Internet of Things archives

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5 key steps to take your IoT device to market

By cmoullec, 17 January 2020

IoT businesses are notoriously difficult to get off the ground. No matter how good your product is or how good your team is, some of the biggest problems you...

Kubernetes: a secure, flexible and automated edge for IoT developers

By cmoullec, 14 January 2020

Cloud native software such as containers and Kubernetes and IoT/edge are playing a prominent role in the digital transformation of enterprise organisations....

How to launch IoT devices – Part 1: Why it takes so long

By nilayshrugged, 14 January 2020

(This blog post is part of a 5 part series, titled “How to launch IoT devices”. It will cover the key choices and concerns when turning bright IoT ideas into...

This is why smart displays run Ubuntu Core

By nilayshrugged, 27 December 2019

First impressions count, and making sure your users can see and interact with your product in a seamless way, means selecting the right smart display...

How to build ROS 2 Eloquent Snaps

By Ted Kern, 14 December 2019

The end of 2019 brings about the latest ROS 2 release – Eloquent Elusor. Despite an ever growing set of features and some changes throughout the ecosystem,...

ObjectBox, database for IoT devices, adopts snaps for simplicity and ease of installation

By Sarah Dickinson, 10 December 2019

When designers put their heart and soul into making super-fast, easy-to-use software to help take Internet of Things (IoT) apps to the next level,...

Canonical sponsors WSLConf at Microsoft HQ

By haydenb, 9 December 2019

Canonical is announcing today it will be a featured sponsor of WSLConf, the first conference dedicated to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) platform....

Updated images of Ubuntu for the Raspberry Pi 2, 3 and 4

By Galem KAYO, 9 December 2019

Updated 32-bit and 64-bit images of Ubuntu for the Raspberry Pi family of devices have just been released. Innovators around the world can now download 32-bit...

The State of Robotics – November 2019

By Rhys Davies, 6 December 2019

November, for robotics, was a good month. We’re seeing new things develop, current projects finish and more cute animals in our future. So who can complain?...

Simplifying hardware management during Linux development

By nilayshrugged, 6 December 2019

Every few months we release a Snapcraft update, with improvements to both Linux development, and snap user experience. Last week, we released Snapcraft 3.9,...

Build smart display devices with Mir: fast to production, secure, open-source

By Alex Cattle, 29 November 2019

Industrial robots, home appliances, advertising screens, office information boards… devices of every type around us are getting connected. As they do, their...

Turning your Raspberry Pi 4 into an Edge Gateway (Part I)

By Galem KAYO, 26 November 2019

Developers get new opportunities to innovate with the emergence of edge computing. However, to unleash this innovation, form factors and software stacks...