Live Video Streaming

Live Video Streaming is the process of broadcasting audio/video content in real-time over the internet. This is the fastest growing method of promoting your product/services and reach the target audiences which in turn aids in a steady business growth and faster conversions. Video streaming is anytime better than saving content. This method is used by a large number of content owners and publishers to broadcast their content over the internet. A live streaming video can’t be downloaded, it can only be viewed as long as the stream is live. When the stream ends, you can no longer see the video. That’s one of the many perks of Live Video Streaming.

 

Apart from marketing and advertisements, Live Video Streaming is also being used in the entertainment industry for quite a long time. The popular social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram have also rendered support for live video streaming. With Facebook Live feature, you can go live while being anywhere around the world.  Facebook-owned media sharing app, Instagram also offers similar, “Live on Instagram” feature.

Major Benefits of Live Video Streaming :

 

• Increase in Brand Value.
• Easy to reach the target audience in relatively less time.

• Helps you stay unaffected in the intensifying competition.

• Exploring new marketing and revenue opportunities.

• Most interactive and engaging medium of online advertising.

• Helps you make important announcements in real-time.
• Easy to talk     to your clients
  
  

Why Choose Oodles Technologies?

Oodles Technologies has carved its niche in Live Video Streaming Industry. We are pioneers in building top-notch video streaming applications for popular streaming platforms. For over seven years now, we have been delivering excellent live and on-demand video streaming services at the best market price. We have attained excellence in Video on Demand (VoD) Streaming as well. Other than that, we have a team of professionals in Video Streaming who have a hands-on experience in creating network-based applications.

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Most Of The Android Applications Have Secret Trackers

Is there something keeping an eye on the activities you do? Yes, we need to accept this fact and this is an invasion of privacy. A new study by Yale University’s Privacy Lab and French non-profit organization Exodus Privacy has shed a light on the privacy concerns of the Android users.
 

Surprisingly, this report has revealed that hundreds of Android apps have third-party trackers installed in them. They are using “clandestine surveillance software” to keep track on their actions. These tracking tools are devised largely to collect personal information of users for targeted advertising, user behaviors, and location tracking. The prime purpose of these trackers is to gain insights from the user's data for giving them services and their profit.

Many famous apps fall in this “hidden trackers” category, including Tinder, Spotify, Uber and OKCupid and many others too. As per the research was done, about 75 percent of the Android apps are found to have trackers implanted to monitor the user habits and behaviors for monetary gains. 

Majority of the Android users are unaware of the fact that their personal data is being shared by these trackers. This research into the Apps of Google play store has raised grave concerns about the user private data. 

A tracker named FidZup is very powerful, it can track the movements of the mobile phone users using ultrasonic emitters. It can detect where the users are going for shopping and to which place. In that way, it shows up those ads which are relevant for the users and can help advertising companies by tracking the location of the users.

One more tracker which belongs to the tech giant Google is known as Crashlytics. It is invented to report the crash happens to the apps. It also sends the reasons behind the Apps crashes to the developers. The tracker is also believed to get the user information to infuse live social substance to enchant them and to keep track of what they are involved with. Apps such as AccuWeather and the Weather Channel, contain trackers to surveil web browsing activities and app usage behaviors over the time.

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Paytm Brings In App Messaging Service

Paytm, India’s one of the top digital wallet and payment service has finally unveiled its own in-app messaging service which will let its users chat, send and request money from their family and friends. The news of the chat feature called as Paytm Inbox came in the August. Paytm has over 225 million users and 5 million offline merchnat users. Deepak Abbot, Senior Vice President said there is a need of combining social messaging, commerce and payments together. 

The new feature will work as any other chat platform which will let you send messages, videos, photos with a built-in camera, share live location along with the money transfers through its wallet. You can transfer the money through paytm wallet, credit card, debit card or Net Banking. The feature is currently available for Android and will soon be availabele for iOS uers. The company is sure that this messaging feature will be helpful for millions of its users such as merchants, entrepreneurs, and retailers.

Also Read: WhatsApp To Bring An In Chat Payment System 

However, the company is not sure when will it be available to its iOS users. They even said that in-app messaging feature is encrypted end-to-end so there is no need to worry about the privacy of the chat. The App lets its users recall their messages using Delete for All. 

Paytm is trying to make the app more user-friendly for enhancing the user experience by adding Orders, Notification, and Games. All the cashback offers will be there under the notification tab. Under the orders tab, you will see your orders and transaction updates. Then comes the Game tab which will let you play games. According to the reports, few of the payments app have incorporated chat feature and has seen a spike in its number of users. Sending and requesting money is easy using paytm Inbox. You have to click on the Send Money or request Money option which is there in Chat. Then enter the amount you want to send or receive after that click Send Money or Request Money option. 

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The New Apple TV Requires 25Mbps For 4K Streaming

It’s been several years since the 4K streaming was introduced in the worldwide market. While all the leading streaming service providers such as Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV and Roku have had the 4K integration about a year ago, Apple has finally rendered support for the same with the launch of its brand new Apple TV also known as Apple TV 4K. Being the fourth generation to the Apple’s elite class streaming player lineup, there are huge expectations from this OTT streaming device. Of course, it’s the first one of the Apple TV products to offer 4K streaming and HDR display that gives a stunning visual appeal to the pictures you see on your TV.

It’s quite obvious that for streaming media content in 4K UHD, you need an exceptionally fast internet connection. Usually the 4K streaming can be attained at an average connection speed of 15-20 Mbps. But for a seamless streaming experience, Apple recommends a minimum speed of 25 Mbps for its new Apple TV 4K.

Also read How To Change Display Type On A Third Generation Roku Device.
 

What If Your Internet Connection Speed Drops?

Apple has imposed a minimum internet connection speed of 25 Mbps for 4K UHD streaming through Apple TV 4K on all the 4K supported television sets. This means if your internet speed drops and goes below the threshold, your Apple TV will automatically switch the streaming settings to normal depending on the speed of your internet connection. All this is mentioned in the support document released by Apple quite recently.

 

How To Find 4K Videos On iTunes Store?

The 4K videos are played in the highest resolution that is currently available. While the normal HD videos support a resolution of 1920x1080, 4K videos are played in 3840x2160 thereby offering a more detailed and sharper imagery. Besides, the HDR support provides a wide gamut of colors with high luminance and vibrancy. If you have previously purchased an HD video from the iTunes Store, then it may or may not play in 4K with HDR10 imagery. But you can easily find new videos on the iTunes Store that support 4K resolution. As a matter of fact, all the movies and videos available on the iTunes Store can be played in high definition. Some videos may also support Dolby Vision and HDR10 display. When you buy or rent a movie from the iTunes Store, it is automatically played in the best resolution supported on your TV. So if your TV is 4K compatible, it will automatically play a movie in 4K resolution or the best quality that is available for that particular movie.

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Top Automated Testing Software of 2017

Automation testing automatically carries the execution test cases and also produce test results. It saves testers time and efforts and gives perfect result every time without leaving any error behind. The demand of automation testing is increasing day by day in every sector. Here’s is the list of common automation testing tools: 

Selenium

Selenium is the best open source framework which is widely popular and mostly used a tool. It has various components like WebDriver, Selenium IDE, Selenium Grid, Selenium Remote Control. Its test script can be written in various languages such as Python, JavaScript, PHP, C#, Ruby, and Perl. Selenium provides many features which include playback feature and even record option. Selenium saves plenty of time as it is easy to use and install. It can be used in Mac, Linux, Windows and on browsers like Firefox, iE and chrome. 

Watir

Watir is an open source testing tool which is pronounced as “water”. It is based on Ruby language which makes it flexible and easy to write and maintain. It lets you read data files,  databases, XML and spreadsheets. Though it is written in Ruby language it can automate apps in any language. It is also compatible with business driven tools like Cucumber, RSpec, Test/Unit. The test codes used are totally reusable. It supports various browsers like Opera, FireFox, and headless browser HTMLunit. 

Also Read: An introduction to Game Testing

Test Studio

Test Studio is a one stop solution to automate the web, desktop, mobile testing. It is compatible with JavaScript, HTML, ASP.NET, WPF, MVC, Silverlight, and AJAX. It can connect to Team Foundation Server and GIT and execute Continuous Testing. It even lets you execute parallel testing, schedule texts. 

Testdroid - http://bit.ly/2wLS132

Windows 10 Fall Creators Most Exciting New Features

Microsoft has unveiled the major update of windows 10 ie Fall creators update which will available to all the users on October 17. Microsoft announced the launch of Fall creator update at the Build developer conference. They introduced many new features in the latest version. 

• Windows Mixed Reality
• Onedrive online File storage
• Windows story Mix

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One of the most interesting features that has been added to Windows with the Fall Creator Update is “Windows Mixed Reality” for VR headsets from Dell, HP, Asus, and Lenovo. Some people even call it augmented and virtual reality goggles. Although the Microsoft has planned some important feature for Fall Creator update now they are thinking of launching them in the next update which will be in the next year. 

Stand out feature of this update is "Windows story remix" with 2D and 3D features which are used for building video and photo stories. The other feature is new people integration which let people pin their contacts to the taskbar.  It also has built-in hardware support for these devices and many other headsets will be launching in October. 

“OneDrive Files online file storage” on demand which brings back the placeholder feature. It lets you easily access your clouds files without even syncing them. Microsoft is not focusing on the new features rather they are working on bug fixes as the launch date of Windows 10 is near. The company has put in lots of efforts in the accessibility features this time. The improved security now comes with this updated version. Unlike the name, you can access the files in desktops and documents folders which means it is not limited to only files. If you try to open a file which is not on your desktop, Windows will download it and open it. You will get the app is downloading a file notification when the app tries to access a file in the cloud. The option of hiding a notification is also there. 

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