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Device Detection

5 Cart Abandonment Questions about User Devices that are Never Asked

The average cart abandonment rate in 2025 is 70% - that’s 70 out of 100 customers not checking out. We...

Aisling Arundle - 09 Jun 2025
10 min read
Device Landscape

A Real-Time Analytics Use Case for Device Identification

Gone are the days of user behavior being analyzed without devices being considered - all digital content...

Aisling Arundle - 06 Jun 2025
6 min read
User-Agent Parsing

User-Agent parsing: how it works and how it can be used

This article answers many questions around User-Agent parsing - how it works, and what it can offer....

Martin Clancy - 17 May 2025
12 min read
Device Detection

The speed imperative—DeviceAtlas and GPUs

DeviceAtlas has some of the world's most demanding customers, and that's just how we like it. A who's-who...

Ronan Cremin - 22 May 2024
3 min read
News & Events

Introducing the DeviceAtlas-powered QR code

Provide instant and reliable identification of end user smartphones online. Avoid the use of make/model...

John A Leonard - 16 Nov 2023
4 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 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
Device Detection

eSIM – An AdTech Opportunity

Get key eSIM details, including answers to “What is eSIM”, what are the consumer benefits & how to...

James Farrelly - 22 Mar 2021
5 min read
Client Hints

Client Hints and A High-Value Use Case

Learn more about Client Hints including the aim, background, limitations and get a key high-value use...

James Farrelly - 15 Sep 2020
7 min read
Device Detection

User-Agent: Another Plan to Deprecate and Freeze

In the beginning there was NCSA Mosaic…and the user agent string already existed. Companies have been...

James Farrelly - 20 Feb 2020
7 min read
Mobile Statistics

15 Mobile Web Predictions for 2020

With 2020 underway, we take a look at industry predictions for the year ahead to find out what the world...

Greta Adamo - 24 Jan 2020
19 min read
Device Detection

How to Identify the iPhone 11 and iPad using DeviceAtlas

DeviceAtlas have made more updates to the client-side component that will ensure correct identification...

hullah - 03 Dec 2019
3 min read
Device Landscape

Devices from the frontier: the cable phone designed as a spy device

Today's device is a phone in a cable. It can make and receive phone calls and SMS messages. As soon as...

Ronan Cremin - 16 Oct 2019
1 min read
Device Detection

Building your own device detection solution

Creating your own internal device detection solution using PHP and Regex is possible, but is it worth...

James Kielty - 18 Jul 2019
8 min read
Device Detection

5G and eSim - two new properties added to DeviceAtlas

We've added two new device properties to the DeviceAtlas offering - 5G and eSIM. Now, you can identify...

James Kielty - 08 Jul 2019
4 min read
Device Detection

What is a 'device graph,' and how can device intelligence enhance it?

Knowing the various steps to conversion is great, of course, but what if you could also know the exact...

James Kielty - 27 Jun 2019
4 min read
Device Detection

Why device detection is essential for cloud gaming services

Cloud gaming is revolutionizing the world of video entertainment, providing the hardware and connection...

James Kielty - 17 Jun 2019
3 min read
Device Landscape

The most used smartphone GPU - 2019

Here are the most common GPUs in use today. Understanding a smartphone's hardware capabilities is a vital...

James Kielty - 11 Jun 2019
12 min read
Device Landscape

Can you block Huawei devices from accessing your website or app?

Although given a 90 day stay of execution, Huawei will no longer be able to include popular Google services...

James Kielty - 27 May 2019
4 min read
Device Landscape

Chill, Netflix - why are you pulling Airplay support?

Netflix have announced that they're killing Airplay support, blaming technical limitations introduced...

James Kielty - 11 Apr 2019
4 min read
Device Detection

iPhone fragmentation - why detecting the iPhone model is essential

With the release of the latest iPhones, we see a shift from relatively standardised device specifications,...

James Kielty - 15 Nov 2018
6 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
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
Mobile Web Design

How the world's largest internet retailers approach mobile web performance

Mobile v Desktop - for an e-commerce site, ensuring both platforms engage and delight your customers...

James Kielty - 18 Jun 2018
16 min read
Device Detection

Can your web analytics identify cars?

Identifying visiting devices adds a powerful layer of insight to your analytics package, allowing you...

James Kielty - 24 May 2018
4 min read
Device Detection

Limiting Ad Fraud with Device Detection

For anyone involved in the online advertising space, ad fraud is a concern. Learn how DeviceAtlas helps...

James Kielty - 21 Mar 2018
4 min read
Device Detection

How to detect iPhone 8 and iPhone X with DeviceAtlas

Here's how to detect the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, with examples of their user agents....

James Kielty - 15 Feb 2018
4 min read
Device Detection

How to detect iPhone 8 and iPhone X with DeviceAtlas

Here's how to detect the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, with examples of their user agents....

James Kielty - 15 Feb 2018
4 min read
Device Detection

Use Cases of Device Detection for Apps

How can device detection in the native app environment give you an edge? The availability of a wide range...

James Kielty - 13 Feb 2018
3 min read
Device Detection

How to optimize mobile commerce performance with real-time device insights

The increasing device fragmentation is a growing headache for e-commerce websites as users can access...

Stephen Clarke - 30 Jan 2018
7 min read
News & Events

Meet DeviceAtlas at Mobile World Congress 2018

DeviceAtlas will be attending Mobile World Congress 2018 which is taking place from 26th Feb-1st March....

Stephen Clarke - 29 Jan 2018
1 min read
Whitepapers

How to get detailed device analytics for web and apps environments

For organizations where native apps and mobile web are both important channels, the onus is on them to...

Stephen Clarke - 09 Jan 2018
2 min read
Device Detection

Why DeviceAtlas is both Fast AND Accurate

Speed should never come at the cost of accuracy. Accuracy is the sine qua non of device intelligence—if...

Ronan Cremin - 30 Nov 2017
4 min read
Device Detection

How to create and leverage your own device database

The wider the variety of devices used, the greater the risk is in terms of providing an inadequate user...

Stephen Clarke - 21 Nov 2017
6 min read
Device Detection

DeviceAtlas for the Native App environment

Our customers have regularly asked us whether we can index device information against make/model strings...

John A Leonard - 07 Nov 2017
4 min read
Device Detection

The role of device detection in Video Advertising

For video advertising technology players, getting it right on mobile requires an accurate knowledge of...

Martin Clancy - 25 Oct 2017
7 min read
Whitepapers

Why programmatic advertising needs device intelligence

One of the most persistent and important challenges facing the mobile advertising industry is how to...

Stephen Clarke - 16 Aug 2017
2 min read
News & Events

DeviceAtlas' deep device intelligence now addresses native app environment

Afilias Technologies, makers of market-leading device intelligence platform DeviceAtlas, today announced...

Martin Clancy - 21 Feb 2017
2 min read
News & Events

SpotXchange Chooses DeviceAtlas to Target Ads to Specific Devices

Afilias today announced that the SpotXchange video ad platform has chosen DeviceAtlas as its device intelligence...

Martin Clancy - 15 Jun 2015
5 min read
Whitepapers

Device Detection Buying Guide

Here's a short paper that will guide you through the process of evaluating and selecting the right device...

Pawel Piejko - 19 May 2015
2 min read
News & Events

ADTECH extends commitment to mobile with DeviceAtlas

Delighted to share this news from ADTECH, who have recently announced their partnership with DeviceAtlas...

Martin Clancy - 30 Jun 2014
4 min read
Whitepapers

Ad targeting in a multi-screen world

The latest DeviceAtlas whitepaper looks at how device-diversity can be leveraged to help target advertising...

Martin Clancy - 23 Jun 2014
2 min read