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Mozilla skips India for its Smartphone OS Launch in 2013

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Indians, who were eagerly waiting for Mozilla's new mobile operating system’s launch, must feel disappointed as its launch has been postponed for India. According to the latest update, Mozilla will give India a skip in 2013. If reports are to be believed, the maker of Firefox, Mozilla, has tied up with 18 mobile phone operators globally for launching its operating system for mobile devices. It is important to note here that Mozilla missed out India, which is a home of over 850 million mobile phone users. Regarding its India launch, a spokesperson of Mozilla said, "We are targeting the emerging markets for the first versions. We know that the biggest opportunity in mobile is in this segment and we want to offer a Firefox quality, entry-level smartphone experience in this part of the world. However, at this time, we cannot confirm any specific timeline for when additional markets supporting Firefox OS will be announced.......

Browser for iPad to be launched

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mozilla is believed to introduce a browser called Junior for iPad. It is claimed to be a full screen experience without any tabs or search bars. The simplified UI of Junior consists of two buttons placed about a third the way up the iPad’s screen. The one on the left acts as a back button, while the one on the right is a plus button that presents users with a list of recent pages, as well as a search screen. Each of the main two buttons can be expanded to reveal a total of six operations on which the development team is working on. Apart from this, Junior will also have the ability to create separate user accounts. In terms of security, users will be able to password protect their account which will ensure that their web history is blocked off from other users on the same device. Alex Limi, product designer, Firefox said, "We wanted to make something entirely new. We wanted to look into how we could reinvent the browser for a ...