Mozilla Recognized as Most Trusted Internet Company for Privacy

I’m very happy to share that Mozilla has been named the Most Trusted Internet Company for Privacy in 2012, according to a study performed by the Ponemon Institute. Their findings were released today in celebration of an internationally recognized holiday … Continue reading

More than One Million Dollars Raised for Charity in the Firefox Challenge

The Firefox Challenge, powered by Crowdrise, has officially ended and we are pleased to announce that more than $1 million was raised for social and humanitarian causes, turning individual action into global impact.  We invited the world to take part … Continue reading

Firefox Makes Web Games and Apps Speedier

Firefox’s new JavaScript compiler, IonMonkey, makes Web apps and games perform up to 25 percent faster. To see how exciting Firefox makes playing games or using apps on the Web, check out BananaBread, a fun 3D Web game created by … Continue reading

Mozilla in 2012

2012 was an incredible year for Mozilla. We mobilized. We did a better job than I have ever seen us do identifying the places where we needed to have impact, and then we focused and delivered. There’s a lot for … Continue reading

Hack This Game

Introducing this year’s “Game On” competition Imagine the Web as an open gaming platform for the world. Where game players seamlessly become game creators. Where your favorite games work on any device, anytime, anywhere. And where your own personal web-based … Continue reading

Art meets the open web

Announcing the Mozilla Eyebeam Open(Art) Fellows Today, Mozilla and the Eyebeam Art + Technology Center are pleased to announce the recipients of the first-ever Open(Art) Fellowships. Together, these creative technologists will be exploring the frontier of art and the open … Continue reading

Firefox Gets Social with Facebook

Today, we’re excited to announce that Firefox is getting social with Facebook Messenger for Firefox, which is built on a new Social API for the Web. Firefox is the Web browser of choice for hundreds of millions of people worldwide … Continue reading

Why is ITU Governance of the Internet a Bad Idea?

We, along with many other Internet denizens, have serious concerns about the World Congress on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12), which the International Telecommunications Union will convene today in Dubai. Our concerns stem from the core belief that openness, innovation, and opportunity … Continue reading

The ITU and You

The Internet has always been guided forwards by collaborative, open approaches. We believe that these approaches are one of the reasons why the Web has become and remained the wonderful, powerful and empowering place we know today. In the coming … Continue reading

Mozilla Invests in Everything.me to Further the Web as a Dynamic App Platform

Mozilla is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote openness, innovation and opportunity on the Web, and we are dedicated to building the Web as a powerful platform for compelling app experiences. We’ve recently been working on this platform … Continue reading

Is the pending German Copyright Bill good or bad for the Web?

A new copyright bill pending approval by the German Parliament would require search engines and other commercial actors to pay a license for using headlines or short snippets from their articles. The publishers essentially want a piece of the revenue … Continue reading

Offering a Firefox with MSN Custom Experience

We first added Bing as a search option in Firefox and later announced Firefox with Bing as a customized Firefox experience for Bing users. Today, we are releasing Firefox with MSN, a customized version of Firefox for MSN users. Firefox … Continue reading

State of Mozilla and 2011 Financial Statements

Today, Mozilla published this year’s annual State of Mozilla report. You can find full details on the annual report website. Included below is an excerpt from Mitchell Baker’s blog. “The Web has become fundamental infrastructure of modern life in just … Continue reading

Introducing Popcorn Maker

Today at the Mozilla Festival, we’re extremely proud to launch the 1.0 version of Popcorn Maker, a free web app that makes video pop with interactivity, context and the magic of the web. Popcorn Maker makes it easy to enhance, … Continue reading

Introducing Mozilla Webmaker badges

A new way to teach, learn and get credentials for digital skills Today at the Mozilla Festival in London, we’re extremely proud to announce the launch of new Mozilla Webmaker badges. Webmaker badges are an exciting new way to teach, … Continue reading

Eight Years of Firefox

Eight years ago today, Mozilla launched the first version of Firefox. We had the audacity to believe that we could change things. We believed that a community of people who understood the power of the Web, and who put people … Continue reading

Building a big tent for teaching the web

Mozilla, Nesta and Nominet Trust announce new digital literacy partnership in the UK   Today, on the eve of the Mozilla Festival in London, Mozilla is proud to announce a new partnership aimed at spreading digital literacy in the UK. … Continue reading

TED Talk: Ryan Merkley demos Popcorn

Today, a powerful new Popcorn Maker demo makes its debut on TED.com, showcasing Popcorn’s potential to change the way the world tells stories on the web. Mozilla Chief Operating Officer, Ryan Merkley, presented Popcorn Maker with a live demo at … Continue reading

Make your own political campaign ad

Mozilla and PBS Newshour launch innovative new election video tool — starring YOU [updated Oct 12 to include PBS Newshour video] Today, Mozilla and PBS Newshour are proud to launch AdLibs, a unique new media mash-up tool centered on the … Continue reading

Firefox Debuts New Developer Toolbar

Firefox makes developing for the Web faster and easier with a unique Developer Command Line. The new tool provides easy keyboard control over Firefox Developer Tools and is intuitive, completing commands and parameters for you. In addition, Firefox unprefixes a … Continue reading