Latest Insights for Android Real-Time Data Apps

BuildOct 13, 2016

DIY Android App Compares Bus Routes to Uber in Real time

As a city dweller, this definitely falls in the category of #firstworldproblems. Do I wait for the bus, hail a taxi, or call an Uber? I thought it would be neat to solve this problem using PubNub’s Project EON on the mobile platform (in this case, Android, because I had already used EON on iOS in a past...

Michael Carroll

BuildSep 1, 2016

DIY Virtual Whiteboard Using Google and Firebase

When it comes to productivity, real-time collaboration is a staple of modern communication. An obvious example of this is, say, Google Docs. In this tutorial, my app Brain Drain takes that idea a step further, creating a freeform virtual whiteboard allowing users to collaborate as if they are all in...

Michael Carroll

InsightsJul 6, 2016

Important Lessons from Twitter’s Early Bird Camp – Part 1

“I’m setting you up to be dangerous,” declared Bear Douglas, a Twitter developer advocate who was the Android instructor for sixteen rising college juniors as part of Twitter’s inaugural Early Bird Camp. I had heard of her only weeks before from Tomomi, who knew her from events and meetups like...