Google Introduces AMP Lite For Slow Networks, Low-Ram Devices

Google has introduced a new version of Accelerated Mobile Pages it calls AMP Lite. The new Web page format will take up to 45% fewer bytes than the standard AMP page to support slowernetwork connections.

AMP Lite, which compresses images and image data, will roll out globally for “bandwidth-constrained users” in countries such as Vietnam and Malaysia and for those with lowram devices. The changes may modify fine details of some images, but do not affect other parts of the page including ads, according to Software Engineers Huibao Lin and Eyal Peled.

The changewill optimize external fonts by using the amp-font tag, setting the font loading timeout to 0 seconds so thatpages display immediately regardless of whether the external font was previously cached or not, Google’s engineers wrote in a post.

Google also made improvement to image optimizations by AMP Cache. Changes made for AMP tooptimize image delivery range from removing invisible or difficult to view data, reducing color and quality of images without affecting visuals, and converting images to WebP format, which leadsto a 25% reduction in bytes and no loss in quality. A few other more techie changes are described by Lin and Peled.

Source: Google Introduces AMP Lite For Slow Networks, Low-Ram Devices 01/13/2017

Samsung foldable phone could become reality this year, finally

Samsung seems to have worked out the wrinkles on its much-rumored foldable phone and could unveil such a handset later this year, according to a report from Korea.

The electronics giant is working on a phone with a flexible display that folds open into a 7-inch tablet, the Korea Herald reported Wednesday. It is expected to ship more than 100,000 units during the third quarter, sources described as familiar with the matter told the newspaper.

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Korea-based Samsung had initially focused on a fold-in phone but abandoned the plan out of concern that people would find it inconvenient to unfold the phone every time they wanted to use it, the Herald reported.Samsung did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Source: Samsung foldable phone could become reality this year, finally

E Ink’s latest ePaper module debuts in 42-inch digital whiteboard

E Ink has revealed what it’s calling the world’s largest commercially available active matrix ePaper module at CES 2017. QuirkLogic’s eWriter connected writer system has been combined with E Ink’s 42-inch ePaper display technology for the Quilla whiteboard.

Source: E Ink’s latest ePaper module debuts in 42-inch digital whiteboard