IoT
Internet of Things
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,...
Cloud and server
Mobile World Congress 2017: day four recap
by Canonical on 2 March 2017
Today was the final day for Mobile World Congress 2017. It has been a long, hectic, but exciting week. For starters, we had a record number of visitors to...
Internet of Things
MWC17: The future of industrial IoT
by Maarten Ectors on 23 February 2017
The internet of things, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, big data, robots/drones, blockchain, industry 4.0 and other hype terms are popping up...
Internet of Things
Screenly announces a follow-up to its popular digital signage solution
by Canonical on 22 February 2017
Screenly’s platform has grown to run over 10,000 screens in less than four years Making it the largest commercial deployment of Raspberry Pi for digital...
Internet of Things
Webinar: Qt on Ubuntu Core
by Amrisha Prashar on 21 February 2017
Are you interested in developing Qt on Ubuntu Core? Learning how to package Qt apps as snaps? And the solutions they bring to the world of Digital Signage? If...
Internet of Things
IOTA: IoT revolutionised with a ledger
by Canonical on 20 February 2017
Ever since the introduction of digital money, the world quickly came to realize how dire and expensive the consequences of centralized systems are. Not only...
Internet of Things
Eclipse foundation: IoT developer survey
by Amrisha Prashar on 13 February 2017
The third annual IoT Developer Survey, hosted by Eclipse IoT has just been launched. In previous years it has provided interesting insights about how...
Internet of Things
openHAB arrives as a snap!
by Canonical on 9 February 2017
openHAB is a completely open source smart home alternative to Apple Homekit and Samsung SmartThings. Consumers can mix and match hardware and services from...
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...
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
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...
Internet of Things
IoT predictions for 2017
by Amrisha Prashar on 5 January 2017
Big movements took place in the space of IoT last year from voice-controlled home assistants to block chain solutions. As we enter 2017, Maarten Ectors has...