With its failure to stop the mobile-software dominance of Google and Apple, Mozilla loses relevance and the Web grows a little weaker. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Spain-based carrier Telefonica will release on Tuesday the very first Firefox OS phone -- the inexpensive ZTE Open. The launch is a significant milestone in Mozilla's attempt to crack the Apple and ...

Jules joined the Android Police team in 2019. He currently produces videos, creates art for our stories, and edits our podcast. Before that, he wrote features and news, managed our weekend content, ...

Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica will be the first carriers to carry the Firefox OS gadgets, the Alcatel One Touch Fire and ZTE Open. Mozilla today announced that it will soon launch the first ...

If you’re Nokia, the news that the Mozilla Foundation has developed a $25 Firefox OS smartphone for emerging markets has gotten your attention. At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, Nokia’s ...

Indian handset manufacturer Intex Technologies recently launched its low-end Firefox OS handset, the Cloud FX. The phone is being sold on Indian shopping site Snapdeal.com for a promotional price of 1 ...

Mobile devices continue their march toward becoming powerful productivity machines. But they are also major security risks if they aren't managed properly. We look at the latest wisdom and best ...

Several of you have emailed me to let me know of a Firefox and Thunderbird feature that you might not be aware of - both applications phone home on a daily basis. Here's the info as posted on Reddit: ...

Could Firefox OS come back as an Internet of Things platform? Could Firefox OS come back as an Internet of Things platform? is an editor overseeing The Verge’s product reviews and service journalism ...

Major telecom companies, including Deutsche Telekom and Sprint, will support a new Firefox smartphone platform to turn up the heat on Google and Apple in the mobile software market from next year.

Is a full-fledged, add-on-powered mobile browser something you want for your phone? Jay Sullivan, Mozilla's Vice President for mobile, works every day to make it happen. Read what Sullivan has to say ...

Mozilla originally launched Firefox OS with dreams of democratizing the smartphone: instead of closed platforms and apps, you'd have an open, web-based framework that anyone could work with. Alas, ...