The Best Graphics Team in the World

The Straits Times has the best graphics department in the world – probably. The Washington Post and New York Times might be contenders but because of their paywalls most of their work is hidden away from most of the world.The latest astonishing demonstration of the graphic skills of the Straits Times comes in an article celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the construction of the Maps Mania… more →
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Who is Your Closest Team?

If you have ever wondered which baseball team you should support then you need Maptitude’s Closest Major or Minor League Baseball Stadium by Drive Time map. The map shows you which affiliated major or minor baseball stadium you can drive to in the quickest time in the contiguous United States.The map is a sort of combination of a voronoi diagram and an isochrone map. However, Maps Mania… more →
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JavaScript performance was a top priority for the Microsoft Edge team – WinBeta

WinBeta JavaScript performance was a top priority for the Microsoft Edge teamWinBetaJavaScript is one of the main coding languages which drives the modern web today. Browsers with less than optimal JS performance means most sites could be slow or unresponsive. This leads to an overall bad user experience. Browsers like Google …and more » JavaScript – Google News… more →
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Google’s JavaScript Team Proposes “Strong Mode” – iProgrammer

Google's JavaScript Team Proposes "Strong Mode"iProgrammerRather than defining a subset that is more efficient, like asm.js, or a superset that can be compiled to JavaScript, like TypeScript, Google is suggesting a new "mode" – Strong Mode. It sounds impressive. Interestingly, Strong mode is claimed to be a … JavaScript – Google News… more →
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