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Device Landscape

Cryptomining digs deep into our batteries

Many websites have recently started using their visitors’ browsers to mine cryptocurrency. How does...

mike - 19 Oct 2018
11 min read
Device Detection

How to detect the iPhone XR, XS and XS Max with DeviceAtlas

The latest iPhone models - the XR, XS and XS Max - are almost certain to be a success, with pre-orders...

James Kielty - 16 Oct 2018
5 min read
Mobile Statistics

Browsers that respect your privacy

Browser privacy, and privacy in general is a hot topic of late. We took a look at the big hitters as...

Martin Clancy - 15 Oct 2018
10 min read
Device Landscape

The truth about ‘peak smartphone’

With many recent reports suggesting that we have reached ‘peak smartphone’, we thought it would be useful...

Martin Clancy - 12 Oct 2018
7 min read
Device Landscape

The Physical Web is dead, long live the physical web

Launched in 2014, Google's Physical Web project promised much, but seems to have died a quiet death over...

Martin Clancy - 10 Oct 2018
8 min read
Mobile Web Design

Measuring page weight

Measuring the weight of a web page used to be a simple matter of waiting for the page to finish loading,...

Ronan Cremin - 08 Oct 2018
16 min read
Mobile Web Design

How to Understand Web Page Weight

Page weight is the gravity of the web - relentless, ever-present and utterly unavoidable. However, understanding...

Ronan Cremin - 04 Oct 2018
15 min read
Device Detection

JavaScript server-side rendering with device detection

Server-side rendering (SSR) can solve some of the same challenges that frameworks face with mobile clients. You've...

Ruadhan O'Donoghue - 27 Sep 2018
14 min read
Reports

Mobile Web Intelligence Report 2018 - Assets

Bringing you the latest developments on the global device landscape: iOS v Android market share - Android...

James Kielty - 04 Sep 2018
1 min read
Reports

OS landscape shifts as Google & Apple bet on emerging markets

The latest report shows a resurgence in the use of feature phones, which have eaten into smartphone share...

James Kielty - 31 Aug 2018
4 min read
Device Landscape

Huawei - now the world's second largest smartphone producer

In July, Tech analysis group Canalys reported Huawei overtaking Apple to become the world's second largest...

James Kielty - 30 Aug 2018
4 min read
Mobile Statistics

Chinese smartphones in the USA

Just how popular are Chinese smartphones in the USA in 2018, and did the recent trade restrictions imposed...

James Kielty - 23 Aug 2018
8 min read
Device Detection

Unveiling the most active bots and crawlers on the web in 2018

For our latest dive into web traffic data, we looked at the numbers for H1 2018 to investigate the most...

James Kielty - 15 Aug 2018
7 min read
Mobile Statistics

Feature phones in the USA

Inspired by a tweet, we dug into our data to see just how active feature phones are in the USA, and which...

James Kielty - 31 Jul 2018
6 min read
Device Detection

Targeting Android devices based on OS version

When developing a new mobile app, you need to decide which minimum API level to support. Screen size,...

Tomas Trnka - 26 Jul 2018
14 min read
Device Landscape

5 facts about the mobile landscape in Japan

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James Kielty - 10 Jul 2018
6 min read
Device Landscape

The evolving mobile landscape in India

The mobile market in India has changed a huge amount over the last year, but what's driving it? Which...

James Kielty - 04 Jul 2018
7 min read
Device Landscape

5 facts about the mobile landscape in Argentina

We dig into our data to unearth facts and statistics about the 2018 mobile landscape in Argentina. What's...

James Kielty - 02 Jul 2018
6 min read