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Google brings 4X faster browsing to Android devices in India

Jun11
by on June 11, 2015 at 6:08 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Google, India, Mobile browsing

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Google announced today that it’s rolling out a new feature to Android devices that will optimize Web pages so they load faster on slow 2G connections in India. The company began field testing this feature at the end of April in Indonesia. It transcodes pages for quicker delivery on the fly when it detects that a user in on a slow connection. It appears that the method strips out Google Analytics scripts and some CSS styling. Here’s an example of what that looks like, alongside an unoptimized mobile site. TNW’s unoptimized site (L) and the Google optimized version (R) (click…

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Ahead of Apple Music, Line launches its own streaming service in Japan

Jun11
by on June 11, 2015 at 5:16 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, Japan, streaming music

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Messaging app Line has launched its own music streaming service in Japan, adding another hurdle to Apple’s path in its quest to win over listeners across the globe. Line Music brings a catalog of over 1.5 million tracks from local and international artists, to Android and iOS for a monthly fee of 1,000 yen (about $8). For half the price, users can tune in for 20 hours. Line users can also send tracks and playlists from the new service to their contacts. Line Music will available for free for its first two months. The company says it plans to expand its…

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Twitch’s new Whisper feature lets two users chat privately

Jun11
by on June 11, 2015 at 12:47 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Twitch users can now message each other privately. A new feature dubbed “Whisper” will let those in a Twitch chat create a secondary conversation that appears in the same window they’re currently in. You can start a private conversation by typing “/w” and the username of someone you’d like to chat with. The two people involved in the conversation don’t even need to be in the same chat room for Whisper’s private, in-line chat to happen. You can choose to receive whispers from any Twitch users, or from broadcasters you follow. Both users need to be online, but Twitch says it’s working…

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New Google start-up seeks to improve life in the big city

Jun11
by on June 11, 2015 at 12:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google is launching an independent company that will use technology to improve city life. Called Sidewalk Labs, It will be lead by Daniel L. Doctoroff, who is former New York City deputy mayor for economic development and former CEO of Bloomberg L.P. Doctoroff conceived of the idea alongside a Google team lead by Larry Page. Sidewalk Labs is designed as an “urban innovation company” that will investigate sustainable living by curbing pollution and energy use, making transportation easier, providing more green open space and lowering the overall cost of living for residents, businesses and government entities. Sidewalk Labs intends to develop tech…

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