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Real-time Multi Touch with PubNub
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...
Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub
HTML5 Mass Broadcasting Desktop Notifications
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

Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub
node js Supercharged by PubNub
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...
Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub
Facebook “Meh” Button : JavaScript
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”...
Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub
Enable jQuery Push Notifications API
BuildJun 17, 2010

Enable jQuery Push Notifications API

The new PubNub JavaScript Push API 2.0 now with jQuery Plugin! If you are a jQuery user and have wanted a Push API with Publish and Subscribe, then hurray! Here is the fastest and lightest jQuery Push API. It is compatible with mobile phone devices such as iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Symbian and...
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Content Writer, PubNub
Fastest JS Google Closure, gzip -9, Memcache, CDN, Headers
BuildJun 11, 2010

Fastest JS Google Closure, gzip -9, Memcache, CDN, Headers

At PubNub, we use Google Closure Advanced Optimizations Mode, Max Gzipping -9 and Memcache for best possible performance delivery of our JavaScripts. Closure + gzip -9 and Memcache Research, Benchmarks and Stress Tests has lead to create the best JavaScript delivery method to date. If you are looking...
PubNub + jQTouch
BuildMay 10, 2010

PubNub + jQTouch

May 20th, 2010: This page reacts with multiple devices. An Orientation Event will trigger a push notification publish(). When one device changes Orientation, all devices with the opposite Orientation will shift magenta! This requires at least one iPhone. What is PubNub? PubNub = communication between...
Developer Relations Team
Developer Relations Team