IoT
Internet of Things
Distributing a ROS system among multiple snaps
by Kyle Fazzari on 22 March 2017
One of the key tenets of snaps is that they bundle their dependencies. The fact that they’re self-contained helps their transactional-ness: upgrading or...
Internet of Things
Three flaws at the heart of IoT security
by Thibaut Rouffineau on 20 March 2017
This blog has been syndicated from SCMagazine UK, contributed by Thibaut Rouffineau – head of devices marketing. According to the latest estimates by Gartner,...
Internet of Things
NXP and Canonical to demo Ubuntu Core on the LS1043A at Embedded World
by Canonical on 14 March 2017
The LS1043A, NXP’s quad-core ARM 64bit-powered SoC, is built for embedded networking and IoT Gateways with high throughput needs. Ubuntu Core is a versatile...
Internet of Things
This elevator catches intruders, saves lives, generates money, …
by Maarten Ectors on 13 March 2017
The world is becoming software defined and most people don’t realise what this means until software apps and app stores invade their day to day objects like...
Internet of Things
The $1M/month revenue generating fountain each smart city should have
by Maarten Ectors on 9 March 2017
What if smart cities can have fountains generating revenue instead of costing money? App Stores on Fountains, one of the many crazy ideas we demoed on MWC,...
Cloud and server
Mobile World Congress 2017: day four recap
by Canonical on 2 March 2017
Today was the final day for Mobile World Congress 2017. It has been a long, hectic, but exciting week. For starters, we had a record number of visitors to...
Internet of Things
MWC17: The future of industrial IoT
by Maarten Ectors on 23 February 2017
The internet of things, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, big data, robots/drones, blockchain, industry 4.0 and other hype terms are popping up...
Internet of Things
Screenly announces a follow-up to its popular digital signage solution
by Canonical on 22 February 2017
Screenly’s platform has grown to run over 10,000 screens in less than four years Making it the largest commercial deployment of Raspberry Pi for digital...
Internet of Things
Webinar: Qt on Ubuntu Core
by Amrisha Prashar on 21 February 2017
Are you interested in developing Qt on Ubuntu Core? Learning how to package Qt apps as snaps? And the solutions they bring to the world of Digital Signage? If...
Internet of Things
IOTA: IoT revolutionised with a ledger
by Canonical on 20 February 2017
Ever since the introduction of digital money, the world quickly came to realize how dire and expensive the consequences of centralized systems are. Not only...
Internet of Things
Eclipse foundation: IoT developer survey
by Amrisha Prashar on 13 February 2017
The third annual IoT Developer Survey, hosted by Eclipse IoT has just been launched. In previous years it has provided interesting insights about how...
Internet of Things
openHAB arrives as a snap!
by Canonical on 9 February 2017
openHAB is a completely open source smart home alternative to Apple Homekit and Samsung SmartThings. Consumers can mix and match hardware and services from...