Ubuntu 13.10 hit the streets this week, and it’s the first release to officially support phones and tablets as well as traditional PCs. The Ubuntu Touch software is still pretty rough around the edges — there aren’t many apps, it’s not the most stable mobile OS, you can’t run desktop apps on an external display […]
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Ubuntu 13.10 launches for desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablets
The latest version of Ubuntu Linux is now available for download. That’s hardly surprising. Canonical has been cranking out new builds of Ubuntu every six months like clockwork for years. Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander is right on schedule. What’s new is that for the first time Ubuntu isn’t just designed to run on desktop, laptop, […]
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Next-gen Ubuntu apps could feature both mobile, desktop designs
Ubuntu 13.10 is scheduled to launch in mid-October, and it’ll be the first version of Ubuntu to ship with full support for phones and tablets as well as desktops, notebooks, and servers. But Ubuntu Touch is still very much a work in progress, and while it shares some design elements with the desktop version of […]
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Lilbits (9-27-2013): Reading eBooks during takeoff and landing
Tired of turning off all your gadgets while waiting for airplanes to takeoff — even gadgets that have virtually no wireless connectivity? It looks like you might be able to keep your using your Kindle or NOOK during takeoff and landing soon. This cannot be good news for SkyMall. Here’s a roundup of tech news […]
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First stable build of Ubuntu for phones, tablets coming October 17th
Canonical has confirmed that the first phone-friendly version of Ubuntu will be ready to launch when Ubuntu 13.10 goes live on October 17th. The same day the latest version of Ubuntu for desktop and notebook computers is released, the first stable build of Ubuntu Touch will be available for installation on support phones and tablets […]
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Verizon joins Ubuntu advisory group: Ubuntu Phone OS coming to America?
Verizon Wireless is the latest company to join Ubuntu’s Carrier Advisory group, which suggests that the US wireless carrier could be planning to offer phones running Ubuntu Phone OS at some point. Ubuntu maker Canonical introduced the advisory group a few weeks ago as a way for wireless providers to help shape the future of […]
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Ubuntu Touch mobile OS no longer boots into Android first (but it still loads Android anyway)
7 Comments on Ubuntu Touch mobile OS no longer boots into Android first (but it still loads Android anyway)The developers who have been working to bring the Ubuntu Linux operating system to smartphones and tablets have released the first builds that don’t have to load Android before they can boot into Ubuntu. Up until now, at boot, your phone or tablet would load CyanogenMod, a custom version of Android. But instead of loading […]
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Canonical announces Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group, first 8 telecom partners
Canonical hopes its Ubuntu Touch software will be ready to ship on smartphones in the coming year. Right now you can download and install a preview build on dozens of Android-powered handsets, but it’ll likely be a while before you can buy a smartphone that comes with the OS from your wireless carrier. But Canonical […]
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Ubuntu Phone OS now supports cellular data, social sharing, more
Ubuntu Phone OS is a Linux-based operating system for smartphones and touchscreen devices such as tablets, and it’s still very much a work in progress. When the developers at Canonical started showing off Ubuntu Phone OS in January, it didn’t support phone calls, cellular data, or much of anything else. It didn’t even really run […]
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Lilbits (5-20-2013): 1TB of Flickr photo storage for free
Google’s not the only company offering new photo features to users. Yahoo is overhauling Flickr with a major update today, including up to 1TB of free photo storage for all users. Here are some of the top news stories from around the web today. Yahoo revamps Flickr, 1TB of free photo storage for everyone Yahoo […]