WebRTC Weekly Issue #287 - August 7, 2019

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

Reading

Half of all Google Chrome extensions have fewer than 16 installs (ZDNet)
I wonder how many of them are now just unnecessary screen sharing extensions 🙂

AOM Decoder (AOMedia)
AOMedia started a much needed newsletter to update what it is doing. Nice to see the progress made.

Technical

TCP vs UDP – Which Protocol Is the Best for VoIP? (DLS)
Your 101 about the use of UDP in VoIP protocols.

Updated Guidance on Tracking Security Patches for WebRTC (discuss-webrtc)
Some clear security guidelines for the webrtc.org project.

Use Cases and Customer Wins

WebRTC one of the key technologies for the next generation of cars (Quobis)
A good round up of use cases in the automotive industry where WebRTC plays a role.

Rsupport works with Samsung Electronics as the global supplier of “Visual Support” solutions (Press release)
Lots of visual assistance solutions out there. Rsupport just won Samsung’s business.

Vacasa to acquire Wyndham Vacation Rentals for $162M (TechCrunch)
Not directly WebRTC. Vacasa were one of the first to start using WebRTC in order to revamp their contact center, distribute and virtualize it.

Releases

None this week.

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