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Developers Can Get Their Hands On Firefox OS Dev Units Next Week

Developers Can Get Their Hands On Firefox OS Dev Units Next Week

By Zach Walton April 18, 2013

Until now, developers interested in getting their hands on actual Firefox OS hardware had to either attend a workshop or install the OS on their Sony android device. Now Geeksphone is finally ready to start shipping out Firefox OS dev …

Want A Firefox OS Phone? Attend A Mozilla Workshop Want A Firefox OS Phone? Attend A Mozilla Workshop
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Mozilla announced a while back that it would start selling Firefox OS Developer Preview phones sometime in February. That obviously didn’t happen, and there’s no mention of when the phones will be widely available to developers. Until then, you’re best …

Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 Now Available Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 Now Available

Late last year, Mozilla released Firefox OS simulator 1.0. The preview software would give developers an idea of how Firefox OS looks when running on a mobile device while allowing them to develop apps for the HTML5-centric platform. It’s only …

Samsung Chromebook Gets HTML5 Netflix Streaming Samsung Chromebook Gets HTML5 Netflix Streaming
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For the longest time, Chromebooks were denied the simple pleasure of streaming content from Netflix. This is because Netflix’ streaming service is powered by Microsoft’s Silverlight software, which is not available on Chrome OS. To get around this, Google worked …

Learn How To Make Web Apps With HTML5 And App Engine Learn How To Make Web Apps With HTML5 And App Engine

Building a modern Web app can be a daunting task for someone not familiar with HTML5. That’s where Google comes in with its newest tutorial. The folks at Google have a new talk up today on how to best utilize …

Google Launches Chrome Game Super Sync Sports Google Launches Chrome Game Super Sync Sports

Google announced the launch of a new game under the Chrome Experiments label. It’s called Chrome Super Sync Sports, and lets up to four people compete in running, swimming and cycling on a shared computer screen, using their smartphones or …

Internet Explorer 10 Finally Available On Windows 7 Internet Explorer 10 Finally Available On Windows 7

After launching with Windows 8 in October of last year, Internet Explorer 10 has only been available as a release preview on Windows 7. That all changes as Microsoft pushes out the final release to all Windows 7 users starting …

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Google says that no matter which browser you choose, you should at least be informed on whether or not it’s updated and what the other options are. Three years ago, they created a site that answers those questions and more. …