Events Firefox Mozilla Reps

Global Reciprocal Colleges IT Week 2013

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
Firefox News Web Standards

Firefox WebRTC & Chrome WebRTC Interoperability

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
Events Firefox Mozilla Reps

Manila Plays Host to Mozilla Firefox OS App Days

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
Events Localization

Tagalog Firefox Translation Marathon 2012

It is the last weekend for 2012, but Team Mozilla Philippines is very busy organizing the last Tagalog Firefox Translation Marathon for the year. We are both happy and proud in welcoming to the Philippines Arky, Mozilla’s Community Manager for Localization. It is his first time to visit the country, and he will be celebrating the New Year here. There were more than 25 Mozillians present to the whole day event held at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL)… Read the rest
Firefox Localization

Help Us Translate Firefox Aurora to Tagalog & Get a Mini-Shirt

Help us finish the translation of Mozilla Firefox Aurora to Tagalog — our flagship L10n project. As a token of our appreciation, we shall be giving away limited edition (there were just 24 pieces produced for 2012) Firefox Mini-shirts to some of our hardworking localizers. Contest Rules & Guidelines: The contest is open to all Mozillians residing in the Philippines only. Participants must have a valid account at the Pootle Server http://mozilla.locamotion.org/tl. The Top L10n Contributor for the Week (based… Read the rest
Events Mozilla Reps

Mozilla Philippines Community Business Planning 2013 (Part 1)

The leadership of the Mozilla Philippines Community, headed by Community Manager Eusebio Barrun Jr. held a Business Planning session earlier today to discuss the direction and plans of the group for 2013. In attendance to the event were Mozilla Reps Allan Caeg, Jean Austin Rodriguez, Kemuel Joseph Domanog, Aaron Cajes, and myself. Also in the planning session was Monique Almario, the first Filipino recognized as a Mozilla WebFWD Scout. A review of the activities we had this year (and we… Read the rest