Blog posts tagged
"developers"

135 posts

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
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

Canonical
14 November 2017

Dell Precision Machines Available With Ubuntu Pre-Installed

Article Desktop

Looking for a new PC with Ubuntu pre-installed? We thought we’d run through the latest Dell Precision computers that come pre-installed with Ubuntu. These are systems developed by and for developers, and are available in form factors ranging from sleek ultrabooks to powerful workstations. Here’s a quick runthrough of...

Canonical
14 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

Will Cooke
1 November 2017

Canonical joins GNOME Foundation Advisory Board

Article Desktop

As you’re no doubt aware, the default Ubuntu desktop is now running GNOME Shell following the 17.10 release and so we naturally have a great deal of interest in the plans and direction of the GNOME project.  The best way for us to get more involved in the future of GNOME is to become a

Will Cooke
1 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
11 October 2017

elementary on why snaps are right for their Linux distro

Article Desktop

elementary is the company behind the elementary OS Linux distribution and the associated app store. Celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, elementary began in 2007 with their first release in 2011. They are currently on their 4th release (Loki) and are working towards their 5th (Juno) with Jupiter, Luna and...

Sarah Dickinson
11 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

Canonical
28 September 2017

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS selected for Samsung ARTIK Gateway modules

Article Internet of Things

Canonical today announced that it will bring its Ubuntu 16.04 operating system to the Samsung ARTIK™ internet of things ecosystem. The Samsung ARTIK platform is a fully integrated chip to cloud and production-ready Internet of Things solution, designed to help companies accelerate their product development process,...

Canonical
28 September 2017

luciadecastro
12 September 2017

Wavebox snap: A central hub for Gmail, Outlook, Trello, Slack and more

Article Desktop

Wavebox is an app that brings together most of the tools you’ll need on an everyday basis, like Gmail, Outlook, Office 365, Slack and more, and is now available as a snap! We had a chat with Thomas Beverley, Co-founder & Software Engineer at Wavebox, to understand how was their experience with snapping their application.

luciadecastro
12 September 2017

Canonical
9 August 2017

68% of businesses are struggling to hire talent for IoT

News Canonical announcements

Research from Canonical shows businesses are battling with drought in the “Internet of Talent” pool London, 9th August 2017 – Businesses are struggling to recruit employees with the skills needed to make the internet of things a success according to a new IoT Business Models report from Canonical – the makers of the IoT...

Canonical
9 August 2017

Guest
12 July 2017

Robot development made easy with Husarion CORE2-ROS running Ubuntu

Article Internet of Things

This is the first in a series of two posts by guest blogger; Dominik Nowak, CEO at Husarion. We’ve seen many breakthroughs happening in the IT industry over the last decade. Arguably the most meaningful one on the consumer side was the adoption of smartphones and mobile development. What’s the next big thing, now that

Guest
12 July 2017

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