The new launch marks the first time that the most popular version of the open-source Linux operating system has been available on smartphones, and aims to take advantage of new hardware to turn a ...

For years, tech pundits have speculated about the merging of phones and desktop computers, with Motorola's line of Webtop accessories only the latest in a series of products. Now Canonical has stepped ...

Ubuntu Phone also supports native apps written in either HTML5 or Qt Quick, which brings me to the final string in Ubuntu Phone's app bow: user created apps. As expected from a Linux distribution, ...

You might have read about Canonical targeting Ubuntu at smartphones, to create the possibility of a common OS for PCs, TVs, laptops and phones, all connected via Canonical’s cloud… Canonical today ...

Earlier this year, Canonical introduced a hybrid Android phone/computer running Ubuntu at a mobile phone confab. It seems that handset makers, in attempts to battle the never-ending onslaught by Apple ...

Linux operating system vendor Canonical has unveiled a mobile version of its Ubuntu operating system which, it says, will be available from 2014. Ubuntu for Phones is based on the Linux kernel and ...

A version of the increasingly popular Linux operating system Ubuntu will be developed for use on net-enabled phones and devices. The Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded project aims to create the open source ...

Canonical, the software company behind the Ubuntu Linux open source operating system, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the development of its flagship smartphone, Ubuntu Edge, ...

The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. The Linux-based software will allow users to run desktop apps on their handsets, allowing them to double for PCs when docked to ...