The Actress Blew Up: Here’s What Actually Happened During Your Favorite Movie [GIFs]

Have you ever been so fed up with a romance movie you found yourself wishing for mild destruction to change up the plot a little? Your wish is the command of the Exploding Actresses Tumblr, where you can watch characters from (in)famous romance flicks blow up before before your very eyes. Now Snow White will… Continue reading The Actress Blew Up: Here’s What Actually Happened During Your Favorite Movie [GIFs]

12 Animated GIFs that Might Hypnotize You

Animated GIFs, once thought of as just a fancy way to share images online, have become their own art forms in recent times. UK-based artist Mat Lucas dabbles in this art form, working as a graphic designer by day and running a Tumblr art experiment called 89—A by night. Lucas told Colossal that many of his GIFs… Continue reading 12 Animated GIFs that Might Hypnotize You

Tumblr Adds New Activity Analytics for Blogs and Enhanced Note Scrolling

Tumblr has just released two exciting new features for its dashboard by adding an Activity analytics page and an endless scrolling feature for Notes. These latest changes come just days after Tumblr released an awesome GIF making feature for webcams. Tumblr Activity Page First, the new Activity Page lets you analyze the latest activity on… Continue reading Tumblr Adds New Activity Analytics for Blogs and Enhanced Note Scrolling

Tumblr Now Lets You Make GIFs With Your Webcam

Tumblr now lets you create instant GIFs using your webcam! Whenever you go to post a photo, click the text “Take a photo,” then just hit the “GIF” button, do a little dance and smile! This feature is currently available on Chrome and Firefox v20+ for now. I’m surprised this isn’t available for mobile devices… Continue reading Tumblr Now Lets You Make GIFs With Your Webcam

The Anatomy of Most Articles on the Web

The state of blogging on the web has come to a tragic crossroad. Our feeds are exploding with more and more content, including over 40 million new Tumblr posts and 500,000 WordPress posts each day. Do you realize that 90% of all the information that exists today was created in the last two years? That’s a… Continue reading The Anatomy of Most Articles on the Web

Feedly’s IFTTT Channel and Web App Goes Live Days Before Google Reader is Shutdown

Feedly’s quest to replace and improve on Google Reader before its demise July 1st reached another milestone: a fully functional channel on IFTTT. The integration with IFTTT now allows users to create recipes that automatically combine actions on Feedly with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Evernote and pretty much any other major web app. For those of… Continue reading Feedly’s IFTTT Channel and Web App Goes Live Days Before Google Reader is Shutdown

Tumblr Gives Archive Pages a Makeover

Dear Citizens of the Interweb, Tumblr has just updated archive pages for blogs, applicable to any theme, with a cool grid-like interface and other features. The latest update comes equipped with the following new items: Larger thumbnails Quicker loading and scrolling Like and reblog buttons for each image New scroll to top action To visit… Continue reading Tumblr Gives Archive Pages a Makeover

20 Hilarious Reactions to the Yahoo-Tumblr Deal

When the surprising news of the $1.1 billion Yahoo-Tumblr deal broke yesterday, Tumblr users set into a mild panic. With no update from their favorite blogging platform, users took to their Tumblrs to express their fear and make requests of David Karp, Tumblr founder and CEO: Some users were so worried they began flocking to… Continue reading 20 Hilarious Reactions to the Yahoo-Tumblr Deal