Mozilla cuts down innovation on Thunderbird

Mitchell Baker, the Chairman of the Mozilla Foundation has announced that continued innovation on Thunderbird is not a priority for Mozilla and that the most critical needs for the product are on-going security and stability. Thunderbird is already pretty much what its users want and there is not a high demand for innovation in this field.

Mozilla also said that there are 20 million thunderbird users worldwide.
(more…)

Continue ReadingMozilla cuts down innovation on Thunderbird

Mozilla announces Firefox Mobile OS

Mozilla has announced that B2G will now be known as FireFox Mobile OS and the first FireFox Mobile OS device will launch in Brazil in early 2013 under Telefonica’s local carrier, Vivo.

Mozilla also revealed the new carriers that will support the OS are Telefonica,T-Mobile,Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, and Telenor.

According to Mozilla  ZTE and Alcatel will both make FireFox Mobile OS devices and Qualcomm will provide Snapdragon processors for the phones.

(more…)

Continue ReadingMozilla announces Firefox Mobile OS