Google engineers have volunteered the company’s VP8 video codec for an emerging standards project, called WebRTC, that could provide a real time communications protocol for the Web. “We believe that ...

Not everyone can say their biggest dream for technology is actively coming true. If they could, there would likely be more flying cars and jet packs in beta testing. But for Jan Hickisch, that's ...

Right now, a bunch of nerds on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in Vancouver are making big decisions about the next big wave in web communications standards. And these decisions will have a ...

Google has today rolled out a new developer preview of its WebRTC, a voice and chat browser technology, and is currently working with Mozilla as well as the IETF and W3C to build a set of open ...

Vidyo announced that it working with Google to enhance the video quality within WebRTC. The two companies have signed an agreement that is intended to help align the video technology roadmaps of both ...

Google has built the WebRTC technology into a test version of Chrome to let the browser run voice and video chat applications within the browser interface. Chrome’s Dev Channel version now has WebRTC, ...

Less than a month after Microsoft bought Skype for US$8.5 billion, Google has released a developer preview of WebRTC - an open framework enabling implementation of voice and video Real Time ...

Google has been working on WebRTC projects for some time, but now the search giant has included it in an experimental video game that will allow players to see, hear and communicate with each other ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Google released WebRTC software to open source in May and ...

LIVE FROM WEBRTC GLOBAL SUMMIT, LONDON: WebRTC has come on leaps and bounds since its public launch on Chrome in November 2012 and more improvements are in the pipeline – both for mobile and laptop ...

Google is baking WebRTC browser-based voice and video call support into its Chrome browser, adding fuel to rumors that the company is looking to take on Skype and other VoIP services with an ...

Users of Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox web browsers will soon be able to initiate video chats without the irritation of downloading additional plug-ins. The Chrome and Firefox development teams ...