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Blog posts tagged
"developers"


David Callé
12 December 2016

snapd 2.18: the snap command strikes back

Internet of Things Article

Last Thursday, December 8, the snapd team was happy to announce a new release of snapd (2.18), the daemon that enables systems to work with snaps and provides the snap command. It’s time we take a look at what makes this release stand out. A brief tour of new snap commands (and the improved snap find) On ...


Didier Roche
8 December 2016

Christmas-music-carousel-snap

Internet of Things Article

Ding ding ding! It’s Christmas time, and as part of the festive competition we’re hosting that asks you to build a seasonal snap on your RaspberryPi…we couldn’t help but try out another example of our own. Didier from the dev team has created a Christmas music carousel snap! The snap allows you to play a ...


April Wang
7 December 2016

Jamming with Ubuntu Core

Desktop Article

We celebrated the launch of Ubuntu Core 16 hackathon, or shall we say Snapathon, that took place in Shenzhen between 26-27th November. The 30+ hour gathering and coding session was attended by developers, makers and anyone that was interested in the Internet of Things and the technology that powers them. Attendees were from different back ...


Amrisha Prashar
1 December 2016

Competition: Build a seasonal snap on your Raspberry Pi

Internet of Things Article

And our present for you this Christmas is… a competition to create a seasonal snap on your Raspberry Pi 2 or 3! We’d love to see the entries that are the most festive, original and work across devices – it could be snow falling, Christmas carols, Santa Claus snaps – anything that is festive! The ...


Amrisha Prashar
21 November 2016

VisionMobile: State of the Developer Nation Survey

Desktop Article

We’re proud to be supporting the State of the Developer Nation Survey run by our friends at VisionMobile! This is the 12th developer survey, focusing on a 360 view of developer tools, skills and salaries. The survey features questions on topics like programming languages, platforms, app categories, new technologies, revenue models, IoT ve ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
22 September 2016

Rocket.chat, a new snap is landing on your Nextcloud Box and beyond

Internet of Things Article

Last week Nextcloud, Western Digital and Canonical launched the Nextcloud box, a simple box powered by a Raspberry Pi to easily build a private cloud storage service at home . With the Nextcloud box, you are already securely sharing files with your colleagues, friends, and/or family. The team at Rocket.chat has been asking “Why not ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
26 April 2016

Samsung Developer Conference 2016

Internet of Things Article

It’s arrived! Samsung’s big yearly developer event kicks off from April 27th – 28th in SF. A place where developers, creators and builders alike come together to discuss the latest technologies and future innovations. This year, IOT will be one of the big focuses, especially around smart home and ARTIK – their new chipset for ...


Canonical
18 February 2016

Canonical and Samsung demonstrate Ubuntu Core on SAMSUNG ARTIK™

Internet of Things News

‘snappy’ Ubuntu Core ported to SAMSUNG ARTIK™ platform, running sample applications Best of breed security critical for IoT Canonical today announced that it has joined the SAMSUNG ARTIK™ IoT ecosystem to enable faster development and deployment of IoT applications and services. Canonical is publishing a developer image of ‘snappy’ Ubuntu ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
20 November 2015

Snickerdoodle: the maker board with robotic powers!

Internet of Things Article

  Snickerdoodle is no ordinary maker board… it will let you achieve your wildest maker dreams from robotics to advanced networking! And their crowdfunding campaign is about to finish… so it’s your last chance to grab the”Raspberry Pi for Robots” A maker board with super powers Most makers will have experienced a feeling of frustration ...


Maarten Ectors
16 October 2015

PiGlow API: one small snap for humanity…

Internet of Things Article

Victor Palau created a very nice blog post around the PiGlow. With his permission we are reproducing it here. My first steps into snappifying, I have publish a RestApi for PiGlow (glowapi 0.1.2). I though it might be a good first step and mildly useful for people wanting to set up build notifications, twitter mentions, ...


Maarten Ectors
22 September 2015

Crowdsourcing the #AppEnabledHome: GE, FirstBuild and Canonical

Internet of Things Article

  IoT is changing the home. Soon you will have apps and app stores on any type of home appliance. Earlier this year, GE’s FirstBuild brought to market the first app-enabled fridge. However, before IoT in the home can be mass market some problems will have to be solved first. What apps will people want? ...