Why your app needs to be real-time

April 5, 2013 1:11 PM Todd Greene

Guest Post World of Warcraft, Facetime, WebEx, ETrade’s MarketCaster, and Facebook’s live “Ticker” may seem completely unrelated, but they all represent real-time apps, connecting users instantly with the real world.

Firebase’s scalable backend makes it ’10 times easier’ to build apps

February 13, 2013 8:00 AM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

Firebase's cofounder James Tamplin (pictured, left) wants to make the process of developing an app "ten times easier," so he built a product that will do the hard work for you.