From the oogachaka baby to Nyan Cat, the graphics interchange format, better known as the GIF, has come a long way since the days of floppy discs. The modern-day GIF was introduced to the world 25 ...
In 1987, an engineer named Steve Wilhite at the internet service provider Compuserve invented a compression algorithm to make downloading and sending images through the web easier—effectively creating ...
Created by Compuserve in 1987 as a way to share compressed motion images, the graphics interchange format turns 26 on Saturday. It’s coming off a banner year that found the medium being at once ...
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the infamous “Pine Tar Game” between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees on July 24, 1983. You remember, the game where George Brett homered, only to have ...
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the creation of the GIF, and what better way to celebrate than to use them in Facebook comments now that you finally can? That's right. To celebrate the ...