Internet of Things archives
124 posts from 2017
Orchestrating architectural installations and live shows with snaps
By Sarah Dickinson, 15 November 2017
Dutch manufacturer Visual Productions BV, provides multi-platform software and solid-state hardware lighting control technology for namely the architectural,...
Discovering snaps with .NET and Microsoft
By Sarah Dickinson, 8 November 2017
.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...
Fresh Snaps from October 2017
By David Callé, 7 November 2017
Hot on the heels of the Ubuntu 17.10 release, the snap store has seen some great additions for musicians with MuseScore, for developers with IntelliJ IDEA,...
Launching Fingbox: from idea to distribution in under a year
By Sarah Dickinson, 2 November 2017
If you’re using a network security and scanning tool at home then there is a strong chance you have adopted Fing – the free network scanner for iOS and...
Using snaps to advance robotics development
By Sarah Dickinson, 30 October 2017
Robotics development has seen great expansion in recent years. Some roboticists strongly believe that this expansion is not only due to the rise of...
Ubuntu Core and snaps for easy IoT deployment
By Sarah Dickinson, 26 October 2017
Thinger.io has grown to over 10,000 registered users, but with such growing demand, they needed a quicker way to deliver their systems and applications. With...
Cinergy makes significant digital signage savings using Ubuntu Core
By Sarah Dickinson, 24 October 2017
Based in Dallas, Texas, Cinergy operates a chain of three cinema entertainment centres (CECs) with ambitious expansion plans. CECs are an all in one...
Ubuntu 17.10 releases with GNOME, Kubernetes 1.8 & minimal base images
By Canonical, 19 October 2017
19th October, London, UK: Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 17.10 featuring a new GNOME desktop on Wayland, and new versions of KDE, MATE and...
Heroku as a snap: talking security, Snapcraft & daily updates
By Sarah Dickinson, 4 October 2017
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...
Snap configuration: the configure hook
By Kyle Fazzari, 3 October 2017
This article originally appeared on Kyle’s blog You’ve heard it a million times: snaps bundle their dependencies. People seem to understand and accept the...
Snap install-time setup: the install hook
By Kyle Fazzari, 3 October 2017
This article originally appeared on Kyle’s blog When it comes to developing snaps, there’s a particular confusion out there that I see over and over again:...
First Ubuntu Core Workshop in Shenzhen
By liam zheng, 2 October 2017
Highlights The first Ubuntu Core workshop in Shenzhen Orange Pi Ubuntu Core App Store is online Three SOC companies showcase Ubuntu based solution Shenzhen...