Most obvious HQ Trivia’s business model consists of next: They sell “extra lives” to users for $3.99 one or $9.99 for three lives They show advertisements during the game, sponsors pay By increasing game user base they increase company valuation. Probably they have some other ideas how to make money, but I think 3 ways […]

For the sake of the simplicity let’s omit the difference details between AI (Artificial Intelligence), Machine Learning and Deep Learning, for regular users it’s all the same buzzwords.   Recently me and a customer discussed development of a new eLearning system, including AI system inside . However she doesn’t know yet which exactly AI to […]

According to researchers’ forecasts, 50% of all classes will be taught online by 2019. Moreover, the market worth is believed to surpass $243 billion by 2022 – and this conveys a great deal about the growing popularity of e-learning. However, not all online courses are created equal – their originators still have to struggle with […]

Last year saw the release of the highly popular trivia game: HQ Trivia. In fact, it now attracts over 1 million players per game. The company behind that game has recently raised $15 million in new funding raising their value to $100MM. What a great success! The Internet has flooded with questions: What is the secret behind […]

Video streaming has quickly become the preferable content type for the Internet users. Around the world, higher bandwidth and powerful mobile devices have made a high-quality video streaming the best way to deliver the online content. One-third of all online activity is spent watching videos and 45% of people watch more than one hour of […]

What is Node-RED Node-RED advertises itself as “a visual tool for wiring the Internet of Things”. But actually, it can be easily used for other applications to quickly assemble flows of services and rapid project prototyping. The focus is on a “visual programming” approach where you can connect devices and services all together. It means […]

Raise your hand those of you, who knows, at least, one business that doesn’t use video conferencing in their daily work? Since proper communication is critical, businesses use various messengers like Skype, Google Hangout, etc. And at some point a company would find out that those options aren’t sufficient; and they need more robust, customized […]

Today I would like to show you a WebRTC many to many video streaming demo with Kurento server and Scala Actors. Video broadcasting to wide audience from private rooms is the main feature. Let me specify the advantages of Scala Actors concept such as: –  asynchronous calls involvement –  concurrent access to a state Demo […]

From time to time in the process of developing software engineers come across various mathematical issues. Usually those issues are easy fixes and can be resolved applying elementary mathematics, but sometimes we are facing complex and intriguing task. Please, see below a case study, I hope you find it interesting. While helping to develop Gunnebo […]

In today’s world of web technologies, we all can witness a never-ending race for better performance. Developers are trying their best to reduce the size and the amount of downloadable resources and working hard to minimize download time. Imagine, there is a single-page application, and you use several weighty images, a pair of custom fonts, […]