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Telefonica’s Tu Go service turns to WebRTC for in-browser calls
The Spanish carrier group Telefónica is big on WebRTC, the technology that allows for plugin-free in-browser voice and video calls, among other…
Read MoreKim Dotcom puts MegaChat secure Skype rival into beta
Kim Dotcom’s Mega has launched a public beta of its MegaChat end-to-end encrypted audio and video chat service, which it claims will…
Read MoreNew Firefox gets social, brings beta Marketplace to desktop
Mozilla has released Firefox 35, which brings with it the enhancements to the Firefox Hello video-calling feature that I wrote about when…
Read MoreFirefox’s built-in Skype rival begins to evolve
Firefox Hello, the WebRTC-based video-calling feature that Mozilla and partner Telefónica revealed as a beta feature in October, hit the mainstream —…
Read MoreEx-Skypers unveil Wire app, offering voice, messaging and more
The free service is currently available on iOS, Android and OS X, though an in-browser version will arrive soon. It's been under development for two years and has a very credible team behind it. However, its security mechanisms remain a mystery.…
Read MoreTemasys wants AWS users to embed WebRTC comms using its platform
The firm announced its Skylink platform at AWS re:Invent. As it's entirely built on the Amazon Web Services stack, the firm claims Skylink will work particularly well for startups that also use AWS for their backend.…
Read MoreHello Firefox! Mozilla’s browser gets built-in WebRTC video chat through Telefónica partnership
Users of the Firefox 34 beta will be able to have anonymous, WebRTC-based voice and video chats from the browser itself, with no need to install an add-on or plugin, or even to visit any special webpage.…
Read MoreH.264 support arrives in Firefox, thanks to Cisco — but H.264 web videos still won’t play
Firefox is now supporting H.264 for web-based video chat, thanks to a binary component provided by Cisco -- but H.264 web video streams still can't be played natively in the browser.…
Read MoreHow Talko wielded cheap cloud services and open source tools to build its communications app
On this week's Structure Show, hear how Talko stood on the shoulders of AWS and Azure -- and wielded the Opus codec, WebRTC, FreeSwitch and other open-source tools to build an app that actually makes voice calls worth making again.…
Read MoreEricsson open-sources OpenWebRTC, providing rival to Google’s WebRTC implementation
The company has also revived its Bowser browser for iOS -- if it clears the App Store approval process, it will be the only iOS browser that supports WebRTC, for now.…
Read MoreOpen-Xchange’s telco customers can deploy Skype-rivalling OX Messenger by end of year
Open-Xchange’s WebRTC-based OX Messenger voice, video and text messaging app will become available from December, the company said on Thursday. As I…
Read MoreWhy the net neutrality debate also matters for VoIP
It's been a disheartening year for net neutrality and the open internet. While much of the furor has focused on the implications for video-streaming services, Zingaya's CEO Alexey Aylarov thinks the future may be even more perilous for VoIP.…
Read MoreOpera brings in-browser video chat to its Android iteration, courtesy of WebRTC
The move brings Opera in line with the other two big WebRTC-supporting browsers, Chrome and Firefox, which both already support the promising protocol in their Android versions.…
Read MoreVoxeet goes WebRTC with major sound improvements for conference calls
Thanks to a new audio stack, Voxeet offers "3DHD" sound with wideband audio codecs for improved conference call clarity. The updated app makes it easy to schedule calls and switch between devices while talking to the group.…
Read MoreOpen-Xchange wants to help service providers take on Dropbox and Skype
The company, which sells Google Apps-rivalling software to telcos and hosting outfits (and offers it all free to the open source crowd), has unveiled OX Drive and a new communications app based on WebRTC technology.…
Read MorePipe turns to WebRTC for in-Facebook file transfer tech
WebRTC is useful for all sorts of things, and it turns out peer-to-peer, real-time file transfer is one of them.…
Read MoreOS X video chat app Rabbit gets ready to hop onto the web
Rabb.it wants to launch its OS X-only video chat app on publishers' websites, with a little help from WebRTC.…
Read MoreAnatomy of a stalemate: Why is everyone still fighting about WebRTC?
Video chatting could soon get a whole lot easier -- if only the major browser makers could agree on a common standard. So what's WebRTC, and why are folks still fighting about it?…
Read MoreDespite Cisco proposal, no agreement on WebRTC codec
This week’s IETF meeting in Vancouver has ended without a decision on a mandatory video codec for WebRTC, the proposed standard for…
Read MoreGoogle sticks with VP8, opposes Cisco’s push to make H.264 the default codec for WebRTC
Cisco may have landed a surprise coup to push for H.264, but Google still thinks that VP8 is the best codec for real-time communication on the web.…
Read MoreMozilla will add H.264 to Firefox as Cisco makes eleventh-hour push for WebRTC’s future
After long resisting proprietary media formats, Mozilla has agreed to add H.264 to its browser. The move is made possible through a partnership with Cisco, which wants to press the industry to agree on the format for real-time communication.…
Read MorePrivate search engine Blippex turns to WebRTC to guarantee surfers’ anonymity
Blippex has always maintained that its browser plugin, which monitors surfing to establish search ranking, doesn't record IP addresses. But to set skeptical users' minds at rest, it harnessed WebRTC technology as a way of setting up a P2P anonymization chain.…
Read MoreChrome for Android beta gains WebRTC support, web audio features
More Chrome services are unifying the web on desktop and Android phones: The lastest being WebRTC and Web Audio support in the Chrome for Android beta.…
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