Canonical comes up $19m short for 'crowd funded' Ubuntu smartphone

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Canonical comes up $19m short for 'crowd funded' Ubuntu smartphone

Canonical has come up short in its bid to "crowd fund" backing of $32m for its Ubuntu Edge smartphone concept. The company had planned to raise $32m - three times the current record for an amoun...

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