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Famed Apple columnist dumps iPhone for Android Revered Apple (AAPL) columnist Andy Ihnatko has decided to dump his iPhone in favor of an Android smartphone. Ihnatko, who has penned popular Apple columns for Chicago Sun Times and Macworld, explained earlier this week that he got rid of his iPhone 4S more than a month ago, opting instead for a Samsung (005930) Galaxy S III. In the first part of a three-part series on TechHive, the columnist explains why he made the leap from Apple handsets to Google's (GOOG) mobile platform. Among the reasons Ihnatko lists for switching to the Galaxy S III are the phone's larger display and the availability of better keyboards. Two more key items that factored into his decision will be covered in the second installment of his news.yahoo.com Chrome Beta For Android Gets Support For Experimental Data Compression On Google's Servers, Reduces Data Usage By 50% Google just announced that it has released a new feature for the Chrome Beta for Android that could speed up web browsing and save bandwidth for mobile Chrome users. With this proxy feature turned on, all your web requests will be routed through Google's servers, where the company then uses its PageSpeed libraries to compress and optimize the content. The actual connection to the browser from Google's servers is then handled by the SPDY protocol, which optimizes the content even more. Overall, using this proxy can reduce data usage by about 50%. Just using the PageSpeed libraries to <b>...</b> |
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