Since its introduction in 1996, XML has taken the area by storm by providing a very easy to make use of markup language that’s utilized in everything from RSS to office productivity software. Its main competitor – JSON – is usually quoted as being superior thanks to it being faster while using less bandwidth. One engineer has set to prove that inaccurate. David Lee, lead engineer at MarkLogic, has published a paper called “Fat Markup: Trimming the parable One Calorie At A Time.” The paper documents an experiment where he pit XML against JSON in almost 1,200 tests covering 33 different documents across multiple Web browsers and operating systems. The outcomes may surprise you. Upon the realization of the experiment, Lee had found four areas that show XML and JSON are both slaves to outside influences. The 1st conclusion found that the parsing speed changes looking on which parsing technique is used with XML performing better with pure JavaScript while JSON performs betters with query... Read More »

As previously reported, Google is launching an update to its Google+ app for Android with plenty of changes. Among them are some new features specifically for Google Apps customers. For example, the app supports multiple account, so coworkers can easily share stuff with each other from their smartphones, even though they primarily use it for private purposes. It’s also possible to create restricted posts, which can’t be shared outside the organization. The app includes new domain labels (that is also on the internet), which help users identify their coworkers’ profiles. Google could also be launching the Google+ Domains API. Product manager Thor Mitchell explains, “The Google+ Domains API allows Google Apps customers to integrate Google+ into their existing tools and processes, and allows enterprise software vendors to access Google+ from their products. Applications using the Google+ Domains API can act on behalf of Google Apps users to share posts in the same domain, touch upon posts shared inside the domain, and manage circles. To boot,... Read More »

The number of web designers around the world and specifically in the UK and has increased tremendously over the past few years. It is not surprising as more and more people are relying on the web, and this means more and more companies require internet presence, and because the internet technology and the possibilities of the internet have increased, it require increased levels of expertise. All these make it harder to know which web designers Northampton to hire for your website development. But, there are some very important qualities which set aside the best designers from the rest, and why they give clients great advantages over normal web designers. Innovation is an important quality of the best web design company. Many designers use normal templates, or develop sites using layouts they have used several times before and just alter few design features in order to create new websites. These are the sites you have seen many times before, predictable and uninspired. However, the best sites... Read More »

Windows 8.1 is fixing many of the problems people had with Microsoft’s newest operating system last November, but it’s also adding quite a lot of really cool features. Living proof – a local 3D printing API. So, how big is that this? In brief, it’s pretty big. At its annual BUILD developer conference, Microsoft announced that it’s building 3D printing right into Windows 8.1 through a local API. The change benefits essentially everybody keen on the 3D printing space. Here’s what Steve Clayton over on the Next At Microsoft blog needed to say about it: For app builders, it offers an application programming interface (API) for app developers to send their 3D models to, similar to apps was ready to with 2D printing for a very long time. For hardware developers, they could provide drivers which might be automatically downloaded and configured when the user plugs of their new 3D printer. Windows 8.1 provides the helpful job spooling, print queue management, and UI support that... Read More »

Google announced the launch of a brand new tool for webmasters called Website Satisfaction Surveys, that are used to gather feedback from website visitors. When the webmaster pastes a snippet of code provided by Google into their HTML, the page will load a “discreet” satisfaction survey within the lower right-hand corner of the page. “Google automatically aggregates and analyzes responses, providing the knowledge back to you thru an easy online interface,” explains Google’s Marisa Currie-Rose. “Users would be asked to finish a four-question satisfaction survey,” says Currie-Rose. “Surveys will run until they’ve received 500 responses and should start again after 30 days so that you can track responses through the years. It’s currently limited to US English visitors on non-mobile devices. The default questions are free and you may customize questions for just $0.01 per response or $5.00 for 500 responses.” To get the code, register here, enter the positioning name and URL, survey timing, and survey frequency, and click on the “Activate survey” button.... Read More »