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Virtual Events
How to Build Chat for Virtual Events
Virtual events need chat to keep users engaged, but it's often a challenge to build a chat solution that works at scale and can handle the network load surges that occur during popular events. As a developer, you need to select a robust backend API provider capable of transmitting and receiving the high volume of messages that your viewers and participants generate.
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Gaming
How to Build Interactive 2d Chat Games
In this guide, we describe why you’d want to build a 2d game, types of 2d games, and tips for making your 2d games interactive, social, and engaging.
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PubNub portal
Enabling Persistence
Follow this how-to to enable Persistence in the Admin Portal to persist all messages as they're published.
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PubNub portal
Creating Keys
Follow this how-to on creating keys in the Admin Portal to connect your application to the PubNub network.
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PubNub portal
Enabling Files
Follow this how-to on enabling Files in the Admin Portal to upload and share files.
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PubNub portal
Enabling Objects
Follow this how-to on enabling Objects in the Admin Portal to to store metadata for users, channels, and memberships without the need of setting up your own database.
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Push Notifications
Push Notifications
Follow this how-to to learn more about how you can leverage push notifications in your application to better keep your users engaged and informed.
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Geolocation
How to Explore Real-time Geolocation Solutions
This how-to will explain real-time geolocation services for developers, what to consider while building geolocation features, and how PubNub can make it easy to stream and use real-time location data.
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Gaming
Add PubNub to Your Unity Game to Power Online Features
Follow this how-to and learn how you can add PubNub to your Unity game to power online features.