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Most of you agreed with Ms. Hall, if the results of the “Firefox Configuration Poll” we conducted alongside her article is any indication. The poll asked the question, “Do you think the Firefox browser offers too many configuration choices for most users?”
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Mozilla released its first fully-baked simulation engine for Firefox OS, while the first Geeksphone “Keon” development phones for the open source Linux-based mobile operating system remain sold out. Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 adds rotation and geolocation API simulations, faster boot-times, and a push-to-device feature that lets users transfer apps to a developer phone. Firefox OS [...]
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As we’ve noted recently, Mozilla, the nonprofit entity behind the Firefox browser and other open source tools, has detailed significant changes to its executive management as it positions nearly all of its momentum behind its new Firefox OS mobile platform. Even the CEO is stepping down this year as Firefox OS becomes job number one.
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With Google’s Chromebook finally taking off and every laptop maker on the planet jumping in with a “me too” device, it was only going to be a matter of time before Google came-up with a cloud based phone–a ChromePhone, if you will–to augment their success with Android. Well, the Firefox phone now makes Google a little late to that fair. Not that there’s much wrong with Google, mind you. But sometimes we need a David to cut Goliath down a notch or two to make sure his britches continue to fit.
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Spanish online phone seller and Telefonica partner Geeksphone announced the availability of the first two developer phones running Mozilla’s Linux-based Firefox OS distribution. The $ 194 Peak smartphone offers a dual-core, 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and a 4.3-inch IPS display, with 8- and 2-megapixel cameras, while the $ 119 Keon has a 1GHz Snapdragon S1, a [...]
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While they may or may not be reliable, there are reports showing up online claiming that the first Firefox OS phones could go on sale this week. The Verge and The Next Web have been providing updates, and the big surprise is that while companies ranging from ZTE to Alcatel, LG, Huawei and Sony have committed to producing Firefox OS phones, the first company to offer them out of the gate is a small Spanish player called Geeksphone.Whoever ships these phones first will get a leg up on what could become a big trend, and possibly the key to Mozilla’s future. Here is a look at how Firefox OS phones could transform Mozilla.
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Canonical announced a few hours ago, April 4, that they’ve updated the default web browser, Mozilla Firefox, to version 20, on all their supported Ubuntu operating systems.
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At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Firefox OS, Ubuntu for Phones and Tablets and Jolla’s Sailfish OS have been getting attention. Mitchell Baker, Mark Shuttleworth and Marc Dillon represented their companies in a panel discussion about their products
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Ubuntu’s not the only half-baked mobile OS aroundThe Mozilla Foundation doesn’t expect the first phones running its Firefox OS to appear until this summer – and even then, only in select markets – but developers can start tinkering with the platform on real hardware today, thanks to Sony Mobile.…
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