Here's a little-known Internet secret: GIF files -- the preferred medium for sharing pithy animation loops across the web -- were never invented with this purpose in mind. Instead, the file format was ...

You may not have said the company's name out loud before, but you've probably seen Imgur (say it like you would "imager") before. It's the go to host for shared photos on meme-friendly sites and other ...

Visit any post on photo-hosting site Imgur as a casual user and you're bound to see some things that won't make sense to a layperson. Even as the site's audience has grown to around 150 million users, ...

Imgur, home to "the most awesome images on the internet," has had a tough year. In late May, Reddit ditched Imgur after making its own photo-uploading tool, even though Imgur had long been the popular ...

In late January, Imgur cofounder Alan Schaaf and COO Matt Strader gave a firm take on venture capital during a conversation about their popular photo-hosting and sharing site's new analytics offering: ...

iPhone owners are first to get access to a new Imgur feature: the ability to upload videos with sound. We’re here to bring you some ribetting news. Starting today, your posts can shine in all their ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Imgur has been on a quest to upgrade the GIF, and part of that means making GIFs look a whole lot ...

Popular image-sharing site Imgur has been acquired by MediaLab, a Santa Monica-based firm that describes itself as a “holding company of consumer internet brands.” The company owns a number of B-list ...

As of May 15, photo hosting site Imgur will remove "nudity, pornography, and sexually explicit content" as well as "old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied ...

Imgur has returned to mobile apps after it launched a new iOS app for its library of addictive photos and GIFs. The company released native apps for iOS and Android in the past, but they were ...

Image hosting platform Imgur is set to ban explicit images on its platform from May 15. The company updated its terms of service and said that the company will focus ...

Effective May 15, the site will scrub pornographic images, along with other inactive content that is not linked to an account, from its archive. The popular image, GIF, and meme service is encouraging ...