News tagged ‘mozilla’
Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013
Firefox OS Developer Phones Sell Out Within Hours
Geekphone has put out its two Firefox OS developer phones for sale. The phones have sold out within hours, but stocks are said to be replenished soon.
Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013
Firefox OS to Debut in Five Countries in June, 11 More by End of the Year
Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs told AllThingsD that the first-wave rollout of the Firefox OS will begin in June.
Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013
Firefox Phones to Hit Market Later This Year, First Commercial Build of OS Debuts at MWC 2013 (Updated with Video!)
Four hardware makers - Alcatel, LG, ZTE, and Huawei - are set to build Firefox phones, which will start retailing from 17 carriers worldwide, later this year. Mozilla has also announced that it is also demonstrating its first commercial build of its Firefox OS at the MWC 2013.
Firefox OS to Get Twitter App at Launch
Twitter recently just announced its support for the upcoming Firefox OS, and pledged that a native Twitter app will be available in the Firefox Marketplace when the first Firefox devices begin to ship.
Sony Joins in, Firefox Handset Already in the Works
The fifth, after Alcatel, LG, ZTE, and Huawei, to announce that they are making Firefox devices, Sony deputy CEO, Bob Ishida, has commented that their engineers are "currently working with Firefox OS Mobile and HTML 5 evolving technologies" for an upcoming device.
Monday, 25 Feb 2013
Firefox to Start Blocking Third Party Cookies
Upcoming Firefox builds will be blocking third party cookies by default. Firefox currently has a "do not track" extension, but many third party advertisers simply ignore the "do not track" requests of the extension and leave a cookie behind anyway.
Thursday, 24 Jan 2013
Mozilla Introduces Two Dev Firefox OS Smartphones for Developers
To get gears up and running, the Mozilla Foundation has also announced yesterday that smartphones running the Firefox OS will be available to developers in February. Because the devices are not designed for consumers, they will be running development versions of Firefox OS.
Thursday, 27 Dec 2012
Mozilla Backtracks on Decision to Kill 64-bit Version of Firefox
Mozilla is backtracking on its decision to kill the 64-bit version of Firefox due to heavy backlash from users of the browser. Just last month, managing engineer Benjamin Smedberg requested developers stop development on the project's nightly builds of its 64-bit Windows distribution.
Monday, 26 Nov 2012
Mozilla Ends Development of Firefox 64-bit for Windows on a Quiet Note
Mozilla has quietly ended its development of Firefox 64-bit for Windows. There were a number of reasons given by the project manager that included the scarcity of plug-ins in 64-bit version, stability issues with the 64-bit builds as well as a general sense of mediocrity among users and testers.
Wednesday, 18 Jul 2012
Firefox 14 Released, Secure Search and Opt-In Plug-in Activation Added
Mozilla has released Firefox 14, the latest stable version of its browser for both PCs and Macs. This release is just behind the heels of Firefox 14 for Android that was launched last month. Read on to find out its new and exciting features!
