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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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WURFL Microservice for Azure: a Tutorial

Mar 2nd, 2020

This tutorial on WURFL Microservice for Azure hinges on a demo inspired by the Event Streams use case. WURFL VMs available on the Azure Marketplace can be used to deploy a WURFL API in minutes with no need to obtain an explicit license from ScientiaMobile (as it is normally the case with “classical” on-prem WURFL APIs). In this tutorial we use .NET Core, but the use case can easily be supported with other programming languages, other cloud vendors and other data analysis platforms.

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WURFL Microservice for AWS: a Tutorial

Feb 20th, 2020

This tutorial on WURFL Microservice for AWS hinges on a demo inspired by the Event Streams use case. WURFL AMIs available on the AWS Marketplace can be used to deploy a WURFL API in minutes with no need to obtain an explicit license from ScientiaMobile (as it is normally the case with “classical” on-prem WURFL APIs). In this tutorial we use Java, but the use case can easily be supported with other programming languages, other cloud vendors and other data analysis platforms.

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What is an Image CDN?

Jan 4th, 2018

Images are the new norm in online content, and maximizing the speed of images served to customers or webviewers is a recent business challenge that many e-commerce sites and advertising platforms attempt to solve a number of different ways. However, unless images are being served on a Content Delivery Network (CDN), the images served on a website will most

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Apple 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.

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Detect the New iPhone on Your Website

Sep 5th, 2017

The new iPhone is here, and WURFL.js now detects it in the wild!

Apple released the new iPhone in September. Our researchers are already detecting the new iPhone among the more than 2 billion other user agents per month they analyze. If you use WURFL.js, then you will start to see the new iPhone and all other iPhone models. Sign up to get our new iPhone 8 detection here.

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What is Device Detection?

Jul 26th, 2017

Have you ever wondered how the model and characteristics of your phone, TV, or computer are being analyzed and used? Well that’s device detection! It allows a website to create a page that’s optimized for a device model, browser, and operating system. Using device detection, websites can ensure a great user experience and improve performance.

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53% of Mobile Site Visitors Abandon if it Takes More Than 3 Seconds to Load Page

Mar 27th, 2017

According to a recent Google study, more than half of mobile visitors will leave if the website takes longer than three seconds to load. And one in two mobile visitors expect their page to load in less than two seconds.

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