Internet of Things

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


Thibaut Rouffineau
17 November 2015

MagicStick and Ubuntu Core, redefining the PC on stick experience

Article Desktop

MagicStick™ has had a highly successful campaign on Indiegogo for their affordable yet super powerful PC on a stick already reaching 7.5 times its funding objective. They’re now going further by offering Ubuntu Core on MagicStick™ as a way to enjoy a simpler, faster, leaner PC experience on your TV. MagicStick™, a...

Thibaut Rouffineau
17 November 2015


Thibaut Rouffineau
12 November 2015

Eclipse’con Europe 2015 : Agile embedded development!

Article Internet of Things

Last week was Eclipse’con Europe, the yearly Eclipse Foundation European conference. Eclipse’con has taken place in Ludwigsburg, Germany for the last 10 years… and what a difference these years have made in the world of  both embedded development and embedded Linux.  These changes can be summarised in 2 sentences: Out...

Thibaut Rouffineau
12 November 2015


Maarten Ectors
11 November 2015

Canonical Demos the power of IoT to developers with the Samsung ARTIK

Article Internet of Things

Canonical and Samsung will be at this year’s ARM TechCon to show off the power of snappy Ubuntu Core on the Samsung ARTIK 5 and ARTIK 10 modules. The companies will demonstrate how combining Samsung ARTIK and snappy Ubuntu Core results in an easy-to-use development platform for internet-connected devices, enabling...

Maarten Ectors
11 November 2015


James Donner
6 November 2015

Canonical Cloud Chatter: October 2015

Article Cloud and server

We had a very busy month, with the new release of Ubuntu 15.10 and the OpenStack Summit in Tokyo. We are proud to announce that the OpenStack Foundation survey results show that Ubuntu runs 65% of large OpenStack clouds. Meanwhile, we are preparing for a new webinar, have a brand new Big Data eBook, updates

James Donner
6 November 2015


April Wang
4 November 2015

Another wave of hacking in China this time with TechCrunch

Article Internet of Things

After undertaking several Ubuntu Phone led hackathons in Beijing and Shenzhen, we embraced the opportunity to be part of the TechCrunch one this past weekend in Beijing (31st Oct-1st Nov). This hackathon afforded us the chance to meet more Ubuntu fans, introduce the OS to more developers and interact with participants...

April Wang
4 November 2015


Maarten Ectors
30 October 2015

#InternetOfToys – let the toy battles begin

Article Internet of Things

Wouldn’t it be great to play with toys and get paid for it? If this sounds like music to your ears, then this blog post is for you. If you are a business person who thinks toys are just child’s play, then you should read on as well! It’s true that Industrial IoT will generate

Maarten Ectors
30 October 2015


Canonical
29 October 2015

The Ubuntu Online Summit starts next week

Article Cloud and server

Starting on Tuesday 3rd to Thursday 5th of November, a new edition of the Ubuntu Online Summit is taking place next week. Three days of free and live content all around Ubuntu and Open Source: discussions, tutorials, demos, presentations and Q+As for anyone to get in touch with the latest news and technologies, and get

Canonical
29 October 2015


Canonical
29 October 2015

Vendors support Ubuntu Core as neutral platform for switches

News Cloud and server

Canonical accelerates disaggregation of switch hardware, operating system and network control software with snappy Ubuntu Core

Canonical
29 October 2015


Canonical
22 October 2015

What’s new in Ubuntu 15.10: desktop and devices

Article Desktop

The desktop edition of Ubuntu 15.10 will be available for download from today – 22nd October – with the latest developer tools and freshest desktop interface, with a preview of the converged phone, desktop and tablet experience that has been making waves in the tech community. Over-the-air updates to Ubuntu Phone Users...

Canonical
22 October 2015


Canonical
21 October 2015

Announcing the UbuCon Summit

Article Desktop

I am thrilled to announce the next big event in the Ubuntu calendar: the UbuCon Summit, taking place in Pasadena, CA, in the US, from the 21st to 22nd of January 2016, hosted at SCALE and with Mark Shuttleworth on the opening keynote.Taking UbuCons to the next levelUbuCons are a remarkable achievement from the Ubuntu...

Canonical
21 October 2015


Canonical
21 October 2015

Snappy Core unlocks IoT value within the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series

News Internet of Things

Yesterday marked the launch of the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series, a purpose-built IoT gateway designed to work in the most extreme conditions and to enable customers to perform analytics on the edge of the network; pre-transmitting them to the cloud. It has many mounting and connectivity options which enables it to be...

Canonical
21 October 2015


Maarten Ectors
16 October 2015

PiGlow API: one small snap for humanity…

Article Internet of Things

Victor Palau created a very nice blog post around the PiGlow. With his permission we are reproducing it here. My first steps into snappifying, I have publish a RestApi for PiGlow (glowapi 0.1.2). I though it might be a good first step and mildly useful for people wanting to set up build notifications, twitter mentions,

Maarten Ectors
16 October 2015


Amrisha Prashar
15 October 2015

Dell World

Article Desktop

Dell World 20th-22nd October 2015 Austin, Texas Austin Convention Center Dell World is a three day event held in Austin, Texas bringing together technology leaders and decision makers from organisations of all sizes across a variety of different industries. This fifth annual event of its kind presents a forum for...

Amrisha Prashar
15 October 2015


Maarten Ectors
2 October 2015

Canonical launches new ‘#InternetOfToys’ initiative with partners

Article Internet of Things

IoT World: Hybrid, Erle and Canonical combine to commercialize IoT dev ROSCon: Canonical demonstrates power of apps on robots; shows Erle Spider Mark Shuttleworth keynote at ROSCon: secrets to ROS success   Canonical is taking its Internet of Things (IoT) innovation on tour over the few days; bringing a host of new...

Maarten Ectors
2 October 2015