How To Make Money Off The Animated Gif Comeback

Matt Miller, Forbes
Wed, 08/08/2012 - 6:01am

Animated GIF by Mr. GIF There are some striking similarities between the career of Robert Downey Jr. and the GIF. After the invention of the GIF file format in the late ‘80s, pixilated animated GIFs—those "under construction" signs and goofy flames—became a staple of the early Internet in the ‘90s.

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