NPR: GIFs https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=186034063 GIFs en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:04:06 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: GIFs https://www.npr.org/tags/186034063/gifs What This Picture Of Beyoncé Tells Us About How Generation Z Connects Why talk when you can say it with an emoji or a GIF? "Instead of me telling someone how good I look, I can just send them a picture of Beyoncé in a queen's outfit," Youth Radio's Robert Fisher says. Mon, 04 Dec 2017 15:17:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/12/04/568288993/what-this-picture-of-beyonc-tells-us-about-how-generation-z-connects https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/12/04/568288993/what-this-picture-of-beyonc-tells-us-about-how-generation-z-connects

Why talk when you can say it with an emoji or a GIF? "Instead of me telling someone how good I look, I can just send them a picture of Beyoncé in a queen's outfit," Youth Radio's Robert Fisher says.

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]]> Sonari Glinton A Camera Designed To Take And Send GIFs (Bring Your Own Cat) With this retro-style camera, users will be able to take and send their own GIFs by simply cranking a knob. Our Weekly Innovation pick does not settle the debate over how to pronounce GIFs. Wed, 21 May 2014 15:05:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/05/21/312149951/a-camera-designed-to-take-and-send-gifs-bring-your-own-cat https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/05/21/312149951/a-camera-designed-to-take-and-send-gifs-bring-your-own-cat

With this retro-style camera, users will be able to take and send their own GIFs by simply cranking a knob. Our Weekly Innovation pick does not settle the debate over how to pronounce GIFs.

]]> Elise Hu GIF Talk: Do You Say It With A G Or A J? The file format's creator says you should use a soft "J," like "Jif." He gets annoyed when he hears a hard "G" like "gift." For some reason, this subject seems to have created a hot debate. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:52:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/22/186031226/gif-talk-do-you-say-it-with-a-g-or-j https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/22/186031226/gif-talk-do-you-say-it-with-a-g-or-j

The file format's creator says you should use a soft "J," like "Jif." He gets annoyed when he hears a hard "G" like "gift." For some reason, this subject seems to have created a hot debate.

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