Inspired by looping videos like GIFs and Vines that have kept millions of Web and mobile users entertained for countless hours, a startup called Coub is adding an extra layer of creativity to the mix.

It seems web designers are finally catching on to the public’s desire to create their own GIFs: last month Youtube rolled out a GIF-making tool to a few of it’s creators, while the option to create ...

While other file formats have faded, the lowly Gif has stubbornly stayed alive for more than 25 years through sites like Tumblr. Other apps like Vine and Cinemagram have also popped up to support the ...

Coub, the Russian startup that lets you create Gif-like short looped music videos, has raised $1 million from local VCs Brothers Ventures and Phenomen Ventures. The site, which lets users upload ...

Instagram built a new video app for making short, action-packed video loops. The standalone app, called "Boomerang," rolled out on iOS and Android devices on Thursday. The bare-bones app combines ...

Only in Silicon Valley would there be a “GIF keyboard of choice,” but that appears to be the case with two-year-old startup Riffsy, a business that may, one day, find a way to squeeze some money out ...

Are you an animated GIF virgin? Do you hang your head in shame when your friends share their custom made GIFs? If so, then the new video to GIF tool from the popular image hosting service Imgur might ...

Ads on Flipboard are about to become more powerful: brands can now submit looping video commercials. VentureBeat reports that the ads will autoplay silently as you scroll through your news, as is ...

Okay, so technically they’re not GIFs, but “cinemagraphs,” short, seamlessly repeating videos. Either way, these incredible loops of dramatic waves from Ray Collins and Armand Dijcks are endlessly ...