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7 February 2013

Talking about gestures to Fast Company

Ubuntu User Experience

Presenting Ubuntu on phones last month caused a bit of a stir in the tech press. One of the main takeaways has been its assertion on an interface that’s based on direct and instant access to common functions via the edges of the screen. Since this is quite a disruption from traditional hard-key or soft-button ...

Canonical
1 February 2013

Ubuntu tablet press pack

Phone and tablet News

Ubuntu is a popular desktop OS that now offers a touch-based tablet interface, using gestures from all four edges of the screen to deliver a more immersive experience. It uniquely enables convergence of the mobile and PC worlds, boasting a stunning interface and a rich developer ecosystem. Press and media assets You can find more ...

Graham Bancroft
1 February 2013

Media FAQ for press pack: tablet

Ubuntu Article

What is Canonical announcing? What makes it so different from anything available on the market today? What is the target market for Ubuntu tablets? Is it simply a ‘blown-up’ version of the phone OS? Is there a version of Ubuntu for every device now? Which markets will Ubuntu be available in and when? How will ...

Canonical
28 January 2013

Raring to ringlead this cycle

Ubuntu Design

Raring Ringtail is well under way with delicious new visual elements being dropped in all the time, and the new default wallpaper has already landed. Now it’s our turn to add some community contributed assets to the mix in the form of the wallpapers submitted by us, the users of Ubuntu. Last cycle we limited ...

Jane Silber
21 January 2013

Ubuntu helped set the stage for today's inauguration

Ubuntu open source

Today’s inauguration of Barack Obama to his second term provides a good opportunity to look back at last year’s campaign and appreciate it in a bit more detail. We’ll skip discussion of the adverts, polls, photo ops, sound bites, political theatre and even the much appreciated informed debate on the issues, and focus instead on ...

Canonical
21 January 2013

Ubuntu at the heart of Obama for America success

Cloud and server Article

Harper Reed, CTO for the Obama For America presidential campaign talks to Canonical ...

Canonical
16 January 2013

Behind the scenes: Notes

Ubuntu User Experience

With the recent reveal of Ubuntu on phones, and now the release of an example “Notes” application and toolkit , we thought this would be a great opportunity to share a summary of the process we went through for the design of the application itself. Why it is needed There has been a lot of research ...

Canonical
9 January 2013

Viva Ubuntu!

Ubuntu Notes

Wow! How do you know you’ve made something great? Some good indicators are press coverage, an award and a visit by Will.i.am. The first day at CES showed that the mobile industry and many, many (no, really!), many people are impressed and intrigued by Ubuntu for the phone. 1. Amazing interest Online, on the first ...

Canonical
7 January 2013

What are the management factors in planning a migration from Windows to Ubuntu?

Desktop News

Best of our webinars – (From the Ubuntu: The Desktop of the Future webinar @ 29.25 min) ANSWER Large scale migrations from Windows to Linux desktop can be done well. But some very ambitious projects to move to an open source desktop have run aground because the complexity has been too great for the organisation to manage ...

Inayaili de León Persson
3 January 2013

Designing the new Ubuntu for phone pages

Ubuntu Article

As you’ve probably seen, Canonical has just announced Ubuntu on phones. We’re all very excited about it, especially since so many of us have been working hard on this project. Here’s an insight into the design of the new phone pages on ubuntu.com. Deciding what to say The tricky part when designing pages to show ...

Jane Silber
2 January 2013

It’s official: Ubuntu now fits phones

Ubuntu Phone

Today we’re announcing our latest and, in my opinion, our most important ever product: Ubuntu is coming to the phone.   When we began developing Unity a few years ago, the aim was to create a single family of interfaces that work the same way on different devices. This means that unlike most of our ...

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