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Internet of Things
Building a future-proofed IoT consumer device with brand stores
by Sarah Dickinson on 20 November 2017
When building or deploying any IoT device either in remote locations or consumer’s homes, it is now essential for manufacturers to consider and review how...
Internet of Things
Orchestrating architectural installations and live shows with snaps
by Sarah Dickinson on 15 November 2017
Dutch manufacturer Visual Productions BV, provides multi-platform software and solid-state hardware lighting control technology for namely the architectural,...
Desktop
Dell Precision Machines Available With Ubuntu Pre-Installed
by Canonical on 14 November 2017
Looking for a new PC with Ubuntu pre-installed? We thought we’d run through the latest Dell Precision computers that come pre-installed with Ubuntu. These are...
Internet of Things
Discovering snaps with .NET and Microsoft
by Sarah Dickinson on 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...
Desktop
Canonical joins GNOME Foundation Advisory Board
by Will Cooke on 1 November 2017
As you’re no doubt aware, the default Ubuntu desktop is now running GNOME Shell following the 17.10 release and so we naturally have a great deal of interest...
Internet of Things
Using snaps to advance robotics development
by Sarah Dickinson on 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...
Desktop
elementary on why snaps are right for their Linux distro
by Sarah Dickinson on 11 October 2017
elementary is the company behind the elementary OS Linux distribution and the associated app store. Celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, elementary...
Desktop
Heroku as a snap: talking security, Snapcraft & daily updates
by Sarah Dickinson on 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...
Internet of Things
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS selected for Samsung ARTIK Gateway modules
by Canonical on 28 September 2017
Canonical today announced that it will bring its Ubuntu 16.04 operating system to the Samsung ARTIK™ internet of things ecosystem. The Samsung ARTIK platform...
Desktop
Wavebox snap: A central hub for Gmail, Outlook, Trello, Slack and more
by luciadecastro on 12 September 2017
Wavebox is an app that brings together most of the tools you’ll need on an everyday basis, like Gmail, Outlook, Office 365, Slack and more, and is now...
Canonical announcements
68% of businesses are struggling to hire talent for IoT
by Canonical on 9 August 2017
Research from Canonical shows businesses are battling with drought in the “Internet of Talent” pool London, 9th August 2017 – Businesses are struggling to...
Internet of Things
Robot development made easy with Husarion CORE2-ROS running Ubuntu
by Guest on 12 July 2017
This is the first in a series of two posts by guest blogger; Dominik Nowak, CEO at Husarion. We’ve seen many breakthroughs happening in the IT industry over...