Internet of Things archives
124 posts from 2017
Fresh Snaps from May 2017
By Canonical, 7 June 2017
This month we have a selection that might please those of you who like games, with apps like OpenSpades and Pin Town. Our selection is really diverse, from...
Developer Economics survey Q3 2017
By Canonical, 6 June 2017
We are excited to announce that Ubuntu is a proud sponsor to the Developer Economics Q3 2017 survey, run by our friends at VisionMobile. This is the 13th...
The Turtlebot 3 has launched
By Kyle Fazzari, 31 May 2017
If you’re familiar with ROS (Robot Operating System), chances are you’re also familiar with the Turtlebot. The first version of the Turtlebot was created back...
Ubuntu ranked as 2nd most used IoT OS by Eclipse Foundation survey
By Sarah Dickinson, 17 May 2017
Last week we posted a blog on programming languages following the Eclipse Foundation 2017 IoT survey results. This week we look at the findings from a...
DataArt release new version of Alexa Virtual Device for Raspberry Pi
By Guest, 16 May 2017
This is a guest post by DataArt. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com This project aims to provide the...
Why language choices can be irrelevant when choosing the right IoT OS
By Sarah Dickinson, 10 May 2017
This is the first in a series of two blogs exploring the finding from the latest Eclipse Foundation IoT Developer Survey. A couple of months ago we posted a...
Crowd funding the Radio access technology
By Guest, 10 May 2017
This is a guest post by Ebrahim Bushehri, CEO Lime Microsystem. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com The...
Fresh Snaps from April 2017
By Didier Roche, 10 May 2017
This month we have a great range of snaps, from desktop to cloud/server, to IoT, there’s a snap for everyone! If you haven’t heard of snaps yet, they are a...
Webinar: Delivering the value of IoT in the retail industry
By Canonical, 9 May 2017
Register Now IoT is being embraced by an increasingly diverse set of sectors and one which is reaping the benefits is the retail sector, specifically...
ROS production: create Ubuntu Core image with snap preinstalled [5/5]
By Kyle Fazzari, 9 May 2017
This is the fifth (and final) blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we created a gadget snap to allow confined access to the...
ROS production: obtaining confined access to the Turtlebot [4/5]
By Kyle Fazzari, 27 April 2017
This is the fourth blog post in this series about ROS production. In the previous post we created a snap of our prototype, and released it into the store. In...
Canonical joins EdgeX Foundry to help unify IoT edge computing
By Sarah Dickinson, 24 April 2017
Fragmentation is the nature of the beast in the IoT space with a variety of non-interoperable protocols, devices and vendors which are the natural results of...