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User-Agent Parsing

List of smart TV User-Agent strings

Updated for 2023 - Here is our handy list of Smart TV User-Agent strings, including what you can achieve...

Tomas Trnka - 04 Apr 2023
5 min read
Device Detection

Device capabilities in emerging SVoD markets

Switching between streaming platforms is more prevalent now than ever before. I’ve lost count of...

Isabel Hughes - 27 Mar 2023
12 min read
Device Detection

The most active crawlers and bots on the web

Allowing web crawlers to scan your site is vital if you want your web pages to appear in Google, Bing...

Tomas Trnka - 02 Mar 2023
15 min read
Mobile Web Design

Analyzing Responsive vs Adaptive Website Design in eCommerce

We recently wrote about the impact that device capabilities have on cart abandonment and how it is rarely...

Isabel Hughes - 01 Feb 2023
7 min read
Client Hints

Preparing for Chrome 110 and User-Agent Client Hints

In the next few weeks, one of the biggest changes to the underlying workings of the web in some time...

Ronan Cremin - 20 Jan 2023
3 min read
Device Security

Why Device Login Emails and 2FA Needs to Improve

The purpose of device login emails is to provide reassurance for users and protection against security...

Isabel Hughes - 19 Jan 2023
7 min read
News & Events

European Patent Organisation upholds DeviceAtlas Patent

DeviceAtlas is pleased to inform customers that the European Patent Organisation (EPO) has upheld our...

Isabel Hughes - 06 Oct 2022
1 min read
Client Hints

The Commercial Impact of Client Hints on Open-Source Parsers

We've all read Google's timeline for UA-CH and when changes are going to start coming into effect. But...

Isabel Hughes - 26 Sep 2022
8 min read
Device Landscape

4 Important Device Capabilities for Phone Gaming

Now, more than ever, users have access to multiple devices on which to play games, most notably via apps...

Isabel Hughes - 24 Aug 2022
7 min read
Device Landscape

The Importance of Device Graphs in Streaming Services

Device fragmentation makes user behavior unpredictable. Globally, the average person has 3 connected...

Isabel Hughes - 15 Aug 2022
6 min read
Device Detection

Categorising IoT devices - endpoints, enablers and controllers

With the rate of growth in diversity of the IoT and connected devices, operators need deeper insight...

Isabel Hughes - 20 Jul 2022
4 min read
Device Detection

List of TAC numbers

The TAC is an eight digit code which uniquely recognizes a cellular device's hardware configuration....

Tomas Trnka - 11 Jul 2022
2 min read
Device Landscape

iPhone Trends Over 15 Years

What has turned into a decade and a half of commercial glory for Apple started off slower than expected...

Isabel Hughes - 04 Jul 2022
6 min read
Device Detection

Leveraging Device Intelligence to Reduce Churn in Streaming Services

Device intelligence offers a number of lucrative opportunities for streaming service providers: business...

Isabel Hughes - 22 Jun 2022
6 min read
Device Detection

Level Up! Device Identification and the ROI Opportunity for Gaming Companies

Fifty years following the release of the Magnavox Odyssey, the world’s first gaming console, the global...

Isabel Hughes - 25 May 2022
8 min read
Device Detection

Dark Traffic and Misrepresentation - Analysing the Web Analysers (Part 2)

In part 1 of our Web Analytics Comparison: Analysing the Web Analysers post, we presented research findings...

Isabel Hughes - 19 May 2022
6 min read
Device Detection

Website Analytics Comparison - Analysing the Web Analysers (Part 1)

Analysing visitor traffic is important to determine the health of a website. In this article, we present...

Isabel Hughes - 19 May 2022
9 min read
Client Hints

OpenRTB and User-Agent Client Hints

The IAB recently published an updated version of the OpenRTB specification. The updated document, a revision...

Isabel Hughes - 28 Apr 2022
2 min read