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Detect Smartphones vs. Basic Phones On Your Website

Sep 18th, 2018

Businesses need to detect smartphones for mobile optimization and advertising purposes. However, what people considered a smartphone in 2010 is very different than what it is today. ScientiaMobile’s WURFL device detection applies a dynamic definition of what is a smartphone. You can start using our “is_smartphone” virtual capability to test, identify, and target smartphones. WURFL gives you peace of mind that the definition of smartphones will evolve over time and not require the involvement of your developers.

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How to Optimize Content with Kentico

Sep 14th, 2018

Here at ScientiaMobile, we’ve had a couple of ImageEngine clients ask us how to enable ImageEngine for Kentico. So I’m going to walk you through what I’ve helped them with. If you’re not familiar with Kentico, it’s a .Net-based all-in-one CMS, eCommerce, and online marketing platform. With a rich customizable feature set, companies of all sizes can take advantage of this platform. Kentico includes an open API, enabling integration into almost anything as well as an intuitive UI so users without development experience can work with the platform.  

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How to Optimize Content with Sitecore

Sep 13th, 2018

We have a number of Sitecore customers taking advantage of ImageEngine today.  ImageEngine acts as a pull-based CDN.  Sitecore CMS is a leading .NET Content Management System for mid-market commercial or large enterprises, non-profits, and government organizations that require enterprise-level functionality, integration, and scalability.  

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How to Optimize Your Sitefinity Image Content in 4 Steps

Sep 12th, 2018

If your business relies heavily on Sitefinity for web content management, it’s easy as one, two, three…four to improve your SEO and site speed. One of our customers improved their SEO with ImageEngine so much, they ranked on the top page of Google search results after their installment. Image optimization is especially important for image heavy content sites, that can bloat bandwidth, making it slower for mobile and desktop.

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France and Croatia Mobile Device Trends in 2018 Q2

Aug 29th, 2018

France and Croatia have a lot more in common than being good at soccer. We looked at their device usage trends through April to June in 2018 and found some interesting information. Let’s review their similarities and differences.

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Growing Support of HEVC or H.265 Video on Mobile Devices

Aug 23rd, 2018

78% of iPhone and 57% of Android smartphone requests come from devices that support hardware-accelerated High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC or H.265) decoding. This growing support trend will benefit video streaming companies that architect their networks to leverage HEVC.

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What to Know About eCommerce Challenges in India

Aug 23rd, 2018

A recent joint study published in The Economic Times found that eCommerce in India is a rather treacherous landscape. According to the nine month-long research conducted by Google, consultants Bain & Company and philanthropic venture fund Omidyar Network, these are the following highlights:

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How to Add Image Optimization to Magento 2

Jul 24th, 2018

Whether you’re a massive online retailer or a small mom and pop business, optimizing your image content for eCommerce is one of the easiest ways you can improve your Magento 2 web performance. Here I will outline simple steps to make your images perfectly compressed and optimized across any device. This will improve UX, SEO, and load times—which have been proven to increase eCommerce sales and conversions.

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Great Customer Support Empowers Customer Success

Jul 19th, 2018

Peter Drucker once said, “Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. It is what the customer gets out of it.” Here at ScientiaMobile, we believe that too. Our dedicated Customer Support team truly cares about your business outcomes, and wants to help you solve your biggest problems.

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Disrupting the Traditional CDN Pricing Model With ImageEngine’s Smart Bytes

May 22nd, 2018

Recently, we were talking to an industry analyst who voiced an opinion that Content Delivery Networks (CDN) are commodities. CDNs all take the same approach to getting your content there faster.

We agree. We need a new, smarter approach! Something that takes the CDN world, improves it, and stands it on its head. We have built ImageEngine to dramatically improve performance, deliver images via a new, smarter network, and disrupt the traditional CDN business approach along the way.

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