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Google?(News ? Alert) is moving to allow developers to use communications natively in any browser-based application. The obvious beneficiary for the project is Gmail, whose audio and video communications ability today requires use of a proprietary plug-in.

But Google has higher hopes that WebRTC will be used well beyond Gmail. Rather, it hopes WebRTC will become a Web standard for videoconferencing and peer-to-peer communications. You might say that sounds like Skype?(News ? Alert). You?d be right. In a?blog post, Google said it released the technology as?open source, royalty-free software?see here?and pledged to work with other browser makers Mozilla?(News ? Alert) and Opera on the real-time chat project.?

If Google and allies succeed in establishing the technology and building support into multiple browsers, that would mean anybody building a Web site or Web application could draw upon the communications technology. In other words, anyone could build a rival to services, such as Skype, with just a Web application:?Read more here.

?Our goal is to enable Chrome with real-time communications capabilities using simple Javascript APIs,? Google said in a Chromium Developer blog post. ?When we are done, any web developer shall be able to create RTC applications, like the Google Talk client in Gmail, without using any plug-ins but only WebRTC components that runs in the sandbox. See?this.

The move is just one more example of the trend of making communications a feature of just about any app or experience.?

Want to learn more about the latest in communications and technology? Then be sure to attend ITEXPO West 2011, taking place Sept. 13-15, 2011, in Austin, Texas. ITEXPO?(News ? Alert) offers an educational program to help corporate decision makers select the right IP-based voice, video, fax and unified communications solutions to improve their operations. It?s also where service providers learn how to profitably roll out the services their subscribers are clamoring for ? and where resellers can learn about new growth opportunities. To register, click here.

Gary Kim?(News ? Alert) is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Gary?s articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell

Source: http://whichbrowser.org/uncategorized/google-offers-open-source-communications-for-any-web-app-or-site/

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