What was the last thing Grimes Googled as of Tuesday this week? "Why can't I breathe?" she told us at the Webby Awards. "I thought there was maybe mold in my house or something. So I typed in, "Why can't I b —" and then things like be skinny, be
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A video of the ceremony in its entirety. Videos have been posted of the 17th Annual Webby Awards ceremony that took place May 21, 2013 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. They have sorted the videos in YouTube playlists in the following categories: –The Best of the 17th Annual Webby Awards –17th Annual [...]
“The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations … They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.” – Steve Wilhite, the inventor of the GIF and winner of a Webby award, expresses his irritation at the bastardization of the word. I’m sorry, but I don’t think I’m going to be able to [...]
GIF creator Steve Wilhite answered the enduring question of the age Tuesday night when he accepted his lifetime achievement award at the Webby Awards for his role in creating the Graphics Interchange Format. Since the format was invented in 1987, it’s been around for awhile, but finally Wilhite felt moved to weigh in on the [...]Show More Summary
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The 17th Annual Webby Awards went down last night at Wall Street’s cavernous Cipriani’s. Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the ceremony featured a performance by Tanlines, who played their song “All Of Me,” as well as the presentation of awards to the previously-announced winners, including Frank Ocean and Grimes. Ocean was unable to attend, so he [...]
Steve Wilhite was honored at last night’s 17th Annual Webby Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his creation, the GIF. Preceding the show, he spoke with the New York Times tech blog, Bits, about his comments-section beloved invention. You can read all of it here but let’s jump in right about hereish: In the [...]
The Webby Awards aren’t the world’s shortest award ceremony — including a dinner break, the ceremony takes the standard three
Before accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Webby Awards last night, Steve Wilhite, the man who invented the GIF back in 1987, ruined everybody's day by reintroducing the great pronunciation debate of our time: How do you pronounce...Show More Summary
But why didn't everyone stick to the 'five-word speech' rule?
Kevin Spacey, Jerry Seinfeld and Fred Armisen were among the celebrities who graced the Webby Awards stage Tuesday night. The ceremony, which honored the best of the Internet (Grumpy Cat included), will be available to watch May 22 at 9 a.m. Show More Summary
Steve Wilhite (pictured above in the monitor of a fan) will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at tonight’s Webby Awards, as his creation of the GIF has made him a god among mere mortals obsessed with animated images on endless loops. Show More Summary
In anticipation of the Webby Awards, comedian Patton Oswalt worked with Funny or Die to make “They Surf,” a parody of the sci-fi classic They Live where he “learns that the Internet is taking over the world” after “donning a pair of special sunglasses.” Oswalt is set to host the Webbys for the second consecutive [...]
The Internet is everywhere and Patton Oswalt can’t do anything to escape it. In a new promo for the Webby
Montreal electro-popster Grimes and breakout R&B star Frank Ocean were announced as 2013 Webby Award winners in New York earlier today.
But the duo didn't win their Webbys, awarded generally for "excellence on the Internet includingShow More Summary
We still have a few weeks until the 2013 Webby Awards go live on May 22nd, and in the meantime a few trophy winners have just been named. R&B singer Frank Ocean nabbed the Webby Person of the Year honors thanks to his public declaration...Show More Summary
Frank Ocean was recently named Person of the Year at the 17th Webby Awards, an annual ceremony honoring excellence in all Internet mediums. The ceremony is often referred to as the “Oscars of the Internet.”
We'd like to thank the Academy and all the little people who helped along the way -- but mostly we'd like to thank you, our viewers, for helping The Engadget Show win not one, but two Webby Awards this year. That's right, our plucky little show managed to pick up two of the coveted coils, and we're frankly overjoyed. Show More Summary
Click here to receive Mediabistro’s Morning Media Newsfeed via email. House of Cards, Jerry Seinfeld Top Webby Awards (HuffPost / AP) Netflix’s groundbreaking House of Cards may be the first digital series nominated for a best drama Emmy. Show More Summary
The 17th Annual 2013 Webby Awards have rolled around and that means it’s time otherwise entirely unconnected names in one article again. Cue President Barack Obama, Justin Bieber, Jerry Seinfield and so many more. The ‘Webbies’ as they are more commonly known are an annual back-slap awards for excellence on the Internet and covers literally [...]Show More Summary