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Learn about new PubNub releases, industry trends, and app development tips.

BuildAug 28, 2013

Make Backbone Real-Time With PubNub

Our integration allows developers to create a Backbone model or collection and have them synchronize with every other client instance of those models or collections in real time.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
InsightsAug 23, 2013

Smart Homes: 4 Awesome Home Automation Solutions

Earlier this week, we rolled out our blog entitled, “Why Home Automation Needs a Real-time Service Provider,” discussing why a data stream service provider is essential for any home automation solution. The following four home automation solutions offer unique and innovative ways to make...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
InsightsAug 16, 2013

Top 10 Real-Time Web Analytics Services

The days of static web analytics and metrics are dwindling. In an era where trends move at the speed of light and turn on a dime, you need to have access to metrics in the moment. And with the rise of global data stream network service providers, this data is made available to users in milliseconds. The...
Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team
BuildAug 13, 2013

Building Real-time Geolocation Apps: JavaScript and PubNub

Geolocation is a great way to add another layer of interactivity to a real-time application. By knowing the location of your users, it’s easy to group them into pools and provide data and notifications to specific user channels. Additionally, it can be a great combination for real-time applications...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildAug 1, 2013

Making Peer Data Connections in the Browser With WebRTC

The WebRTC data channel allows you to establish a peer to peer connection and send data between two browsers, no backend required.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
ChatJul 30, 2013

Building an iOS Group Messenger App

How to build a real-time, iOS chat group messaging app with Objective-C

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildJul 23, 2013

Building WebRTC Filesharing with PubShare

A couple of weeks ago, we announced our WebRTC SDK, expanding our ever-growing list of PubNub supported SDKs. This API makes incorporating WebRTC into a PubNub enabled app straightforward and simple. In addition to the new SDK, we introduced a prototype WebRTC demo called PubShare, just one example of...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
InsightsJul 23, 2013

CTO Stephen Blum at DevCon Tel Aviv

Last month, PubNub Founder and CTO Stephen Blum traveled overseas all the way to Israel to present at DevCon Tel Aviv. In his 20 minute presentation, Blum demonstrated the capabilities of using the PubNub Data Stream Network integrated with any HTML5 app through a series of demos and case studies. Blum...
Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team
BuildJul 10, 2013

How to Create a Photo Sharing App with Cloudinary API

Photo sharing applications are no longer just about manipulating and uploading photos to the cloud. The success of Instagram has shown that photo sharing apps need a way for users to interact in real time, one where users can subscribe to channels and notify other users that they’ve uploaded a...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Content Writer, PubNub