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GamingNov 12, 2011
Tutorial: How To Build HTML5 Multiplayer Game Foundation
We’ve updated our SDKs, and this code is now deprecated. Good news is we’ve written a comprehensive guide to building a multiplayer game. Check it out! This is an HTML5 multiplayer game foundation tutorial. This page is the foundation for creating your own monetizable HTML5 games and applications...

BuildJul 9, 2011
Your Style Sheet in Real time
First: sign-up for a PubNub account. You have always wanted to send CSS updates to your website or HTML5 mobile app in Real time. How do you do this? It was hard before PubNub right? Change the value of the CSS in the text box below, then press “Broadcast CSS Changes” button. What will pressing...

BuildMay 11, 2011
Real-time Multi Touch with PubNub
This tutorial walks you through how to build real-time multi touch functionality with PubNub, enabling you to sync multi touch actions across any number of devices. Check out the live multi touch demo here (open in two browser windows), or check out the multi touch source code. Use your fingers to transmit...

ChatMar 19, 2011
Build Real-time Chat Apps in 10 Lines of Code
How to build real-time chat apps in 10 lines of JavaScript

BuildMar 17, 2011
HTML5 Mass Broadcasting Desktop Notifications
This tutorial explains how to broadcast real-time cross-platform, cross-device desktop notifications to your users on any browser

News Mar 12, 2011
Internet Programmer Heroes Song
Just for you, PubNub has created an HTML5 Song Lyrics Animator using CSS3. To get you more excited, we had a song created featuring your favorite programmer heroes of the internet. Press the Space Bar on your Keyboard to progress the Lyrics one word at a time. We realized the importance of announcing...

BuildJan 7, 2011
node js Supercharged by PubNub
node js is an exciting and promising new server-side application platform for building apps using JavaScript. However, not everyone knows that node js can be supercharged using PubNub to connect a human audience. PubNub believes in node js as a powerful app server and that’s why we have created...

BuildAug 9, 2010
Facebook “Meh” Button : JavaScript
Yesterday, BoingBoing posted an article with a new Facebook Icon for “Meh” Button, opposed to “Like”. Inspired by this, PubNub developers built the Facebook “Meh” Button and added real-time functionality to it. This button can be used with the Facebook “Like”...

News Jul 20, 2010
PHP Push API Walkthrough
PubNub adds Publish and Subscribe for PHP developers. Developers can use Publish/Subscribe from a terminal or web server.