Internet of Things

Who should bear the cost of IoT security: consumers or vendors?

by Canonical on 7 February 2017

Anyone using the internet in Europe and the US on 21st October last year experienced what economists call an externality. It arrived in the form of a massive...

Internet of Things

10 crazy IoT ideas that can soon become real

by Maarten Ectors on 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...

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Cloud Chatter: January 2017

by James Donner on 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...

Internet of Things

Snapcraft 2.26 has been released

by Sergio Schvezov on 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...

Internet of Things

The first consumer device to run snaps: Nextcloud box

by Amrisha Prashar on 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...

Internet of Things

Run scripts during snapcraft builds with “scriptlets”

by David Callé on 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Please note: this blog post is over 5 years old and is out of date. Scriptlets have been superseded by Overrides.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...

Ubuntu

January’s reading list

by Inayaili de León Persson on 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...

Internet of Things

Industrial IoT revolution with Raspberry Pi compute module 3

by Maarten Ectors on 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...

Internet of Things

48% of people unaware their IoT devices pose a security threat

by Canonical on 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...

Cloud and server

Installing a DIY bare metal GPU cluster for Kubernetes

by Samuel Cozannet on 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...

Internet of Things

Ubuntu Core – how to enable aliases for your snaps commands

by David Callé on 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...