Blogs

Learn about new PubNub releases, industry trends, and app development tips.

Enable Text-to-Speech in AngularJS & IBM Watson
Apr 13, 2019

Enable Text-to-Speech in AngularJS & IBM Watson

IBM Watson Text-to-Speech API makes it easy to voice-enable your apps. This tutorial shows doing so on an AngularJS web app using PubNub BLOCKS.
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Michael Carroll
How to Build a Smart Contract App with Ethereum
Apr 12, 2019

How to Build a Smart Contract App with Ethereum

Blockchain provides a secure way of accessing and transacting assets. However, the biggest benefit comes from its ability to execute smart contracts.
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Shyam Purkayastha
Building a Serverless Hacker News Clone App
Apr 3, 2019

Building a Serverless Hacker News Clone App

Build your own version of Hacker News, entirely serverless via Functions, allowing users to submit links and update the feed in real time.
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Adam Bavosa
Contactless Payments and Mobile Payment Technology
Apr 3, 2019

Contactless Payments and Mobile Payment Technology

Understanding the difference between contactless payments and mobile payment technology.
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Michael Carroll
How to Use Slack Incoming Webhooks from a Function
PubNub PortalMar 15, 2019

How to Use Slack Incoming Webhooks from a Function

Slack Incoming Webhooks lets you build real-time, interactive alerts and notifications from other sources of data directly into Slack workspaces.
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Chandler Mayo
Use Stripe to Accept In-App Payments with Functions
PubNub PortalMar 15, 2019

Use Stripe to Accept In-App Payments with Functions

Seamlessly add in-app payment functionality with Stripe Charge and Functions.
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Chandler Mayo
New Feature Release: Message Counts API
ChatMar 15, 2019

New Feature Release: Message Counts API

Message Counts API (unread messages) enables the retrieval of message counts, on a per channel basis, and using a single API call
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Jeremy Pollock
Tisane Block: NLP and Translation, 27 Languages
PubNub PortalFeb 4, 2019

Tisane Block: NLP and Translation, 27 Languages

An introduction to the Tisane Labs Block for serverless natural language processing on text in 27 different lanaguages, all in real time.
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Developer Relations Team
What is Latency and Why Does it Matter?
Real-TimeJan 30, 2019

What is Latency and Why Does it Matter?

A simple explaination of what latency is, why latency matters, and why you should care about it.
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Chandler Mayo