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Firefox OS-based tablet to be 10.1-inch device with quad-core A7 CPU
It’s been so long that Mozilla’s famed Firefox OS-based tablet is a-coming. We had a few glimpses that were not as convincing as the specifications we received now. The information could be taken seriously given that it came from Mozilla’s Asa Dotier’s blog. The first tablet running the operating system is slated to arrive with…
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LG’s Fireweb and Alcatel Onetouch Fire smartphones featuring Firefox OS 1.1 launched in Brazil
As Fifefox’s mobile OS goes official, it looks like LG is taking a lead in some locations. Telefônica Vivo has just announced that the LG Fireweb and Alcatel Onetouch Fire smartphones will be launched in Brazil with the new OS. Other Firfox OS phones will also make their way to Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay via…
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Mozilla Firefox OS tablet gets confirmed, to be built by Foxconn
Foxconn’s build of the all new Firefox OS tablet, from the house of Mozilla, was making its rounds on the rumor mills for a while. In fact, one report stated that there would be as many as five devices that would roll out, running the new OS. So, it’s totally not surprising to hear about…
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Mysterious Firefox OS developer handsets to be available today!
Mozilla have kept us in anticipation for a while now. The Firefox OS has been a long time coming and the handsets, even more so. Sometime in January, this year, the company had revealed the first two developer handsets running Firefox OS, called the Geeksphone Keon and Peak. It was projected that the shipping of…
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Mozilla smartphone dons Firefox OS, unlocked for open source pillaging
Mozilla and their open source ethos have gone a long way in taking the Web browser Firefox, to its pinnacle, albeit that was a few years ago. The company now plans to resurrect the Firefox brand through its very own phone, built on the Firefox OS. By partnering with GeeksPhonem from Spain and wireless provider,…
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Mozilla’s smartphone OS christened Firefox OS
Mozilla are giving an upping to their mobile operating system by giving it a finer, more popular name. It will be called Firefox OS. This means we do not have to worry about explaining Gecko to those who are unaware of the goings around within the OS. This reminds us of Google’s portable devices being…
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12-year-old earns $3000 in ‘big bounty’ from Mozilla for roping in Firefox security bug
So Mozilla is employing child labor now. Well that’s not entirely true. A 12-year-old from Willow Glen, one Alex Miller from University Prep Academy was paid a cool $3000 by Mozilla because this prodigy found a major security flaw in the Firefox web browser. The money was the form of a reward in actuality. This…
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Apple’s iPhone to soon have Firefox Home, which seems like everything but the browser
So the fennec browser is something that we Firefox users are seriously looking forward to. If it proves to be as good as the desktop version Opera, IE and now even the iPhone’s Safari are in for a serious fight. Mozilla has been working on an app for the iPhone that’s going to be akin…
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Work in progress for Firefox 4.0, whole web community invited to share ideas
Firefox 4: fast, powerful and empowering View more presentations from Mike Beltzner. Beltzner.ca, over a live web presentation has shared an early product plan for Firefox 4 to the Mozilla community. The idea was to get as much feedback as possible and get the whole community involved in their engineering or product development efforts. These…
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Opera celebrates 15 years
The Opera browser turns 15 and the company has decided to celebrate it by highlighting the major innovations over the years. The most noted ones are the ability to save the session and the introduction of tabs in 2001 which is now a standard feature in all browsers. Other innovations include SSR (Small screen rendering),…
