Device Detection

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Benjamin CB

8/28/2019 2:00 PM

Apple Tracking Solved

iOS 12.2, 13 and iPadOS 13 iPhone and iPad device detection

51Degrees is the demonstrable leader in the field of device detection, continually leading innovation throughout the past decade.

Apple iOS 12.2 threw up a lot of challenges for many industries such as analytics, finance and advertising. As the leader in the field, 51Degrees adopted an open and transparent approach to the development of a solution, publishing research and examples along the way.

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James Rosewell

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.

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Benjamin CB

6/27/2019 3:00 PM

User-Agents and Device Detection

What are User-Agents and how are they used in the device detection process?

We break down what a User-Agent is, and the most important segments we take from them to identify core components such as operating system, hardware model, and browser.

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Ali Hutchison

10/2/2018 12:59 PM

51Degrees User Agent Analysis Oct 2018 - New Apples on the Block

51Degrees shares popular User Agent examples including iPhone XS/XS Max

This blog shares the latest 51Degrees User-Agent Analysis including User-Agent examples from the latest Smartphones and Tablets. Currently, we have over 51,000 device models in our database.

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Josh Grew

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

Recently 51Degrees took on a project to provide support for as many Varnish versions as possible. In light of Varnish 6.1 being released, we explored some of the issues faced with supporting the newer versions while providing backwards compatibility.
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Paula

9/10/2018 12:34 PM

Seznam.cz selects 51Degrees Device Detection

Using 51Degrees, Seznam.cz improves targeting capability and user experience across all areas of their business

51Degrees is delighted to announce its agreement with Seznam.cz, leader of the Czech online market.

Seznam.cz selected 51Degrees Enterprise solution due to the superior accuracy, speed, coverage and frequency of updates.

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51Degrees

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.

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Paula

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.

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Paula

5/7/2018 9:00 AM

How to Find and Manage Memory Leaks

51Degrees recommends Valgrind to test and validate builds

There are many 3rd party tools that can be used to test and validate builds. In this article, we will be focusing on the use of Valgrind alongside the 51Degrees API as a memory leak detector.