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Google's Lightweight Image Format Makes YouTube pages Load 10 Percent Faster

Posted March 23, 2014 3:01 PM

From Tech News Headlines - Yahoo News:

We all want the internet to be faster, right? Well, Google is hoping to make that happen one YouTube thumbnail at a time. Its leaner WebP image format has been used on the Play store for some time now, and Mountain View's latest venue for the faster-loading files its video service.

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03/24/2014 3:14 AM

Meanwhile it's Google Blogger no longer downloads pictures from my desktop to my blog regardless of what browser I try.

The only constant thing is screwups.

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03/24/2014 6:26 PM

I found that by installing AdBlock Pro a lot of sites load way faster!

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