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Product Comparison: Social+ vs. Stream Activity Feeds
Activity feeds are a cornerstone of modern apps, driving user engagement through personalized, real-time updates. Whether you're building a social platform, e-commerce app, or collaborative team tool, choosing the right solution for activity feeds can significantly impact your application's scalability, performance, and development speed. Stream and Social+ (formerly Amity) both offer robust activity feed functionality,
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8 Effective App Re-Engagement Strategies
Getting downloads is the easy part — keeping users coming back is the real battle. App re-engagement is the key to making it happen. This post will explore how it works and provide eight effective app re-engagement strategies to help you bring users back to your app. What Is App Re-Engagement? App re-engagement is the
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8 Best Content Moderation APIs: Benefits and Features
Moderation plays a vital role in creating safe and welcoming environments in online platforms. By leveraging advanced AI and machine learning, these tools can efficiently detect and manage inappropriate content in text, images, videos, and more. Here, we compare eight of the leading moderation APIs to help you find the best solution for your needs.
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Stream Releases VP9 SVC Codec for Enhanced Video Call Efficiency
At Stream, we’re dedicated to making video calls smooth and efficient for everyone, especially those using older devices or lower-powered CPUs. To this end, we’re excited to announce that the VP9 SVC codec is now available for Stream Video users on JavaScript, React, and React Native SDKs. This addition delivers significant bandwidth and performance optimizations,
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Understanding the Impact of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Requirements on Content Moderation
The Digital Services Act (DSA) is set to reshape the landscape of content moderation for digital platforms operating within the European Union (EU). As compliance becomes mandatory starting February 2024, understanding what this means for platforms of all sizes is essential. This article will break down the DSA's requirements, who needs to comply, potential penalties,
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October Monthly Release Round-Up
As this month comes to a close, we thought we'd recap all of the exciting new features and improvements we made across Stream Video and Moderation. Introducing the VP9 SVC Codec 🎥 We're excited to announce that VP9 SVC is now available in our JavaScript, React, and React Native SDKs. With this advanced codec, users can experience significant improvements in video reliability and performance, including
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September Monthly Release Round-Up
As September comes to a close, we thought we'd recap all of the exciting new features and improvements we made across Stream Video, Chat, Feeds, and Moderation this month. Improved Video Calling & Usage-by-Bandwidth Tracking in the Dashboard 🎥 Thanks to Dynascale, Stream automatically detects the displayed video resolution and adjusts based on CPU and
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Is Live Video Calling Worth It for Your App?
Apps like WhatsApp and Zoom allow anyone worldwide to have face-to-face conversations as if they were in the same room. But this functionality can benefit more than just communication-focused apps. Enabling your users to initiate video calls without having to switch to external apps enhances their experience with each other. And it can strengthen network
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