Facebook 更新 iOS 應用程式,修正吃電問題

在「在 iOS 上不使用 Facebook App 時要完全砍掉 process」這邊提到了 Facebook 在 iOS 版的應用程式會在背景播放無聲音樂,導致吃電特別兇的問題,Facebook 的 Ari Grant 出來澄清是 bug 造成的,而非故意行為。

修正了兩個 bug,第一個是 network code 的部分:

The first issue we found was a “CPU spin” in our network code. A CPU spin is like a child in a car asking, “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?”with the question not resulting in any progress to reaching the destination. This repeated processing causes our app to use more battery than intended. The version released today has some improvements that should start making this better.

第二個則是之前提到無聲 audio 的問題:

The second issue is with how we manage audio sessions. If you leave the Facebook app after watching a video, the audio session sometimes stays open as if the app was playing audio silently. This is similar to when you close a music app and want to keep listening to the music while you do other things, except in this case it was unintentional and nothing kept playing. The app isn't actually doing anything while awake in the background, but it does use more battery simply by being awake. Our fixes will solve this audio issue and remove background audio completely.

同時澄清並沒有要在背景更新取得地理位置資訊:

The issues we have found are not caused by the optional Location History feature in the Facebook app or anything related to location. If you haven't opted into this feature by setting Location Access to Always and enabling Location History inside the app, then we aren't accessing your device's location in the background. The issues described above don't change this at all.

理論上新版應該會省一點電了?

EC2 Instance 的發展紀錄

Jeff Barr 被問到有沒有 Amazon EC2 每種 instance 的發表時間,結果連他手上都沒有完整的資料... 這是他目前整理出來的資訊:「EC2 Instance History」。

Update:畢竟還是 AWS 的高層,應該是從內部抓出資料後再去找什麼時候公佈的,目前的表格補齊了。

其中 m1.small 在的 2006 年八月是歷史性的一刻,Amazon EC2 的發表,雲端服務的里程碑:「Amazon EC2 Beta」。