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Ubuntu looks stunning on phones and tablets at MWC 2014

The latest development of Ubuntu for phones and tablets is on show at this year’s Mobile World Congress – including the visually stunning “scopes”, a new...

When it comes to cloud and scale out, Ubuntu has the winning model

Two of the most frequently asked questions about Ubuntu and Canonical are: * So, just how do you make money when Ubuntu is free? and * Ubuntu is great for...

Canonical welcomes Joyent to its Certified Public Cloud Programme

Launching applications and workloads in the cloud should be a seamless experience, so today we announced a partnership with Joyent to bring optimised and...

Canonical announces first partners to ship Ubuntu phones

bq and Meizu sign agreements to deliver and ship Ubuntu phones Online campaigns with bq and Meizu will make Ubuntu phones available globally Strong support...

Growing app ecosystem for Ubuntu phones

It is an exciting time for Ubuntu on phones, with the ecosystem growing positively. We are delighted to announce new partnerships across key app categories...

Update on Ubuntu for smartphones

Everyone is welcome to join our Town Hall Hangout this Wednesday, 19 February at 16.50 UK / 17.50 Europe / 08.50 Pacific / 11.50 Eastern. Just visit:...

Canonical/Ubuntu enables instant NFV

Mobile World Congress (MWC) taking place in Barcelona next week is arguably the biggest event in the Telco and Operator calendar attracting upwards of 72,000...

Ubuntu Kylin booms in China with over 1,300,000 downloads in less than

The Chinese love Ubuntu Kylin, a version of Ubuntu optimised for them. Its popularity has built quickly with 400,000 downloads after its first release in...


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App Design Clinic #8

This week we dedicated the short clinic to sizing, and ensuring widgets and items are usable (touchable). We covered… The Ubuntu grid unit – for more...

Smart joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

In its efforts to further democratize access to the Internet, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), the leading wireless services provider in the Philippines,...

A bit of summer in the middle of winter

In January when the winter weather was at its worst in London we packed our laptops, designs and prototypes and headed to Cape Town, South Africa for Client...

Apache Syncope sponsor, Tirasa, shows instant IDM on Juju

“If you want to quickly switch to the cloud, then you want to look at Juju.”, says Tirasa. Tirasa is the main sponsor behind the Apache Syncope project....

Vodafone joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

Ubuntu has gained momentum for its phone offering over the last year and has attracted much interest from the mobile industry at large. So, today, we’re...

MWC 2014 online press pack

Ubuntu phones coming to market Canonical has signed agreements with mobile device manufacturers bq (Spain) and Meizu (China) to bring Ubuntu smartphones to...

Latest from the web team — January 2014

We’re now well into 2014 and working on several exciting projects that will be released throughout the year. In the last few weeks we’ve worked on: Ubuntu...

App Design Clinic #7

This week in App Design Clinic #7 we reviewed 3 apps: SocketWorld (for finding and comparing plug types), Flashback (an entertainment app using Trackt) and...


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