Mozilla’s product chief sues the Firefox maker, alleging discrimination after cancer diagnosis Steve Teixeira, a former Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter executive in the Seattle area who became chief product officer at Mozilla… Read More
Seattle zoo teams with Firefox to stream video of red panda as cute stress reliever on Election Day Looking for a place to think about something other than Election Day and the drama that will play out as… Read More
Mozilla acquires bookmarking app Pocket, completing its first-ever acquisition In its first-ever acquisition, Mozilla has purchased the save-it-later app Pocket to help grow its presence on mobile. Pocket will bring… Read More
Microsoft’s new Windows 10 web browser will be called ‘Microsoft Edge’ Microsoft’s new web browser for Windows 10 will be called “Microsoft Edge,” the company announced this morning. The new software,… Read More
Yahoo’s deal with Mozilla pulls searchers from Google, but Bing stays flat Yahoo’s deal with Mozilla to become the default search provider for U.S. Firefox users has paid off. The company handled almost… Read More
Firefox ditches Google and makes Yahoo its default search engine In a massive shift, Mozilla has signed a five-year partnership with Yahoo to be the default search provider for Firefox… Read More
Here’s why Mozilla picked Portland to open its first offices outside Silicon Valley Mozilla, makers of the popular Firefox browser, announced last week that it was expanding its cohort in Portland and moving employees… Read More
Firefox plans a Metro-style makeover for Windows 8 Microsoft is betting big on the new Metro interface in Windows 8, with its tile-based Start screen and apps that… Read More
Microsoft plans true auto updates for Internet Explorer Microsoft plans to streamline the way Internet Explorer is upgraded through its Windows Update process, aiming to move more PC… Read More
Microsoft on board with Upgrade Your Parents’ Browser Day The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally known for shopping, but Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic this week suggested an alternative purpose:… Read More
Startups are like standing in line for Space Mountain; Google as Death Star… and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “A friend, on the choice to quit… Read More
Microsoft offers holiday freebies to boost IE9 usage Microsoft has rolled out a new holiday promotional campaign that aims, in part, to get people on Windows 7 to… Read More
Netflix for Kids, LinkedIn apps, and other new stuff to try Interesting new releases and downloads catching our attention today … Netflix rolled out a new section of its website called… Read More
Firefox releases get smaller, as do Internet Explorer cakes Mozilla debuted Firefox 6 today, less than two months after coming out with Firefox 5. The new rapid release schedule might seem… Read More
Stats: Chrome, Safari gain on Internet Explorer and Firefox Overall usage of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox fell slightly in July, while Google Chrome and Apple Safari both… Read More
Rapid releases for Firefox: An opportunity for Internet Explorer? Years ago, Microsoft hobbled its browser business by allowing five years to pass between the release of new Internet Explorer… Read More
A cupcake for Firefox 5: Microsoft has some fun with Mozilla’s new rapid release Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team has made a tradition of sending the Firefox team a big, congratulatory IE cake upon the… Read More
Internet Explorer 10: Windows Vista users out of luck It might sound impossible, but Microsoft is about to make its Windows Vista operating system even more undesirable. The Redmond… Read More
Opera browser update boosts Turbo, improves Speed Dial New and upcoming versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome have been getting a lot of attention lately, but Opera… Read More
Microsoft’s IE team: Pay no attention to those stats … yet Much has been made over the past week about Firefox 4 trouncing Internet Explorer 9 in total downloads since the… Read More
Firefox: Something fishy about Microsoft’s IE9 aquarium Since its earliest previews of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft has been pointing to its IE9 Test Drive site for demos… Read More
Firefox 4 soars, thanks to Microsoft’s luddite customers Maybe it’s time for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team to reconsider that whole Windows XP thing? Firefox 4 clocked about 5… Read More
Firefox 4 ‘Do Not Track’: How it works, what it really means One of the most interesting new features in Firefox 4 is one of the most simple. Called “Do Not Track,”… Read More
Podcast Here it is, the first GeekWire Podcast: We’re back! One of the pleasant surprises after starting GeekWire was the number of people who asked if we would continue doing… Read More
Why Firefox 4 isn’t abandoning Windows XP One of the most divisive aspects of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 release this week was the company’s decision to support… Read More
Browser race: IE9 hits 2.3M; Firefox 4 set for March 22 More than 2.3 million copies of the new Internet Explorer 9 were downloaded in the first 24 hours of availability,… Read More
Internet Explorer 9: Windows XP users, you’re out of luck Microsoft last night released Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of its widely used web browser. Download it here, but… Read More
Inside IE9: How Microsoft rewrote its browser from scratch Jason Weber’s office boasts a fantastic view, a gigantic monitor — and some of the least-impressive machines you’ll find on… Read More
Firefox 4 Release Candidate: Hot out of the oven It’s a big day for new browsers, apparently. Several hours after Microsoft announced a March 14 release date for Internet… Read More
Microsoft: IE9 coming March 14 Look like that big Internet Explorer party at SXSW in Austin isn’t just a party, after all. It’s a launch.… Read More
