Internet of Things

Sergio Schvezov
22 November 2017

Announcing snapcraft 2.35

Article Desktop

The snapcraft team is pleased to announce that version 2.35 has been released. Contributions This release saw some excellent contributions from outside the snapcraft core team, and we want to give a shout out to those folks. A team thank you to: Mark Lee Michael Vogt James Beedy Aleix Pol Jeff Dickey Nathan Haines Chris

Sergio Schvezov
22 November 2017

Canonical
21 November 2017

Join us at the Ubuntu Enterprise Summit!

Article Cloud and server

Bloomberg, Walmart, eBay, Samsung, Dell. Ever wonder how some of the world’s largest enterprises run on Ubuntu? This December, we are hosting our first ever Ubuntu Enterprise Summit to tell you how and help guide your own organisation whether it be running the cloud in a large telco to deriving revenue from your next IoT

Canonical
21 November 2017

Canonical
20 November 2017

Introducing the UP² Grove IoT development kit with Ubuntu

Article Internet of Things

As computing at the edge grows, so does the need to connect a flurry of IoT devices directly into a device that can do advanced analytics and processing. The whole journey from prototype to production is often bumpy, having to switch from a tangle of wires and development boards to production hardware: portability issues, lack

Canonical
20 November 2017

Sarah Dickinson
20 November 2017

Building a future-proofed IoT consumer device with brand stores

Article Internet of Things

When building or deploying any IoT device either in remote locations or consumer’s homes, it is now essential for manufacturers to consider and review how their devices can be future-proofed once it leaves their warehouses – such as update mechanisms and deploying security patches quickly. This is particularly so in the...

Sarah Dickinson
20 November 2017

Sarah Dickinson
15 November 2017

Orchestrating architectural installations and live shows with snaps

Article Internet of Things

Dutch manufacturer Visual Productions BV, provides multi-platform software and solid-state hardware lighting control technology for namely the architectural, retail, venue and entertainment lighting industries. Originating from an engineering background, Visual Productions combines creative thinking with the talent of...

Sarah Dickinson
15 November 2017

Sarah Dickinson
8 November 2017

Discovering snaps with .NET and Microsoft

Article Internet of Things

.NET Core, run by the .NET Foundation and Microsoft, is a free, cross-platform platform that supports building and running the next generation of web services, microservices and apps. By its very nature, it is an open source platform which supports cross-platform development. Lee Coward and Rakesh Singh at Microsoft...

Sarah Dickinson
8 November 2017

David Callé
7 November 2017

Fresh Snaps from October 2017

Article Desktop

Hot on the heels of the Ubuntu 17.10 release, the snap store has seen some great additions for musicians with MuseScore, for developers with IntelliJ IDEA, and many more! Let’s have a look at our october selection: 1. MuseScore MuseScore MuseScore is the world’s leading free and open-source software for writing music,...

David Callé
7 November 2017

Sarah Dickinson
2 November 2017

Launching Fingbox: from idea to distribution in under a year

Article Internet of Things

If you’re using a network security and scanning tool at home then there is a strong chance you have adopted Fing – the free network scanner for iOS and Android with over 25 million downloads. Following the success of their app, the founders of Fing decided to launch their first hardware product called Fingbox. Less

Sarah Dickinson
2 November 2017

Sarah Dickinson
30 October 2017

Using snaps to advance robotics development

Article Internet of Things

Robotics development has seen great expansion in recent years. Some roboticists strongly believe that this expansion is not only due to the rise of inexpensive sensors and actuators but also to the new software trends enabling code sharing and reuse at a much larger scale than ever before. We spoke to Mohamed Saad Ibn Seddik,

Sarah Dickinson
30 October 2017

Sarah Dickinson
26 October 2017

Ubuntu Core and snaps for easy IoT deployment

Article Desktop

Thinger.io has grown to over 10,000 registered users, but with such growing demand, they needed a quicker way to deliver their systems and applications. With a philosophy of using flexible and open technologies, Thinger.io discovered snaps as their ideal solution.

Sarah Dickinson
26 October 2017

Sarah Dickinson
24 October 2017

Cinergy makes significant digital signage savings using Ubuntu Core

Article Internet of Things

Based in Dallas, Texas, Cinergy operates a chain of three cinema entertainment centres (CECs) with ambitious expansion plans. CECs are an all in one entertainment venue incorporating cinemas, restaurants, bowling and other activities such as escape rooms. With so many activities to communicate including the latest...

Sarah Dickinson
24 October 2017

Canonical
19 October 2017

Ubuntu 17.10 releases with GNOME, Kubernetes 1.8 & minimal base images

News Canonical announcements

19th October, London, UK: Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 17.10 featuring a new GNOME desktop on Wayland, and new versions of KDE, MATE and Budgie to suit a wide range of tastes. On the cloud, 17.10 brings Kubernetes 1.8 for hyper-elastic container operations, and minimal base images for containers. This...

Canonical
19 October 2017

Sarah Dickinson
4 October 2017

Heroku as a snap: talking security, Snapcraft & daily updates

Article Desktop

Created 10 years ago and now owned by Salesforce, Heroku is a hosted cloud platform as a service (PaaS) which makes it easy for developers to run apps and services at scale. Heroku’s focus is on the developer experience and productivity. With that in mind, we caught up with Jeff Dickey (CLI Engineer) at the

Sarah Dickinson
4 October 2017

Kyle Fazzari
3 October 2017

Snap configuration: the configure hook

Article Internet of Things

This article originally appeared on Kyle’s blog You’ve heard it a million times: snaps bundle their dependencies. People seem to understand and accept the technical aspects of this, but today I want to talk about a more philosophical aspect. If you’re used to more traditional packaging, then you’re used to each project...

Kyle Fazzari
3 October 2017

Internet of Things

All you need to know about building and managing IoT and embedded devices using Ubuntu.