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Google is Using File-by-File Patching to Reduce App Update Size

Google is Using File-by-File Patching to Reduce App Update Size

December 7, 2016
Back in July of this year, Google announced a new method of reducing the file size of application updates. They haven been using delta algorithms since 2012 to help reduce the file size of app updates, but earlier this year they rolled out a new one. This new algorithm is called bsdiff, and it was...
A Look Into Instagram’s Compression Quality

A Look Into Instagram’s Compression Quality

January 7, 2015
The Instagram application for Android has become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world today. With over 300 million monthly users across all platforms, and over 100 million individual downloads on the Google Playstore, you’d expect Facebook’s snapshot-sharing application to boast with quality in both design and functionality. Unfortunately, for a...