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Video Stream Quality Impacts Viewer Behavior: Inferring Causality using Quasi-Experimental Designs.
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- NPR Morning Edition: In Video-Streaming Rat Race, Fast Is Never Fast Enough
- UMass Press Release: UMass Amherst Computer Science Research Quantifies How Online Video Stream Quality Affects Viewer Behavior
- Boston Globe: Instant gratification is making us perpetually impatient
- CNN: Online viewers ditch slow-loading video after 2 seconds
- Science Daily: How Online Video Stream Quality Affects Viewer Behavior
- GigaOm: Online viewers start leaving if video doesn’t play in 2 seconds, says study
- Boston Globe: MIT grad led team that built faster YouTube player
- News India Times: Online Video Speed Affects Viewer Behavior, Says Computer Scientist.
- Broadcast Engineering: Is streaming TV worth the wait?
- India Abroad: Despair when a video buffers? Ramesh Sitaraman has some answers
- Akamai Blog: New Video Quality Study Examines Causes of Viewer Behavior
- PC Magazine: Study: Online Video Viewers Start Leaving After Waiting Two Seconds
- Hindustan Times: Internet video viewers have a two-second attention span
- The Verge: Study: viewers have no patience for buffering, abandon videos after two seconds of waiting
- Media Post: Study: Viewers Only Wait Two Seconds for Online Video to Start
- CNET: Viewers give up on online video after two seconds of loading
- Broadcast Engineering: Research quantifies how video stream quality affects viewer behavior
- Slashdot: Users Abandon Ship If Online Video Quality Is Not Up To Snuff, Says Study
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Using Batteries to Reduce the Power Costs of Internet-Scale Distributed Systems.
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- Giga OM: Batteries should be part of the Internet Infrastructure
- Akamai Blog: Batteries Included: A Leaner and Greener Internet using Smart Batteries