Mozilla has confirmed, through CEO Mitchell Baker, that developers are working on a mobile version of the uber-popular Firefox browser. The “Firefox Mobile” browser aims to bring the full, desktop experience that users of Firefox already enjoy, to the mobile arena.
UPDATE We received an email from Omid Rahmat, CEO of Tom’s Publishing LLC confirming a sale. Omid said: “The rumors flying around are less than accurate. I can only comment on one point, and I do so reluctantly, hoping to avoid more ridiculous rumors.
“TG Publishing, the publisher of Tom’s Hardware Guide, has been sold. We expect the deal to close this month, and will make an official announcement at the appropriate time. We believe that there are some very exciting times ahead for the company, and that our readers have a lot to look forward to. I hope that I can share our expectations with you shortly.”
Just a small update on how things are going. I haven’t talked about Walamu’s status in a bit, but the site’s actually doing
pretty well. As I’m meeting more people here at Rutgers, more people are hearing about Walamu and the word-of-mouth effect keeps multiplying. It’s not at a level where it’s self sustainable yet, but most of the visitors that come to Walamu are via word-of-mouth only second to Facebook. It’s turning out to be pretty hard to shift the focus from the marketplace to the classifieds aspect of the website. Read the more »
Backbase, which is growing quickly, is constantly on the lookout for talented people to join its team. Right now, according to CEO Jouk Pleiter (pictured speaking at last year’s AJAXWorld), the company is looking for Senior AJAX Consultants in San Mateo and Amsterdam to deliver Backbase’s consulting and training services.
The arrival of the Web 2.0 world has brought with it a universe of new ways to stay connected with one another. Read the more »
