Google is using WebP to speed up Chrome Web Store

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Submitted by more on Friday February 08, 2013 @05:05PM

more writes "By converting PNGs and JPEGs to WebP, the Chrome Web Store was able to reduce image sizes by about 30% on average. Given the number of requests Chrome Web Store serves, this adds up to several terabytes of savings every day."
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