Mozilla Prolongs Default Cookie Blocker In Firefox 22

Mozilla recently launched Firefox 22 in beta mode.  One of the most controversial features that was supposed to be built into the browser was a default third-party cookie blocking software.  This feature was aimed at preventing cross-website tracking of browser users with cookies not originating from the websites that users visit.  This feature will still be available in the next Firefox released, but will be turned off by default.  The next Firefox release is expected to arrive in June.

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Firefox 20 Is Now Available For Download

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 20 with a plethora of new features.  Some of the new features embedded into Firefox 20 include per-window private browsing, a new download manager tool, and the ability to close plugins separately.  Firefox 20 works Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.  Mozilla uploaded the new version of the browser yesterday on their FTP servers last night, but now it is available on Firefox.com.  Firefox users are being notified to upgrade their browser automatically.

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The Mozilla Browser Is Not Coming To iOS Anytime Soon

The Mozilla Firefox browser will not be coming to iOS unless Apple changes the way they approach third-party browsers said Mozilla vice president of product Jay Sullivan at an SXSW panel.  Mozilla pulled the Mozilla Firefox Home from the Apple App Store in September 2012 and they are not building a version of the Firefox browser for iOS.

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The Mozilla Smartphone Will Be On Sprint

Mozilla has announced progress about their upcoming smartphone.  Manufacturing companies like LG, Huawei, TCL, and ZTE will be working on the Mozilla smartphone.  Mozilla showed models of the phones from TCL and ZTE at a telecommunications industry meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

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Firefox 19 Has A PDF Viewer

Mozilla has released Firefox 19 this week and it has shipped with a built-in PDF viewer.  This way users will not have to download a browser plug-in when opening PDFs in Firefox.  The built-in PDF viewer in Firefox lets users change the size view, search documents for keywords, view page thumbnails, print PDFs, save PDFs to their computer, and bookmark it.  Firefox 19 has been released around one month after Firefox 18.  This update also features remote debugging, CSS improvements, and bug fixes.  The PDF viewer in Firefox was built using HTML5.

Facebook Messenger Gets Integrated With Firefox

Firefox has integrated Facebook into their browser.  The feature was built on a new Social API for the web.  You can set up Facebook Messenger for Firefox at this link.  You will also need to update to the latest Firefox browser and then visit the Facebook Messenger for Firefox page and click “Turn On.”

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Mozilla Earned $163 Million In 2011

Mozilla recently released their annual financial report for 2011 called the “State of Mozilla” report.  The report was put together by Mozilla’s chair Mitchell Baker.  Mozilla’s total revenue was at $163 million, which is up from $123 million in 2010.  A majority of this revenue came from Google.  Mozilla’s total expenses for 2011 was $145 million.

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