Performance

PageSpeed1

Engineering

11/9/2022 12:45 PM

Image optimization: the easy and free way

An alternative solution to using an image Content Delivery Network

This blog explains the reasons for optimizing your images and presents just one approach that can be used to serve next generation image formats to compatible browsers.

client-server

Engineering

12/21/2021 4:00 PM

Unleash the power of the web server

Don’t assume that a good developer experience necessarily equates to a better user experience

If you’re building websites, you'll have heard of the client-side vs server-side debate. Do you keep everything in one place for efficiency or push it all out to the edges for power? To answer this, you need to understand the benefits of the two.

devices

51Degrees

2/17/2021 4:00 PM

What is window.devicePixelRatio?

The first in a series, this blog will delve deeper into some of our device detection properties. First up, we have PixelRatio.

Our world-class Data Team are exceptional at maintaining a quality device database. Let's find out more on what the team do for the window.devicePixelRatio property.

hero

51Degrees

2/17/2021 4:00 PM

Ahead of the curve for Video Player Support

This is the second part of a series discussing our device detection properties. In this blog, we talk about codecs and our video player support.

As leaders in the device detection industry, we always keep up to date with the latest requirements. We delve deeper into what our Data Team do to maintain our video player support.

51degrees

51Degrees

2/10/2021 5:00 PM

5 Reasons why you should use 51Degrees

Still uncertain about using our services? Here are reasons why it’s worth a try! From a generous Cloud hosted solution to high-speed performance, these are just some of the things your company is missing out on.

This article talks about the benefits of using 51Degrees for your company. Our real-time data services offer a generous Cloud hosted solution and high-speed performance. We are an ISO compliant company and we focus on device level information, which ensures you high quality and accurate real-time data solutions.

cuppas

Allen O'Neill

12/23/2020 1:00 PM

How many cuppa's does your browser weigh?

The environmental impact of encrypting the web by default

Have you ever considered how much CO2 your website encryption produces? This article discusses new research on the decisions that can affect the environmental impact of the web.

code

51Degrees

device-id

51Degrees

9/28/2020 5:00 PM

What is Device ID and how can it benefit your business?

These unique identifiers can supercharge your web offering while respecting peoples’ privacy

While there are privacy concerns surrounding the use of unique identifiers, Device IDs are useful across a number of ecosystems. In this blog we talk about the various concerns surrounding unique identifiers and how 51Degrees can benefit your business.

cpu_phone

Engineering

9/10/2020 5:00 PM

Mobile CPUs and the performance inequality gap

Why there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to developing for the mobile web

We now have an incredibly broad spectrum of mobile devices, and while mobile CPU performance has become extremely powerful in recent years, the performance of these devices differs wildly. This article explains why this matters to web designers and developers.

detections-per-second-2017

Engineering

10/2/2017 9:00 AM

51Degrees: More Than Three Times Faster!

51Degrees compares performance of our enhanced algorithm on three different commodity hardware platforms.

51Degrees is regularly evaluated against competitors DeviceAtlas and WURFL from ScientiaMobile for performance, accuracy and memory consumption. This blog post builds on the previous performance blog from 2016 with the same commodity hardware; 1) a Raspberry Pi, 2) a low-end desktop PC and 3) a high-end multi CPU server, but using an all new algorithm.