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Kids Get a Chance to Color Alab & Win Awesome Stuff at #TOYCONPH2013

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Kids of all ages get a chance to color the Official Mozilla Philippines Community mascot “Alab” at the TOYCON Philippines 2013 happening today until Sunday 16 Jun 2013 at the SM Megatrade Halls. You may also opt to bring home the coloring sheets and ask your kids to do it at home. Simply email scanned copies of their artworks via info@mozillaphilippines.org Winning entries will receive awesome Mozilla Firefox items.… Read the rest
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Geeksphone Keon for Firefox OS App Days – Manila Demoers

Robert "Bob" Reyes
As promised last January during Firefox OS App Days – Manila, each of the attendees (brave souls) who demoed their apps for Mozilla’s mobile OS will receive a Geeksphone Keon (Firefox OS Developer Preview) device one released. I fulfilled this promise last night during a simple handover ceremony held at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) Prism Plaza, Two E-Com Center, Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City. Present during the event (held on short notice) were worthy Geeksphone… Read the rest
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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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Unleashing The Fox at MWC 2013

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Mozilla is at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain as it fulfills the promise of delivering the Open Web Devices powered by Firefox OS. Today, we are “unleashing the Fox” – our ambassador for Firefox OS. The Fox, like Firefox OS, is fun and friendly, supportive and protective, and fast and powerful. Blazingly fast, the Fox doesn’t play by the rules. It is everywhere you need it to be—a force for good that powers your mobile world, ignites your… 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
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Introducing the Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS

Robert "Bob" Reyes
We at the Mozilla Philippines Community are both happy and excited with Mozilla’s confirmation that the Boot to Gecko (B2G) Project will carry the Firefox Mobile OS brand. The Firefox Mobile OS is a new fully open mobile ecosystem based on HTML5. The operating system will power the launch of smartphones built entirely to open Web standards: all of the device’s capabilities can be developed as HTML5 applications. TCL Communication Technology (Alcatel) and ZTE will release the first devices featuring… Read the rest