Ubuntu starts $32m crowdsource on Indiegogo to fund its Edge smartphone

Charlee Gothard
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Most audacious fundraising attempt ever hopes to raise enough to produce 40,000 phones

Canonical has launched a crowdsourcing venture on Indiegogo in an attempt to raise $32m in just 31 days to fund the development and manufacture of its Ubuntu Edge smartphone. On the video appeal...

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