January 14th RealTimeWeekly #263
Real Time Weekly #263: January 14, 2019 In this issue we've got a great articles and tutorials about Real-time communications from Nexmo, Bloggeek, Callstats, Vidyio.io, and more! Do you have topics in mind that you wanna see more often? Do you want to share your tech blog posts and publish them here? Send your feedback and links! Happy Reading! @germangol Editor State Management in Angular Using Firebase toptal.com Jan 08 A step by step tutorial of
IIT RTC Conference Presentation: Using WebRTC for Telepresence Systems
A few months ago, I was fortunate enough to be invited to present at the IIT RTC 2018 conference in Chicago. Hey, better late than never on posting, right?? I talked about using webRTC for telepresence systems. First, for those that do not know, the IIT RTC conference is a yearly Real Time Communications conference that joins RTC experts and enthusiasts from all around the globe. They share their viewpoints on how Real-Time Communications technology will define
January 7th RealTimeWeekly #262
Real Time Weekly #262: January 7, 2019 Happy new year and welcome to the first RealTimeWeekly of 2019! Let's start a great year together with articles and tutorials of Realtime and WebRTC development. In this issue we've got a few articles with content from OpenVidu, Nexmo, Twilio, OpenTok and Callstats. Please send your feedback and share your tech blog posts! @germangol Editor OpenVidu load testing: a systematic study of OpenVidu platform performance OpenVidu Dec 21, 2018
December 24th RealTimeWeekly #261
Real Time Weekly #261: December 24, 2018 Welcome to the final RealTimeWeekly of 2018! This was my second year as the editor of RealTimeWeekly. Thank you all for your great feedback and for sharing links with us! We're taking the next 2 weeks off for the holidays, and we'll be back on January 8th to start a new year full of Realtime and WebRTC articles! Wishing you Happy Holidays, @germangol Editor Add typing indicators and file
Decenber 17th RealTimeWeekly #260
Real Time Weekly #260: December 17, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! Hello everyone! In this issue we've got great content from Twilio about their new Network Quality API, a WebRTC tutorial of Agora for Android, articles about machine learning and computer vision, and more! Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading! @germangol Editor Announcing Programmable Video Network Quality API Twilio Dec
Effects In WebRTC? A Filters Tutorial
Back in 2015, we shared an article about how to apply effects to WebRTC in realtime. Since then a few things have changed and that's why today we bring to you a new post about effects in WebRTC, but this time approaching one of the most popular features of today's social media apps: filters. Requirements. To follow along you'll need at least Git, Node and NPM installed. Installation steps for each operating system will vary, so
Decenber 10th RealTimeWeekly #259
Real Time Weekly #259: December 10, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! Hello everyone! In this issue we've got content from Twilio about WebSockets using Twilio Sync API, developing a social app in Ionic with Pusher, implementing sentiment analysis in Agora's video, and more! Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading! @germangol Editor Sentiment analysis with Agora’s video call Agora Dec 3
Decenber 3rd RealTimeWeekly #258
Real Time Weekly #258: December 3, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! Hello everyone! It's amazing how time flies! We are already in December! Let's start the last month of the year with more technical blog posts about Realtime and WebRTC development. Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading! @germangol Editor Screen Capture in Chrome 70 With getDisplayMedia() Pipe Nov 23 An overview
November 26th RealTimeWeekly #257
Real Time Weekly #257: November 26, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! Hello everyone! This week we've got many new tutorials and articles about WebRTC and Realtime development. Check out all the videos from Kranky Geek 2018, there were really great talks! Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading! @germangol Editor Here’s How to Build Your Own Smart Home in an Afternoon
How to Host a Secure WebRTC Telehealth Application
The most important part of security in any healthcare-related application is protecting patient data. In each piece of your application architecture, think about where patient data are stored, how will you protect that data, and how to restrict access to the data. This post explores what you must consider when building and hosting your secure telehealth application. For example, take a look at this sample telehealth application using WebRTC. What parts of this need to
How I Connect and Advocate for Mental Health Care to Try to Survive the Suicide Loss of My Son
As I usually do, when our Marketing Director asks me if I’d like to write a post about International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, I said “Of course”. I lost my son, Austin, 18 months ago. Big confession, I have not attended an event for this day yet; but, I do connect and advocate for mental health care in order to try to survive. The team of incredible people that I have the privilege to
November 19th RealTimeWeekly #256
Real Time Weekly #256: November 19, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! Hello everyone! This week we've got new tutorials and articles about WebRTC and Realtime development. In addition, check out the recently open sourced TURN server from Xirsys, and the new features included in the latest release of OpenTok v2.15! Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading! @germangol Editor Saying Happy
Nexmo, Tokbox, and Changes in the CPaaS – What Does it All Mean for You?
Our team at WebRTC.ventures has been together now for nearly eight years, and we’ve been focused on WebRTC and video applications for four years now. Considering the average lifespan of startups in general, those are monumental accomplishments that we are proud of. There is only one thing we have consistently seen in our eight years as a company: Change. Each year has brought its own set of challenges to us as a company, to the
Using the Stage to Combat Mental Health Stigma
Last week, I returned to my alma mater to participate in SpeakCNU, an annual TED Talk-style event that allows students, staff, and alumni to share their ideas and experiences with the campus community. This year’s SpeakCNU topic was the power of vulnerability. As soon as I saw the topic, I heard that stage calling my name. Here was my opportunity to speak with current students about mental health. I am often asked how and why
November 12th RealTimeWeekly #255
Real Time Weekly #255: November 12, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! Hello everyone! This week we've got a great article about WebRTC Data Channels from Janus. In addition we have more content from Nexmo, PubNub, Pusher, and more! Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading! @germangol Editor Implement Video Chat with Xirsys, WebRTC, and ChatEngine PubNub Nov 5 How to integrate
Get NBA Scores on your phone with the new Nexmo Messages API
Get NBA scores on your phone with the new Nexmo Messages API The NBA's 2018-19 season just started and the number of stories to follow this year is through the roof. Is Lebron enough to make the Lakers a real contender in the West? Is Kawhi going to be healthy enough to get the Raptors to the NBA finals or even win the title? Are the Warriors going to dominate the NBA once again? Let's
Ginger Germani: “Why I Advocate & Work to Shine a Light on Mental Health In Honor of My Son”
With two sons suffering from varying degrees of mental illness, Ginger, our Director of Telehealth Accounts, has spent years navigating mental health care. In 2017, Ginger’s oldest son Austin, age 19, lost his battle with depression and anxiety to suicide. After his tragic death, she understood that her purpose in life is to use her skill set to advocate and work to shine a light on mental health by changing the landscape and accessibility of
November 5th RealTimeWeekly #254
Real Time Weekly #254: November 5, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! Hello everyone! The big news last week in the WebRTC world is the VP8 support in Safari 12! Probably we will see more blog posts about this in the next weeks. We have also great material on Janus, Twilio, Nexmo, PubNub, and more! Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to say hello! Thanks for Reading!
How We Are Addressing the Major Challenges Faced by Behavioral Health Community Service Boards!
Earlier this month I attended the Virginia Association of Community Service Boards annual conference on public policy. I have never paid so much attention or been so engaged in a conference that I remember. Topics included: Key Developments in Current National Topics regarding bahavioral & mental health, Battling the Opiod Crisis one State at a Time, The Next Transformative Steps, Challenges Faced by Behavioral Health Community Service Boards and more. This year represents a changing
October 29th RealTimeWeekly #253
Real Time Weekly #253: October 29, 2018 Welcome to Real Time Weekly! Hello everyone! This week we've got a great article from Ably.io about WebSockets. In addition we have a tutorial about building a Multiplayer AR game, another one about using PubNub as a signaling server, a new blog post from Nexmo about their message failover system, and more! Your feedback is always welcome! So you can write me to share content, propose new topics, or just to
