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What we discovered at Mobile World Congress 2015
March 10, 2015, by Pawel Piejko
Attending industry shows like Mobile World Congress is a great way to follow the latest trends in the mobile technology world. Have a look at what we discovered at Mobile World Congress 2015 held last week in Barcelona. We eagerly anticipated the arrivals of new flagship devices during Mobile World Congress 2015, the Samsung Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9, but of course for the DeviceAtlas team these weren't the only highlights of the event. We also had a closer look at the lesser-known low to mid-range offerings that may shape the mobile market in the future... Read More
AngularJS to Opera Mini: You’re just not worth it!
March 2, 2015, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Google-backed AngularJS is a popular web application framework providing a client-side MVC architecture. It has been criticised in the past for its performance, particularly on mobile. As observed by Peter-Paul Koch, it's odd that Google was pushing a mobile-challenged framework back in 2012 when it must have been obvious that Android was going to be pretty important to it as a company. Perhaps those who knew weren't those who were pushing AngularJS... Read More
Emoji set to live long and prosper, thanks to Unicode
February 24, 2015, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
You've probably seen them. Your mom probably uses them to sign off her texts, and your teenage cousin has likely abandoned the Roman alphabet altogether in their favour. Emoji are everywhere, and love them or loathe them, they can't be ignored... Read More
What to watch for at Mobile World Congress 2015
February 13, 2015, by Pawel Piejko
Last year’s Mobile World Congress brought us the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z2, as well as creating a lot of buzz around terms like Internet of Things, connected cars, and 5G connectivity. We’re convinced this year’s event will be even more exciting. Here’s a little sneak preview into what to expect from Mobile World Congress 2015 held in Barcelona 2-5 March... Read More
Spartan and Vivaldi: The new kids on the browser block
February 4, 2015, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
It's a good time in browserland, with two new browsers set to enter the field in 2015. Microsoft is offering Project Spartan, powered by a new rendering engine, EdgeHTML.dll, while ex-Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner's new start-up is offering Vivaldi, which uses the Blink rendering engine. Browser diversity is alive and kicking, it seems, and that can only be a good thing... Read More
