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WURFL Query REST API: Closest Thing to a Free Database of Mobile Devices
Jun 19th, 2023
SHORT VERSION: If you are in a hurry, the following video will deliver the gist of WURFL Query.
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Public Beta – Introducing the WURFL Query REST API
Apr 24th, 2023
Public Beta – Introducing the WURFL Query REST API
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Introducing User-Agent Client-Hints support in WURFL (and a Rant)
Jan 24th, 2022
WURFL introduces User-Agent Client-Hints Support.
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Getting Started with Rust and WURFL
Sep 20th, 2021
Rust has been on Stack Overflow most loved languages list for the last four years. Wow. What makes the Rust programming language so popular?
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WURFL and Machine Learning
Mar 1st, 2021
Explore how to use WURFL device detection to discover new correlations in data, and ultimately leverage Machine Learning (ML) techniques to create regression models and classifiers. This allows organizations to make predictions about user behavior based on WURFL device detection data.
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Apple iPhone 11 Versus 12 Launch Comparison
Feb 23rd, 2021
In our 2020 Q4 Mobile Overview Report (MOVR), we focused on specific growth between the launch of Apple iPhone 11 compared to the launch of the Apple iPhone 12.
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Integrating WURFL Microservice with Spark Streaming
Sep 14th, 2020
This article builds on the assumption that the reader is familiar with Apache Spark and the world of analyzing large amounts of data in parallel. Spark Streaming is an extension of the core Spark API that enables scalable, high-throughput, fault-tolerant stream processing of live data streams. In this post we look at integration of Spark with WURFL for device detection through User-Agent analysis.
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ScientiaMobile’s WURFL Microservice Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Jun 1st, 2020
Microsoft Azure customers worldwide now gain access to WURFL Microservice to take advantage of the scalability, reliability and agility of Azure to drive application development and shape business strategies.
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ScientiaMobile and HAProxy Enterprise
Mar 13th, 2020
ScientiaMobile develops device detection technology that enables websites to deliver rich, adaptive user experiences. ScientiaMobile provides accurate identification of old and new devices thanks to WURFL, its 95,000 device profiles strong catalog, and thanks to its WURFL Infuze API. WURFL covers smartphones, tablets, laptops, smart TVs, and game consoles. The WURFL InFuze module for HAProxy Enterprise augments the load balancing function with device intelligence, enabling all applications downstream to access device information without maintaining their own Device Description API.
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User-Agent, Client-Hints and the Future of Device Detection
Feb 21st, 2020
W3C and Google are pushing to freeze and deprecate the User-Agent string. If it happens, there will be other mechanisms like Client Hints to provide device capabilities for the purposes of better UX, analytics and bug fixing. Using WURFL is your best bet to be on top of the evolution in this space.
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