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PBS traces the history of animated GIFs: deal with it (video) Mar 8th 2012, 04:53 PBS's Off Book has a new short doc available online called Animated GIFs: The Birth of a Medium which, as you may have guessed, traces the history and evolution of the animated GIF over the course of a very informative six and a half minutes. The makers don't settle the dispute over pronunciation (and, really, who could), but they do mine its origins as relic of internet eras past to a post-modern staple of web 2.0 culture. We could tell you more, but that would just ruin the fun. Head on after the break to watch the episode in full. Continue reading PBS traces the history of animated GIFs: deal with it (video) PBS traces the history of animated GIFs: deal with it (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Boing Boing  |  Off Book (YouTube)  | Email this | Comments ComScore: US subscriber count reaches 100 million, Android and iOS use continues to climb Mar 8th 2012, 03:42 Oh, ComScore. Every month you come out with a new market share report for smartphones, and every month it seems to offer the same theme: Android and iOS go up, RIM and Microsoft go down. The latest report, which details the three-month period ending in January, shows an increase in Google's mobile OS of 2.3 percent while Apple jumped 1.4; conversely, RIM dropped 2 percent while Microsoft (which likely encompasses WinMo and Windows Phone) went down a percentage point. Individual OEM market share is even more lackluster: LG and Motorola dipped ever so slightly, while Apple jumped up a couple percentage points. Possibly the most noteworthy item in the report, however, is the fact that the total number of US smartphone subscribers has finally exceeded 100 million. That count appears to be growing at an incredible pace, too, so it may not be terribly long before the coveted 200 million milestone is within reach. Continue reading ComScore: US subscriber count reaches 100 million, Android and iOS use continues to climb ComScore: US subscriber count reaches 100 million, Android and iOS use continues to climb originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  ComScore  | Email this | Comments

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