51Degrees

6/17/2021 5:00 PM
Benefits of the 51Degrees Configurator
Go forth and share your API resource keys!
When you use our configurator to generate an API resource key, you unlock a world of possibilities. This blog delves deeper into what these keys can do, and their many benefits.

2/10/2021 5:00 PM
5 Reasons why you should use 51Degrees
Still uncertain about using our services? Here are reasons why it’s worth a try! From a generous Cloud hosted solution to high-speed performance, these are just some of the things your company is missing out on.
This article talks about the benefits of using 51Degrees for your company. Our real-time data services offer a generous Cloud hosted solution and high-speed performance. We are an ISO compliant company and we focus on device level information, which ensures you high quality and accurate real-time data solutions.

12/21/2020 11:00 AM
2020: surprisingly, not such a bad year after all!
What a year it’s been! Let’s take a trip down memory lane as we remember the positive things that have happened here at 51Degrees.
As we reflect upon our milestones, both big and small, we can celebrate our wins before looking to a brighter 2021.

10/19/2020 5:00 PM
The role of patents in 51Degrees
51Degrees has grown to become a respected commercial open source business and although we operate a freemium business model, we choose to protect our inventions.
In this article, we talk about how and why we decided to patent our technologies and ultimately protect our business in order to ensure we can continue to produce breakthrough after breakthrough.

7/4/2019 4:00 PM
Afilias' European Device Detection Patent Invalid
DeviceAtlas a trivial variation of WURFL
Yesterday the European Patent Office (EPO) opposition division narrowed Afilias Technologies Plc's device detection patent EP2245836B1 in Europe, as a result of an opposition brought by 51Degrees in 2017 and explained in this blog. The EPO concluded that the patent as initially granted was not valid.

5/15/2019 3:36 PM
51Degrees AdTech Focused Patent Granted
AdTech players now have a fast, free and future proof device detection solution
51Degrees' sub-microsecond device detection solution is granted a European patent, further adding to our established portfolio.

9/27/2018 12:17 PM
Varnish Future Proofing - Version 6.1.0 now supported
A look into the challenges of supporting a VMOD in different versions of Varnish

7/13/2018 9:00 AM
5 Things You Need To Know About Device Detection
and why User Agent Strings are important
With the continuing rise of mobile usage for web and apps, companies like yours need to integrate Device Detection into your analytics, strategic decision making, programmatic advertising and content optimisation process. Device Detection is the process of capturing accurate real-time intelligence about the devices being used to access online information, including web and native apps. This Device Intelligence provides more granular analytics to identify where online content is performing best on any device, regardless of screen size.

5/17/2018 3:08 PM
51Degrees API Capabilities
PHP, LUA, Go, Varnish and NGINX updates
The 51Degrees Device Detection software allows an application to determine the exact details about a user’s device. We support many programming language versions and have made some recent enhancements that are relevant for anyone using PHP, LUA and Go.