Blog posts tagged
"Apps"

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Canonical
22 August 2016

QTS and Canonical unveil private, fully managed OpenStack cloud

News Canonical announcements

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, and LONDON, U.K. (August 22, 2016) – Responding to increasing demand for flexible, open source and cost-predictable cloud solutions, QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) and Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu, the leading operating system for container cloud, scale out, and hyperscale computing)...

Canonical
22 August 2016

Canonical
9 August 2016

Competition winner – Timer App

Design Ubuntu

Back in June we hosted a competition that asked developers to use the AdaptivePageLayout component from the UI toolkit to create an app that converges across devices. We had some very impressive entires that used the component in different ways; choosing a winner was hard. However, after testing all the apps the design...

Canonical
9 August 2016

Amrisha Prashar
2 August 2016

Best converged apps

Article Desktop

In June we hosted a competition that asked developers – how well their app converges across devices? We were looking out for apps that beautifully converged across Phone, Tablet and Desktop using our SDK AdaptivePageLayout component. The numbers are in and we’ve selected our winners! Thank you to all who participated in...

Amrisha Prashar
2 August 2016

David Barth
7 July 2016

Getting started: Creating Ubuntu apps with Cordova

Article Phone and tablet

A few weeks ago we participated in Phonegap Day EU. It was a great opportunity to meet with the Cordova development team and we had a range of app developers gather for this occasion. The latest Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release was demoed, running on a brand new BQ M10 tablet in convergence mode. Creating responsive

David Barth
7 July 2016

Didier Roche
7 July 2016

10 Desktop Snaps written in June

Article Desktop

For those that may not know, Snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it many advantages over the more traditional package formats such as .deb, .rpm, and others. Snaps are secure, isolated, secure and allow apps to be rolled back should an issue occur. Snaps really are the future

Didier Roche
7 July 2016

Canonical
26 April 2016

Wolfram Research releases Data Drop Logging app for Ubuntu Phone

Article Phone and tablet

Canonical and Wolfram Research® are excited to announce the first app collaboration with cloud connect functionality for Ubuntu developers and users. The Wolfram Data Drop™ Logging mobile application is available now on the Ubuntu Phone and is already available to download from the Ubuntu Store. This is the first in a...

Canonical
26 April 2016

Canonical
21 February 2014

Ubuntu looks stunning on phones and tablets at MWC 2014

Article Phone and tablet

The latest development of Ubuntu for phones and tablets is on show at this year’s Mobile World Congress – including the visually stunning “scopes”, a new mobile UI paradigm. Ubuntu has announced partnerships with Meizu, a hot manufacturer of phones in China, and BQ, a specialist European phone manufacturer, to bring the...

Canonical
21 February 2014

Canonical
19 February 2014

Canonical announces first partners to ship Ubuntu phones

News Phone and tablet

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...

Canonical
19 February 2014

Canonical
18 February 2014

Growing app ecosystem for Ubuntu phones

News Phone and tablet

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...

Canonical
18 February 2014

Canonical
9 December 2013

Pioneering community develops app for Evernote

News Phone and tablet

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...

Canonical
9 December 2013

Canonical
4 December 2013

The Weather Channel comes to Ubuntu on smartphones

News Phone and tablet

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...

Canonical
4 December 2013

Canonical
10 September 2013

Facebook comes to Ubuntu phone

News Phone and tablet

The Ubuntu community is developing a Facebook application for Ubuntu smartphones ready for launch later this year. It will be an Ubuntu Web App, which takes web based applications, such as Facebook, and enables them to act just like native applications. Web apps integrate with the Ubuntu phone’s interface for functions...

Canonical
10 September 2013

Canonical
21 June 2013

Solving multiple calendar views

User Experience Ubuntu

One of the key challenges with designing calendar applications is the number of ways you can display your time, whether it’s by year, month, week or day. After a lot of good old fashioned hard work, we refactored navigation by making the tab header the key to switching between views. Although the direction I’ll take

Canonical
21 June 2013

Canonical
22 March 2013

App patterns applied: clock key journeys

Article Ubuntu

Moving forward with the design of the core apps, we’ve been working on the interaction details of the clock for a while now, building on these concepts introduced a few weeks ago. As with the calendar and calculator, we have outlined typical tasks a user wants to accomplish. We call them key journeys. We have grouped the key

Canonical
22 March 2013

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