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Blog posts tagged
"IoT"


Amrisha Prashar
4 August 2016

Our IoT webinar series continues: Industrial IoT edge gateway

Internet of Things Article

We’re into our third webinar in our IoT series with a focus on Industrial IoT edge gateway. The next session will focus on The Convergence of Information and Operational Technology . We’ll deep dive into why this is a key benefit to IoT and how to use this convergence as a way to build a ...


April Wang
28 July 2016

Bubblegum-96 boards powered by Ubuntu Core

Internet of Things Article

  We are pleased to announce that an image of Ubuntu Core is officially available for uCRobotics’ Bubblegum-96 board. The board includes an optimised Actions‘ s900 Quad-core ARM 64-bit Cortex-A53 processor running at 1.8GHz and 600MHz PowerVR G6230 high-quality graphics with 2GB of DRAM and USB 3.0 support. This makes it one of the most p ...


Canonical
11 July 2016

Snapd 2.0.10: new media interfaces, channel switching

Internet of Things Article

If it hasn’t already, snapd 2.0.10 should be making its way to your 16.04 systems. Here is what’s new!The 2.0.10 release contains a number of improvements and fixes over the 2.0.9 release that was available before. The highlights:ChannelsCh ...


Amrisha Prashar
7 July 2016

Mycroft: The open source answer to natural language platforms

Desktop Article

We’re thrilled to be working with Mycroft, the open source answer to proprietary natural language platform. Mycroft has adopted Ubuntu Core and Snaps to deliver their software to Mycroft hardware, as well as Snaps to enable desktop users to install the software regardless of the Linux distribution they are using! CEO of Mycroft, Joshua Mo ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
5 May 2016

Ubuntu Core now available for Samsung ARTIK 5 and 10

Internet of Things Article

If you have been waiting to try Ubuntu Core on the Samsung ARTIK 5 or 10… the wait is over! Developer images for the 2 boards are now available from developer.ubuntu.com . This image gives access to a number of the Samsung ARTIK functionalities, Bluetooth, wifi, and gives developer a powerful platform to build their ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
26 April 2016

Samsung Developer Conference 2016

Internet of Things Article

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 ...


Olli Ries
12 April 2016

Adding snaps for secure, transactional packages in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Desktop Article

The development of the Ubuntu phone platform and its expansion to IoT and devices has challenged us to solve real problems in security and reliability. These challenges apply equally to desktop and server systems and are a source of frustration for users and developers who want newer software on long-term supported releases. This has led ...


Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
7 April 2016

infographic: How many people use Ubuntu?

Cloud and server Article

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 ...


Canonical
23 March 2016

MWC 2016: Our biggest show yet

Cloud and server Article

  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 ...


Amrisha Prashar
3 March 2016

Ubuntu and Startups are a match made in code

Internet of Things Article

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 the future of ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
2 March 2016

Intel and Canonical continue to build large IoT gateway ecosystems

Internet of Things Article

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 ...


Canonical
29 February 2016

Mobile World Congress 2016, Big Event, Big Data

Cloud and server Article

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 ...