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26 February 2014

Announcing the third Ubuntu app showdown contest!

Phone and tablet News

Today we announce the launch of our third Ubuntu App Showdown contest! We are excited to bring you yet another engaging developer competition, where the Ubuntu app developer community brings innovative and interesting new apps for Ubuntu on mobile devices. Contestants will have six weeks to build and publish their apps using the new Ubunt ...

Mark Baker
20 February 2014

Canonical welcomes Joyent to its Certified Public Cloud Programme

Cloud and server News

Launching applications and workloads in the cloud should be a seamless experience, so today we announced a partnership with Joyent to bring optimised and fully supported Ubuntu server images to users of Joyent’s cloud platform. Ubuntu is the most popular guest OS in the cloud and combined with Joyent’s High Performance platform developers ...

Canonical
19 February 2014

Canonical announces first partners to ship Ubuntu phones

Phone and tablet News

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 for Ubuntu devices has also been received from carriers worldwide 19th February 2014, London: Canonical today announces it has signed agreements with mobile device manufacturers bq (ww ...

Canonical
18 February 2014

Growing app ecosystem for Ubuntu phones

Phone and tablet News

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 from those that bring entertainment and productivity, to developer tools as well as partners helping bring your apps to Ubuntu. Our partners will support Ubuntu on phones at launch to ...

Jon Melamut
14 February 2014

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

Desktop News

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 April 2013 and a rise to over 1,300,000 new downloads after its second release in October. That’s impressive for a downloadable operating system since most consumers in China, the world’ ...

Canonical
12 February 2014

Smart joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

Phone and tablet News

In its efforts to further democratize access to the Internet, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), the leading wireless services provider in the Philippines, has joined the Carrier Advisory Group (CAG) of Ubuntu, a global forum set up to give operators the opportunity to influence the development of smartphones powered by the world’s most ...

Canonical
6 February 2014

Vodafone joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

Phone and tablet News

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 announcing Vodafone as the latest addition to our Carrier Advisory Group. Vodafone Group is part of the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group (CAG). As a member of the CAG, Vodafone ...

Canonical
1 February 2014

MWC 2014 online press pack

Phone and tablet News

Ubuntu phones coming to market Canonical has signed agreements with mobile device manufacturers bq (Spain) and Meizu (China) to bring Ubuntu smartphones to consumers globally. Canonical is working with these partners to ship the first Ubuntu devices on the latest hardware in 2014. About Ubuntu on phones and its new partners Canonical anno ...

Mark Baker
28 January 2014

Ubuntu’s Juju wins Cloud Awards ‘Best Cloud Automation Solution’

Cloud and server News

We’re thrilled to announce that, out of 200 total entries, our service orchestration tool, Juju, has been named the 2013-2014 Cloud Awards winner for Best Cloud Automation Solution – a category new to the awards this year. The Cloud Awards are in their third year and recognise excellence in cloud computing across the globe. Juju ...

Canonical
9 December 2013

Pioneering community develops app for Evernote

Phone and tablet News

Over 300 Ubuntu community developers registered their interest and willingness to work on the open-source Evernote-powered app for Ubuntu on phones, following a call for members back in September. A team of 10 have been finalised and work has begun, the scope of the project defined and initial wireframes designed. This project is pioneeri ...

Canonical
4 December 2013

The Weather Channel comes to Ubuntu on smartphones

Phone and tablet News

The Ubuntu phone is developing fast. Today, it includes all the functionality you’d expect from a smartphone and, with growing support from App partners, relevant apps will be included on Ubuntu smartphones from launch. We’re working with The Weather Channel to ensure its popular weather app will available for Ubuntu users from the moment ...

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