Category: Mozilla
Mozilla Launches Community Store
Mozilla has launched its Community Store which features various designs (but not all of them), originally submitted for T-Shirt contest which was not so long time ago.
You may order any of the designs available there or even create your own one. Once it’s approved by Mozilla team, it will be listed there as well.
Mozilla’s Financials; Planned Growth in 2009
In an email to his staff on Mozilla’s Financials which was sent on October 10, 2008, John Lilly also revealed its future expectations for the year 2009.
To summarize everything:
Mozilla intends to grow by 75 in 2009.
Mozilla is break even.
Mozilla believes Google Chrome could reach 7% market share next year.
For a full email, feel free to check this post.
Add-on-Con
For the first time in history, on December 11th at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, the conference will be held dedicated to web browsers add-ons. People from Google, Microsoft and Mozilla will come together to discuss the future of web browsing.
Platinum Sponsors: Microsoft, Mozilla
For Agenda and Registration, please check their home page.
Mozilla Foundation Is Being Audited By the IRS
Posted on TechCrunch
Buried in the financial statements is the fact that the Mozilla Foundation is being audited by the IRS and its non-profit status is in question:
On the audit of the Foundation there has not been any formal notification of issues. There has been inquiry regarding its tax exemption. Management believes that it is conducting its operations in accordance with its original application for exemption and for which it received the advance ruling as a public benefit corporation. Continue Reading
Mozilla Revenue Is $75 Million
Mozilla has published a revenue report for the year 2007.
Mozilla’s revenues for 2007 were $75 million, up 12% from 2006 revenue of $67 million.
As you can see, almost all revenue was generated from the search deals.
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Mozilla Tries to Increase Firefox Retention Rate with a New Contest
Mozilla team launched a new contest for everyone who is interested in helping increase Firefox retention rate which is 25% so far (number of people who’ve downloaded Firefox and continue using it).
The contest will roll out in two phases. For the first one, due on October 24, participants must provide a 2-page executive summary of their project that should stay within a $10,000 budget. Mozilla will choose which proposals advance to the next phase, and participants will have until December 5 to submit detailed descriptions that will be presented to the community for final voting. Continue Reading
Mozilla’s T-Shirt History (Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird…)
Here’s a list of Mozilla T-Shirts which was posted by John Slater. From very old ones like “Firefox 1.0” to “Mozilla 10 Years” and more.
Firefox 3.1 and Firefox 4
While Firefox 3 is almost finished, Mozilla is already planning Firefox 3.1 and Firefox 4 release dates and revealing some of the upcoming features.
Firefox 3.1 Continue Reading
Mozilla Complains, Then Does the Same?
Some time ago Mozilla CEO complained about evil Apple Software Update, where Safari web browser was selected by default, “forcing” them to install it.
Guess what, now Mozilla does that. Continue Reading
Will Firefox Lose Its Users?
After “Firefox to Track User Data?” post, there were lots of bad comments regarding this new feature. People all over the internet started to express their opinion (from posts like “go to hell” to “Firefox is spyware”, etc). Some of them are already looking for a replacement of their favorite browser. Continue Reading
