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It’s quite common for cloud services (and webtail vendors) to integrate with a digital identity platform, such as Google+ or Facebook; the reasons for doing so are very well documented. The beaten path for this type of integration is to use three-legged OAuth. But when implementing a real-time...

Ever wish you could control all of your electronics with a simple command, or just the push of a button? Well, armed with a Raspberry Pi, a smart phone, and PubNub’s Global Data Stream Network, you can make that dream a reality. Get ready to use your smart phone to be able to control outlets in your...

PubNub is excited to announce that Microsoft Power BI users can now ingest their PubNub data streams into this powerful data visualization platform. Power BI presents real-time data in easy to understand dashboards, allowing users to make rapid decisions on time-sensitive data and to easily see emergent...

When Arduino released the MKR1000, they answered the wishes of developers everywhere who wanted a WiFi-enabled board without the added size and hassle of operating a WiFi shield. With its compact size and built-in WiFi capabilities, the MKR1000 is a perfect addition to almost any IoT project. In this...

I am pretty excited to let you know that we just revamped our JavaScript SDK to version 4! The new SDK has been rewritten from the ground up to improve it with better performance, smaller footprint, event emitter patterns, and provide you easier-to-use APIs. Changes include: Isomorphic Javascript, works...

In this blog post we are going to demonstrate how to embed PubNub inside WordPress to enable some cool real-time features within the WordPress platform. We will be building a plugin which can create a visualization of all the content within a WordPress site, and of course it will be able to update itself...

As expected, the popularity of IoT has been growing. Being able to connect to all of your physical objects and collect data and interact with them can significantly change how we live. It allows for an easier and more efficient life. There are many different setups available in creating an IoT project,...

At just under an inch and a half long and three quarters of an inch wide, Particle’s Photon is an easy fix for makers who want a compact, cloud-compatible board for their projects. Because while the small size is a major plus, the real selling point of this little board is the cloud integration that...

Since last July when I first developed for the Apple Watch, I have watched this wearable struggle to rise in popularity. Although it is just an extension of the iPhone, on which it relies heavily, some of its features are fun for both users and developers. HealthKit gives developers access to fitness...