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10 crazy IoT ideas that can soon become real
By Maarten Ectors, 6 February 2017
1) Smart cities: revenue generating fountains What if instead of being a cost to cities, fountains become a revenue generator? Crazy idea? Just put the same...
Cloud Chatter: January 2017
By James Donner, 3 February 2017
Welcome to the first edition of 2017. In this issue we showcase what you can expect from us and invite you to meet with us at Mobile World Congress if you’re...
Snapcraft 2.26 has been released
By Sergio Schvezov, 3 February 2017
Hello snapcrafters! We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.26 of snapcraft has been released: https://launchpad.net/snapcraft/+milestone/2.26...
The first consumer device to run snaps: Nextcloud box
By Amrisha Prashar, 3 February 2017
The Nextcloud box is a private cloud and IoT solution for home users, giving consumers a way to take back control over their personal data. It’s an...
Run scripts during snapcraft builds with “scriptlets”
By David Callé, 2 February 2017
Please note: this blog post is over 5 years old and is out of date. Scriptlets have been superseded by Overrides. If you have snapped an application, or tried...
January’s reading list
By Inayaili de León Persson, 1 February 2017
Here are the best links shared by the design team during the first month of 2017: A Guide to 2017 Conferences Information Literacy Is a Design Problem Pattern...
Industrial IoT revolution with Raspberry Pi compute module 3
By Maarten Ectors, 31 January 2017
The Raspberry Pi Foundation released a long awaited version of their Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3. The great news is that you get 4GB storage, 1GB memory and...
48% of people unaware their IoT devices pose a security threat
By Canonical, 30 January 2017
LONDON, U.K. – 30 January, 2017 – Nearly half (48%) of citizens remain unaware that their connected devices could be infiltrated and used to conduct a cyber...
Installing a DIY bare metal GPU cluster for Kubernetes
By Samuel Cozannet, 30 January 2017
I don’t know if you have ever seen one of the Orange Boxes from Canonical These are really sleek machines. They contain 10 Intel NUCs, plus an 11th one for...
Ubuntu Core – how to enable aliases for your snaps commands
By David Callé, 28 January 2017
We are happy to announce that a new version of Ubuntu Core, based on snapd 2.21, has been released to the stable snaps channel yesterday. As with any stable...
Award-winning drone technology with Ubuntu
By Amrisha Prashar, 27 January 2017
The market for drones is exploding as businesses and individuals embrace them. The global market for commercial applications of drone technology will balloon...