It's curtains for Dropbox competitor Ubuntu One

As Canonical goes all out to focus its efforts on its operating system, the first to be axed in the process is Dropbox competitor, Ubuntu One. Canonical has clearly stuck to the principle of survival of the fittest, also axing 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 investments 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 June 1, 2014, stored data will be available for download up to July 30. Meanwhile, annual subscribers will receive a prorated refund soon.

With the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS launch almost round the corner, Canonical will now focus on its popular operating system. Earlier, Canonical’s Michael Hall revealed that future versions of Ubuntu will see a 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. The current version of Unity searches online sources upon receiving a user query in Dash; by default, it returns 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 is annoying. The upcoming version of Unity will require users to ‘opt-in' if they wish to see results from specific online sources like Amazon.