Mozilla has launched the new version of its open source browser Firefox for the desktop platforms including Mac, Windows and Linux, as well as the Firefox browser for Android. The all new Firefox 21.0 comes with feature and performance improvements along with a set of new options, with the major one being additional support for Mozilla Social’s API, which will now expand social integration from Facebook to Cliqz, Mixi and msnNOW. (more…)Google+

In what seems like a clear attack on the likes of Chrome, Safari and Opera, Mozilla and Samsung have teamed up to “rebuild the Web browser from the ground up on modern hardware.” The two companies are developing Servo, a web browser engine for Android and ARM, built with Mozilla’s Rust programming language. (more…)Google+

Can you imagine playing games like Bioshock, Batman: Arkham City or Mass Effect 3 on your web browsers? Hard though it is to imagine such a thing, Mozilla is in fact working towards such a possibility by teaming up with Epic Games to port the Unreal Engine 3 onto its open-source Firefox web browser. (more…)Google+

Mozilla launched its Firefox OS at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013. For developers to build and port apps to this fledgling platform, Mozilla had released Keon and Peak handsets and Firefox OS Simulators last year. Now, Mozilla has updated its Firefox OS Simulator to version 3.0, bringing with it quite a few new features. (more…)Google+

Mozilla has launched its much awaited Firefox OS at MWC today. The all new operating system supports HTML5 and Web technologies, and will provide an open platform to the carriers as well as app developers for creating a better ecosystem. It mainly focuses on the lower-end markets and has been developed keeping the feature phones users in mind. (more…)Google+

Mozilla has been on a Firefox updating spree since its launch, mainly to make it the safest browser there is and also to see off stiff competition from Google Chrome. In fact, in the past two years Mozilla has upgraded Firefox from version 4 to 18 and according to a report on The Next Web is now set to launch version 19 tomorrow. The latest version for Windows, Mac, and Linux will include the ability to view PDF files natively within the browser and though the launch is scheduled for tomorrow, the installatio...

After working on its operating system for quite some time, Mozilla today announced its first Firefox OS smartphones for developers to have their hands on the functions and features of the OS. The OS is based on HTML 5 and, hence, is being considered to offer relatively more open source to the developers, which would let them create applications with a better set of features. The new developer preview phone revealed is being developed by a small Spanish company called GeeksPhone in partnership with Telefonica,...

Mozilla has announced that its popular Firefox browser is getting a social API that has the Facebook Messenger for Firefox  now baked in to the browser. Users will need to manually enable this feature. This is an important integration considering users spend 20 percent of their time on social website and Facebook is the biggest social network of them all. (more…)Google+

Mozilla is busy giving the finishing touches to its Firefox OS as it prepares to launch the first smartphone with Telefonica later this year. On of the biggest USP of Firefox OS (Boot To Gecko or B2G) that both Mozilla and Telefonica are promoting is that developers would be able to create applications for the platform using HTML5 tools. However, in the absence of devices and good desktop test environments, developers seem to be facing problems in creating apps that would run well on the final OS. That proble...

Barely two weeks after the first set of screenshots from Mozilla’s upcoming Firefox OS for smartphones leaked on the Internet, we have the official screenshots that show new features of the platform. The images were published a few hours ago by Robert Nyman, a technical evangelist for Mozilla. The current screenshots are a work in progress and Nyman warns they change all the time but it is clear that the platform draws heavy “inspirations” majorly from Android and some elements of iOS. Check...

Mozilla has announced it has rebranded its HTML5 based platform for smartphones from “Boot to Gecko” to Firefox OS. The platform, which is being represented as “fully open” will enable HTML5-based web apps to have the same API access as native apps on a smartphone. (more…)Google+

Ever since Microsoft announced a version of Windows 8 on ARM architecture (Windows RT), there has been a lot of confusion over the two separate desktop and metro environments. Weirdly, the two environments even have two different versions of Internet Explorer. What’s worse, on Windows RT for ARM chips, Microsoft will not allow third parties to develop applications for the desktop mode. And here is where Mozilla and Google have come out against Microsoft for not allowing desktop versions of their popular...