GIFs are portable human expressions. Looped images of grumpy cats, falling babies and weird Drake moves convey a barrage of information and emotions in a way that words and emojis cannot. While the ...

The second biggest search engine in the world isn’t about words or information, it’s about body language and emotional expression, and you’re probably using it daily without realizing it. At WCIT 2019 ...

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Facebook will acquire Giphy, the web-based animated gif search engine and platform provider, Facebook confirmed today, in a deal worth around $400 million, according to a report by Axios. Facebook ...

GIFs are a major form of communication online, used for reactions, punchlines to jokes, simple greetings, and just about anything else. If you've spent any time messing around with GIFs, you've ...

The peanut butter brand sounds different than a term for animated looping images GIF, GIPHY, Jif. Chances are you read those three terms differently, but you know exactly how you think it should sound ...

A smartphone with the Snapchat app is seen in this photo illustration on 29 June, 2017, in Bydgoszcz,Poland . (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty ...

Stock image service Shutterstock buys gif search engine after Meta’s acquisition blocked by regulators The owner of Facebook has taken a more than $260m (£210m) loss on Giphy – selling off the gif ...

Facebook announced Friday that it's buying Giphy, makers of the popular GIF generator website. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed officially, but some outlets are valuing the acquisition ...

Giphy, the NY-based search engine and platform for GIFs, has raised $72 million in funding led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Institutional Venture Partners and China Media Capital. This brings Giphy’s ...

Facebook has bought the GIF-sharing service Giphy, which will now be a part of Instagram. It plans to integrate Giphy’s library more deeply into Instagram (where GIFs are especially prevalent in ...

Giphy is one of the largest GIF sites on the internet, offering tools for creating, sharing, and remixing GIFs. Facebook has already relied on Giphy’s API for sourcing GIFs in its apps for years: ...