Month: November 2014

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MozillaPH at DevCon Summit 2014

Robert "Bob" Reyes
The Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) is proud to be part of this year’s Developers Connect (DevCon) Summit 2014. This is the second year that MozillaPH is joining the annual gathering of developers and IT professionals, and students. Around a thousand attendees were present for the whole day weekend affair.   Mozilla Representative Robert “Bob” Reyes gave a talk about Mozilla in the Philippines, highlighting the availability of the very first Firefox OS device in the country — the Cherry Mobile… Read the rest
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PhilGEPS Open Data Procurement Hackathon

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Just days ago, PhilGEPS (The Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System) was cited for their efforts to enhance public access to data via the Internet by the Department of Budget Management (DBM). It is in this thrust that our community supports the endeavors of PhilGEPS. Earlier today, the 2-day Open Data Procurement Hackathon came to a close. The event was participated by more than a hundred developers from all over the country. Judging the entries were top-notched industry practitioners and luminaries… Read the rest
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Georg Fritzsche at MozSpaceMNL

Robert "Bob" Reyes
The Mozilla Philippines Community is privileged to have Georg Fritzsche in-house tonight. Georg is a Platform Engineer working on Firefox Desktop. He is based in Berlin, Germany. We took the opportunity of hosting Georg for an evening with Pinoy Mozillians during his brief stay in Manila for holidays. Attendees were given an overview on the engineering cycles around Firefox for Desktop. Participants were able to ask questions to Georg. We hope that this event sparked the interest of Pinoy talents… Read the rest
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Firefox OS Smartphones Land on Philippine Shores!

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Pinoy Firefox OS fans, the long wait is over! Mozilla has announced the availability of the very first Firefox OS device to be sold commercially in the Philippines through this blog post. Mozilla, the mission-based organization dedicated to promoting openness, innovation and opportunity on the Web, is happy to announce that Cherry Mobile will launch the first Firefox OS smartphone in the Philippines in the coming days. Cherry Mobile will offer the customizable and affordable Firefox OS smartphone – ACE… Read the rest
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Firefox 10th Birthday Celebration Manila

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Ten years ago today, Mozilla released the first version of our favorite browser: Firefox. From then on, the Web has never been the same. The Mozilla Philippines Community is one with the entire Mozilla organization in celebrating a decade of Firefox with a get-together of community friends, supporters and volunteers as we look back on how it all started. Around five (05) years ago, the Mozilla Philippines Community was established. But before the formal creation of the MozillaPH Community, Firefox… Read the rest
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WANTED: Members of Team Mobilizer Philippines

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Do you want to be the first to know about Firefox OS in the Philippines? Want to have fun with people like you and help make history? Team Mobilizer Philippines is a group of tech/geek enthusiasts that are committed to spreading Firefox OS, Mozilla’s new mobile product. Mobilizers receive periodic missions asking them to do a simple action to teach others about the new Firefox OS. Mobilizers may also attend, assist or host events in their market about once a… Read the rest