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ChatJun 29, 2017

ALFREDO: Real-time Collaboration Powered By PubNub

ALFREDO, a real-time event and collaboration app, uses PubNub to ensure that every user has up-to-the-second updates.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildJun 20, 2017

Turning IoT Sensor Data into Visualizations with Ubidots

Ubidots is an Internet of Things (IoT) data analytics and visualization company. They turn sensor data into information that matters for business decisions, machine-to-machine interactions, educational research, and increase economization of global resources. Device friendly APIs (accessed over HTTP/MQTT/TCP/UDP...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
ChatJun 19, 2017

Create a Chatbot in Under 10 Minutes Using Functions

In this tutorial, we will be using Functions to create a chatbot for Facebook Messenger in under 10 minutes. Functions is Functions-as-a-Service backed by a real-time network, for building microservices and webhooks that speed up and simplify the development of modern apps. We’ll be following Facebook’s...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
News Jun 19, 2017

Announcing Functions and Endpoints

We’re pleased to announce Functions, serverless compute directly at the edge of the network, which executes business logic on messages in-flight as they are streamed through PubNub.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildJun 8, 2017

Build Home Automation Assitants with IBM Watson Conversation

How to build a home automation virtual agent that takes commands and carries out actions using Bluemix and IBM Watson Conversation

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
News Jun 5, 2017

Introducing the PubNub Best Practices Playbook

Announcing our new PubNub Best Practices Playbook for JavaScript, iOS, and Android, on how to build apps with PubNub correctly.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
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ChatMay 31, 2017

Countering Malicious Inputs: HTML Content XSS Protection

How to execute XSS protection and HTML5 cleanup on real-time messages and data to counter harmful XSS attacks and malicious inputs.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
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BuildMay 30, 2017

Triggering Webhooks with XHR (Advanced Functions Techniques)

How to use the XHR module with Functions to trigger webhooks and integrate 3rd party webservices directly into your data streams.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
ChatMay 25, 2017

Injecting Real-time Live Weather Data into a Chat App

How to stream live weather data into a real-time chat app whenever requested, no additional servers required.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll