Tag Archives: Transcoding
Transcoders – the technology we love to hate that will never go away
July 27, 2016, by ronan
Many years ago I remember a Google product manager saying that his product, the Google mobile transcoder, was the one product that everyone wished would go away... Read More
Internet.org: it’s got 99 problems but mobile-friendliness ain’t one
May 27, 2015, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Back in August 2013 Facebook announced its Internet.org plan to bring Internet access to the next billion people in developing countries. Most of the media coverage has focused on whether or not it violates net-neutrality, if it's creating a two-tiered Internet, or if it's just another walled-garden with Facebook as gatekeeper. In this post, we set aside those issues for the time being, and focus instead on the technical guidelines for getting a site included in Internet.org... Read More
AngularJS to Opera Mini: You’re just not worth it!
March 2, 2015, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Google-backed AngularJS is a popular web application framework providing a client-side MVC architecture. It has been criticised in the past for its performance, particularly on mobile. As observed by Peter-Paul Koch, it's odd that Google was pushing a mobile-challenged framework back in 2012 when it must have been obvious that Android was going to be pretty important to it as a company. Perhaps those who knew weren't those who were pushing AngularJS... Read More
