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  • Windows on ARM Users Need Browser Choice Too

    May 9, 2012

    For the past eight years, users and developers have enjoyed a Windows platform environment that offered users a choice of browsers to navigate their digital lives.  It wasn’t always that way. Prior to the launch of Firefox in 2004, there was really only one browser for Windows – Internet Explorer. Only IE and Firefox had… Read more

  • From CTIA Wireless 2012: The Web Will Connect our Future

    May 9, 2012

    Editor’s Note: Gary Kovacs, Mozilla CEO, posted on his blog about his keynote speech at CTIA. This is reposted below: Today I have the honor of delivering the opening keynote at CTIA Wireless 2012 with a presentation titled “The Web Will Connect our Future.” Alongside speakers that range from the CEOs of the top US… Read more

  • TED-U Talk: Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers

    May 3, 2012

    On February 28 at TED University, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs presented “Tracking the trackers.” As part of that, he provided the crowd with a demo of Collusion, a tool that visualizes the entities that track our behavior on the Web. TED is a nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading” from the technology, entertainment and design… Read more

  • Firefox Introduces a Simpler Update Process and More Than 85 Improvements to Developer Tools

    April 24, 2012

    Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux makes updating the browser easier and includes more than 85 improvements to built-in developer tools. We put a lot of work into making the Firefox update experience easier. Firefox simplifies the update process for Windows users by removing the user account control dialog (UAC) pop-up while maintaining the security… Read more

  • Mozilla Open Badges ships Beta release

    April 10, 2012

    Adding skills and achievements to your online identity When Mozilla’s Open Badges project began in late 2010, it was little more than a demo and an audaciously big idea: what if we could use the web to create whole new ways to “show what you know?” Today, that big idea is becoming reality, with impressive… Read more

  • New Adventures for Dolly, Bernadette, and Winston

    March 22, 2012

    Firefox Live was created to raise awareness of the red panda species (aka “firefox”) and their endangered status (in addition to sharing the cute cubs with the world). To help achieve this goal, we partnered with the Red Panda Network to promote preservation and to support their Forest Guardian program. On March 27, we will… Read more

  • Video, user experience and our mission

    March 19, 2012

    Editors Note: Mitchell Baker posted her thoughts about Web video and the Mozilla mission. Below is an excerpt from her blog post. One key value at Mozilla is giving our users a great experience.  We want to build products that people love and that build openness and user sovereignty into the Web.  “Products that people… Read more

  • Firefox Adds New Developer Tools and Add-on Sync

    March 13, 2012

    Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux adds new in-product developer tools that make it easier to visualize page elements. Firefox also expands Firefox Sync capabilities to let users sync add-ons across computers. Firefox includes new developer tools that represent the structure of websites in a new way and make it easier to live-edit CSS code.… Read more

  • Mozilla launches Living Docs Project with world leaders in documentary

    March 12, 2012

    Mozilla is partnering with the world’s leaders in documentary film to launch The Living Docs Project. The partnership will produce events, projects and code aimed at revolutionizing Web-based documentaries, using the power of new open Web tools like Mozilla Popcorn to create new ways of telling stories online. Living Docs is a partnership between Mozilla,… Read more

  • The New York Times joins Mozilla and Knight Foundation to drive open innovation in news

    March 9, 2012

    The New York Times and three other leading global news organizations are joining “Knight-Mozilla OpenNews,” a partnership aimed at driving open source innovation in news. The announcement will be made at SXSW on Saturday, alongside a series of exhibits showcasing how Mozilla and other open source projects are leading innovation in news, in areas like… Read more