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All posts tagged "GIF"

Posts tagged "GIF"

  • Why don’t South Africans create their own GIFs for memes?

    By on 20 July, 2017

    Citizens of South Africa are no strangers to creating their own memes -- from cheeky hashtags to images that ire Police Minister Fikile Mbalula, they know how to start a trend. But despite the amount of original content, there is one thing South Africans do not have control over: the GIFs they use. Sure, GIFs are still a big part of South African Twitter, but they aren't locally made and often make use of American content. Hlaudi - "I don't want to respond to the wind." 😂😂💩#CountryDutypic.twitter.com/3CLTMqKstx — SnoopyBez (@SnoopyBez) July 18, 2017 There are few reasons why South Africa may still rely on internationally...

  • 15 classic Star Wars GIFs to use this #MayTheFourth

    By on 4 May, 2017

    We know the pressure you're under today. While mashing away at your keyboard trying to get those reports and submissions prepared, you're also trying to find that perfect Star Wars GIF to use on Twitter or Facebook for #MayTheFourth. But no need to worry. We've got you covered. Trawling the length and breadth of GIF repository Giphy, we've listed some of the most iconic moments in the Star Wars saga captured in pure rolling-image format magic. These's are some of the classic GIFs you should probably think about using today. It's a trap via GIPHY Sensual Yoda via GIPHY Angrykin Skywalker via GIPHY Toodles, Lando via GIPHY Deal with it,...

  • WhatsApp adds Giphy GIF search to latest beta

    By on 11 January, 2017

    After enjoying its busiest ever day on New Year's Eve, WhatsApp has turned its attention to the most important feature of the modern messenger -- GIF support. In the company's latest beta for Android, the app now boasts its own GIF searching function. A video posted by Burn Media (@burnmedia) on Jan 11, 2017 at 1:29am PST According to Android Police, the app asks the emoji button to pull double duty. Tapping on it opens what we'll call the "reaction" interface, which allows users to choose between inserting a GIF from Giphy, Tenor or an emoji. WhatsApp's new Giphy-powered GIF search function lets...

  • Twitter reacts to Dyn’s massive DNS DDoS

    By on 21 October, 2016

    For much of Friday, some of the internet's biggest websites were rendered useless after a DDoS attack hit Dyn DNS. In typical internet fashion, people took to social media sites that weren't down, posting funny GIFs, reaction videos and of course, their words of wisdom. To be fair, what else can you do in a situation like this? The DDoS affected Dyn's DNS, leaving many of the web's essential services inaccessible At the time of writing, many sites remain inaccessible, but we have detailed a possible fix over on our primary article. But if you're interested in waiting it out, have a look...

  • Twitter expands GIF size limit to 15MB for web users

    By on 12 July, 2016

    Today Twitter has announced that it's increasing the size of GIFs users can embed in tweets. Previously the size was 5MB, but Twitter's expanding it to three times that. The 15MB-sized GIFs are not available on the Twitter app for now and Twitter has not mentioned when this addition will happen. This should at least alleviate some concern for users with limited mobile data plans. In 2015, the company claimed that over 100-million GIFs are shared on the platform. The new change appears to be in line with those numbers. Read more: Twitter introduces GIF search and video support in DMs Earlier this...

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