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In what may be a sign of their resurgent popularity, Google+ announced Monday that members can now use animated GIFs for their profile photos. The social network unveiled the update in a post on its ...

Facebook has rolled out its new mobile profile options for some lucky users, and if you're among them, it means you have access to the new GIF-like profile pictures. You won't know you have the new ...

While other social networks seem to be ignoring the resurgence of the popular GIF animated image format, Google+ seems to be embracing it wholeheartedly. On Monday, Google’s social network gave users ...

Hide your eyes. The search engine's social network is embracing the lively images as profile pics on desktop and mobile. Jennifer Van Grove covered the social beat for CNET. She loves Boo the dog, ...

Today, Facebook revealed a slew of new features and controls for your profile—including the ability to use a looping video as your photo. Which is... almost like a GIF! The evolution of the Facebook ...

The Tinder profile pic tends to be where our cheesiest side comes out. There is, of course, a degree of fantasy to every profile pic, although some fantasies are more on the mark than others. And now, ...

Elyse Betters Picaro is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint and the former Operations Manager for Valnet's Consumer Tech brands, including Pocket-lint, Android Police, and XDA. She is based in ...

Facebook is spicing up profile photos in a big way. Facebook users will now be able to record a short looping video, a bit like a Vine or a GIF, to use as their profile photo on mobile, the company ...

X appears to be considering letting users add animated GIFs to their profile pictures. Andrea Conway, a designer for the site formerly known as Twitter, tweeted a poll this week on the idea. As of ...

In what may be a sign of their resurgent popularity, Google+ announced Monday that members can now use animated GIFs for their profile photos. The social network unveiled the update in a post on its ...

A designer for X (formerly Twitter) polled users about adding animated GIFs for profile pics. Twitter banned GIF profiles in 2013, but old ones were allowed to keep them — including me. One person who ...