December 2011
7 posts
Stowe Boyd: Graph Rank: Just Another Proof That... →
stoweboyd:
A former CTO was briefed on ‘Facebook’s advertising strategy’ (although it’s not clear by who) and suggest that they are up to no good:
Anonymous via Betabeat
If you logged onto Facebook yesterday, perhaps you caught a link at the top of the News Feed that read: “About Ads: Ever wonder how…
I just recorded some raw sounds from rusty old...
The telecom carriers, not Google, Facebook, etc.,... →
patriciahandschiegel:
1. The telecom carriers, not Google, Facebook, etc., are who truly owns the internet.
2. This is because the internet is two parts: infrastructure and applications. The telecom industry (carriers) funded the build of the infrastructure. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. are all software…
The Reason Android is Laggy →
chartier:
Andrew Munn, an engineering intern at Google, responding to this post by Dianne Hackborn, an Android Framework Engineer:
It’s not GC pauses. It’s not because Android runs bytecode and iOS runs native code. It’s because on iOS all UI rendering occurs in a dedicated UI thread with real-time priority. On the other hand, Android follows the traditional PC model of rendering occurring on...