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BuildApr 7, 2016
Visualizing Real-time Sensor Streams
Internet of Things is all about building connected devices, applications and services rapidly. Software and hardware engineers are equally involved and, with the right tools, it is easy to build a working prototype in minutes. And this is exactly what we did. We chose our favorite board, the Arduino...
News Mar 24, 2016
Windows 10 Universal App Platform (UAP) Support
We are happy to announce that PubNub can now be used in Windows 10 Universal App Platform (UAP) applications. Building Windows apps with PubNub is quite easy. To follow these instructions you’ll need Windows 10 (obviously) and Visual Studio. The Visual Studio Community Edition 2015 will work fine. Requirements...
BuildMar 17, 2016
Build A Mobile Collaborative Real-time Shopping List
As part of our AngularJS series we invited Isaiah Grey of Stamplay to show us how to build a collaborative shopping list with PubNub and their service. Stamplay is a service for building application backends using a variety of services. Payment processors, user authentication, and text messaging, can...
InsightsMar 10, 2016
Introduction to Weather STEM with Ionic
As part of our new AngularJS series, we invited Katie Ginder-Vogel from Ionic to tell us about some of the cool things people have built with Ionic. Ionic is an open source mobile platform built on AngularJS, with a rich ecosystem of tools to help you quickly build and ship quality mobile apps. –...
InsightsMar 9, 2016
Visualizing Real-time Data Driven Weather Infographic
Over the last decade, we have realized how to make more informed decisions by harnessing the power of data. There is one noticeable trend in this entire buzz: infographics. Infographics are a way of presenting data in a visually engaging way. As the old adage goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”...
News Feb 22, 2016
Get More With the New PubNub Administrator Dashboard!
We are pleased to announce the release of a completely new PubNub Administrator Dashboard! Not only have we updated the user interface and visualizations to help you better manage your PubNub applications, but we have also optimized our system to provide a cleaner and more streamlined user experience....
BuildFeb 19, 2016
Plotting ISS in Real Time With Mapbox
I love IFTTT. Frankly speaking, that’s how I deal with everything in programming. If this happens, I will do this, otherwise I will do that. Plus, as a developer, we can’t survive without conditionals in our programs. One of their “recipes” (that’s what they call a combination of apps to complete a purpose)...
BuildFeb 2, 2016
YouTube with Friends using WebRTC
Since we wrote this post, we’ve made some changes to our what we do, and what we don’t do with WebRTC. Learn more here. WebRTC is becoming widely adopted by top companies. If you don’t know it already, WebRTC is a free, open-source project that provides simple APIs for creating Real-Time...
InsightsJan 18, 2016
Creating a Real-time Voting System on Apple Watch
Ever since the Apple Watch was announced, I’ve thought it was an interesting device for sending and receiving quick bites of information, which makes it a perfect match for PubNub technology. In this article, I’d like to share one of my ideas, a real-time voting app using the PubNub Mac, iOS, and the...