WebRTC World Week in Review
Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) offered up another week of big news and major developments in a field that's rapidly growing. With a lot of developments coming around on a regular basis, it's a good idea to take a step back and summarize … - 05/18/2013

WebRTC Activated in Newest Firefox Beta
Web-based real time communication (WebRTC) has been one of those things that people talk a lot about, but seeing actual, usable, products available for the general public has been something that's been in a bit shorter supply. At least, it was in sho… - 05/17/2013

WebRTC Preparation Largely Comes Down to Data
In the months since it was publicly introduced, WebRTC has captured the interest of a number of major companies and start-ups have begun to support the real-time Web-based communications standard. Aside from the major players like Google and Mozilla,… - 05/17/2013

Hookflash Ports WebRTC Libraries to BlackBerry 10
Hookflash - which develops products for real-time communication - has made available the Open Peer Software Development Kit (SDK) for BlackBerry 10 in beta version. This will let developers integrate messaging, video and voice into BlackBerry 10 a… - 05/16/2013

Talking WebRTC and the Future of Communications with Bistri
Benefits, meanwhile, are substantial for users of WebRTC. Easy connectivity, ubiquity of access, and the overall quality of the audio and video involved in WebRTC calling are just some of the benefits that he sees with this service. The experience is… - 05/15/2013

Many Cloud-based Contact Center Vendors Not Yet Ready for WebRTC
While interest rises in the WebRTC standard and many people write about its potential in social media, there has been more confusion - and a little panic - about what it means for the call center industry. - 05/13/2013

WebRTC World Week In Review
It was another impressive week of new developments in the field of Web-based real time communications (WebRTC). The new technology is causing an enormous array of new developments to emerge, and with the coming of the weekend, it's a good time to ste… - 05/11/2013

vLine Offering Free WebRTC Consulting to Select Developers
The purpose of vLine's real-time video platform is to make it easy for people to get started using WebRTC. In fact, the company's website boasts that users can create their own HD video chat service in less time than it takes to install Skype. - 05/10/2013

IntelePeer's New Teleconferencing Solution Connects Video to Most Anything
When it comes to video conferencing, there are certain issues that are fairly standard, as far as IntelePeer is concerned. Resolving these issues requires a certain level of innovation, and IntelePeer is out to do that via a process called "any-to-an… - 05/09/2013

WebRTC Will Play Role in Telemedicine for Rural Areas
There has been a lot written as of late about WebRTC (Real-time Communications), a new browser-based HTML5 standard that will allow people using different equipment, devices and even different Web browsers to initiate chat, voice calls and conferenci… - 05/09/2013

Presence Web Agent Earns TMC Labs Innovation Award for Bringing WebRTC to Contact Centers
Presence Technology is no stranger to winning awards - its software is recognized for its ability to enable greater resource optimization and increased efficiency in the contact center. However, receiving the 2013 Unified Communications TMC Labs Inno… - 05/09/2013

Visual Communication Industry Group to Discuss Desktop Videoconferencing
The Visual Communication Industry Group's next VCIG-Live event is approaching. Set for Thursday, May 16 at 1:00 p.m. ET, it will discuss and explore the deployment and use of desktop video conferencing, with panelists from Vidyo, Compass and the Kans… - 05/09/2013

Talking WebRTC Potential and Challenges with Fresh Tilled Soil's Dmitry Dragilev
Just this week, I was trying to log in to a WebEx conference a few minutes before my scheduled meeting. I quickly realized my computer wasn't compatible - I needed to download the latest version of Flash. After downloading it, restarting my browser a… - 05/08/2013

Mozilla and Otoy Produce New JavaScript Video Codec, ORBX.js
Score another win for Web technologies. The Mozilla Foundation recently teamed up with Otoy, a rendering technology company, to build a video codec written entirely with JavaScript and WebGL that enables plug-in-free video viewing in Web browsers. - 05/07/2013

Blue Jeans Intros 'All You Can Meet' Plan
Blue Jeans Network has made it possible for people to connect with video conferencing across a variety of programs and tools, from browsers Skype to Lync. Now it's offering a new plan that can help companies offer its service to more employees at an … - 05/07/2013

WebRTC Events Help Further Promote Growing Communications Trend
With two events on WebRTC set to run within six weeks of each other, it's easy to see that this is a sector of the market that's poised for substantial growth. Examining the concept makes it easy to see reasons why this is the case; desktop videoconf… - 05/06/2013

GENBAND Making a Splash in the WebRTC World
WebRTC has captured the interest of a number of major companies in the technology and telecommunications spaces, one of which being smart networking solutions provider GENBAND. The company has actually been making a number of WebRTC-related announcem… - 05/06/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
When it comes to Web-based real-time communications (WebRTC), it seems like there's never a shortage of things going on. With lots of news in the sector, it's always a good idea to step back and take a look at some of the biggest events of the week, … - 05/04/2013

WebRTC: Solaborate tops $1 Million in Funding
Solaborate has reason to celebrate. - 05/03/2013

Spoken Words: Socializing Website MaxiAmigos.com Offers Voice Chat
If you are one of the many who dread talking on the phone, and highly prefer a casual text message to the potentially awkward intimacy of voice on voice, then this may be for you. MaxiAmigos.com, a free site aimed at enabling user to make new friends… - 05/02/2013

Wreally Studios' Codassium Combines Coding, WebRTC for Greater Collaboration
The number of WebRTC projects that have been popping up in the last few months has been staggering. While many simply focus on the technology's core real-time video and audio functionality, others have looked to expand that functionality. For example… - 05/02/2013

Hey Start-ups! WebRTC May be the Next Big Opportunity
With news constantly emerging around Web-based real time communications (WebRTC), it's easy to see that this is set to be one of the biggest new developments of some time in the field of communications, with plenty of opportunities for all to get in.… - 05/02/2013

Twilio Communications API Platform Adds Contact Center Support
Twilio's communications API platform delivers a flexible, scalable and reliable way to communicate, allowing developers to build in-app dialing, conference calling, group testing, mobile app distribution, two-factor authentication and much more. In t… - 05/02/2013

Companies Ready Themselves to Face the Implications of WebRTC
The tech world is getting excited about WebRTC, or Web "Real Time Communications." It's for a good reason: the standard is likely to revolutionize how people communicate on the Internet, and even change how people interact with companies. - 05/01/2013

The Contact Center Faces Major Changes Under WebRTC
Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) is posing a great deal of potential for change throughout a wide variety of industries. A whole new means of getting in touch with other people via several possible media, and all available from one common … - 04/30/2013

Requestec Adds WebRTC Support to Zenon IP Communications Gateway
Requestec's Zenon IP Communications Gateway has become the latest in a recent string of announcements regarding WebRTC gateway functionality. However, while companies such as Huawei and Mavenir are introducing totally new dedicated WebRTC gateways, t… - 04/30/2013

Clary Icon Partnership with Vidtel Makes Multipoint Video Conferencing Available on Clary Onescreen
Clary Icon and Vidtel have introduced the fruits of their recent partnership: a new bundled solution for the Clary Onescreen interactive video whiteboard. The bundle simply provides any customer that purchases the Clary Onescreen and an annual servic… - 04/30/2013

Skype Video Calling for Outlook.com Begins Today
It's been several months since Microsoft first unveiled its Outlook.com Web-based e-mail service, and many have been waiting patiently for the company to deliver on its promise of integrated Skype video calling from within the service. Despite multip… - 04/30/2013

GENBAND Releases Advanced WebRTC Gateway, Lets Operators Go All In with Web Communications
GENBAND, a developer of multimedia and cloud communications solutions, has released a new WebRTC gateway called GENBAND SPiDR. Described by the company as the industry's most comprehensive WebRTC gateway, SPiDR is deployed as a component of GENBAND's… - 04/30/2013

Bringing Internet-Based Messaging to the Browser with mysms
Attention WhatsApp, iMessage, Viber and other SMS-killing users: Meet the competition, mysms. This service brings us a step closer to WebRTC in that it enables chat through a browser. While WebRTC will ultimately not require any third-party involveme… - 04/30/2013

Consider the User Experience to Stay Ahead in Video Conferencing
It comes as no surprise to many, who predicted that video conferencing would gain over traditional voice calling, that Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) started growing in earnest. But with the rise of video conferencing users, a new proble… - 04/30/2013

Can WebRTC Be An Exercise Help? Disrupt NY 2013 Says Yes.
Team Geem, like a lot of people out there, has looked at the growing array of exercise DVDs and discovered what again many have already discovered: these DVDs are often dull and repetitive, and no one's going to stick with an exercise plan long enoug… - 04/29/2013

What WebRTC Can Do for the Contact Center
There are few nascent technologies today with more promise for communications than WebRTC, and as we've seen from a few early experiments with the technology, we can expect great things. WebRTC is the standard behind a free, open project designed … - 04/29/2013

Ericsson's Geoff Hollingworth to Keynote at WebRTC Conference and Expo
While Mozilla and Google have stolen the majority of headlines relating to WebRTC, as their respective Firefox and Chrome browsers gaining support of the standard is a significant step toward its widespread use, Ericsson has also been hard at work in… - 04/29/2013

Will Google Voice Die?
Many think WebRTC, an API currently being worked on by the World Wide Web Consortium that would enable browsers to leverage voice, video and P2P sharing without the need for a plug-in, is where unified communications is headed. - 04/29/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
It was a big week once again for Web-based real time communications (WebRTC), and as a result there was plenty of news to emerge in the field. With plenty coming out to talk about in the week, and the weekend on our collective doorstep, it's a good t… - 04/27/2013

Huawei Introduces WebRTC-Based Rich Communications Capability Exposure Gateway
Huawei may be best known by consumers for its smartphones, but it is also a successful information and communication technology (ICT) solutions provider. As such, it was only a matter of time before the company threw its hat into the WebRTC ring, whi… - 04/25/2013

TokBox's OpenTok Puts WebRTC to Work in New Video Chat Platform
The new addition to OpenTok, the Mantis media distribution framework, allows for a number of exciting new features to be put into play as far as WebRTC client capability goes. With Mantis in place, users will be able to get access to not only multi-p… - 04/24/2013

WebRTC is Causing Companies to Rethink Customer Service, Future of Telecommunications
WebRTC doesn't just change the way we communicate with each other; it enables an entirely new method for businesses communicating with customers, and vice versa. Connecting through the browser enables customer service representatives to know and easi… - 04/24/2013

Fresh Tilled Soil Enables Easy WebRTC Embedding with New Widget
While some have branded WebRTC as a disruptive influence on the way browsers and telecommunications companies view communication, this disruption is decidedly a good thing. Indeed, with WebRTC, real-time video, voice and text chatting and file sharin… - 04/24/2013

Citrix GoToWebcast Brings Easy Webcasting for Groups of Most Sizes
Recently, Citrix revealed the general availability of its new GoToWebcast system across both North America and Europe. For those looking for an easy way to accommodate groups from the very small to the fairly sizeable, GoToWebcast is likely to have w… - 04/24/2013

Here Comes WebRTC; Are You Ready?
Back in March, the tech world saw something pretty amazing: a demonstration of a native video chat between an Android Nexus tablet and a Macbook Air, with no need for the participants to download any application or extra tool. - 04/23/2013

Ondello Powers Ornish Spectrum's Live Video Chat Systems
Putting WebRTC to work is especially important for the Ornish Spectrum, since it depends on a philosophy that certain changes in one's lifestyle can both prevent and even, in some cases, reverse diseases and conditions previously thought chronic. Wit… - 04/22/2013

WebRTC World Week In Review
Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) made some big advances this week, with a variety of new products emerging and several new advancements bringing steadily more potential to a space that is very much still an emerging one. There was, therefo… - 04/20/2013

Presence Technology Suite 9 Takes Top Honors from INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine
When it comes to unified communications (UC) products, there are always plenty of choices. The field is rapidly evolving, and offering many more options with each passing year. Figuring out just which such programs are the best of the class, of cours… - 04/18/2013

Mavenir Furthers WebRTC Focus with New User Experience Center, IMS WebRTC Gateway
Provider of software-based networking solutions Mavenir Systems today announced a new User Experience Center in Zagreb, Croatia. The center draws on the skill and creativity of a team of designers experienced with developing mobile services on common… - 04/18/2013

Twilio, KDDI Look to Take Japan with Twilio for KWC
Japanese developers are slated for a new way to build applications for communications measures, thanks to an effort from Twilio and KDDI Web Communications (KWC). The two worked together to launch Twilio for KWC, bringing Twilio's cloud-based communi… - 04/17/2013

Web Gaming Becomes More Viable with the Help of WebRTC
There is still debate raging as to whether or not HTML5 is suitable for gaming, but the fact of the matter is, the technology is being used to make games. Sure, there are still obstacles to overcome - Keepskor CEO Tristan Louis cited shortcomings inv… - 04/16/2013

Ingate and eZuce Partnership Furthers Cloud-Based UC, WebRTC
Ingate Systems and eZuce, a global provider of cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions for large enterprises, recently partnered with the goal of enabling secure cloud-based virtualized communications solutions. Both companies are brin… - 04/16/2013

Net Medical Xpress to Showcase WebRTC and Telemedicine Technologies
Net Medical Xpress is a company that provides solutions to the medical community. Net Medical Xpress Solutions provides Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACSs) hardware and software to hospitals and other medical facilities. - 04/15/2013

A Whole New Game For WebRTC: Jocly Players Live Video Chat
WebRTC, as a platform, is rapidly gaining ground as new developments emerge in the field, but the amount of things that can actually be done with it on the commercial level is still in a bit of a slump. But that's about to change as a new WebRTC appl… - 04/15/2013

Sqwiggle Brings the Office to At-Home Workers
Working at home undoubtedly has its advantages - no commute, the flexibility it allows workers to manage their own workday and flow, and of course there's the hackneyed notion that people who work from home have the luxury of donning pajamas until no… - 04/15/2013

Australian Cystic Fibrosis Telehealth Project Relies on WebRTC
The government of Victoria in Australia recently began funding a new project which aims to improve access to care for people with cystic fibrosis that live in rural areas. The project will use a combination of technologies - WebRTC-enabled telehealth… - 04/15/2013

Messagenet Talk Steps Up its Free Beta with an Android Version
Just last week, word broke about Messagenet Talk representing the first commercial mobile VoIP service. While Messagenet Talk comes in a variety of flavors covering the waterfront from iOS to Mac to straight PC, the Android version has quite a bit to… - 04/15/2013

WebRTC Conference and Expo Gold Sponsors to Take Advantage of Industry Opportunity
Imagine being able to integrate phone, TV and computer communications on any Web browser and device. Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) is predicted to be a disruptive technology for how both businesses and consumers communicate through the Intern… - 04/15/2013

Mozilla TowTruck Hopes to Make Real-Time Web Collaboration a Reality
Mozilla Labs has unveiled a new project designed to enable real-time Web development collaboration. Known as TowTruck, the open-source service allows multiple developers to co-author new and existing Web pages simultaneously. Similar to a shared Goog… - 04/15/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
The world of Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) is constantly producing big news from all around the world, so it's never a surprise to see plenty of new topics show up. With a well-deserved weekend now upon us, it's time to take a look back… - 04/13/2013

First Commercial WebRTC Based Mobile VoIP Service is Messagenet Talk
Messagenet is a technology firm with headquarters in Italy, and is involved in the development and online commercialization of Internet faxing, SMS messaging, and VoIP services. - 04/12/2013

Mobile Devices to See Big Rise in HTML5 Compatibility in 2013
A new report from ABI Research suggests that the numbers of mobile devices containing a browser compatible with HTML5 are poised to skyrocket by the end of this year, rising fully 87 percent to a grand total of 1.4 billion devices total. This suggest… - 04/11/2013

Google Babel Makes Host of Appearances, Still Unofficial
When a new product starts making appearances all over the Web--screenshots pop up, along with bug reports and a set of forum posts from developers geared toward it--yet there's no official confirmation, it's enough to make a lot of people wonder if t… - 04/11/2013

Apache Releases New Version of OpenMeetings
There is a growing amount of excitement surrounding the things WebRTC can do, especially when talking about the different things that could be done with open source projects. There's quite a bit of talk about the fact that WebRTC could actually t… - 04/08/2013

Chrome 27 Beta Browser Released with Numerous Upgrades
Google's Chrome has released a beta version of its Web browser, expected load the visible parts of a webpage up to 5 percent faster than the previous versions of the browser was able to do. The speed boost of Chrome 27 beta is apparently going to be … - 04/08/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) is a market that's in constant expansion, as this comparatively new form of communications steadily expands. New features, new functions, new products and more are constantly in the offing, and that means p… - 04/06/2013

WebRTC Continues to Evolve, Change the Face of Communications
A Web initiative supported by popular browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, WebRTC (Real-Time Communications) allows users to utilize their browsers to talk, text or chat or even video conference. According to WebRTC.org, WebRTC is a… - 04/04/2013

New Firefox Means New Privacy, New Dev Tools and More
Firefox has come a long way since its earliest days, but the newest Firefox - Firefox 20 - brings in quite a bit in the way of new features for its users. Improvements in privacy, including some that have been requested specifically for years, are se… - 04/04/2013

Vidtel Talks WebRTC at ITEXPO Miami
When Vidtel boasts any-to-any video conferencing, it means it. The company's solutions can deal with interoperability issues by connecting various conferencing systems, helping people everywhere communicate no matter what they use. At ITEXPO Miami, S… - 04/04/2013

Web Hackers Build P2P-Based Content Delivery Network with WebRTC
PeerCDN is an open-source, distributed content delivery network (CDN) that promises to make the Web faster and more reliable while helping sites to reduce bandwidth costs. - 04/02/2013

WebRTC a Key Factor to Productive Telecommuting
As the capabilities of the Internet continue to grow and expand, so do the opportunities for telecommuting. The topic has been especially prominent in 2013, as the year kicked off with an announcement from Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer about a ban on emplo… - 04/02/2013

Project Progress Proves Stalled for UC
The results recently returned from Information Week's 2013 State of Unified Communications (UC) survey, and the news is only marginally encouraging. Reports of stalled projects and slow updating are emerging, and the UC market is looking almost distr… - 04/02/2013

Twilio Becomes a Google Cloud Platform Partner, Brings Voice and Messaging to App Developers
Cloud communications company Twilio joined the Google Cloud Platform Program, expanding the reach of Twilio's API platform as developers who use Google's App Engine can now leverage the Twilio platform to integrate voice and messaging into apps. Acco… - 04/02/2013

Google and Mozilla Move Toward 3D Gaming
Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome are making moves toward hosting super-fast 3D games, as long as major browser makers support the idea. - 04/02/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
It was another incredible week in the field of Web-based real time communications (WebRTC), and as such, there was quite a bit of news emerging surrounding new developments in the field. With a big weekend coming for a lot of people out there, it was… - 03/30/2013

WebRTC Becomes Part of Presence Technology Web Agent Solution
With all of the buzz about WebRTC, the open source project aiming to enable the Web with Real Time Communication (RTC) capabilities, it is not surprising that one of the first and most promising significant applications of the technology is in contac… - 03/28/2013

Code of the Codec: Nokia vs. Google
Nokia (News - Alert) has now thrown down the gauntlet and refused to work with the WebRTC community. Google's cross licensing of VP8 and H.264, which was supposed to end the controversy, has been ignored. And Nokia seems poised for yet another patent… - 03/27/2013

Conversat.io Makes it Easier to Use WebRTC
There are a lot of new offerings coming as a result of WebRTC. One is a Web-based, video chat tool which only needs users to visit a URL to take part. Soon, WebRTC could even replace Skype or Flash. - 03/26/2013

Are You Ready for WebRTC?
For all the talk about WebRTC, many businesses are still just sitting back and thinking, "Boy, this will be neat to see." In doing so, however, they are missing out on many opportunities, and should start preparing for WebRTC sooner rather than later… - 03/25/2013

WebRTC Still Gaining Ground--New Demos Show Off Its Power
There's no denying it; the concept of Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) is a concept that's shaking the fundamentals of communication to their very core. But there are still some issues separating WebRTC from becoming a true powerhouse in c… - 03/25/2013

TokBox's Ian Small to Keynote at WebRTC Conference and Expo
Last week, the technology world saw something pretty amazing: a demonstration of a native video chat between an Android Nexus tablet and a Macbook Air, with no need for the participants to download any application or extra tool. It was made possible … - 03/25/2013

WebRTC's First Full Market Analysis by Disruptive Analysis Now Available
The momentum the still young WebRTC market has gained in just a few short months has been astounding, demonstrating the immense potential of the technology. If major players like Google and the Mozilla Corporation throwing their weight behind WebRTC … - 03/25/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
It was another major week of news in web-based real time communications (WebRTC), and that meant there was plenty to go over this week. With the weekend now in our hands, it's a great time to settle in and run down some of the biggest events to hit i… - 03/23/2013

Video Shows WebRTC Video Chat between Android Tablet, Macbook Air
A video chat between an Android Nexus tablet and a Macbook Air with no need to download any application? Just a year or two ago, the idea seemed preposterous. Different operating systems that don't play nice with each other, right? - 03/21/2013

Zingaya Turns to Bandwidth to Support 'Click-to-Call' Service
Bandwidth, a provider of voice, 911 and SMS solutions, has added Zingaya, a developer of Web-based VoIP solutions, to its list of customers. - 03/21/2013

Danger, Andy Rubin, Danger 2.0
When you listen to Tim Cook at Apple the next time we're set for the Dog and Pony, you'll hear him speak to the fact that virtually all iPhones are up to date on iOS6. And he will vaguely reference their competitors and the wide variety of OS solutio… - 03/20/2013

Twilio Introduces SIP, Moves Closer to the Enterprise
Twilio, a cloud-based communications company, yesterday launched SIP from Twilio, allowing the company to better target enterprises that use SIP in their calling systems. Furthermore, since SIP is also used for delivering video, it could mean that th… - 03/19/2013

Voxeo Celebrates Big Anniversary of SIP Support
The 10th anniversary is traditionally celebrated with tin or aluminum, but over at Voxeo, it's all gold as it marked its own 10th anniversary of session initiation protocol (SIP) support. SIP is one of the biggest parts of voice over Internet protoco… - 03/19/2013

Plantronics Supports Contextual Awareness and WebRTC
Plantronics is helping move WebRTC forward with new advancements in WebRTC integration, which helps improve communication for professionals and end-users everywhere. It's also revealed new UC hardware products, as well as contextually-aware software … - 03/18/2013

Thrupoint Fusion Client SDK Out to Step Up Customer Interaction
Customer service is still one of the most important parts of any business' operations. Especially in a down economy, turning current customers into repeat customers is a process that's both difficult and very rewarding, especially in the long term. T… - 03/18/2013

ATIS Ensures Interoperability Standards for Cloud-Based Video Conferencing
The ATIS Cloud Services Forum (CSF) announced last week that it had conducted interoperability testing for a wide variety of video conferencing solutions designed to operate in a cloud environment. AT&T and Verizon participated in the test using e… - 03/18/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
While Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) is still something of a new concept, the amount of news it's generating can get downright staggering in a week. This week, meanwhile, would prove to be no exception as plenty of exciting news emerged … - 03/16/2013

A Consumer-Facing Mobile Communications App Could Possibly be Coming from Talko
At the beginning of last year January, 2012, Ray Ozzie talked to CNET about starting a new company called Cocomo. Ray Ozzie was chief technical officer and chief software architect at Microsoft between 2005 and 2010. Before working at Microsoft, Ozzi… - 03/15/2013

For Online Communications, WebRTC is the Future
The concept of Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) has been flying around a lot lately, but the sheer potential of this technology is leaving users wondering about its overall implications to communicating online. For many, however, it is… - 03/14/2013

Vidtel and Compunetix Partner to Provide Video Collaboration to WebRTC
WebRTC is expanding further, with the addition of video collaboration from Vidtel and Compunetix. The two have partnered up to provide solutions designed to unify video conferencing equipment with WebRTC-based browsers, as well as software such as Go… - 03/13/2013

Prezi Perks Up Presentation Platform, Picks Up New User Milestone
Prezi had a pretty big run yesterday, adding some fresh augmentation to its presentation platform and picking up a very important milestone in total user count to its overall presence. Not only does Prezi now boast audio support for its presentations… - 03/13/2013

Priologic Software Unveiling New WebRTC Products
Priologic Software, which provides WebRTC open source and enterprise products and services, today announced it will unveil its easyRTC Enterprise and WebRTC Enterprise Management System at Enterprise Connect 2013. First announced at ITEXPO Miami t… - 03/13/2013

An Integration of a Fixed and Mobile Solution as Voipro and FirmTel Join Forces
Voipro has been developing hosted voice and other cloud communications solutions for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) since 2005. In 2009 all of its services were being provided through a network of distributors, value added resellers, system integ… - 03/12/2013

Actually Using WebRTC has Great Potential
The concept of Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) is great by itself, but there are still those who look at the technology and wonder about the actual applications of such a program. Some, however, are looking at the technology and figuring … - 03/12/2013

Issues Around Google's VP8 / WebM Codec Appear Settled
The issues around Google's VP8 / WebM codec have been going on for some time now - by some reports since the acquisition of On2 - but in recent days, something rather unusual has happened: Google has agreed to pay to license patents that drive WebM, … - 03/11/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
Another absolutely huge week has come and gone in the field of Web-based real-time communications (WebRTC), and as such, a wide variety of news topics has emerged to match. We took a look at a lot of exciting developments in the field this week, so w… - 03/09/2013

The Hypervoice Consortium Adds Ericsson and InterDigital to its Ranks
The relatively new Hypervoice Consortium, officially announced back in November at the WebRTC conference, yesterday added two new founding members to its ranks, InterDigital and Ericsson, bringing the total number to six. The two companies join Telef… - 03/08/2013

Magor Introduces WebRTC Visual Collaboration
Magor Communications, a provider of visual collaboration solutions, today began demonstrating its WebRTC-based visual collaboration application at TeleSpan's Eighth Annual Future of Conferencing Workshop, which takes place until tomorrow, March 8, in… - 03/07/2013

Five Million Dollar Debt Reduction by Pervasip
Pervasip Corporation is a communications company that provides wholesale and retail Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. Pervasip focuses its resources on the growth of its wholly owned subsidiary, VoX Communications. Using its own nationwid… - 03/06/2013

If Skype is too Big to Fail, What Bruises Can WebRTC Make?
Our friend Tsahi Levent-Levi and I are having a discussion on Google+ about all the start-ups that are looking for funding. There are a lot of issues here. First of all, the reality of WebRTC as the cost of entry is pretty low, so a start-up claiming… - 03/06/2013

What's The Difference Between WebRTC and SIP?
The growth of WebRTC has left plenty examining this new phenomenon and wondering how best to put it to use in their particular environment. There are certainly plenty of possibilities, but in the course of examination, many are starting to notice a g… - 03/05/2013

Mozilla Gives a Look at the Future of WebRTC
So far, two major players have put a lot of effort into supporting WebRTC: Google and the Mozilla Corporation. It makes sense, since both companies tend to favor open Web technologies. However, Mozilla has proven itself perhaps most dedicated to the … - 03/04/2013

&Yet Introduces Two New WebRTC Projects
Two new projects look to hit the Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) arena from &Yet, which took to its blog to announce today. The projects in question both look to take advantage of the growing WebRTC field, and those two projects are calle… - 03/04/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
Thanks in part to Mobile World Congress 2013's arrival on the Barcelona stage, there were plenty of events landing in Web-based Real Time Communications (WebRTC). So with a hard-earned weekend now upon us, settle in, and let's run down the biggest ne… - 03/02/2013

Sansay & Plivo Offer New, Powerful Cloud Communications Platform
Sansay is a widely recognized name in session border controllers (SBC), but with the larger SBC market being as competitive as it is, retaining such recognition is the kind of thing that must be earned with constant diligence and development. To that… - 02/27/2013

Global MobileTech Gears Up for Cliq2Talk Final Availability with Stress Tests
Global MobileTech, a Web and mobile communications service provider in Asia, yesterday launched a new stress test for its WebRTC-based multimedia communications portal, Cliq2Talk. The first of two planned stress tests, this first test involves select… - 02/27/2013

Dialogic Fuels Networks, Augments WebRTC
Having covered Dialogic for about two decades, I can tell you they were an integral player in the converging world of communications and technology. When you leave a voicemail, call into a call center or benefit from a telecom advancement, quite ofte… - 02/27/2013

WebRTC Brings Real-Time Communications to the Web
A recent post on Mozilla's WebRTC blog highlights the virtues of Web real-time communications. Enabling video calls and file-sharing (currently a Firefox first) between browsers that can easily be integrated across every website, the blogger suggeste… - 02/25/2013

Vox Offers Video
Vox Communications, a subsidiary of Pervasip Corp, has improved its Android Mobile VoIP calling application with free video calling. The app is available now for all Android phones and tablets that support video calling from the Google Play Store. - 02/25/2013

MWC 2013: AT&T, Ericsson and Mozilla Demonstrate New WebRTC Solution
The 2013 Mobile World Congress (MWC) is in full swing, and it's not at all surprising to see new products and solutions on display. But one particularly important point from a coalition of developers -Mozilla, Ericsson and AT&T - brought out a powerf… - 02/25/2013

TokBox WebRTC-Based Platform Now Supports Firefox Nightly and Aurora
Live video chat platform, TokBox, was among the first to support WebRTC, launching integration with Google's Chrome, one of the first Web browsers to support the communications standard, earlier in the year. As such, it should come as no surprise… - 02/25/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
The growth of Web-based real-time communications (WebRTC) is strong, and with strong growth comes a lot of news as competitors enter the sector bringing new products and services with them. Plus, the market itself offers plenty of news as its future … - 02/23/2013

As WebRTC Gains Momentum, Education Increases
As the W3C consortium races to standardize APIs, open-source WebRTC is rapidly gaining support from major browser vendors. While Google Chrome announced support for WebRTC in its stable release, Mozilla has enabled the real-time text/audio/video chat… - 02/22/2013

Web Design is Improved through Responsive Typography, Many Compromises
Web and app design are seeing improvements through the field of responsive typography - as well as by making many compromises. - 02/21/2013

True Scale and Impact of WebRTC Underestimated, Says Report
Aiming to enable the Web with real-time communications (RTC) capabilities, open-source WebRTC is rapidly gaining support as W3C consortium races to standardize the APIs. Meanwhile, Google and Mozilla have solved the interoperability problem, enabling… - 02/21/2013

WebKit, What is it and Why Should You Care?
In order to make sure you get the correct definition, here it is from the WebKit Open Source Project, "WebKit is an open source web browser engine. WebKit is also the name of the Mac OS X system framework version of the engine that's used by Safari, … - 02/21/2013

Firefox Enables WebRTC, H.264 and MP3 Support in Recent Nightly Release
Firefox has taken one more step toward full WebRTC compatibility by having the protocol activated by default in its most recent Nightly release. WebRTC had been available in previous Firefox Nightly releases, but only as an option. Having it enabled … - 02/21/2013

F5 Networks Launches New Mobile App Manager
F5 Networks has launched a new mobile management solution that will enable employees of companies implementing the bring your own device trend to separate their personal and professional lives. - 02/20/2013

European Mobile LBS Revenues to Reach $1.1 Billion in 2017
According to a new research report by market watcher Berg Insight, mobile location-based service (LBS) revenues in Europe are predicted to grow from €325 million (US $434.5 million) in 2012 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.5 percent to €… - 02/20/2013

Wmode Launches Enterprise Platform 2.1 for BlackBerry 10
Wmode has launched the latest version of its Velocity Enterprise Platform 2.1 for BlackBerry 10. The company will be showcasing its revamped offering at the upcoming BlackBerry Experience Forums. - 02/20/2013

TeleSpan to Run Workshop Focusing on 'Game Changers' in Conferencing
For eight years running now, TeleSpan has been offering an annual workshop revolving around the future of conferencing called, not surprisingly, the Future of Conferencing Workshop. Now, with a set of developments poised to shake up the conferencing … - 02/20/2013

Tango Network Now Has WebRTC Capability
Tango Networks announced in a statement that it now has mobile integration with Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) applications. WebRTC is an open framework for rich media communications, including voice and video data, through Web browser soft… - 02/20/2013

Predicting and Preparing for WebRTC
Once more, I must bring your attention to the topic that is WebRTC. Yes, WebRTC, the emerging tool that will let people communicate in real time over any Web browser, continues to draw attention as technology continues marching towards it. So of … - 02/20/2013

WebRTC Gaining Support from a Wide Variety of Firms
Web-based real-time communications (WebRTC) as both a concept and an operations platform, is rapidly gaining in terms of not only its possibilities, but also its actual application value. To that end, several companies are looking to bring together s… - 02/19/2013

WebRTC's Potential and Future
While WebRTC is still an emerging technology, its impact can already be seen. After all, with it, one can send messages, videos, files and more without needing any plugins or downloads -- what's not to like? As such, it's also changing the way commun… - 02/19/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
It's almost getting to be a foregone conclusion, but once again, there were plenty of exciting developments in the field of Web-based real-time communications (WebRTC) for us to take a look at. With the weekend now upon us, it's a good time to take a… - 02/16/2013

PeerJS Opens Up New Source of Browser-to-Browser Communication
The rise of Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) is allowing users to connect as never before, and as such, plenty of new advancements are coming along to augment, support, or simply better use this new technology. A new open source library in… - 02/15/2013

Google Starts Pushing WebP Image Format, Cites Terabytes of Bandwidth Savings
Google obviously has a lot of sway on the Internet, with running the most widely used search engine, most popular video sharing site and even a widely used Web browser. So when the company wants to do something like introduce a new image format, ther… - 02/15/2013

Layer 7 and Voxeo Create Joint Solution for API Creation and Management
If you're at Mobile World Congress 2013, keep an eye out for Layer 7's booth, which will be demonstrating a new joint solution created by Voxeo Labs and Layer 7 Technologies. It combines Voxeo's Tropo and Phono APIs with Layer 7's API Management Plat… - 02/12/2013

WebRTC is Disrupting the Way Browsers and Telcos View Communication
Imagine being able to video chat, instant message and share photos, videos, files and links with someone else on your Web browser in real-time with no plugins to download. The technology to make that happen is already here, and is the future of commu… - 02/12/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
Plenty of exciting news descended on the Web-based real-time communications (WebRTC) market this week, and with the coming of the weekend now at hand, it's time to take things a bit slower and run down some of the high points of a big week full of ne… - 02/09/2013

Behind the Curtain: WebRTC Technology Powers Disney and Google's Oz Experience
This country has had a love affair with L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz for more than 100 years. From dozens of books and comic books set in the land, to a wickedly popular Broadway show and, of course, beloved movies, we have traveled down the Yellow Bri… - 02/08/2013

Technologies in UC to Watch Out For
I'll be the first to admit there are a lot of buzzwords in the realm of unified communications. I write about them daily, after all. It sometimes gets to the point where they just pass on by as another daily occurrence that doesn't even register. - 02/08/2013

Google, Mozilla Demonstrate WebRTC with Video Chat in Browsers - How Will Microsoft React?
The battle between Microsoft with its CU-RTC API versus WebRTC IETF supporters like Google, Opera and Mozilla over standards has just taken an interesting turn. On Monday, a video was posted demonstrating cross browser video chat between Chrome and F… - 02/07/2013

Microsoft Pushing CU-RTC, Forcing Rivals to Create Alternative
In spite of several factors that worked to its disadvantage, Microsoft is still pushing its CU-RTC definition. After a successful demo, the Redmond, Washington-based company may have gained an advantage in the debate between CU-RTC and WebRTC that ha… - 02/05/2013

Mobile Video Calling: 160M Users by 2017, but Where's the Revenue for Mobile Services Providers?
A new report from Juniper Research, Mobile & Tablet Voice & Video Calling - Strategic Opportunities & Business Models 2012-2017, makes the claim that we will see at least 160 million regular mobile video callers by 2017. In truth, we'd have antic… - 02/05/2013

WebRTC Enables First Cross-Browser Video Chat between Firefox, Chrome
Cross-browser chat sessions? Conventional wisdom (and long, tiresome experience) tells us that browsers are like dogs and cats, apples and oranges, oil and water. Everybody knows they don't mix…right? - 02/05/2013

WebRTC Continues to Offer Enterprises, SMBs Major Changes in Communications
Communications is likely to see major changes thanks to WebRTC. WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is an API being drawn up by the World Wide Web Consortium. It gives Web browsers real-time communications capabilities via Javascript APIs. - 02/04/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
It was another big week in news for Web-based real-time communications (WebRTC), and as a result there was plenty going on that required examination. With so much news out in the field, it's always a good idea to take a look back at the week that was… - 02/02/2013

AddLive Gives WebRTC a Boost
WebRTC is still in its youth, but emerging quickly. At this point, I doubt I have to say much about what it can do, but here's a quick refresher: WebRTC stands for "Web Real Time Communications," and basically provides high quality video and audio co… - 02/01/2013

Flowthru Showcases WebRTC App at StartupCamp 7
StartupCamp is a collocated event at ITEXPO Miami that gives startup companies an opportunity to pitch their business model in five minutes for a chance to gain investors. This year, we heard pitches from Proteg-GO, an emergency service app; ThruView… - 02/01/2013

BCS Global Indicates a Good Year for Video Collaboration
2012 was a good year for BCS Global Networks Ltd., and it expects 2013 to be even better. With multiple recognitions and awards under its belt, it sees these years as a turning point that will take video collaboration to the mainstream. - 01/31/2013

For Better Security, Mozilla's Next Firefox will Block Plugins
A new blog post from Michael Coates, the director of security assurance at Mozilla, shows a new direction in mind for the next version of Mozilla's popular Firefox browser, and it's something of an unusual step in its own right. According to the blog… - 01/31/2013

ITEXPO Panel: Cloud, HTML5, M2M and WebRTC Rev Up the Age of Acceleration
We're living in the age of acceleration, and things will still move faster going forward -- pushed ahead by the low entry costs that the cloud enables, ever-increasing wireless broadband speeds, and the rise of HTML5 and WebRTC, among other factors. - 01/31/2013

Shango and Vidtel Join Forces
Vidtel is teaming up with Shango, leveraging its ecosystem of voice application service providers. As a result, Vidtel will be able to source and manage telephone numbers inventory from its own carriers more easily. - 01/31/2013

Vidtel Embraces WebRTC
Vidtel has learned the benefits of WebRTC, and has added native support to its MeetMe and Gateway cloud services. Thanks to this, users can access cloud or premise-based video conferences from a Web browser with no fuss or trouble. - 01/30/2013

Vidtel Brings Video Conferencing and WebRTC to Everyone
Science fiction movies promised us a future where we would be able to communicate over ubiquitous video screens. Modern technology, however, has not quite lived up to that promise. Some of us use Skype to talk to our best friend who lives hundreds of… - 01/30/2013

VCI-Group to Host VICG Live! Video Conferencing Session on WebRTC
On February 21, the VCI-Group will be hosting what's known as the VCIG Live! session, a video conferencing seminar and live streaming event hosted over ChorusCall. The event is designed to deliver more information about the potential impact and the i… - 01/30/2013

Programmable Web Adds to its API Directory with AddLive WebRTC API, 10 Others
Programmable Web today added a total of 11 new APIs to its API directory. The functions of these APIs are pretty varied, including a shipment tracking notification service, a document converting service, a big data analysis platform, an online game-b… - 01/30/2013

Multipoint Video with WebRTC for Broadcast: Simpler than Some May Think
The growth of Web real-time communications (WebRTC) has a lot of people wondering about other things that can be done with the software. Sure, the idea of being able to launch video chats right from a Web browser without the need for additional plug-… - 01/29/2013

Saypage's Upcoming Communications Platform Powered by WebRTC
For those who needed a little more convincing that Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) was a concept rapidly gaining ground, prepare to get that little extra shot of evidence in the form of Saypage, a service set to launch tomorrow, January 2… - 01/28/2013

Ericsson Labs Leading Industry in WebRTC Development: What Does it Mean for How We Use Electronic Devices?
Ericsson Labs has developed several WebRTC solutions that provide communications and file sharing in browser-to-browser applications without requiring plug-ins. It recently released a WebRTC development platform that allows any device with Web capabi… - 01/28/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
Another astonishing week in Web-based real-time communications (WebRTC) came and went, and in its wake, left behind a whole lot of exciting news. But what were the biggest events of a week heavy with news? That's exactly what our Week in Review cover… - 01/26/2013

WebRTC Gains More Support from Voxeo Labs with Phono SDK JavaScript API
The free, open project, WebRTC, continues to gain support and following from different industry verticals. WebRTC may very well be the future of Real-Time Communication (RTC) due to its powerful capabilities of making Web-to-Web and Web-to-phone call… - 01/25/2013

AddLive Looks to Offer Peace in a Crazy World of WebRTC
With constant movement going on in the Web-based real-time communications (WebRTC) market, it leaves a lot of room open for potential competitors to enter the field and show off just what they can do. The folks at AddLive are looking to not only prov… - 01/25/2013

easyRTC Enterprise is Announced by Priologic Software at ITEXPO in Miami
Priologic Software Inc. is a company that is based out of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Since 2003 it has been working on projects to develop custom applications, enterprise platforms and mobile applications. On January 24, 2013 Priologic annou… - 01/24/2013

Waterfox Releases Updated Version of 64-bit Windows Tool
Developers of Waterfox, the unofficial 64-bit Windows fork of Firefox, have finally released the latest version of the software. This new version, v. 18.0.1, has now been released after what the company called an "unseemly delay." - 01/23/2013

AnyMeeting WebRTC Hackathon Adds New Sponsors
AnyMeeting, a provider of Web conferencing for small businesses which recently hit a milestone reaching 250,000 registered users, recently unveiled the location and date of its WebRTC Hackathon. The event will be held at Chapman University in Orange,… - 01/23/2013

UberConference Integrates Box and Evernote
UberConference got ubercharged, thanks to its new document and file sharing features. Due to UberConference's integrations with Box and Evernote, anyone can link their accounts on each to share several files and notes, which they can switch between v… - 01/23/2013

Microsoft Plots its Own Route to WebRTC
The recent development of WebRTC has not been lost on Microsoft. But while the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has recently established a set of standards for the system, the proposal that Microsoft submitted vis-a-vis the standards for WebRTC has fa… - 01/22/2013

VMWare and Cisco Partner to Showcase Innovations in Unified Communications Support
Cisco, one the world's leaders in IT, has recently released its newest innovation for real-time virtual desktop communication- Cisco Jabber. Jabber was designed as an all-inclusive unified communications application, which can be used for instant mes… - 01/22/2013

WebRTC Challenges
WebRTC holds a lot of promise, and with the buzz surrounding WebRTC beginning to reach a fever pitch, it's worth pointing out the challenges it also faces. The explanation was that WebRTC has very ambitious goals, aiming to become the de facto standa… - 01/22/2013

Jive Software Provides New Opportunities for WebRTC Market
WebRTC (Real Time Communication) will have many uses in the business sector. It is predicted to drastically change the way people communicate. - 01/22/2013

The Rapid Growth of WebRTC on All Platforms for 2013
The reason WebRTC is seeing such a growth in a short period of time is it offers incredible opportunities to businesses, small and large, without investing large amounts of money. In the past, if you wanted to offer a personalized customer service fo… - 01/22/2013

Microsoft Open Tech Launches HTML5 WebRTC Prototype
In order to further accelerate the adoption and abilities of WebRTC, Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. has released a prototype implementation of the CU-RTC-Web Proposal. This prototype on HTML5Labs demonstrates some of the capabilities of WebRTC by … - 01/22/2013

Voxeo's Phono Project Improves Web Real-Time Communications
Voxeo Labs is joining the effort to improve real-time communications between Web browsers by offering a support system for the WebRTC project currently under way at The Phono Project, a product of Voxeo Labs. - 01/22/2013

Cisco Jabber on Virtual Desktops
Cisco Jabber users can jibber-jabber all the more now, with software designed to extend the Jabber experience to virtual desktops on Cisco and third-party thin clients. The Virtualization Experience Media Engine (VXME) will be made available for Cisc… - 01/21/2013

Microsoft Shows Off Its WebRTC Standard
WebRTC is being boasted as the unified standard that will connect real-time communications across browsers, computers and networks, but the exact standard for that has yet to be agreed upon. Microsoft is hoping its CU-RTC-Web standard will be the one… - 01/21/2013

Increase in WebRTC Hackathons Represents Growth in Real-Time Communications
The first time I really understood a hackathon was in the movie The Social Network. For hours at a time, developers, designers, coders and tech enthusiasts work to collaborate on and create new ideas to build on the potential of different technologie… - 01/21/2013

Mozilla Ignite's BigBlueButton Out to Make WebRTC & Education Easier
It's no secret that Mozilla is one of the biggest forces out there when it comes to Web-based real time communications (WebRTC), what with the upcoming plans to integrate the same into future versions of their popular Firefox browser and all. But a n… - 01/21/2013

Twelephone Unveils Features Roadmap for Consumers, the Enterprise
WebRTC may still be in its infancy more or less, but its potential has already captured the interest of many major companies. That said, even the technology's most basic functionality - real-time Web-based communications through a browser without the… - 01/21/2013

gUM on Firefox Aurora -- First API Component of WebRTC
You've got some gUM on your computer. No, don't try to clean it, that's a good thing - gUM in this case stands for getUserMedia, and is now enabled by default in Firefox Aurora 20. That means you can capture local camera and microphone streams direct… - 01/21/2013

IOCOM's Visimeet Solution Dodges Java-Affected Bullet
The topic of security has been on the tech industry's radar as of late. With the BYOD trend in full swing, cloud computing on the rise and WebRTC gaining popularity, keeping business and personal mobile devices safe from malware and malicious cyber a… - 01/21/2013

WebRTC World Week in Review
Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) is a rapidly-growing part of the online world as we know it. With new applications and new uses coming out most every day for this new technology, it's generating plenty of news, and with the coming of the weeken… - 01/19/2013

IMS Innovation Platform by Ericsson Brings a New Climate to 'Consumer-Enterprise Habitat'
For every business that adopts "bring your own device" (BYOD), dozens more scoff at the system, albeit not necessarily for lousy reasons. Lack of control of their employees is one, compatibility is another. - 01/18/2013

Will Joyn Succeed?
Many would say it is too early to say whether the Rich Communications Service (RCS) initiative will succeed in stemming the shift of end user use of over the top instant messaging services, compared to the use of text messaging. And some might argue … - 01/18/2013

Plivo Unites WebRTC and SIP
Let's talk Plivo for a second. It offers a scalable messaging platform filled with features, flexible APIs and constant support. Not only does it offer great reliability for enterprises in need of a hosted environment for voice and messaging, but com… - 01/18/2013

You're Invited: WebRTC Conference and Expo to be Held in Atlanta
Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) is a technology that allows people to communicate, in real-time, between browsers that doesn't require a plug-in. It's still a work in progress, but is already making an impact on the technology industry and is s… - 01/17/2013

New IP Phone System Sees Wider Adoption as Plivo Launches WebRTC SDK
It has been suggested that 2013 may very well be the year of WebRTC, the in-browser framework that enables real-time communication (RTC) on Web browsers, allowing individuals to call regular phones from their browsers and the other way round. Pli… - 01/16/2013

ZTE to Launch Firefox OS Phones in Europe
We were told back in the summer that there would be devices running Firefox OS released in 2013 and this has turned out to be true. However, while European users can expect to see these devices "in the coming months," it seems like U.S. consumers wil… - 01/15/2013

Microsoft Lync Offers Enterprise-Ready UC Platform
It's 2013, and that means it's the perfect year for Lync 2013. Well, that was launched last year, but now it's offering a single client, enterprise-ready UC platform. Along with that are several new features, so if you aren't using Lync yet, now is a… - 01/15/2013

Ericsson IMS-Based WebRTC Platform Enables Multiple Devices to Use the Same Mobile Number
Ericsson, a provider of communications infrastructure, services and multimedia solutions, recently unveiled a new Web development platform that can allow any connected device to become an "always-open communications device." This IMS-based WebRTC pla… - 01/15/2013

WebRTC One of Top Mobile Trends in 2013, Analysts Predict
When it comes to mobile trends in 2013, WebRTC is one to watch.RCR Wireless (News - Alert) just released its list of top seven mobile trends for the year ahead, and WebRTC was near the top of its list. - 01/15/2013

Can WebRTC Change the Customer Experience?
The holiday period is unlike any other - the food, the social gatherings, the traditions, the TV specials and seasonal radio stations, the lights, and of course, the presents. But before any gifts can be wrapped, given and opened, they much be purcha… - 01/14/2013

Set Up Great Group Travel Plans with 'Flights With Friends'
The travel industry has taken something of a beating in previous years, as a combination of regulations and a growing number of niche startups look to take an increasing number of pieces from the same pie. A new service called Flights With Friends is… - 01/14/2013

WebRTC vs. Chatwing - Is There a Dominant Solution?
Examine the telecommunications industry as a whole and we've come a long way in just in the last two decades. A closer look at online options identifies how those tools once only available to fictional characters on Sci-Fi movies are now available fo… - 01/09/2013

Firefox 18 Supports IonMonkey JavaScript, WebRTC and Retina
The ongoing evolution in Mozilla Web browser Firefox has resulted in some attractive features for the browser. Tech Crunch reports that the latest stable version of Firefox, Firefox 18 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android, features Mozilla's new IonMo… - 01/09/2013

Biscotti to Unveil Biscotti XS, Cloud-Based Video Calling Solutions at CES 2013
Biscotti Inc., a provider of high definition video calling products for the home and business, outlined its plans for this week's CES 2013 in Las Vegas. The primary focus is to be on the company's latest video calling solutions and innovations, inclu… - 01/08/2013

WebRTC Growing with Help from Vidtel
While the WebRTC standard may be young and still developing, we can already see and predict what it can bring to the table. As it can run real-time communications in browsers without additional plug-ins, communication is a simple task with it, making… - 01/08/2013

Message Bus Puts Joyent Cloud to Work for Application Services
Message Bus recently announced a major partnership with Joyent that meant a big boost of power to Message Bus' already impressive array of systems. The combination of a pioneering firm in cloud-based infrastructure for e-mail and mobile messaging and… - 01/07/2013

AT&T Unveils Alpha API Program, WebRTC-Based Call Management API
At AT&T Developer Summit in Las Vegas, AT&T Mobility chief marketing officer David Christopher unveiled and outlined a new Call Management API that provides developers the ability to create applications using an individual's AT&T mobile number to acc… - 01/07/2013

Ericsson to Demonstrate WebRTC among Communication Solutions at CES 2013
Ericsson is making its second major appearance at CES this week, which will feature the company's president and CEO Hans Vestberg participating in a CES SuperSession entitled, "The New Network Effect Changes Everything," as well as a number of demons… - 01/07/2013

Firefox 18 Goes to Beta with New Features
For those out there who use Firefox as their browser of choice--and there are a lot of people out there who can count that particular honor to their credit--a new version, Firefox 18, recently went into beta that's going to bring plenty of new featur… - 01/07/2013

WebRTC Aims to Open New Doors in Real-Time Communication
Real-time access to relevant communications has seen tremendous online growth over the past few years, especially during 2012. WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) has not only gained in popularity in corporate environments - Google Apps and the lik… - 01/07/2013

Samsung Launches ChatON 2.0 with Big Changes
ChatON has long been one of the top text messaging offerings from Samsung and now the company is apparently going to be spending some more time and money to make the application that much better. Samsung has unveiled ChatON 2.0, a global communicatio… - 01/02/2013

It's the Right Time for LTE to Start Making Money
There's little doubt that one of the big moves of 2013 is pretty much going to have to be the rise of LTE. It's already underway in a lot of places, and there are plans in the works to bring even more into play. Everyone wants higher speeds and more … - 01/02/2013

Google Apps a Viable Candidate in Office Battle
Enterprises can expect WebRTC to become robust enough for use in communications applications and be used in browser-based unified communications and collaboration, making it ideal for integration with Google Apps. - 01/02/2013

VictorOps Gets Cash Infusion to Get Websites Back Online
Ever been on the bad end of a Netflix outage? Losing the streaming services in the midst of movie night--or worse, on date night--can have disastrous repercussions for not just an entire evening, but for an entire website. Get enough of them together… - 01/02/2013

It's Time to Learn about WebRTC: 2013 Will Be its Year
It's that time of year: when cyberspace is chock-full of articles from technology writers about what 2013 might hold for all of us on the technology front. We know you're getting sick of them. If you take away only one thing from this avalanche o… - 12/27/2012

What's Ahead for Peer-to-Peer Communications in 2013
Real-time peer-to-peer communications is hardly new, so most people would imagine that there's little to get excited about when it comes to new developments in this area. They'd be wrong. The promise of an up-and-coming standard, WebRTC, is indeed wo… - 12/27/2012

Voxeet Conferencing Technology Looking to WebRTC Components
For those who regularly conduct conference calls, WebRTC is especially exciting. Real-time communications over Web browsers makes life simpler, cheaper and more efficient. On the road to WebRTC, Voxeet provides a solution that comes close, for no… - 12/27/2012

Updates to WebRTC APIs Expand Capabilities
The clean integration of technologies always ensures better performance and user satisfaction, especially when it comes to communications. For WebRTC, the support of real-time communications, especially video, is a priority. With the latest advanceme… - 12/27/2012

Will WebRTC be the Go-To Technology for Video Interoperability?
Technology improvements to enhance real-time communications are hot topics as of late, especially given the progress WebRTC has made in the market. The concept is getting significant attention in the development world and the media, especially given … - 12/27/2012

WebRTC Expected to Greatly Improve Social Apps
WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) is bringing about major changes in the way people communicate -- especially in the social sector. - 12/18/2012

WebRTC Rapidly Replacing VoIP as Go-To Communications Technology
There was a time when everyone thought that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was thought to be the next big thing when it came to real-time communications over the Internet. VoIP has even managed to pick up quite a bit of market share when you con… - 12/18/2012

HTML5 Specification Finalized but Still Short a Royalty-Free Video Codec
The wait is over: the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) has declared that the HTML5 specification, along with Canvas 2D, is considered complete. This means that businesses and developers now have a stable target to code for. Until the specification ulti… - 12/18/2012

Reimagine the Web as a Console in Mozilla's Second GameOn Competition
Recently, Mozilla launched a competition seeking game developers who want to get their best games out into a wider audience. Dubbed the GameOn competition, the second such event ever, there are some big prizes at stake, so Mozilla is looking for the … - 12/18/2012

WebRTC as a Game Changer or Disruption?
To understand how technology will impact the future, it is critical to think in the context of the past. As George Santayana said, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." The history to which I refer is the original introductio… - 12/18/2012

Plantronics' New Source Code Addresses WebRTC Audio Integration
WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) is a hot topic as of late because it enables any Web server to deliver a real-time communications experience. With WebRTC, any website can actually become a control and delivery point for real-time communications… - 12/13/2012

WebRTC Conference & Expo Honors Plantronics with a Visionary Award
Plantronics, a company specializing in audio communications for businesses and consumers, was honored with a 'Visionary Award' at WebRTC Conference & EXPO 2012 held at South San Francisco Conference Center by TMC, an integrated media company, Systemw… - 12/11/2012

Yahoo Acquires Startup OnTheAir
Yahoo recently acquired OnTheAir, a startup that offers interactive live video over the Web, in a move that shows the company's commitment to increasing its mobile technology offerings. - 12/11/2012

Mozilla Uses WebRTC, Social API to Bring Live Video Chatting to Firefox
While the standardization efforts for Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) continues, Mozilla has developed video chatting for its browser, Firefox. Combining social API with WebRTC techniques, Mozilla has demo… - 12/11/2012

WebRTC 101
WebRTC has been gaining a lot of traction and attention, but as it's still new, there's still a low level of understanding about it for many people. As such, this seems like a good time to offer a little education about what WebRTC is. - 12/11/2012

What WebRTC Might Mean for the Call Center
WebRTC is about to change the way we communicate, and the business and technology worlds are scrambling to get ready for it. As consumers, there is nothing we need to do, except wait for the benefits it will bring to us. - 12/10/2012

SureVoIP Takes Up Drum Web Meeting Solution
Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) is completely changing the way we communicate through Web browsers. NetDev, a provider of communications applications for global carriers, operators and communications service providers, offers the Drum Web meeti… - 12/10/2012

Can WebRTC Change the Holiday Customer Experience?
The holiday period is unlike any other - the food, the social gatherings, the traditions, the TV specials and seasonal radio stations, the lights and, of course, the presents. But before any gifts can be wrapped, given and opened, they must be purcha… - 12/06/2012

WebRTC, HTML5 and the Bowser Browser
Several weeks ago, Ericsson Research announced the world’s first WebRTC-enabled browser for mobile devices, called “Bowser.” WebRTC, as most know by now, is an emerging video communications standard with ongoing development work within the World Wide… - 12/04/2012

Mozilla Shows Off WebRTC Conferencing, File Transfer in Firefox
At the recent WebRTC Conference and Expo - co-hosted by TMC, Systemwide Media and PKE Consulting -the power and potential of WebRTC has led many companies to embrace the technology. Indeed, efforts are well underway to see most major Web browsers int… - 12/03/2012

Cloud-based Telephony App Platform Plivo Raises $1.75 Million in Funding
Plivo, a cloud-based platform that allows users to build telephony apps for SMS, phone calling, SIP and WebRTC, is reporting today that it has received a new round of funding. The company recently closed a $1.75M seed round of financing from investme… - 12/03/2012

WebRTC and Conferencing
With all the opportunities WebRTC presents, one of the most important is probably conferencing. As such, it's no surprise that WebRTC Conference & Expo held a panel called "Conferencing with WebRTC," in which the panelists discussed the current Web c… - 11/29/2012

WebRTC: Delivering WebRTC in Service Providers, OTT, and Websites
At the WebRTC Conference & Expo, Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis hosted the panel "Delivering WebRTC in Service Providers, OTT, and Websites." Speaking on the panel were Geoff Hollingworth of Ericsson, Boris Selitser of Oracle, and Alexey Aylarov … - 11/29/2012

Plantronics, PubNub, Zingaya and More Win Big at WebRTC Conference and Expo
WebRTC, or Web real-time communications, is an exciting new technology. It allows users to make voice and video calls directly from their Web browsers without the need to download applications or plug-ins. The technology is poised to revolutionize th… - 11/29/2012

WebRTC Google Keynote
Thursday morning, WebRTC Conference and Expo kicked off with a keynote presentation from Google Chrome. Hugh Finnan, director of Product Management, took the stage to discuss the latest trends in Internet, from app development to mobility. - 11/29/2012

Hookflash Unveils Open Peer iOS SDK, Supporting Cloud Services Suite at WebRTC Expo
Hookflash, the company that created the peer-to-peer (P2P) communications and social media app of the same name for the iPad last year, made available two new offerings: the Open Peer Software Development Kit (SDK) for iOS, and Hookflash Cloud Servic… - 11/29/2012

Does WebRTC Have a Future in Customer Service?
While the ability to make voice and video calls from a Web browser has been around for some time, they haven't exactly revolutionized customer service. While users of Internet-based voice and video media are quite dedicated when it comes to peer-to-p… - 11/29/2012

WebRTC and 4G LTE
Among the sessions at WebRTC Conference & Expo, held in San Francisco, was "Extending 4G Communications With WebRTC." Hosted by Anne Lee, CTO at Advanced Communications Solutions Innovations for Alcatel-Lucent, it delved into the advantages of 4G LTE… - 11/29/2012

AnyMeeting Plans WebRTC Hackathon Event for 2013, Seeking Participants, Sponsors
A premier provider of Web conferencing for small businesses, AnyMeeting is hosting a "hackathon" to be held in mid-January 2013, in order to bring together designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, marketers and product managers to collaborate on a new pr… - 11/29/2012

Voxeo Labs and Solaiemes Look to Bring Video Calling to Current Mobile Devices
The idea of video calling has been a popular one for some time and more recently we've had the opportunity to see it come to light. With Skype, iMessage, and FaceTime among just a few such applications that power video calling, a new one is making an… - 11/29/2012

Vidtel First to Introduce WebRTC to Enterprise Video Conferencing
Vidtel today introduced a leading-edge addition to its gateway service while forwarding the capabilities of WebRTC. Put simply, the service now has the built-in ability to connect WebRTC-enabled browsers to enterprise video conferencing infrastructur… - 11/28/2012

Savings Predicted in Healthcare by Switching to WebRTC
WebRTC is likely to change communication in many sectors - and healthcare is no exception. - 11/28/2012

Plantronics to Make Wearable WebRTC Available to All
Web real-time communications is an exciting new technology that is poised to make voice and video calling easier than ever. It will allow users to make calls directly through their Web browsers, without the need of an application or plug-in. But the … - 11/28/2012

Acme Packet Completes First Successful Browser-to-3G WebRTC Call
Acme Packet today announced a huge step forward toward the full potential of WebRTC. The company became the first to successfully complete a demonstration of a WebRTC-enabled browser, calling a mobile network subscriber by way of a multivendor IP mul… - 11/28/2012

Making WebRTC Part of a Unified Communications World
Unlike many new technologies, WebRTC isn't about new features and functions. Rather, it's about making communications between people and groups easier and simpler. The idea is that by integrating communications capabilities directly into the browser … - 11/28/2012

TSSG Shares Insight on the Potential of WebRTC
The ability to stream real-time communications without downloading additional plugins or applications is in high demand as new devices and hosted solutions bring collaboration into the next generation. WebRTC is an Opera, Mozilla and Google-backed op… - 11/28/2012

Will WebRTC Ever Make Communication Local Again?
Phil Edholm, conference chair of WebRTC, and I had a great discussion about what changes as a result of WebRTC. Some of our friends are convinced that the legacy will remain unchanged. That the carriers are not going to feel the competition. And if y… - 11/28/2012

Zingaya Achieves 'Terrific Milestone' in WebRTC
Zingaya, a provider of next-generation click-to-call services, has strengthened its position in the WebRTC space as it continues to encompass today's technological practices, having recently revealed the new WebRTC version of its click-to-call widget… - 11/27/2012

Bistri Unveils New Sharing Capability, Participates in WebRTC Conference & Expo
As a Gold Sponsor of the WebRTC Conference and Expo currently underway and wrapping up on November 29 in San Francisco, Calif., Bistri knew that its attendance was needed at this not-to-miss event due to the fact that WebRTC is guaranteed to complete… - 11/27/2012

Mozilla Releases Beta Version of Firefox for Retina Displays
The Firefox Web browser is easily one of the biggest in the field, joining some major names and even taking some market share away from the biggest of them. But the newest version, Firefox 18, recently went beta and brought several new key features a… - 11/27/2012

Sangoma's Nenad Corbic to Talk SDKs Advantages with WebRTC at Upcoming Conference
WebRTC (Web-based real-time communication) is a standardization effort that is being driven by the IETF and W3C to embed a real-time media engine into Web browsers and applications. It enables Web applications to leverage browsers to make rapid voice… - 11/27/2012

Thrupoint Launches Beta of Juice WebRTC Development Program
Thrupoint is now in beta with its WebRTC development program. Thrupoint Juice, as the program is known, focuses on simplifying the integration of WebRTC and SIP. Thrupoint Fusion Web also allows for the integration of WebRTC with legacy IP PBX and PS… - 11/27/2012

What is the Future of Real-Time Communications on the Web?
In science fiction movies, the future of communications always looked so simple. You sit on the bridge of the Enterprise and you ask the computer (voiced by the lovely Majel Barrett Rodenberry) to put the Klingon Cruiser or Starfleet officer on the v… - 11/27/2012

Mozilla CIO Todd Simpson to Deliver Keynote Address at WebRTC Conference and Expo
Chief innovation officer for Mozilla, Todd Simpson, recently accepted an invitation to deliver a keynote address at the WebRTC Conference and Expo, which runs from November 27-29, 2012, at the South San Francisco Conference Center. Co-hosted by TMC, … - 11/27/2012

Mozilla CIO Todd Simpson to Deliver Keynote Address at WebRTC Conference and Expo
Chief innovation officer for Mozilla, Todd Simpson, recently accepted an invitation to deliver a keynote address at the WebRTC Conference and Expo, which runs from November 27-29, 2012, at the South San Francisco Conference Center. Co-hosted by T… - 11/27/2012

WebRTC: The Next Big Thing in Cloud Communications?
Those in the communications industry are starting to hear a lot about WebRTC, which has to do with how people make calls using Internet-connected computers, tablets, smartphones and apps. WebRTC is a new feature that will eventually be incorporate… - 11/27/2012

AddLive Adds Customers for its WebRTC Services
In an economy where losing customers is a lot more likely than adding them, it's always good to see news of customers picking up a new service. Earlier today, the folks at AddLive had just that news, counting three new customers for their WebRTC serv… - 11/27/2012

WebRTC May Spell the End of IVR Technology
Will WebRTC make interactive voice response (IVR) obsolete? First, you might ask…what's WebRTC? It's an acronym that stands for "Web Real-time Communications," and it's actually a standard. - 11/27/2012

WebRTC: Now is the Time for Real-Time Communications
We in the tech world are constantly confronted with what is likely to be the "next big thing." In fact, there is a tendency, as Gartner Group has made famous, for us to become violently in love with something and then grow disappointed when ostensibl… - 11/27/2012

Is WebRTC Ready for the Likes of Drum Audio Conferencing?
Business grade audio conferencing has come a long way since its inception. Participants are no longer limited to simply sit and listen, hoping for a pause in the conversation to get a word in; technologies available today like Drum allow users to not… - 11/27/2012

Priologic Makes Real Time Communications on the Web Easy
There are lots of ways to communicate with people these days. We can make a good old fashioned phone call, use a FaceTime app on a smartphone or even a Skype call from our laptops, but the wave of the future in video communications is real time commu… - 11/26/2012

Mobile WebRTC -- Fact or Fiction?
WebRTC - or Web Real-Time Communication - is one of those terms that is rapidly becoming a…buzzword. This means that it is becoming real but it also means that the hype is now outrunning the reality. That is OK with us - all good technology goes thro… - 11/20/2012

What Companies Have to Say about WebRTC
Web Real-Time Communications (RTC) is an open source project that enables web Browsers with RTC capabilities via simple Javascript APIs. WebRTC implements the W3C's proposal for video conferencing on the Web, which will ultimately eliminate VoIP and … - 11/20/2012

User Guide: UberConference's WebRTC-based Conference Service
UberConference is conference calling done right. It's simple to join phone conferences without PINs, see who's in the call and who's speaking. And now you don't even need a phone. - 11/16/2012

WebRTC and UberConference: Are You Ready for Real-Time Communications?
Real-time communications - it's the only acceptable form of communication in a world where smartphones, tablets and immediate connectivity are considered the norm. But can it be a reality in the Web browser? - 11/16/2012

Zingaya Introduces WebRTC Version of its Widget as Part of Continued Expansion Effort
Zingaya has today made its click-to-call widget available on WebRTC via the newest version of the Google Chrome Web browser, version 23. While the Zingaya WebRTC widget is still in production, it is available for use now to all Zingaya users and cust… - 11/15/2012

TenHands WebRTC API Powers Real-Time Conferencing in Any Browser
A new technology, WebRTC, is poised to revolutionize the mobile communications industry, changing the landscape. The idea of WebRTC is to put voice and video technology directly inside the browser or device. - 11/13/2012

Google and Plantronics Join WebRTC Conference and Expo as Diamond Sponsors
WebRTC is believed to be a major game-changer in how the World Wide Web and the Internet enable people to work and play. WebRTC is, at the core, putting a standard media engine into a browser or other elements of the client devices. It is a free, ope… - 11/13/2012

OpenTok will Offer Real-Time Two Way Video Between Browsers and iOS devices Enabled with WebRTC
Video is the future of communication and as better software, hardware and network infrastructure is developed, voice communication will be a thing of the past. The software and hardware is already available, the only obstacle for full adoption is ban… - 11/09/2012

Telefonica Subsidiary TokBox Exploits WebRTC to Enable Cross-Platform Video Calling
Aiming to become an international communications platform beyond basic voice and data services, Spanish carrier Telefonica's new media arm, Telefonica Digital, last month acquired video calling platform, TokBox. Utilizing the nascent Web standard … - 11/08/2012

WebRTC Now in Firefox Nightly and Firefox Aurora
WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) for desktop is now in both Firefox Nightly and Firefox Aurora, according to a news report. - 11/08/2012

Bistri Joins the Ranks of the W3C
Recently, Bistri announced that it officially became a member of W3C, the World Wide Web Consortium. Bistri's membership in the Consortium allows it to bring its own specific brand of solutions into play, all working toward developing the central sta… - 11/08/2012

Chrome 23 Brings WebRTC Support, Enabling Browser-Based Bistri Video Chat
It's been a while since Google's Chrome team laid out in their WebRTC roadmap plans to implement the HTML5-based real-time audio and video stack, but with today's release of Chrome 23, that dream has now become reality. With this embedded functionali… - 11/07/2012

TokBox's OpenTok Puts WebRTC on an iOS Platform
WebRTC--Web-based Real Time Communications--offers up a lot of potential to change the communications landscape as we know it. So it's therefore not much of a surprise to see more companies try to get in on what may well prove to be the next gold rus… - 11/06/2012

Healthcare Disruption - WebRTC
The savings related to the implementation of WebRTC in large healthcare operations can be measured in lives saved, and can exceed hundreds of millions of dollars. But first, I'd like to provide an overview of the technology and how it got to this poi… - 11/06/2012

Thrupoint: WebRTC 'Innovation Potential is Huge'
The WebRTC Conference and Expo is taking place later this month in San Francisco. To highlight this technology, we recently spoke with Sajeel Hussain, vice president of product management and marketing at Thrupoint. David Jodoin, Thrupoint's chief in… - 11/06/2012

OpenClove Dishes on the Coming WebRTC Transformation
The WebRTC Conference and Expo is taking place later this month in San Francisco. To highlight this technology, which will be discussed in greater detail at the Nov. 27-29 event, we recently spoke with Shubh Agarwal, vice president of marketing at Op… - 11/06/2012

WebRTC: The Next Game Changer in Communications
Communications is poised to get a whole lot more interesting in the next few months as a new technology called WebRTC comes to bear. This technology will allow for real-time voice and video interactions from a Web browser without requiring special cl… - 11/06/2012

WebRTC Makes Interoperable Real-Time Web Communications Possible
WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is the new HTML5 standard framework that enables sharing of video, audio and data between Web browsers, which is set to open the door to a new and disruptive wave of Web applications. It is sure to be a game-chang… - 11/05/2012

The Mobile World is Ready for WebRTC
Whether you know it or not, you're using WebRTC-based services. Real-time communication technology is currently being applied to our every day Internet activity and will continue to expand in the near future, but what's one thing that would truly acc… - 11/05/2012

KDDI Web Communications to Distribute Twilio API Platform in Japan
The cloud communications company, Twilio, and KDDI Web Communications have agreed to an alliance in which the Twilio API platform will be distributed to developers in Japan by KDDI Web Communications. KDDI Web Communications is a subsidiary of KDDI C… - 11/05/2012

Digium Releases Asterisk 11, Based on the Long Term Support Engine
Digium's 2012 AstriCon users' conference and expo took place last week and, like every other AstriCon before it, the conference helped to expand awareness and knowledge about Digium's flagship product, Asterisk. It's appropriate, then, that Digium un… - 11/02/2012

WebRTC to Play Important Role in Company Strategies
WebRTC, the technology that allows developers to build real-time communication into Web pages, places the ability to use VoIP applications within any browser and is going to be part of the HTML5 standard. - 11/02/2012

AddLive to Sponsor Upcoming WebRTC Conference in San Francisco
AddLive recently announced that, later in November, they would be serve as a proud sponsor of the upcoming WebRTC (real time communications) conference and expo located in San Francisco. In addition, they will be demonstrating cross platform support … - 10/30/2012

WebRTC Delivers on the Dream of Plugin-Free Video Chat
WebRTC is an almost magical idea: Browser-based real-time communication baked into the emerging HTML5 standard so users can call each other and video chat without the need of a plugins or third-party software. - 10/30/2012

The Ericsson HTML5/WebRTC Browser - the Beginning of Change?
With the recent announcement that an experimental mobile browser for both the iPhone and Android devices has been made available by Ericsson, a potential future of endpoints may be getting clear. With this browser, Ericsson is pushing an agenda t… - 10/26/2012

WebRTC Conference & Expo to Feature Keynote by Plantronics CTO
According to many industry experts, Web-based real-time communications is the next hot technology that will allow people to connect with one another virtually. Launched right through your browser, WebRTC technology could allow you to video chat with … - 10/25/2012

The World Will Get a First Glimpse of WebRTC in New Chrome and Firefox Updates
A new way to communicate via the Internet may be coming soon to you. It's based on a standard whose story began two years ago when representatives from some of the biggest stakeholders in technology, including Apple, Cisco, Microsoft, Mozilla, Opera … - 10/25/2012

OpenClove Adds Support for WebRTC to OVX
Provider of cloud mobile and video solutions, OpenClove, has added support for WebRTC to its OpenClove Video Exchange (OVX), a cloud-based Media Resource Function (MRF) that provides real-time audio and video mixing and processing. Combining OVX's na… - 10/22/2012

Ericsson Reveals an Experimental WebRTC-enabled Browser for iOS and Android Based Mobile Devices
In exploring the future of person-to-person real-time voice and video communication, Ericsson, a global provider of telecom equipment and services to mobile and fixed network operators, has shared some news from Ericsson Labs that Ericsson Research's… - 10/22/2012

Twilio Makes a Developer's Life SIMPLE
Today Twilio, the cloud communications company, announced a renewed alliance with Microsoft, which includes expanding availability on Windows Azure Mobile Services, in order to make Twilio's voice and messaging APIs easily available to Windows Azure … - 10/17/2012

OpenClove Video Exchange Now Supports WebRTC
Provider of cloud mobile and video solution, OpenClove, is the latest company to support the WebRTC standard, adding support to the OpenClove Video Exchange (OVX) platform. Combining WebRTC's ability to deliver communications natively in Web pages wi… - 10/17/2012

WebRTC Signals a New Era in Enterprise Networking
WebRTC is a free, open project aimed at giving web browsers real-time communications capabilities via simple Javascript application programming interfaces (APIs). The standardization effort is in progress to embed audio and video conferencing capabil… - 10/04/2012

Google Chrome 22 Brings Updates to Pointer Lock and WebRTC APIs
One of the nicest things about using Google Chrome is that the Internet giant releases updates to its browser regularly. While Firefox does a decent number of releases and Internet Explorer does almost none at all, Chrome is able to stay ahead of the… - 10/02/2012

WebRTC Offers Audio and Video Recordings via WEB-browsers, WebSockets Offers Speech Recognition Recordings Instead
Web browsers like Chrome, Firefox and Opera have been using WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication), a free, open source project to create audio conference calls and video chat for years. - 10/01/2012

How to Best Use WebRTC and PeerConnection API
The excellent new complement to the latest HTML spec, WebRTC, is grabbing all kinds of attention as more and more users recognize its utility. With this new technology, developers are better able to design and implement apps which are able to process… - 10/01/2012

WebRTC Poses Several Ineroperability Challenges
In a recent post on his blog "Counting From Zero," Internet communications expert Alan B. Johnston focused on some interoperability challenges confronting WebTRC. While addressing these problems, Johnston was hopeful of overcoming them. - 09/25/2012

Google, Cirque du Soleil and Subatomic Systems Launch Interactive Virtual Circus Experience
Have you ever imagined running away with the circus? (It's Monday, so who hasn't?) Now you can, though there's little running and you won't have to learn how to walk a tightrope. The experience is thanks to a new Google Chrome experiment called "Movi… - 09/24/2012

WebRTC at the Illinois Institute of Technology Real-time Conference
The clear impression left by the conference is that WebRTC is moving very fast. While there were open questions about video codecs and even about how the SDP operates for signaling, it is clear that WebRTC is rapidly gaining momentum. With both Googl… - 09/19/2012

TenHands Launches Open Beta for New Desktop Video Service
The TenHands service uses a combination of Amazon's Elastic Computing Cloud, WebRTC, and HTML5 to yield real-time HD video. The service looks to leapfrog offerings from Skype, WebEx and several other such firms to offer not only better quality video,… - 09/14/2012

Google Leverages WebRTC to Enable Tabcasting
While World Wide Web consortium (W3C) continues with its efforts to standardize real-time communications over the Web or WebRTC, search engine giant Google is exploring ways to leverage WebRTC for other forms of communications. One of them, accor… - 09/14/2012

Carriers May Find New Opportunities with WebRTC
WebRTC is not necessarily a threat for carriers. Its innovative approach and expected widespread use may provide them with many opportunities in an already competitive marketplace. - 09/14/2012

Skype & Facebook Grapple for WebRTC Dominance
While for the last couple of years, the biggest news was VoIP, and the battles for control of that market, something of a surprise emerged that may reshape the market. Specifically, the launch of a comparatively new platform called WebRTC - and its s… - 09/14/2012

WebRTC Touts Browser-to-Browser Real-Time Communications
While Microsoft, Google and World Wide Web consortium (W3C) continue to debate over the standardization of Web real-time communications (WebRTC), others are exploring the opportunities afforded by WebRTC. In fact, some view it as the technology that … - 09/14/2012

WebRTC Promises to Bring Major Changes to Web
There is wide speculation that WebRTC - which is now on the horizon - will bring major changes to the Web. - 09/14/2012