Mozilla has big plans for the Firefox OS in 2014. However, I am not sure if these plans include the US as we saw with the Firefox OS Phones which were released in Europe in 2013. So for the 2014 Mobile World Congress (MCW) Mozilla is announcing new devices for the entire world (though may be not in the US): $25 Firefox OS Smart Phone Panasonic Firefox OS Powered Smart TV Firefox OS Powered Tablets See more at The Den
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Mozilla released an emergency update for Firefox users on Thursday, February 13th. Firefox 27.0.1 included two JavaScript (JS) related fixes (see below). Depending on update settings, users should automatically be prompted to update to Firefox 27 or may do so manually via Help > About Firefox or downloading and installing via the getfirefox.com site. The next scheduled released is Firefox 28 on March 18th, 2014. Fixed stability issues with Greasemonkey and other JS that used ClearTimeoutOrInterval JS math correctness issue (bug 941381)
Mozilla released the next update for Firefox Desktop users on Tuesday, February 4th. Firefox 27 included several updates which can be reviewed here. Depending on update settings, users should automatically be prompted to update to Firefox 27 or may do so manually via Help > About Firefox or downloading and installing via the getfirefox.com site. The next scheduled update is Firefox 28.
Mozilla released an update for the Thunderbird 24.x branch on February 4th, 2014. Thunderbird 24.3.0 addressed these issues: Security fixes can be found here Improved handling of reply-to (bug 933555) Depending on update settings, users should automatically be prompted to update to Thunderbird 24.3.0 or may do so manually via Help > About Thunderbird or downloading and installing via the getthunderbird.com site. The next scheduled update will be Thunderbird 24.4.0.
“We review each new stable Firefox release here on Ghacks Technology News, and one recurring theme that we come across is that at least some users report issues with Adobe’s Flash Player after they have updated to the latest version of Firefox.“While many users do not experience any issues, some do and it can be a frustrating experience, especially if you do not really know where to start troubleshooting the issue to resolve it.“Both Firefox and Flash are complex programs, which means that there is not a single solution that fixes the issue for all users experiencing crashes or hangs.“The…
Earlier in January, a Google Chrome update include a new feature called Noisy Tabs which will put an indicator (speaker icon) on a tab that is playing audio. This helpful for when you do a session restore or you’re clicking links to open new tabs in the background then suddenly you have audio playing and have no idea which tab it is coming from. Instead of having to go through each tab you can quickly see which tab is “singing” by looking for the icon on the tab. So, I wondered if there was an add-on that added this functionality…
“The all new Home on Firefox for Android is here and it’s going to make browsing the Web on your mobile device faster, simpler and more amazing than ever. …” Source: Firefox & You More Home on Firefox for Android
Mozilla has had the Firefox OS on smartphones for a while now. Next up is tablets. Mozilla’s own Asa Dotzier, director of Firefox OS, has now provided the hardware specs of the Foxconn-made reference Firefox OS tablet. It’s very similar to the Infocus nFocus New Tab F1, which sells for around $400 USD. The tablet sports a 10.1-inch IPS multi-touch screen with a 1280 x 800 resolution that is backed by a quad-core Allwinner A31 chip clocked at 1 GHz, PowerVR SGX544MP2 graphics, and 2 GB of DDR3 memory. Other features include 16 GB of internal memory, a 2MP camera…
“Brendan Eich is the chief technology officer of the Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit behind the Firefox web browser. Among many other things, he oversees the Firefox security team — the software engineers who work to steel the browser against online attacks from hackers, phishers, and other miscreants — and that team is about to get bigger. Much, much bigger. … “ Source: Wired UK More Mozilla calls on users to protect Firefox from the NSA
“Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser once was limited to just desktop and notebook computers running on top of existing operating systems, but that’s no longer the case. In a series of announcements today at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Mozilla announced new Firefox OS efforts to bring the open-source browser operating system to TVs, tablets and even desktop PCs. … “ Source: eWeekAddress : Mozilla Bringing Firefox OS to TVs, Tablets, Desktops