Internet of Things

Thibaut Rouffineau
26 April 2016

Samsung Developer Conference 2016

Article Internet of Things

It’s arrived! Samsung’s big yearly developer event kicks off from April 27th – 28th in SF. A place where developers, creators and builders alike come together to discuss the latest technologies and future innovations. This year, IOT will be one of the big focuses, especially around smart home and ARTIK – their new chipset for

Thibaut Rouffineau
26 April 2016

Maarten Ectors
26 April 2016

Flying mobile base stations are coming to the UK

Article Internet of Things

EE, the largest mobile operator in the UK and now part of BT, just announced a collaboration with Lime Micro, a leader in the next big phase of open source mobile network technology, and Canonical (Ubuntu) to ensure the UK gets better mobile coverage. EE is heavily investing in getting to 95% geographical 4G coverage

Maarten Ectors
26 April 2016

Canonical
20 April 2016

Canonical unveils 6th LTS release of Ubuntu with 16.04

News Cloud and server

Introduces “snaps” for new robust, secure app format Introduces LXD pure-container hypervisor with OpenStack Mitaka Supports IBM Z and LinuxONE systems with flat pricing Steps towards converged Ubuntu across IOT, Phone, Desktop and Server Introduces ZFS and CephFS for large-scale cloud storage LONDON 20th April 2016:...

Canonical
20 April 2016

Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
7 April 2016

infographic: How many people use Ubuntu?

Article Cloud and server

Discover the range of industries, people and services that are using Ubuntu right now. Netflix. Snapchat. Dropbox. Uber. Tesla…and the International space station – what do they all have in common? They run on Ubuntu. To celebrate our upcoming 16.04 LTS we wanted to shine a bit of light on how many people in the

Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
7 April 2016

Maarten Ectors
7 April 2016

When a projector and app-enabled software-defined radio cross paths

Article Internet of Things

We had a chat with our head of IoT, Maarten, to discover what happens when a projector crosses paths with an app-enabled software-defined radio (limeSDR.org) Below is a list of pretty cool insights when the two cross paths that include talking to drones via hand gestures, hacking into walkie talkies and finding coverage...

Maarten Ectors
7 April 2016

Canonical
23 March 2016

MWC 2016: Our biggest show yet

Article Cloud and server

For the whole Canonical team, Mobile World Congress 2016 was a momentous event. Not only were we sitting alongside some of the biggest technology companies in the world in Hall 3, but our big, beautiful stand was the best yet; showing off our latest innovation perfectly. Mobile World Congress was the perfect place to

Canonical
23 March 2016

Amrisha Prashar
3 March 2016

Ubuntu and Startups are a match made in code

Article Internet of Things

We’ve just come back from an awesome MWC! Not only did we showcase new tablets, phones and developments in Cloud, but we had a whole wall dedicated to IoT established companies and startups using Ubuntu Core. Our partner startups ranged from wireless base stations, smart cities, autonomous drones through to showing how...

Amrisha Prashar
3 March 2016

The value of the Ubuntu community

Article Internet of Things

Without the community, Ubuntu would not exist. Ubuntu software is free and accessible to all and without the rich contributions, it wouldn’t be the service and brand it is today. The community is welcoming to people of all background and skills, it thrives to keep the Ubuntu project growing and is committed to open source

Amrisha Prashar
3 March 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
2 March 2016

Intel and Canonical continue to build large IoT gateway ecosystems

Article Internet of Things

Over the past year Intel and Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) have been working together to launch a number of new devices in the IoT space. In less than 9 months we have successfully brought to market a number of IoT gateways and reference designs, which have captured the attention of a number of product managers

Thibaut Rouffineau
2 March 2016

Canonical
29 February 2016

Mobile World Congress 2016, Big Event, Big Data

Article Cloud and server

Philip McAleese talks sensor data and IoT bike lights Apparently, over 100,000 people attended Mobile World Congress 2016 this past week. I was one of them. One of 100,000 people that had to be registered, tracked, and admitted daily to the event. As small as I feel in that 100,000, that total is equal to

Canonical
29 February 2016

Canonical
26 February 2016

Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 4 Recap

Article Cloud and server

Software Defined LTE 5G Radio demo at the Ubuntu booth At an event the size of Mobile World Congress, the last day is filled with the hurried rush to get everything in that you might have missed. The major topics of the day were startups and upstarts, and upcoming mobile protocols standards and implementations. There

Canonical
26 February 2016

Canonical
25 February 2016

Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 3 Recap

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu OpenStack running SDN, VNFs and virtualised customer premise equipment (vCPE) The third day of Mobile World Congress was an demonstration in what’s going to be the ‘new normal’. Well, maybe not normal, but it gave us a glimpse into how virtualised network functions (VNFs), industrial IoT, and over-the-top (OTT)...

Canonical
25 February 2016

MediaTek & Canonical partner to build app-enabled smart home gateways

News Internet of Things

Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company, MediaTek, and Canonical, are joining forces to build multi-purpose, future-proofed home gateways and premium routers based on the MediaTek smart home gateways chipset and ‘snappy’ Ubuntu Core. The home gateways will be capable of adapting to the evolving demands of the smart...

Canonical
25 February 2016

Canonical
24 February 2016

Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 2 Recap

Article Cloud and server

Day 2 of Mobile World Congress was awesome. The overarching theme of the day was again focused on NFV (Network Functions Virtualisation). But before we get to that, I’m excited to announce that Canonical received a Best of Show award from Trusted Reviews for the BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet. A huge crowd gathered to

Canonical
24 February 2016

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