The odds are stacked against Canonical’s late-comer Ubuntu phone OS. But by seducing hardcore mobile users who love to customize, it could box out Microsoft and pull lucrative customers away from ...

Well, “soft ball” might even be a bit generous. The phone that will be carrying the Ubuntu flag for the first time is, in some ways, actually a step backward from the iPhone 4—yes, the iPhone 4, which ...

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Android and iOS have long been the two top dogs in the mobile world. But Canonical has been quietly brewing a competitor in the background that is almost ready to enter the mobile wars. Softpedia has ...

London-based software developer Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, announced at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando, Fla., Monday that it will diversify into the mobile arena of tablets ...

A version of Canonical's Ubuntu operating system designed specifically for smartphones from the budget end of the market to high-end devices has been unveiled. The Linux-based desktop operating system ...

Free software developer Ubuntu has developed a new mobile operating system that threatens to take the mobile industry by storm. The phone running Ubuntu’s newly announced mobile operating system can ...

If you'd like another 5GB of free space and don't mind making the crossover to Linux-based storage to do it, then Ubuntu One Files is a perfect solution for your iOS-based device. That's right, the ...

Jane Silber is on a mission to get the Ubuntu Linux distribution onto mobile devices and TVs, rather than be stuck on desktop PCs. The CEO of Canonical (which makes Ubuntu) took over from the previous ...