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How to Correctly Form User-Agents for Mobile Apps
Nov 15th, 2017
Native apps, Mobile apps, or just apps. We call them different things and we use them all the time. From a business perspective, apps complement mobile and desktop sites. They are natural extension of an online strategy.
Read MoreCorrectly Form User-Agents for Webview Apps
Nov 15th, 2017
Hybrid webview apps are a popular and cost efficient way to distribute online properties through app stores. A hybrid app is a native application with all the bells and whistles, but some part and sometimes even all functionality is developed using HTML, CSS ,and JavaScript and rendered by a webview component.
Read MoreJPEG 2000 and JPEG XR Support by Browser
Nov 7th, 2017
The majority (79.42%) of browsers do not support JPEG 2000 image format. Of the browsers that do support JPEG 2000, Mobile Safari makes up the majority with 14.48% share. All other browsers that support JPEG 2000 have less
Read MoreSmartphone and Tablet Portrait Orientation Usage 2017 Q3
Nov 7th, 2017
In previous MOVR reports, we explored how frequently phones and tablets were held in portrait orientation (vs. landscape). In the MOVR 2017 Q3, we broke out Apple devices from Android.
Read MoreReduce Image Payload: CDN Acceleration
Nov 6th, 2017
Websites can use image CDNs and image acceleration to reduce image payload and improve the mobile user experience. The faster a page loads, the more likely a mobile user will complete a sale. For eCommerce companies like Amazon, improving the mobile load time can result in millions of dollars in addition sales.
Read MoreApple iPhone 8 Launch vs. Samsung Galaxy S8
Nov 6th, 2017
Comparing the first 39 days after the launch of the flagship smartphones of Apple and Samsung, iPhone 8 and 8 Plus have a slightly faster penetration rate vs. Samsung 8 and 8+. After 39 days, the iPhone 8 Plus had 0.64% and the iPhone 8 had 0.42% of global smartphone usage. Compare this to the first 39 days of the Samsung launch, with the S8 generating 0.40% and the S8+ holding 0.38% of smartphone usage.
Read More5 Steps to Drupal Image Optimization with ImageEngine
Nov 3rd, 2017
Drupal is a popular Open Source CMS based in PHP that was originally released in 2000 and makes up one of the largest open source communities in the world. By adding ImageEngine to a Drupal site, it can speed up your site, which is especially important in E-commerce, tourism, other image heavy sites where sales are impacted by loading speeds.
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