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Yesterday the European Patent Office (EPO) opposition division narrowed Afilias Technologies Plc's device detection patent EP2245836B1 in Europe, as a result of an opposition brought by 51Degrees in 2017 and explained in this blog. The EPO concluded that the patent as initially granted was not valid.

51Degrees' sub-microsecond device detection solution is granted a European patent, further adding to our established portfolio.

As you may already know, with the release of iOS 12.2, Apple removed some vital information which allowed device detection solutions to accurately identify Apple devices. You can read more about what changed here.

DeviceAtlas made a public copy of an open source GitHub repository created and licensed by competitor 51Degrees. 51Degrees is an innovative competitor of DeviceAtlas. DeviceAtlas is a product owned and operated by Afilias Technologies.

The release of iOS 12.2 at the end of March removed the ability for device detection solutions such as 51Degrees to precisely identify Apple devices. Now 51Degrees open sources GPU renderer technique that can identify Apple iOS 12.2 device models.

The new Apple iOS update has disabled a common GPU based method of achieving precise model granularity.

Persona.ly, a global programmatic ad-tech company, has chosen 51Degrees to provide them with device intelligence to improve their overall advertising strategy.

Read the full article to find out why Persona.ly chose 51Degrees, and how they have seen overall performance improvements as a result.

51Degrees' device intelligence solution for Wi-Fi and cellular network operators now achieves over 98.07% coverage for TAC*. This means there is now a verifiable, multi-data, independent source of accurate TAC device data which addresses long-standing issues,

This article discusses some of the most common use-cases for TAC data and how you can use it to benefit your business.

This blog takes a look at some upcoming changes we'll be making to our Property Dictionary. The changes include adding some brand new properties, the most important of which is 'HardwareProfileSource'.