Twitter user Phil Pearlman provided a screenshot of the button from the Android version of the app. As you can see in the tweet below, the dedicated GIF feature can be found in the “compose tweet” ...

On this day, 30 years ago, communication improved dramatically with the invention of the GIF. Naturally, the best way to mark this historical development is by using GIFs as liberally as possible, and ...

Shortly after Pearlman shared the above screenshot, however, it disappeared from his app. The same thing happened to a number of other Twitter users, which just likely means that the company is just ...

GIFs may be a holdover from the earliest days of the internet, but the ability to easily share little silent, looping, satisfying clips looks to be with us for the long haul. And with Twitter’s ...

Facebook has been hesitant with the idea of bringing animated GIFs to the News Feed, arguing this could create too many distractions from what really matters (as if those autoplay videos don’t do the ...

Reply threads on Facebook are about to get a lot more animated. To mark the 30th anniversary of the GIF format, all users will get the new GIF comment button that Facebook began testing three months ...

BEAM Authentic has taken the wraps off what it calls a "smart button" by the same name. BEAM is a wearable broach, basically, except it packs an AMOLED display, making it possible to literally wear ...

Twitter has begun testing a new feature for fans of reaction GIFs. Some users have spotted a dedicated GIF button in their Android apps, smack dab in the middle of the camera and poll icons. Bank of ...