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Giphy builds transparent GIF library for Instagram Stories

Instagram now lets some users slap background-less GIFs sourced from Giphy onto their Instagram Stories. Rolling out for wider testing with a Giphy-branded design, the new GIF sticker engine could fur

PopKey’s Animated GIF Keyboard For iOS 8 Is The One You Should Be Using

Apple is now accepting keyboards that go beyond just offering different ways to type text – it appears to have opened the doors for graphical keyboards, too. Riffsy already showed us an animated GIF

Ultratext Is A Simple GIF-Making App That Works With iMessage

There's nothing more obnoxious than texting someone who doesn't respond (at least somewhat) promptly. And their excuse? "Sorry, I didn't see your text!" Ha, no more, my so-called friends, no more! A n

Pictorian Offers A Uniquely Designed Photo Storage App, Perfect For Your GIF Collection

On an App Store that today sports over a million applications and a set of recommended design guidelines that hold a heavy influence over how developers proceed, it’s rare to come across an app

Tadaa 3D Is A Photo-Sharing App That’s One Part Instagram And One Part Drunk

The German startup behind the Tadaa iOS photo-sharing and editing app, which has built up a three million-strong user-base, have launched a new flavour of photo app: Tadaa 3D lets you add 3D layers to

Google Makes Animated Gifs A Permanent Part Of Image Search, Find Falling Cats Easier

There are few people on the Internet who don’t enjoy a great animated gif. For some, having conversations only using these animated images is a way of life. But finding these images is a whole o

Sorry Folks, Kiss Your Animated Twitter Avatars Goodbye

I've never been a fan of animated avatars on any service, let alone Twitter. I am an avid user of the web client, and I cannot stand seeing things flash before my eyes along with 140 characters, but m

Cinemagraphs (Animated Gifs) As Ads? Tumblr Experiments With New Advertising Format

GIF, a filetype that celebrated its <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/06/25-year-history-animated-gif-gif-format/53608/">25th anniversary</a> this past June (don'