Tag Archives: MozillaFirefox

Google plays privacy catch-up, adds Do Not Track option to Chrome

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Google’s had one foot in the web privacy door for a while, offering Chrome users the Keep My Opt-Outs extension in its browser’s Web Store since 2011. Still, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari already offer a Do Not Track option directly in their b…


Firefox 16 beta arrives with web app hooks, Reader Mode for Android and VoiceOver for Macs

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Firefox 15 is barely fresh off the vine, and we’re already looking at a beta version 16 for both desktop platforms and Android. Mozilla’s test release builds in the first support for web apps that play nicely with the Mozilla Marketplace; as long as …


Mozilla releases Thunderbird 15 with Firefox-like UI, live chat

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Mozilla might be scaling back its official support of Thunderbird, but it still has love left for those who yearn for more in their e-mail clients than OS developers can give. The newly-released Thunderbird 15 update’s most conspicuous change is a del…


Google, Mozilla and Wikimedia projects get Maya language translations at one-day ‘translathon’

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Twenty native speakers of Yucatec, Mexico’s most widely spoken Mayan tongue, met last Thursday to help bring the language to Google, Mozilla and Wikimedia projects. The event, dubbed Mozilla Translathon 2012, was organized to provide translations for…


Firefox 15 beta boasts support for Opus audio format, reduces add-on memory leaks

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Can’t bear to part with your favorite browser extensions, but can’t stand to see them devour your system memory? Maybe you should check out Firefox 15. According to Mozilla’s Hacks blog, the browser’s latest beta should patch up the majority of memory…


Mozilla giving Thunderbird the (effective) axe, leaving its fate to the community

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Mozilla’s Thunderbird mail client just hasn’t enjoyed the same level of stardom as its Firefox cousin. Their developer must be feeling this discrepancy more than most, as the company has confirmed plans to take the organization out of active Thunderb…


Firefox teases something ‘big’ coming for Android next week

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There’s been a steady flow of betas for Firefox’s Android offering and now the official Twitter account promises something “big” on the way next week, along with this image. The size declaration plus a lack of updated features (specifically Flash sup…


Third betas of Adobe Flash 11.3, AIR 3.3 give peeks at low-lag audio and deeper iOS support

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Adobe’s famous desktop browser plugin may be looking forward to a 2013 overhaul, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t out to improve itself in the here and now. Flash Player’s 11.3 beta, for instance, rolls in low latency audio support through NetStream, d…


Mozilla dispatches Firefox 3.6, fills its chair with version 13 beta

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If you’ve been defiantly clinging onto Firefox 3.6 by your fingertips, bad news. Mozilla is officially putting it to sleep — whether you like it or not — by auto-updating users to version 12. You’ve still got a few days to bid your emotional farewe…


Mozilla demos WebRTC integration, browser-powered video chat (video)

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Last week at IETF 83 in Paris Mozilla gave a little demo that went almost completely unnoticed. The team behind Firefox showed off an experimental built of its flagship browser with integrated WebRTC support. To showcase the real-time communication pl…