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Samsung Galaxy S8 June 2017 Update
Jul 10th, 2017
Samsung released positive financial results on July 7, 2017. They forecasted record earnings for the second quarter of 2017. A good portion of Samsung’s success came from their semiconductor unit. But they are also seeing a rebound in their smartphone business. The positive reception of the Samsung Galaxy S8 is driving the smartphone turnaround. The question is, how positive is this reception?
Read MoreWURFL API Release 1.9.0.0 Device Detection
Jun 28th, 2017
June 29, 2017
Today, we released a major update: WURFL API release 1.9.0.0. The API is a major step forward for our device detection solution, and marks some strategic product changes that users should prepare for.
Read MoreGalaxy S8 Adoption Trends: May 2017 Update
Jun 23rd, 2017
The Galaxy S8 launch has been exciting to watch and also interesting to compare to Apple’s recent launches. Our recent mobile data report, Mobile Overview Report (MOVR), found that the Apple iPhone 6S is the most used smartphone in the world and that the Samsung Galaxy S7 is the most used Samsung in the world in Q1 2017.
Read MoreEmbracing Enterprise: WURFL is now a Certified Module for NGINX Plus
May 18th, 2017
At the beginning of my professional career I was a staunch supporter of Open Source. As a young engineer, I had no budget, I was not supposed to have a budget, and I had been trained by my years in college to do things without a budget. After all, why use money on projects when using time to hack things together was so much cheaper?
Read MoreLoad Balance for NGINX with WURFL InFuze
May 17th, 2017
NGINX provides flexible software-based load balancing. And now with the WURFL InFuze for NGINX Plus module, you can quickly inject WURFL’s device intelligence into NGINX Plus’ load balancing logic.
Read MoreUpdate API and XML files: The Oxygen of Device Detection
May 9th, 2017
Device detection is like oxygen for the mobile internet. It keeps your site and advertisements optimized and well analyzed. And, like oxygen, once you have it, you might forget it’s there. Unfortunately, that oxygen can get stale and unless you continue to take deep breaths, your performance will suffer. That’s why you should make sure you regularly update API and device data for you device detection solution.
Read MoreIsrael Smartphone Usage: 2017 Q1
Apr 25th, 2017
Israel’s smartphone usage follows several larger global trends. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is the country’s most popular phone, with 7% of smartphone usage. The S5 is rather old in smartphone terms. This age points to larger issues with Samsung’s recent launch of the S8. The S7 and S7 Edge (both at 5%) are growing and are the next most popular Android devices.
Read MoreImg Srcset: Are You Resizing Your Images For The Mobile Web?
Apr 25th, 2017
Over-sized image payloads slow down the web – particularly on mobile devices.
Read MoreSmartphone Price and Your Website: User Demographics
Apr 25th, 2017
Smartphone Price: Instant Economic Demographic
A website using WURFL device detection can instantly learn a user’s smartphone price. This info is one of the few economic indicators that a website can instantly discern about a customer.
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy S8 vs. iPhone 8: What Is At Stake?
Apr 25th, 2017
To say much is at stake in the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the next iPhone launch is a huge understatement. Particularly for Samsung. After their debacle with the Note 7 with its fires and eventual recall, Samsung needs a win.
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