Thanks to its chattiness, the traditional communications protocol for shuttling data around the World Wide Web is not very efficient. Now an HTML5-related standard called WebSocket could cut some of ...

WebSockets is a network communication protocol that enables two-way client-server communication. WebSockets are often used for applications that require instantaneous updates, using a persistent ...

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Users now demand information as soon as it’s available. If you have to refresh the page to get new information, it’s already too late. Luckily, a protocol supported by all modern browsers allows for ...