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Monday 22 January 2018
Mozilla cuts employees in Taiwan
Mozilla has recently cut the number of staff in the Taiwan office as the web browser developer is shifting its focus to meet the unique needs of consumers in emerging markets across...
Wednesday 22 July 2015
Taiwan remains R&D base for Firefox OS, says Mozilla
Mozilla on July 21 indicated that its team in Taiwan continues to play an important role for R&D of Firefox OS.
Friday 17 July 2015
Mozilla Firefox OS R&D team in Taiwan loses staff
Mozilla COO and Taiwan general manager Gon Li have resigned and set up a new company and recruited about 30 engineers from the Mozilla Firefox OS R&D team in Taiwan, almost suspending...
Wednesday 4 March 2015
Smartphone platform providers eyeing emerging Africa market
Smartphone platform providers including Google, Mozilla and Microsoft are planning to team up with handset makers, most likely China-based makers, to develop sub-US$100 smartphones...
Monday 1 December 2014
Digitimes Research: Firefox OS shifting to TV stick technology
While Firefox OS was previously used in smartphone followed by limited use in tablet devices, the software is now shifting to TV sticks and computer learning applications, according...
Wednesday 15 October 2014
Japan market: KDDI to launch mid-range Firefox smartphones in December
Japan-based mobile operator KDDI will team up with its hardware production partner LG Electronics to release a Firefox-based smartphone in December, targeting the mid-range segment,...
Tuesday 15 July 2014
Firefox smartphones to be launched in India in July, says Mozilla COO
Mozilla will launch a series of inexpensive Firefox OS smartphone models in the India market in July, with retail prices of up to US$50, according to company COO and Mozilla Taiwan...
Monday 24 February 2014
Mozilla announces future plans for Firefox OS
Mozilla has demonstrated its Firefox OS open mobile ecosystem at a press event on the eve of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The event introduced seven new commercial Firefox...
Friday 21 February 2014
The prospects of the HTML5-based Firefox OS
With the fast expanding reach of the Internet and the approaching of the era of cloud computing, the HTML5 open platform enables quick development of cross-platform applications,...
Wednesday 15 January 2014
Taiwan market: Android platform accounts for 90% of smartphone OS market
Android-based smartphones currently account for over 90% of smartphone OS market share in Taiwan, leaving little room for other platforms, including Firefox OS and Tizen, according...
Tuesday 7 January 2014
Foxconn to develop Firefox OS tablet
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is cooperating with Mozilla to develop a tablet featuring Firefox OS. Taiwan-based chipmaker VIA Technologies will also join the pr...
Monday 28 October 2013
Firefox OS smartphones may struggle to compete with Android, Nokia models
Smartphones running on Firefox OS may not be able to compete effectively against low-end Android phones or Nokia's Asha family models, despite successful initial sales of ZTE Open...
Thursday 26 September 2013
ZTE developing second-generation Firefox OS smartphone, says report
China-based vendor ZTE is developing a second-generation Firefox OS-based smartphone equipped with dual-core processor, China-based tech.sina.com cited company executive...
Tuesday 17 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Xiaomi steals spotlight; Firefox OS gains a foothold
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi Technology, while undermining market conditions by releasing low-priced smartphones to push sales in its home market where competition in hardware...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
WP platform likely to become closed OS, forcing other brands to develop alternatives
The Windows Phone (WP) platform is likely to become a closed OS after Microsoft completes its acquisition of Nokia's devices and services business, a development which will force...