Mozilla Foundation chairperson Mitchell Baker has revealed that revenue for Mozilla in 2007 was at USD $75 million. This is a 12% increase on last year which Baker believes is impressive, despite the world economic slowdown.
Most of Mozilla’s revenue comes from a search agreement with Google, but there other sources of income such as the Mozilla Store.
The relationship between Mozilla and Google is now under the microscope by the IRS (the “Internal Revenue Service,” the US national tax agency). Baker isn’t sure how long the investigation will last, but is confident that Mozilla hasn’t committed any wrong doings.
Mozilla also handed over $1 million in grants and donations to other non-profit organisations in 2007. GNOME project, Creative Commons, Oregon State University are just a few of the organisations to receive grants or donations in 2007.
The future sure is looking bright for Mozilla and Firefox. You can read Baker’s post in full for more details.
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Mozilla, makers of the popular Firefox web browser, have passed a huge milestone, with over 1 billion add-ons downloaded.
This number is much likely larger, as Mozilla only started tracking downloads in 2005, with add-ons also available from other websites.
Justin Scott from Mozilla says there are about “1.5 million add-on downloads per day and increasing”.
Add-ons are currently available for a large range of Mozilla products including Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Sunbird, Komodo, Flock, and Songbird.
Have you fashioned your Firefox?
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Mozilla has just released Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 to the web. The new browser includes numerous improvements including:
- Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine
- Added support for CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 properties
- A new tab-switching shortcut that shows previews of the tab you’re switching to
- Improved control over the Smart Location Bar using special characters to restrict your search
- Support for new web technologies such as the <video> and <audio> elements, the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, web worker threads, SVG transforms and offline applications.
You can download the Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 from the Firefox beta page. Currently the beta is available in over 35 languages.
I hope to put the browser through a few tests to see how it benchmarks in both Acid3 and JavaScript tests shortly. Stay tuned…
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Fennec Acid3 Results
Mozilla has been working hard on it’s mobile version of Firefox dubbed Fennec. Building on top of Firefox 3’s reduced memory footprint, Mozilla is aiming to bring the desktop browsing experience to your mobile.
With the hastened development, the latest version of Fennec scores a very impressive 88/100 in the Acid3 test on Windows Mobile. In comparison Firefox 3 only scores 71/100, while Opera 9.6 scores 85/100.
Once released, Fennec is sure to set the mobile browser market on fire, giving stiff competition to already established browsers such as Opera Mobile. It’s sure to be an interesting year ahead for the mobile browser market.
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Web surfers will now be able to find local services when they browse thanks to a new plugin from Mozilla for Firefox.
The plugin known as Geode calculates a users position based on their current and near-by networks.
Accuracy is said to be within 10-20m and it can find your location in just seconds.
Mike Shaver from Mozilla was very positive about the project, talking briefly about the applications of Geode. “People have got to eat, but there is a lot more to it than that.”
“We see location as adding an extra layer to help get people the information they need.”
The technology which is similar to AGPS currently found on the iPhone and iPod touch.
The project is only an experimental add-on for Firefox, but a full launch of geolocation technology is expected in version 3.1 of Firefox.
Users can download the Geode plugin from Mozilla Labs.
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Just days after the release of Firefox 3.0.2, Mozilla has released Firefox 3.0.3. The new release fixes a single bug that stopped some users from accessing their stored usernames and passwords.
The bug itself was discovered within 24 hours of the previous release, and was patched much quicker than expected.
You can read the full bug details on the Bugzilla site. The patch should automatically be rolled out to Firefox 3 users, or alternatively you can download it using the link below.
Download Firefox 3.0.3
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Mozilla has just updated both Firefox 2 and 3. Both releases are security fixes, patching critical security vulnerabilities.
A full list of changes can be found in the both the Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 security advisories.
Most users should find the new versions are pushed out to them automatically, or alternatively you can download the new releases from Mozilla.
Download Firefox 2.0.0.17
Download Firefox 3.0.2
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