Opera’s mobile web browser has a data savings feature that lets you optionally have Opera’s servers compress data before sending it to your phone, thus cutting down on your bandwidth usage. A few years ago Opera took the data savings beyond the web browser by introducing Opera Max, an app that lets Android users compress […]
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Google’s Brotli compression algorithm could speed up the web
Google is getting ready to ship a new tool that could help web sites load more quickly. It’s a data compression algorithm called Brotli that could allow some web content to load up to 25 percent more quickly. Brotli will be built into future versions of the Chrome web browser for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and […]
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Opera Max can cut music streaming bandwidth by half
The makers of the Opera web browser launched a service called Opera Max last year, enabling Android users to cut their mobile bandwidth usage. It does that by routing your internet traffic through a remote server which compresses data before sending it to your phone. At launch Opera Max was able to reduce file sizes for images, text, […]
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Opera Max compresses Netflix, YouTube data to save bandwidth
Web browser maker Opera launched a mobile app called Opera Max last year, promising to help you get more out of your monthly data plan by reducing the amount of data used by apps, websites, and other online content. In order to do that, Opera Max routes data through a remote server where images, text, and […]
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24 Comments on Microsoft shrank the Windows 10 footprint to free up space on cheap tablets, notebooks
Microsoft shrank the Windows 10 footprint to free up space on cheap tablets, notebooks
24 Comments on Microsoft shrank the Windows 10 footprint to free up space on cheap tablets, notebooksIf you have a cheap Windows 8.1 tablet with just 16GB or 32GB of storage you might notice something odd when you upgrade to Windows 10 later this year: according to Microsoft, you should have more free space. That’s because the company has done two big things to make its operating system’s footprint smaller. Compression […]
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Chrome for Android, iOS can now cut your bandwidth usage by 50 percent
Google Chrome for Android and iOS is a fast, simple, and powerful web browser for phones and tablets. Now there may be another reason to use it: Google is giving users the option of enabling data compression that could reduce data usage by up to 50 percent. The feature has been available in Chrome beta […]