Internet of Things

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Internet of Things

Out of date software leaves you vulnerable

by Canonical on 23 March 2017

Two weeks ago, Der Spiegel wrote an article highlighting that out of date software on private clouds was leaving government and political party information...

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Distributing a ROS system among multiple snaps

by Kyle Fazzari on 22 March 2017

One of the key tenets of snaps is that they bundle their dependencies. The fact that they’re self-contained helps their transactional-ness: upgrading or...

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When products and digital signage speak the same language

by Guest on 21 March 2017

This is a guest post by Dominique Guinard, Co-founder & CTO at EVRYTHNG. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact...

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Three flaws at the heart of IoT security

by Thibaut Rouffineau on 20 March 2017

This blog has been syndicated from SCMagazine UK, contributed by Thibaut Rouffineau – head of devices marketing. According to the latest estimates by Gartner,...

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The Orange Pi community gets a snap store

by Canonical on 16 March 2017

Shenzhen Xunlong Software partners with Canonical to build the Orange Pi App Store Developers can distribute their applications packaged as snaps to Orange Pi...

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NXP and Canonical to demo Ubuntu Core on the LS1043A at Embedded World

by Canonical on 14 March 2017

The LS1043A, NXP’s quad-core ARM 64bit-powered SoC, is built for embedded networking and IoT Gateways with high throughput needs. Ubuntu Core is a versatile...

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The smart multi-personality vending machine

by Maarten Ectors on 13 March 2017

This vending machine is unlike you have seen before. It is a telecom operator in a box. Minutes later it cures the chronic ill via an Uber for Doctors and...

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This elevator catches intruders, saves lives, generates money, …

by Maarten Ectors on 13 March 2017

The world is becoming software defined and most people don’t realise what this means until software apps and app stores invade their day to day objects like...

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The cheapest and smartest mobile and IoT base station of MWC17

by Maarten Ectors on 11 March 2017

How to solve the top telecom industry problems (declining revenues, spiralling costs, slow time to market) and revolutionise the wireless industry? Open...

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Mobile World Congress 2017. One for the records – bigger and better!

by Canonical on 9 March 2017

Mobile World Congress was one for the record books! For starters, we blew-out last year’s number of visitors to Canonical’s Ubuntu booth. The mixture was...

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Fresh Snaps from February 2017

by Didier Roche on 9 March 2017

It’s that time of the month! Didier has put together a selection of top ten snaps written in February ranging from blockchain to graphical applications. To...

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The $1M/month revenue generating fountain each smart city should have

by Maarten Ectors on 9 March 2017

What if smart cities can have fountains generating revenue instead of costing money? App Stores on Fountains, one of the many crazy ideas we demoed on MWC,...