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Too many brands are content to deliver a mediocre Web experience to the detriment of bottomline profit. They fully understand that responsive or adaptive Web design is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. And yet, implementation is typically still rudimentary, with brands still fixated on the importance of screen pixels, driven by an incomplete understanding of the mobile-first mantra popularized by Google.

51Degrees, the device detection and data analytics specialist, today reveals a market first that enables brands to optimise mobile web experience for users of data-minimising browsers.

51Degrees will be at Mobile World Congress 2017 Barcelona, 27 February to 2 March. Come and join us!

51Degrees is regularly evaluated against competitors DeviceAtlas and WURFL from ScientiaMobile for performance, accuracy and memory consumption. This blog post builds on a 2015 performance blog with three new commodity hardware benchmarks on; 1) a Raspberry Pi, 2) a low-end desktop PC and 3) a high-end multi CPU server to provide information engineers will find helpful when selecting a device intelligence solution.

The 51Degrees Marketing team headed to Shoreditch Town Hall, moustaches suitably oiled and curled, ready to learn from the innovators and gurus of the AdTech World, London 2016.

51Degrees Data Team presents the latest devices and profile combinations update.

Large bag of crisps at my side and headset on (‘HMD’ if you must), I nestle into the comfiest armchair in the house.  The soft padding of the headgear feels secure and reassuringly weighty as it encloses my skull, and with all peripheral vision also blocked off, I feel I have just announced “Do Not Disturb” to the rest of the household. 

So it looks like the vintage Nokia 3310 that's been living in my pashmina drawer for the past five years might be finding itself a new home.  A handy new German site uses 51Degrees’ device detection software to identify your device and display an appropriate trade-in price comparison table.

Apple fans rejoice, the next iteration of the iPhone is here. After months of speculation a few days ago Apple officially unveiled the iPhone 7 to the eagerly awaiting press. These new devices can already be detected in our world leading device intelligence, today we'll take a quick look at what the public will get with the latest Apple smartphone.

In today’s modern web infrastructures the possibilities for your website are endless, ranging from CMS, all the way to the language your site is built on. Some of these can be quite restrictive, but one thing that almost every website is able to use is JavaScript. This blog is aimed at those who may not be able to use languages such as Java or .NET to access our cloud service and to show you how to get it working with nothing more than basic JavaScript.