Amazon veteran Greg Hart, a former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos, is joining Compass as its new chief product officer. Hart spent 23 years at Amazon, most recently running the… Read More
The Federal Communications Commission voted last month to begin rolling back net neutrality rules, and some major names in tech aren’t happy about it. Several groups, Fight for the Future, Free… Read More
Bookmarking app Pocket is looking to cut out copy and pasting with a new iMessage app. Pocket, which was acquired by Mozilla last month, allows you to save online content, like articles… Read More
In its first-ever acquisition, Mozilla has purchased the save-it-later app Pocket to help grow its presence on mobile. Pocket will bring its more than 10 million monthly active users to the… Read More
NEW YORK CITY — It’s very hard to make privacy and security sexy. The folks at Mozilla and the Tactical Technology Collective have done just that this month with a… Read More
In a massive shift, Mozilla has signed a five-year partnership with Yahoo to be the default search provider for Firefox users in the U.S. The new agreement unseats Google as… Read More
While Apple was busy in San Francisco announcing a new set of features that will wow its fan boys, Mozilla’s Chairman Mitchell Baker was in Seattle discussing devices and tools that… Read More
Mozilla, makers of the popular Firefox browser, announced last week that it was expanding its cohort in Portland and moving employees into a brand new office. This marks the first time the… Read More
A set of strategy documents released by Mozilla over the weekend includes an interesting plan to to move people away from dedicated app stores and back to the web. Mozilla, best… Read More
Microsoft is betting big on the new Metro interface in Windows 8, with its tile-based Start screen and apps that fill the entire display and work well on touch-screen devices.… Read More
Mozilla debuted Firefox 6 today, less than two months after coming out with Firefox 5. The new rapid release schedule might seem to create a dilemma for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team, which… Read More
Years ago, Microsoft hobbled its browser business by allowing five years to pass between the release of new Internet Explorer versions. Is Mozilla about to do the same thing to… Read More
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team has made a tradition of sending the Firefox team a big, congratulatory IE cake upon the release of a new version of the rival browser. With… Read More
Much has been made over the past week about Firefox 4 trouncing Internet Explorer 9 in total downloads since the new browsers were released. But Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team is… Read More
Since its earliest previews of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft has been pointing to its IE9 Test Drive site for demos of speed, graphics and other aspects of browser performance. IE9… Read More
Maybe it’s time for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team to reconsider that whole Windows XP thing? Firefox 4 clocked about 5 million downloads on its first day and is fast approaching… Read More
One of the most interesting new features in Firefox 4 is one of the most simple. Called “Do Not Track,” it’s a basic check-box in the settings that allows users… Read More
One of the most divisive aspects of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 release this week was the company’s decision to support only Windows Vista and Windows 7 with the new browser.… Read More
More than 2.3 million copies of the new Internet Explorer 9 were downloaded in the first 24 hours of availability, Microsoft announced this afternoon, describing the pace as faster than… Read More
Microsoft last night released Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of its widely used web browser. Download it here, but keep in mind that it only works with Windows Vista… Read More
Jason Weber’s office boasts a fantastic view, a gigantic monitor — and some of the least-impressive machines you’ll find on the Microsoft campus. His 4-year-old PC runs an early Intel… Read More
It’s a big day for new browsers, apparently. Several hours after Microsoft announced a March 14 release date for Internet Explorer 9, Mozilla this afternoon announced the availability of the… Read More