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Mozilla-PHL: Zamboanga Goes Mobile A Success

RJ Ian Sevilla
The Mozilla Philippines successfully organized its very first mobile-related event in Zamboanga City dubbed as Zamboanga Goes Mobile -”Open Source Style” last March 16, 2013 at the E-Learning Centre Inc. The event was supported by Globe Labs who provided internet connectivity for all participants all throughout the day. More than 75 participants from the Zamboanga Peninsula attended the event, which aims to introduce the Firefox OS and the Firefox Marketplace to the Region. The Mozilla Philippines team was represented by… Read the rest
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Happy 15th Birthday to Mozilla!!!

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Fifteen (15) years ago, I was still busy with school (college) stuff. It was during that time when Intel Pentium II was still the fastest processor a desktop PC can ever have (locally, at least). Our internet connection at my dad’s home-office was still at 33.6kbps (upgraded to 56kbps months later) via dial-up. When net connection at home is sluggish, I will go to Internet Universe at Park Square 1 to surf the internet using Netscape browser (costing me PHP1.50… Read the rest
Firefox News

Introducing the New Alab (MozillaPH Mascot)

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Nearly two (02) years ago, the Mozilla Philippines Community launched “Alab” as our official mascot during the release party for Mozilla Firefox 4 in Manila. “Alab” is the Tagalog term for “Flare“, which can simply be translated to “Blaze Up!” A meeting of minds (via email) between the Mozilla Philippines Community (represented by Reps Mentors Eusebio “Jun” Barrun, Jr. & Robert “Bob” Reyes) and the creator of Alab happened a few weeks ago (followed by a face-to-face meetup) with the… Read the rest
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Global Reciprocal Colleges IT Week 2013

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Earlier today, Team Mozilla Philippines Community participated in the Global Reciprocal Colleges (GRC) IT Week 2013 celebration at their campus in Caloocan City. It is best to note that most of the GRC students are scholars. The event was organized by our Phil-IT.org friends. The event started with a series of plenary talks from different organizations and vendors. I represented the Mozilla Philippines Community with The New Web Challenge & Firefox OS talk. Together with the support of our very… Read the rest
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Firefox WebRTC & Chrome WebRTC Interoperability

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Mozilla had just announced a major milestone in WebRTC development called WebRTC RTCPeerConnection interoperability between Firefox and Google Chrome. It was announced at this blog post and there was even a YouTube video produced to show proof of someone from Mozilla calling Google. For non-geeks, what is WebRTC? Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) is an API definition being drafted by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to enable browser-to-browser applications for voice calling, video chat and P2P file sharing without plugins.… Read the rest
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Manila Plays Host to Mozilla Firefox OS App Days

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Manila, Philippines became part of Mozilla‘s history by being one of the 24 cities worldwide to host Firefox OS App Days. The event aims at: Demonstrating grassroots developer momentum worldwide, especially in launch markets and places where Mozilla has strong a community; Educating and inspiring developers to work on apps and submit them to the Firefox Marketplace; Creating opportunities for local developers to showcase their apps; Driving some buzz in tech press in advance of the Mobile World Congress (MWC).… Read the rest