn't complete without encountering at least a couple of GIFs now and then. This image file type has ...

GIFs have become one of the best ways to spread sports highlights or comedic moments on the internet. While they have been around for 20 years, they haven’t been a part of mainstream culture nearly as ...

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and connected services. GIFs are one of the most fun aspects of using the ...