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Amrisha Prashar

Amrisha Prashar

62 posts

Marketing and Social Manager

Amrisha is a Marketing and Social Media Manager at Canonical. She has experience in the technology and creative sectors across media having worked for brands that include P&G, Red Bull and Ubuntu within India, Latin America and the UK @thisisamrisha


Amrisha Prashar
3 March 2016

Why does reinventing the Personal Mobile experience matter?

Phone and tablet Article

We released our first tablet last month, the M10 Ubuntu Edition which is the first of our fully converged devices that changes the Personal Mobile Computing Experience as we know it. It has an adaptive user experience that can transform your tablet into a PC within seconds! This means greater freedom and flexibility as that ...


Amrisha Prashar
3 March 2016

The value of the Ubuntu community

Internet of Things Article

Without the community, Ubuntu would not exist. Ubuntu software is free and accessible to all and without the rich contributions, it wouldn’t be the service and brand it is today. The community is welcoming to people of all background and skills, it thrives to keep the Ubuntu project growing and is committed to open source ...


Amrisha Prashar
5 February 2016

Phone Update: OTA-9

Phone and tablet Article

The full list of key Ubuntu Phone updates are provided below: Sound controls and playlist support from indicator controls A new Music app will be released shortly to utilise this feature Scopes Smooth refresh of contents Background audio playback supported with control via indicators System settings and Indicators Custom ringtones are now ...


Amrisha Prashar
4 February 2016

Why robots can’t live without apps

Internet of Things Article

We’re living in a pretty exciting period where robots have become ever more present in our “human lives”. They aren’t simply watched in Sci-Fi films on our living room screens anymore, but like the BB8 they are rolling around our homes (!) transforming our videos into holograms. As the world we live in gets smarter, ...


Amrisha Prashar
4 February 2016

#UbuntuAtMWC Competition

Cloud and server Article

We’re really excited about MWC this year and can’t wait to showcase the various demos across Cloud and Devices! For those of you not going we’d love to offer you the chance to come and join us and see what we have on display – as our presence is even bigger and better than last ...


Amrisha Prashar
5 November 2015

Scope Roulette

Phone and tablet Article

To celebrate Scopes we’ve launched Scope Roulette! It’s an interactive game that gives you a chance to learn more about Scopes by swiping those visible on your screen. When the Scope stops, users can learn more about that particular Scope and have the chance of entering a draw to win prizes. The functionality of the ...


Amrisha Prashar
19 October 2015

Phone update: OTA-7

Phone and tablet Article

The full list of Ubuntu Phone updates are provided below: Scopes Improved social media handling – support for ‘Likes’ and ‘Retweets’ Browser Add search to history view Improved context menu with options to download links Http basic auth support Gallery Support SVG format Soundcloud webapp now plays in the background Bug Fixes Fix for test ...


Amrisha Prashar
16 October 2015

Origami Wily Werewolf Competition

Phone and tablet Article

In March we held a competition that asked participants to create their best version of a Unicorn Origami to celebrate our design theme for the Ubuntu Phone. With the upcoming launch of 15.10, we’d love to see your best version of Wily Werewolf using your Origami skills. The following pdf can help you design your ...


Amrisha Prashar
15 October 2015

Dell World

Desktop Article

Dell World 20th-22nd October 2015 Austin, Texas Austin Convention Center Dell World is a three day event held in Austin, Texas bringing together technology leaders and decision makers from organisations of all sizes across a variety of different industries. This fifth annual event of its kind presents a forum for businesses to showcase ho ...


Amrisha Prashar
5 October 2015

Scope Wonderland: Selected content

Phone and tablet Article

We collaborated with the content creators Userfarm to ask filmmakers how they would interpret the richness of Scopes through an open video brief. Within the brief filmographers were asked to express the emotion, wonder and immersive discovery of a richer, fuller world with Scopes. A selection of entries came up that provided much food for ...


Amrisha Prashar
5 October 2015

Ubuntu Hackathon: Bangalore Mobile Developer Summit

Phone and tablet Article

Canonical are platinum sponsors at the Mobile Developer Summit in Bangalore this year, and will be hosting the very first Ubuntu hackathon in India from 15-16 October 2015. The Aquaris E4.5 and E5 HD Ubuntu Edition smartphones were recently launched in India with Snapdeal . If you haven’t got your hands on one, they are ...