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== XMPP Roundup: Articles, talks and events ==

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''Cabulous''

Jack Moffitt has [http://metajack.im/2010/01/05/xmpp-case-study-interview-cabulous/ interviewed Elijah Windsor], the lead developer of Cabulous, an iPhone application based on XMPP that enables communication and geolocation of taxis and their passengers.

''Apple Notification Server = Idavoll''

Ralph Meijer noticed that the [http://ralphm.net/blog/2010/01/14/apple_uses_idavoll Apple Notification Server] delivered with Mac OS X 10.6 Server is in fact Idavoll, the PubSub server written in Python.

''PubSub vs MUC''

Jack Moffitt again, wrote an article comparing [http://metajack.im/2010/01/15/xmpp-pubsub-versus-multiuser-chat/ Pubsub to Multi-User Chat]. Spoiler: there is no winner, but clear insights.

''Jabber FAQ''

The Polish community is very active in their XMPP promotion, a great example being theis site: [http://jabberfaq.info/ jabberfaq.info] ([http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=fr&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fjabberfaq.info%2F english, automated translation]).

''Making XMPP chat-bots as web applications''

Adam [http://happy.cat/blog/XMPP-Bots-ejabberd-mod-motion-2010-02-01-10-00.html wrote an article about mod_motion], an erlang/ejabberd module to post stanza to a restful service.

''Silverlight XMPP setup guide for MatriX''

Alexander Gnauck has written [http://blog.ag-software.de/?p=92 an article detailing how to bypass ports restrictions] in Silverlight.

''Screencast: Setting Up ejabberd''

Jack Moffitt once again, again, has made a simple [http://metajack.im/2010/02/04/screencast-setting-up-ejabberd/ screencast detailing the basic installation and configuration steps of ejabberd].

''Why XMPP will be huge very soon''

Pradeep Elankumaran wrote on [http://intridea.com/2009/2/16/why-xmpp-will-be-huge-very-soon why XMPP will be huge very soon], detailing the intrinsic advantages of the protocol and the implementations.

''XEP dependency graph''

Tobias has drawn [http://ayena.de/files/depxepimg.pdf a dependency graph for XEPs (PDF)], just don't be scared.

''Facebook chat bot in PHP''

Abhinav Singh has written a [http://abhinavsingh.com/blog/2010/02/writing-your-first-facebook-chat-bot-in-php-using-jaxl-library/ short article detailing how to write a chat bot based on Facebook XMPP interface], using the Jaxl library.

''Starting with Python and XMPP''

David Banes, ClearText. http://www.cleartext.com/downloads/XMPP-Python.pdf

''Django and XMPP''

http://www.slideshare.net/mrjmad/djangocong-2010-djangoetxmpp

''Build a web-based notification tool with XMPP''

IBM developerworks http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/tutorials/x-realtimeXMPPtut/index.html

''FaceTime''

Apple's new software for wifi video calls between two iPhone4, uses XMPP for authentication: 
[http://www.packetstan.com/2010/07/special-look-face-time-part-1.html]
[http://www.packetstan.com/2010/07/special-look-face-time-part-2-sip-and.html]
[http://www.packetstan.com/2010/07/special-look-face-time-part-3-call.html]

''XMPP Summit''

At FOSDEM in Brussles, Belgium.

''SeaBeyond''

In Paris, France, by ProcessOne.