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Is there are reason why this is a link to Google Plus which essentially links to GigaOM? The comments on Plus aren't what you would call top quality either.

Orignal link: http://gigaom.com/2013/08/28/hangouts-hd-vp8-webrtc/

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Presumably because it's official confirmation of the feature. The gigaom piece seems more speculative in nature (no official sources).

Indeed, the person who posted it runs G+.

That GigaOM article says "Google is phasing out the use of third-party code provided by the video conferencing technology vendor Vidyo", but this VentureBeat article says "Google will license Vidyo’s scalable video coding extensions for use in its free and open source VP9 video codec". Can these articles both be true?

http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/28/webrtc-gets-a-boost-google...

The gigaom article also says

"That’s why, moving forward, Vidyo actually wants to support WebRTC and open video codecs. The company is announcing Wednesday that it will contribute client-side scalable video coding technology to VP9, the next generation of Google’s open video codec. Vidyo will also cooperate with Google to incorporate some of its technology into enterprise versions of Hangouts."

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