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51Degrees.mobi Detector for PHP ensures that the Premium Data file is kept up to date by offering an update feature that will download and apply any new data released by 51Degrees.mobi. Unfortunately, a vanilla PHP install will only respond to web requests, so cannot be made to update by itself regularly.

This guide outlines how to create a Cron job to automatically update your Premium Data file in a PHP environment.

With both flagship handsets having been released within a month of each other, Blackberry's Z10 and Sony's Xperia Z go head to head in this edition of Chart of the Week.

This evening I joined the Queen City DotNetNuke Users Group (QCDUG) for their monthly meeting via GotoMeeting. Thank you Allen, Clint, Fred, Robb and all. We discussed the way devices and technology are changing, the problems this is causing digital content owners and managers, and the solutions available, before looking to the future to discuss strategies that will stand the test of time. Here's the slides I presented and some further links from the event.

From one event to the next, 51Degrees exhibited last week at the InnovateUK 2013 event.

After a great response to our Mobile World Congress 2013 competition we have collected all the entries and are now ready to announce the winner!

Premium Device Detection Data is now available to download.

This year 51Degrees.mobi is exhibiting at Mobile World Congress 2013 and we would love for you to drop by stand 7E100 and have a chat!

There is also a chance for you to win an Apple iPad Mini by answering the following question:

What percentage of US web traffic generated from tablets during this month was from Apple iPads?

Finally the Blackberry Z10 has been launched by the recently renamed RIM (now Blackberry). Our crack team here at 51Degrees.mobi have already had the chance to examine the fancy new device and have added it to our Premium Device Detection Data.

Review the slides from my recent web seminar with Kentico on the Future Web Design – Mobiles, Tablets, TVs and Glasses.

Responsive Web Design allows designers to implement web pages which work equally well on different types of devices. Cascading Style Sheets 3 (CSS3) media queries enable the CSS used to control the page look and feel to be altered based on screen size, and other properties of the device when the page is being rendered on the browser. Responsive Design works really well with simple web pages containing elements that are implemented consistently across the major browser vendors.