I'd like to start with a simple public service announcement: Tumblr has its own GIF maker now, allowing you to create your own animated images from pictures and videos on your phone. That's right — ...

Tumblr this morning is rolling out a new feature designed to take advantage of the extensive collection of GIFs hosted on its service: a GIF search engine. The news follows that of Facebook’s decision ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Tumblr loves ...

We don't typically think of porn as "female-friendly." Yet female-friendly or feminist porn has become something of a buzzword of late, with websites curating lists like "The 14 Best Porn Sites for ...

The art of the GIF is becoming simpler and faster to create than ever before, giving young people everywhere only slightly more hope their parents will eventually understand what the acronym actually ...

It’s now sort of a TikTok alternative, if you squint hard enough. It’s now sort of a TikTok alternative, if you squint hard enough. is a former weekend editor who covered tech and entertainment. He ...

Tumblr is launching a new tool to make it easier to look through the myriad of GIFs on its platform. Called Tumblr TV, it’s a full-screen GIF catalog you can use to browse through some of the most ...

No matter how you pronounce it, the GIF image file format has forever changed the way we communicate on the Internet. We use animated GIFs to express our feelings, make each other laugh, and share the ...

Do you use Tumblr? Do you love GIFs? Do you also have an iPhone? Beginning today, you can start creating GIF posts via the official Tumblr app on iOS. Tumblr's GIF-creation tools have been around ...

Businesses often use Tumblr themes designed with sidebars. A sidebar is perfect for displaying text and images you want blog visitors to notice, such as your company's history or motto, recent updates ...

Tumblr users can now make four-frame GIFs using their webcams; the feature is not available yet for Tumblr apps. Users can press “Take a Photo” in photo posts and select “GIF,” then record themselves.

If there is one thing Tumblr is known for, aside from teenagers pretending to be dragons or fairies, it is low quality gifs and lots of them. Now, the blogging and image sharing site is making it easy ...