As 2008 comes to a close, the industry reflects back on the past year and highlights the best and brightest technologies and news stories that came our way. This month Mozilla and Firefox received the following honors:
*eWeek Top 10 News Stories of the Year
*Mozilla and Racepoint Group UK won Best Technology and Consumer Electronics PR [...]
On Monday, we announced the release of Firefox 3.1 Beta 2. To date there have been more than 25 total articles. Reporters have continued to focus on how the updated browser includes the new Private Browsing Mode and how it allows users to surf the Web without leaving locally stored records of online activities.
Coverage highlights [...]
Last week, Mozilla and Zazzle announced a strategic partnership and launched the Mozilla Community Store! At the Mozilla Community Store, you can browse the gallery to shop from an array of community generated designs. Designs consist entirely of artwork supplied by Mozilla’s worldwide community, with all designs available for customization on over 400 apparel products [...]
This morning an exciting article was published in the BBC News that profiles Mitchell Baker and her role as one of the most influential women leaders in Silicon Valley. Valley Girls: Mitchell Baker looks at the history of the Mozilla Project and Mitchell’s role in founding and shaping its success.
She reflects on the start of her [...]
Yesterday Mozilla launched Fashion Your Firefox, a simple Web application that customizes your Firefox browser based on your interests and online activities. The launch coincided with an event in New York City, which featured Mozilla and a handful of add-ons included in Fashion Your Firefox presenting their capabilities.
Fashion Your Firefox has been well received in [...]
Today, Mike Beltzner and the Firefox 2 team were announced as finalists in the 2008 ISDA International Design Excellence Awards in the Interactive Product Experiences category. The ISDA is the voice of the industrial design profession, advancing the quality and positive impact of design.
This is a great honor in the design industry. Congrats to the [...]
Yesterday we announced the release of Firefox 3.1 Beta 1. To date there has been more than 25 pieces of coverage, despite the buzz around the Apple Notebook announcement. Coverage is neutral with a strong focus on enhancements under the hood, and portrays the release as a testing ground for developers and Web designers. Those [...]
Yesterday we announced Geode, an experimental add-on designed to explore geolocation in Firefox 3 right now, ahead of the planned implementation of geolocation in Firefox 3.1. Future versions of Firefox (and Fennec) will support the new W3C Geolocation Specification, which adds the native ability for Web sites to request, and you to optionally grant access [...]
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Ring in the New Year with your browser! This Brand Thunder “Boom” brings a New Years celebration to your browser with a real-time countdown to New Years 2009 included!