It's Curtains Down For Dropbox Competitor Ubuntu One

Even as Canonical goes all out to focus all its efforts on its operating system, the first in line to bear the axe in the process is Dropbox competitor Ubuntu One. Canonical has clearly stuck to the theory of survival of the fittest with the move that will also see the end of its streaming music service.

"If we offer a service, we want it to compete on a global scale. For Ubuntu One to continue to do that would require more investment than we are willing to make." CEO Jane Silber was quoted in a blog post. Storage and music are no longer available for purchase from the Ubuntu One Store now. While existing Ubuntu One customers can use the service until 1 June 2014, stored data will be available for download upto 30 July.Meanwhile, annual subscribers will receive a prorated refund soon.

Canonical will now focus all its energy on its popular operating system with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS launch almost round the corner. Earlier, Canonical’s Michael Hall revealed that future versions of Ubuntu will see reversal of a key yet annoying feature introduced to desktop users in 2012. Upcoming Ubuntu versions will not show users Amazon product results in the Unity Dash by default. On the downside, the change is not going to take effect in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Current version of Unity searches online sources upon receiving a user query in the Dash by default, returning related results including product suggestions from Amazon alongside local files and apps. The feature can be turned-off through a toggle in System Settings, however, it's plain and simple annoying. The upcoming version of Unity will require users to ‘opt-in’ if they wish to see results from specific online sources like Amazon, much to the users' relief.