Web apps

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App Discovery – Firefox OS For Developers: The Platform HTML5 Deserves

Chris Heilmann | Mozilla Hacks | July 18, 2013

In the previous edition of this video series we introduced FirefoxOS and what it means for the open web and HTML5. We explained that apps for FirefoxOS are HTML5 apps, and could be as simple as a mobile-optimised web site with a manifest file. Read More »

Can This Nonprofit Destroy Apple's iOS And Google's Android?

Sam Mattera | DailyFinance | October 14, 2013

Mozilla, the nonprofit behind the popular Firefox browser, wants to disrupt the smartphone industry. It recently released the first update to Firefox OS, its open-source mobile-operating system. Read More »

Easing Linux Into The Enterprise

Jack M. Germain | LinuxInsider | May 22, 2014

Applications are still driving the choice of desktop, but that no longer gives Microsoft's OS a clear edge. The ability now to replace nearly every application with a Web app theoretically makes Windows or any other platform's software portable to the Linux desktop, noted Rick Sizemore, director of technology transformation practice at Alsbridge...

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Firefox OS Mobilises HTML5, Without The Added Steve Jobs

Scott Gilbertson | The Register | July 2, 2013

Review Do you want to build applications for Firefox OS? The first step is to head over to the Mozilla website and sign up for a developer kit. Read More »

Firefox OS-based ZTE One Coming To US, UK Through eBay

Barry Levine | CIO Today | August 12, 2013

For developers, a key selling point for Firefox OS devices is their emphasis on HTML5 apps, which can be readily adapted from Web apps and run on a variety of mobile platforms. [...] Read More »

Mozilla Fleshes Out Firefox OS Simulator Features

Stephan Shankland | CNET | July 11, 2013

The nonprofit organization is trying to give programmers better tools for writing Web apps for its mobile operating system. Read More »

What Firefox OS Means For You

Staff Writer | The Den | July 12, 2013

Firefox recently announced that Firefox OS phones are now available! (As of this post, in Spain and Poland.) Read More »