Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Chrome and Firefox now can "talk"



WebRTC is a free, open project that enables web browsers with Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities via simple Javascript APIs. The WebRTC components have been optimized to best serve this purpose. 

WebRTC mission: To enable rich, high quality, RTC applications to be developed in the browser via simple Javascript APIs and HTML5.

The WebRTC initiative is a project supported by Google, Mozilla and Opera.

Google and Mozilla have posted a joint annoucement around achieving WebRTC interop.

Chromium blog post:
http://blog.chromium.org/2013/02/hello-firefox-this-is-chrome-calling.html

Mozilla hacks blog post:
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/02/hello-chrome-its-firefox-calling/


The WebRTC demo call video (Firefox-Chrome demonstration call between Mozilla’s Chief Innovation Officer, Todd Simpson, and Google’s Director of Product Management, Hugh Finnan):

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Google Chrome Web Lab

This is a Chrome experiment made by Google. See the magic of the web brought to life through 5 Chrome Experiments. Open to the world online. Live from the Science Museum, London. You can get access it through http://www.chromeweblab.com/.

Welcome to Chrome Web Lab
The 5 Chrome Experiments are:

1. Universal Orchestra

Make music with people across the world. See how the web enables people to collaborate.

Experiment 01: Universal Orchestra

2. Teleporter

Travel instantly to far away places. See how the web can give you the experience of being somewhere else.

Experiment 02: Teleporter

3. Sketchbots

Watch your portrait being processed and drawn by a robot. See how the web connects to physical objects.


Experiment 03: Sketchbots

4. Data Tracer

Trace routes across the internet’s vast network and see where images live. See how data travels across the web.

Experiment 04: Data Tracer

5. Lab Tag Explorer

Explore Web Lab’s global community and browse visitors' creations. See how information on the web is easily accessible.

Experiment 05: Lab Tag Explorer

And this is one of my experiments result. Sketchbot. Very nice and so amazing. Good job Google. :D

Sketchbot Portrait

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Virtual Access Point / Hotspot using Connectify Hotspot

When I don't have a wireless router or access point, and just GSM modem beside me. There's a way to share the internet connection over the wireless device. I just try how to make a virtual hotspot using my wireless device built-in in my laptop. There's my step using Connectify Hotspot.

  1. Download it from Connectify Hotspot then install it in my system.
  2. The installation is clearly simple, sometimes it ask to turn off your antivirus, but it doesn't matter. After installation finish, you need to restart your system to apply the changes.
  3. Configure the settings, its pretty simple, just specify the hotspot name, password and connection to share.
  4. Try to connect to your virtual hotspot using your wireless devices, such as smartphone, tablets, etc.
  5. Enjoy your internet sharing.

Download Connectify Hotspot

Configure the hotspot

Monitor the connected devices 

Connected to Virtual Hotspot

My BlackBerry Connected to Virtual Hotspot