- Firefox OS to be supported initially by 18 carriers, first official devices announced Mozilla is quick out of the gate at Mobile World Congress 2013 as the company announces a number of important updates to its HTML5-only operating system - Firefox OS - and, most notably, a list of 18 carriers that have pledged their commitment to the ambitious project.
- Firefox 15 has arrived, but where's its Omnibox? Firefox 15 has arrived with a number of welcome improvements but it's still missing one key element of the modern day internet browser - a unified address bar and search box.
- Thunderbird email client gets shelved, sort of Mozilla will no longer be releasing feature updates to its open-source email client Thunderbird, but instead will focus on products that provide a "source of innovation and of leadership in today's internet life" - like Firefox OS.
- Mozilla wants to reinvent the iPad browser with Firefox Junior Mozilla wants to "reinvent the browser for a new form factor", a sentiment shared by the open-source software developer as it unveiled Firefox Junior, an iPad web browser.
- Search Twitter from Google Chrome's omnibox with SocialBro An update to SocialBro's Chrome app today means that Google Chrome users can now use the browser's address bar (omnibox) to search people on Twitter.
- Twitter adopts Do Not Track privacy preference Twitter has agreed to adopt Do Not Track, a privacy preference enabled by users who do not want their browsing behaviour tracked across websites. Twitter is the first major social service to endorse Do Not Track in this way.
- Google Chrome's path to domination may come sooner than expected Google Chrome is continuing its path towards browser domination and is expected to overtake Internet Explorer as the world's most-used browser worldwide as earlier as May this year.
- Chrome on track to become world's dominant browser, overtakes Firefox globally Google Chrome is well on track to becoming the world's most popular web browser as it eclipsed Mozilla Firefox's global market share during the month of November for the first time. Globally, Chrome is now the second most-used browser behind Internet Explorer as it maintains a strong lead, according to StatCounter aggregated data from more than three million websites.
- Firefox 8 released, complete with integrated Twitter search Firefox, the world's second most popular browser (soon to be third), has graduated to version eight, adding Twitter search support and greater third-party add-on control.
- Chrome set to overtake Firefox globally before end of November Google Chrome is poised to become the world's second most popular web browser by the end of November as it overtakes the current seed Mozilla Firefox, suggests trends data.