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Learn how we obtained the figure of 0.0016ms average time for a single detection. Verify this figure on your system in 4 easy steps.

Learn how 51Degrees was affected by Microsoft Azure outage on 19/11/2014.

Wearable technology has been around a long time, in 16th century China the Qing Dynasty saw the introduction of a fully functional abacus on a ring. However the first wearable digital computers weren't seen till the 1980's, although these were mostly unsuccessful. The first watch phone debuted in 1999 but it wasn't until the late 2000's that we began to see more advanced wearable technology. These advances were made possible by improved battery and display technology as well as vastly aided by new interface standards such as Bluetooth. These early wearable computers would go on to shape the modern smart wearables available today.

On Monday the 17th of November 2014 Nokia has announced an exciting week ahead. What does Nokia have to say about its future, now that Microsoft has taken over Lumia series of smart phones? Find out in this blog post. Updated daily to reflect changes. Updated 20/11/2014

The NEXUS 9 has been successfully launched in collaboration of HTC and Google. Let's review some of its features and find out how good the NEXUS 9 is in comparison with its competitors in the market.

Analytics techniques haven't kept pace with the rapidly evolving techniques of Responsive Web Design (RWD) and server side adaptive design. Google Analytics will provide information about the device model (i.e. iPhone or Galaxy S4) or whether the device is classified as a mobile, tablet or desktop, but this isn't often sufficient to make informed design decisions to improve a web page or site. Consider click through rate (CTR) on advertising. How do you know if adverts on a 3 to 4 inch diagonal screen performs better or worse than a 5 to 6 inch diagonal screen? You don't without some enhancements.

Simultaneously with Android 5.0, Google has also revealed new devices such as smartphone Nexus 6 from Motorola, tablet Nexus 9 from HTC and TV box Nexus Player in cooperation with Asus.

In this article we will look at some key figures about Sony mobile that could help us understand some of the reasons for Sony's trouble on the smartphone markets around the world.

Mobile World Congress 2015 is approaching rapidly. This is one of the biggest world-wide events that helps shape the future of the mobile industry and allows thousands of professionals from around the globe share their ideas, network and advertise their services. 51Degrees has been an active participator at WMC in the past and will again be attending the conference in 2015. See the live countdown to the event.

Take 3 phones of 3 different OEM from the same price range. Will you get the same hardware and will Brand influence cost?