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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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
ChatJul 30, 2013
Building an iOS Group Messenger App
How to build a real-time, iOS chat group messaging app with Objective-C
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...
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...
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...