IT Guide: Use less Internet bandwidth for Android Phones and Tablets

In order to limit our bandwidth usage in Uganda (and save a few bucks), I started to configue my Android phone, Samsung Galaxy S2, to use as little bandwidth as possible. I mod my phone with SlimRoms, so this means that my steps to access certain settings might be different on your Android devvice. I […]

IT Guide: General strategies to reduce Internet bandwidth usage

I wrote a few guides on how to reduce Internet bandwidth usage for specific devices. They are: iOS devices (iPad and iPhone) Android devices (phone and tablet) Windows 7 What I like to add is there are general strategies that can help you use even less bandwidth. You can apply them to regardless of the device (Windows, […]

[Geek] Embedding Youtube videos are slowing down my site

On Friday, I did a speed test on my website.   This was my score.   Compare to when I just launched my site, there was a huge increase in requests, load time and page size.  Obviously the site at that time had no content.  It was fast and speedy. As I dig deeper, I […]