Mobile Performance

Understanding Emerging Video Formats

In my previous post, we discussed two new image formats: High-Efficiency Image File (HEIF) and AV1 Image File (AVIF). In…

3 days ago

Understanding New Image Formats

Akamai Image & Video Manager (IVM) already supports key modern image types, such as WebP, JPEG 2000, and JPEG XR,…

5 days ago

Alternatives to Animated GIFs

We have all been amused by animated GIFs on lots of websites -- dancing babies, cute cats, flying birds, funny…

6 days ago

Two months of Black Fridays?

Black Friday began in the U.S. as a way to funnel Thanksgiving holiday free time into a day of wanton…

6 days ago

How did your turkey trot to your home this year?

Despite the fact that I only had two guests for Thanksgiving yesterday, I still cooked enough food for 15 people,…

1 week ago

It’s universal: We all love to exchange gifts. Singles’ Day and Diwali are two more reasons to do so.

There is scientific evidence that humans secrete "feel good" chemicals in their brain, such as serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin, while…

3 weeks ago

Online Shoppers Undeterred by COVID as Holiday Shopping Season Shifts Earlier

Holiday shoppers are overcoming worries and restrictions and easily adapting to new shopping norms as the COVID-19 pandemic has invaded…

3 weeks ago

Moving to the Edge — An Outlook Into a New Era of Computing

At the end of a busy week of Akamai platform updates, edge computing rises as a critical focus. Akamai has…

2 months ago

Alibaba’s Singles’ Day Set Sales Records: Reinforces Mobile Optimization Lessons for All Retailers

On its 20th anniversary, Singles' Day (11 November), a popular Chinese shopping day meant to celebrate the status of those…

1 year ago

Mobile Window Shopping Climbs, But Sites Are Still Failing Users

This Diwali we saw mobile usage increase 24% over 2018, at the expense of desktop and tablet devices, as mobile…

1 year ago