AIGC marketing will increase in 2024 says Mobvista
Thursday, December 7, 2023 by Richard Harris
Embrace technological change: the great popularity of AIGC in recent years has brought great influence and change to the marketing industry. The application of AIGC can improve the efficiency, degree of personalization, and creativity enhancement of enterprise marketing. Utilizing these advanced technologies, companies can better meet customer needs and improve market c...
Lab on the cloud lets you test before getting hardware
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced its new “Lab on the Cloud” environment where Renesas solutions, including popular evaluation boards, winning combinations and software, are hosted in a remote lab that customers can access and test online.
The Lab on the Cloud provides users with quick access to Renesas solutions before they receive a physica...
Escape the app launches live-gaming experience
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
A virtual reality-powered live video experience which allows gamers to participate in real escape rooms from anywhere in the world, will go live with its Kickstarter campaign to help the experience industry weather COVID-19 shutdowns.
Escape the App is an innovative mobile app which enhances the experience of playing real life escape rooms and virtual escape gam...
Amazon Interactive Video service announced
Thursday, July 16, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Amazon Web Services, Inc. announced the general availability of Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS). Amazon IVS uses the same technology that powers Twitch, one of the most popular live streaming services in the world with nearly 10 billion hours of video watched in 2019, giving customers live content with latency (the time video takes to go from the camera to...
Mobile web capture SDK announced by ABBYY
Monday, June 24, 2019 by Brittany Hainzinger
ABBYY launched ABBYY Mobile Web Capture, a new SDK enabling developers to add real-time image and data capture to their mobile web-based onboarding scenarios. Suitable for iOS and Android, the SDK will help companies to dramatically accelerate onboarding processes, decrease client dropout rates caused by manual data entry, and create a better customer experience.
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Flex contact platform announced by Twilio
Monday, March 19, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Twilio announced Flex, a contact center platform that gives businesses complete control of their contact center experience. With Twilio Flex, companies can instantly deploy an omnichannel contact center platform and also programmatically customize every element of the experience including the interface, communication channels, agent routing, and reporting to meet the un...
Talguu launches live casting video service
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Caspio has announced that Talguu launched its new multi-channel video service, entirely built on Caspio's low-code development platform. Talguu, a Silicon Valley startup, allows television stations, professional performers and individual content providers to connect directly with audiences via a multi-platform pay-per-view video streaming service. Operating in a time- a...
ABBYY announced their new realtime recognition SDK
Monday, December 4, 2017 by Richard Harris
ABBYY has announced the release of the new version of the ABBYY Real-Time Recognition Software Development Kit (RTR SDK) with added livestreaming video data capture functionality on iOS and Android mobile platforms. The Real-Time Recognition technology is capable of instantly pulling text information from on-screen objects and automatically converting it into digital da...
Research suggests a diverse need for video communications PaaS
Friday, December 1, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Vidyo in collaboration with WebRTC ventures has released a report titled “The Rise of Embedded Video Communications: Trends in Video-Enabled Apps.” The report shows that communications platforms-as-a-service (PaaS) is a top choice for those who are planning embedded video projects, with 49% of respondents saying that they plan to use a communications PaaS to initiate an...
AutoMobility LA hosts 2017 Hackathon to tackle LA congestion
Thursday, October 26, 2017 by Richard Harris
The LA Auto Show and AutoMobility LA has announced plans for its 2017 Hackathon, sponsored by Honda Innovations. The Hackathon, which will be hosted by AutoMobility LA for the first time, will take place over a period of 24 hours, November 27-28 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.For this year’s Hackathon, developers will be asked to tackle the transportation and mobi...
Crossfield Digital talks sports apps and feature creep
Thursday, October 26, 2017 by Richard Harris
Crossfield Digital, a New York headquartered development stsudio, is a member of the RSE Ventures family of companies. Crossfield boasts clients like the International Champions Cup, Red Bull Global Rallycross and Bleacher Report, but is equally experienced with entrepreneurs in a broad range of industries who are trying to build exciting new products. Last month, ...
Developers adding 3D printing capability to products
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Tech Soft 3D has announced that many of their partners looking to add 3D printing capability to existing products or develop new innovative ones are using HOOPS software development toolkits and Polygonica in lieu of developing the technology in-house.“As 3D printing transitions from prototyping to commercial-grade production, it’s increasingly clear that robust softwar...
AR and deep neural networks collide to provide ModiFace
Thursday, September 28, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
ModiFace has announced a new live video based hair tracking and hair color simulation technology utilizing a deep neural network architecture. The new deep learning architecture utilizes a set of collaborative neural networks to detect hair in each video frame and to adjust the coloration of hair in a photo-realistic way. The implementation also utilizes the latest mach...
WebRTC live video JavaScript API now avaliable
Friday, September 15, 2017 by Richard Harris
TokBox has announced that the version of its OpenTok Platform for WebRTC that supports Safari 11 browser will roll out of beta and be available to all developers upon iOS general availability later this month. “This is a major turning point for live video,” noted TokBox CEO Scott Lomond. “Now that we are able to support embedded communications in all of the major browse...
Find angel investors in real time with this app
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 by Richard Harris
2UP Technology, Inc., a mobile application developer of peer-to-peer video apps, has announced the launch of “Pitch Investors Live,” a new app that connects entrepreneurs with investors using live video. The app connects entrepreneurs looking to turn their idea into a reality with angel investors who are looking to find great new companies in which to invest. The app is...
Place your bets with some of these betting apps from the UK
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 by Richard Harris
A fully regulated and well-organized betting landscape in the UK has allowed betting operators to flourish and make important steps forward towards keeping up with the advancing mobile technology. One particular way which stands as the most prominent example and testament to UK sport betting dominance in recent years is via fully-fledged betting apps or mobile sites. UK...
Wifi vs Bluetooth vs BLE, choosing the right IoT tech
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 by Yuri Brigance
Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices are increasing in popularity and availability - think Amazon Alexa, smart thermostats & light bulbs, Internet-connected garage door openers, GoPro cameras, and so on. One thing these products have in common is that they communicate wirelessly with either a mobile device, the Internet, or both. As these devices become smarter and gene...
The ABBYY realtime recognition SDK for mobile app support
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 by Richard Harris
In a consumer driven markets, it is all about customer experience. Brands and developers who can deliver a consistently smooth and enjoyable CX have a greater chance to get ahead of the competition. That is why streamlining the input of information is so important - it makes the user’s life easier and your app’s performance - better. Bruce Orcutt, the vice president of ...
12 interesting uses for WebRTC
Friday, February 24, 2017 by Richard Harris
Editor's note: Guest submission by Sherwin Sim, CTO of Temasys CommunicationsIf you’re new to Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC), you may be under the impression that this technology is similar to Microsoft Skype - a free, Web-based chat service.It’s more than that. WebRTC is actually a far different animal, altogether.Unlike Skype, WebRTC is an open source proje...
Kanvas SDK availability for developers means more face tracking apps are coming
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 by Richard Harris
Kanvas SDK to offer developers Plug & Play access to a suite of mixed media technology.
AOL announced plans for Kanvas, its mobile platform for creativity, to open its platform with a new software development toolkit. The SDK will serve as a creative suite for the masses, offering four unique products to the developer community.
The...
Upcoming events for the DevOps industry
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 by Richard Harris
Electric Cloud has announced two upcoming DevOps industry events in January 2017. DevOps luminaries who presented at DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco 2016 (DOES16) will join an online video podcast to discuss proven patterns and best practices for leading a successful DevOps transformation. Plus, industry experts on ITIL and DevOps will share their tips for i...
Turn any room into an interactive meeting space with BlueJeans Huddle
Tuesday, December 27, 2016 by Richard Harris
Video has become pervasive across consumers’ lives, thanks to technologies like Snapchat, Facebook Live, Instagram and YouTube. But, adoption in the enterprise has been slower to take root, due to roadblocks like cost and usability. BlueJeans Network has set out to change this with introduction of a new cloud-connected video system that works as soon as you walk into a ...
Bloomberg launched a new app using Facebook's React Native Framework
Friday, December 16, 2016 by Richard Harris
Bloomberg, the global business and financial news provider, has released a brand new app that allows their users a more comprehensive access to their market data, portfolio tracking tools, and much more. The broad customization of the app makes monitoring your personal portfolio and receiving continuous alerts on global stock positions more effective and efficient. The ...
Yahoo explains what communitainment is and how it's mobile's killer app
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 by Simon Khalaf
Last August, in Flurry’s app usage report, we declared that “Content is King: Again.” That report showed U.S. users’ time spent consuming media in apps had grown from 46 mins/day in 2014 to 96 mins/day in 2015, a whopping 108% year-over-year increase. Curious to clock this year’s usage, we ran the numbers again and found that time spent con...
6 DevOps events coming in November
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 by Christian Hargrave
Event #1 Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016 at 10 a.m. PDT: LiveVideo Podcast: Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) Episode 56: Special Episode with Electric Cloud Customers Presenting at DOES16Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) is a live video podcast for discussing Agile, DevOps and Continuous Delivery. Each episode focuses on a different topic relating to modern software de...
Four DevOps Events in September From Electric Cloud
Thursday, September 1, 2016 by Richard Harris
Electric Cloud just announced four upcoming DevOps industry events taking place in September. These events feature DevOps and IT experts who will share best practices and insights for adopting DevOps in the enterprise. Topic of discussions will include advanced deployment patterns, artifact repositories in the Continuous Delivery pipeline, as well as speakers ...
This Week The Linux Foundation Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Linux
Monday, August 22, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The LinuxCon North America conference has kicked off this week in Toronto, Canada and the top topic is the 25th anniversary of the Linux. It was on August 25, 1991 when Linus Torvalds created the Linux operating system which has grown to one of the largest open source projects worldwide.You can catch live streams from the event here. As part of the 25 anniversary c...
Biggest News From Facebook F8 Developer Conference is Custom Messenger Bots
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
During its F8 developer conference in San Francisco, Facebook announced a number of new products and services for developers. Among the biggest news is the introduction of bots for the Messenger Platform which provides developers with the ability to reach users where they are with a new send and receive API. Developers can build a custom bot in Messenger, providing...
TVU VR Offers and IP and CellularBased Live VR Transmission Platform
Monday, April 11, 2016 by Richard Harris
TVU Networks has introduced TVU VR, an IP and cellular-based live virtual reality transmission solution. By incorporating TVU’s Inverse StatMux Plus (IS+) technology, TVU VR can stream live VR content from anywhere, even in a moving environment like a car or train.TVU VR delivers an ultra-high definition, full frame rate and live 360-degree fully immersive video to any ...
App Publishers Can Now Easily Add Mobile Live Video Streaming to iOS and Android Apps
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 by Richard Harris
The quickly growing mainstream popularity of Twitter’s Periscope App, Facebook Live, YouTube Live Streaming, and Meerkat has certainly heightened the interest of many in the app publishing community who are interested in learning more about how to leverage live streaming. We visited with Carlos Perez, Chief Revenue Officer for Wowza Media Systems, to learn how app devel...
Windows Dev Center Updates Coding4Fun Coding Site
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 by Richard Harris
The Windows Dev Center team has relaunched Coding4Fun with new content for the Universal Windows Platform. Coding4Fun is a site within the Windows Dev Center that’s offers fun and interesting code samples that feature the APIs available on the Universal Windows Platform. The site offers different, unique, and time-saving capabilities as you noodle around the project bas...
Your Favorite Apps Reimagined
Thursday, August 6, 2015 by Eric Bilange
80% of companies say that they deliver “superior” customer service and experience, but only 8% of consumers agree, according to recent research from Lee Resources. In order to meet customers’ expectations in today’s hi-tech world, it’s crucial that businesses go the extra mile and look to new technology to offer innovative and great customer experiences.The most popular...
Amazon Updates Web App Starter Kit for Fire TV
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 by Richard Harris
Amazon’s Web App Starter Kit for Fire TV is an open source project intended to help developers get up to speed on creating simple media-oriented apps for the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The Starter Kit provides a basic media app template that is designed for the 10-foot user experience and includes UI controls, support for the Fire TV remote, sample UI compon...
Amazon Will Showcase How Game Developers Can Reach New Customers with Twitch at GDC
Monday, February 23, 2015 by Richard Harris
At GDC Amazon Will Showcase How Game Developers Can Reach New Customers with TwitchAmazon is diving deep into the GDC experience as it showcases its Twitch platform, Amazon Mobile Ads API, AWS, and the Amazon App Store. This year’s GDC will provide Amazon with a big opportunity to promote the Twitch live video-game-streaming service as an opportunity for game developers...
Saleforce Introduces Imbedded SOS button for Mobile Apps
Friday, April 25, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Salesforce has launched Salesforce1 Service Cloud SOS, a new service that provides the ability to put imbed an SOS button, similar to the Amazon Kindle Mayday button, directly inside any mobile app. Currently, for many mobile users who need assistance, they must exit an app or wait until they get to back to a desktop to find help. With Service Cloud SOS, compa...
