Category: Marketing
Extend Firefox, 2009
Mozilla is re-launching the “Extend Firefox” contest for the upcoming Firefox 3.5 release. Just like last year, developers are asked to create the next best Firefox add-on and get prizes for that. Actually, if you have already released an awesome add-on, they will be giving away prizes for “Best Updated Add-on” as well.
Prize categories:
Best New Add-on
Best Updated Add-on
Best Shopping Add-on
Best Game & Entertainment Add-on
For a complete list of prizes, visit the contest details page.
Build the Google Chrome Icon
Google Inc. is asking everyone to submit creative, 15-60 second videos in which participants should build a Chrome icon in any way possible.
Entries should be submitted in the following page until July 22, 2009.
Microsoft to Launch Internet Explorer 8 Ads
PCMag reports that Microsoft is planning to start IE8 marketing campaign as early as this week. Starting with 30 second video ads airing tomorrow, Microsoft will also consider wider broadcasting in case of their positive reviews.
Few shots from ads (no video yet)
New Firefox Video Ad
One more fan made Firefox ad, using stop-motion animation. Straight from Japan and kind of creative.
Via Digital Inspiration and Mozilla Links.
Share Your Opera Turbo Experience
With the launch of Opera 10 Beta, EspenAO from Choose Opera blog notified users about a new contest which is supposed to promote Turbo.
Basically, they ask you to submit pictures, videos, music, web sites or anything else Opera Turbo related.
As it says: Tell us how you reacted first time you tried compressed browsing. Create any kind of content, send us a link to your tweet or blog about it and we will share your experience with the community!
Some examples: Continue Reading
Fastest Firefox
Yet another marketing campaign from Mozilla, this time it’s all about speed. With the upcoming launch of Firefox 3.5, which is twice as fast as Firefox 3.0, they are requesting users to submit their fastest talent video.
It’s all very simple. Just record a 30 second video of your fastest talent, upload and you are done. It can be anything, from brushing your teeth to clapping.
Home page: FastestFirefox.com
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Firefox 3.5 Commercial
I am not sure if this is the official promotional video or just a fan made one, but feel free to check it.
Thanks to mabdul for sending this.
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11 Google Chrome Advertising Videos
Google has recently created quite a few videos to promote its Chrome web browser.
While there are more than 40 of them total (in YouTube Chrome Channel), here is a list of 11 featured ones for you to check.
Opera to Announce Deals with US Mobile Operators
Opera Software is polishing its mobile web browser strategy. While they are making deals with mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia, HTC, Samsung and Sony Erickson to place their mobile web browser into various handsets, recently they started to skip them and partnership directly with the operators.
As a result, Opera will be announcing deals with US mobile operators at the CTIA Wireless in early April. While they refuse to tell with whom those deals will be made, Opera Software usually works with big operators only. And in the US, those are: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Spring Nextel and T-Mobile (European T-Mobile is already in the partnership with Opera).
If everything goes as planned, Opera will strengthen their positions in the US market as well as increase their revenues.
Internet Explorer 8 Advertisement
“Microsoft revisits the best and worst of the web – from bleeding GIFS to pointless status updates.” Continue Reading
