WebRTC Weekly Issue #376 - April 21, 2021

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Here is the latest on WebRTC  from your friends at webrtcweekly.com.

Reading

Gwyneth Paltrow invests in The Expert, a video marketplace for high-end interior designers (TechCrunch)
Zoom based. I wonder if they will migrate to the Zoom Video SDK or migrate to WebRTC. It is important as this is now a question many might be asking themselves.

Technical

Join the Wonder WebRTC unConference 🙌 (sponsored):
On May 18th, we’ll unite the WebRTC community to talk about our bright browser-based future.

Building Homeward Bound: A Web-Based Virtual Art Space (iamadamquinn)
This is an interesting project.

Streaming Protocol Comparison (StriveCast)
A new review of the various streaming alternatives.

PSA: RTP data channels are now gone from both Chrome and C++ APIs (discurss-webrtc)
Spring cleaning.

Use Cases and Customer Wins

For Sale (sponsored):
Robust WebRTC platform including source code and hardware.

In A Bet That Micro-Wagering Will Transform Sports Streaming, Startup Phenix Raises $16.7 Million (Forbes)
Kudos on raising the money.

Indonesian edtech CoLearn gets $10M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation and GSV Ventures (TechCrunch)
CoLearn is interesting. Making the shift from offline, to streaming to live.

New presentation mode, video backgrounds, mobile features, and more now available (RingCentral)
The new features go in line with market trends around collaboration innovations.

Vonage Adds Visual Engagement to Contact Center Platform (NoJitter)
Vonage is connecting the dots of all its acquisitions into adjacent spaces.

Releases

None this week.

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