Here’s something funny. While most complain that WebRTC isn’t suitable for the enterprise, it is probably the next best thing happening to…
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Here’s something funny. While most complain that WebRTC isn’t suitable for the enterprise, it is probably the next best thing happening to…
Read MoreThe 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’s Mega has launched a public beta of its MegaChat end-to-end encrypted audio and video chat service, which it claims will…
Read MoreMozilla has released Firefox 35, which brings with it the enhancements to the Firefox Hello video-calling feature that I wrote about when…
Read MoreFirefox Hello, the WebRTC-based video-calling feature that Mozilla and partner Telefónica revealed as a beta feature in October, hit the mainstream —…
Read MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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 MoreUsers 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 MoreFirefox 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 MoreOn 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 MoreThe 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 WebRTC-based OX Messenger voice, video and text messaging app will become available from December, the company said on Thursday. As I…
Read MoreIt'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 MoreThe 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 MoreThanks 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 MoreThe 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 MoreWebRTC is useful for all sorts of things, and it turns out peer-to-peer, real-time file transfer is one of them.…
Read MoreRabb.it wants to launch its OS X-only video chat app on publishers' websites, with a little help from WebRTC.…
Read MoreVideo 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 MoreThis week’s IETF meeting in Vancouver has ended without a decision on a mandatory video codec for WebRTC, the proposed standard for…
Read MoreCisco 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 MoreAfter 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 MoreBlippex 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 MoreMore 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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