Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Community Building at Punjab

Hello Friends,

Here I am to introduce about Community Building at Punjab in presence of moz reps Sujith and Komal Gandhi.


The event Community Building at Punjab, on  08-12-2013  was planned at Near to Shri Guru Granth Sahib World University  . I  Reached the   Venue at 5.00 p.m.(evening) on 7th dec after my Exam on Saturday to meet Sujith and komal .I was very exicted to meet both of them.My friend has dropped me at the venue which is 20 km from my exam Centre. then I Met with Sujith and Sajeev soni ,and discussed about the planning of community event .after discussing with sujith about the planning of Tomorrow . We(me and Sajeev Soni) returned to our friend house  for stay.
Then on Sunday we (Rahul ,Sajeev Soni and me)  have assembled the students who are crazy to work as volunteer in different fields.some oof them are from Nepal like Bipin karki,Ashim Kc etc .they were very exicted to meet Moz rep and we want to lean about differents fields and areas where we can work for the world best seure browser.
In First session:
Starting with introduction of each mozillian the event begins
Then event start with the introduction of Mozilla by Sujith. he told us the various communities  of Mozilla .like he told us Mozilla Asia,mozilla Europe and all in Details. He has given all the detail about the Hierarchy of Mozilla to Mozilla india and all…………..
We were very exicted for that time to know about the world largest public resource.student has cleared there queries .   
The question of my query which I have faced in last event got from sujith with very good answer.
That was :how the Mozilla is  getting   amount instead of Google .and how iit is different from other open source.
Me and students satisfy with that great answer from sujith.


Then we have a great Coffee break………………J
  In Second session:
In Second session Moz reps has told us the various fields starting from Web Maker. We have some knowledge about that  because me and sajjev have already organized the web maker event at DBU,Punjab in last month . But Sujiith has given the Demo of each and every tool starting with great X-Ray Goggle.
Web Maker Session
·         Thimble
·         Pop Corn Maker
·         X-ray Goggle
 After the web maker session , then  Kamal Gandhi has told us about the Army of Awesome by giving example of Sajeev soni.
She told us SUMO project.                                                          

Then we have great lunch.


Third Session.


(i)Market Place
In last session Moz reps have told us about   the Market place and Mozilla handset. and how to contribute in developing mobile applications for market place.
This is the most beneficial  for that Mozilla contributors who wants to work in developing sides. specially those which me and sajeev has selected from the last month .Amritpal is one of them.
(ii)WEBFWD:
 I have many queries with that. because I have flooded with queries of Webshell.and they have cleared all my doubt by giving the information about WebFwd. Sujith told us that how can we utilized this into new companies such as to store the database free (instead of paying large amout).  That is the one of the best part of webFwd which I get from sujith.
Then we have celebrated the birthday oof Mozilla by cutting the cake from our Moz Reps.and having fun over there.all of us very exicted.

Waiting for more photos from sujith...........................



Then they have  field s of each Mozillan in which he or she want to contribute.


We have planned to have established moziilla club in our college.
Then we   planned  to have big hive hop in month of feb.


Sunday, 22 September 2013

MOZZONE Hack-Jam on 21st Sept....

Hello all,
        So, finally MOZZONE Hack-Jam Party in Desh Bhagat Engineering College completed with great success on 21st sept. we decided to organize a webmaker party in college from 2pm to 4pm, It was a massive experience for us, we (Sajeev,Mohit & Ashish) & students all were excited due to this event. 




Agenda:-
  • Introduce webmaker tools to students.
  • How to Contribute & get involved with mozilla.
  • Awareness of some "Hacking Tricks" through mozilla firefox.
The basic agenda is to aware students about webmaking tools by mozilla.& so that people would get a chance to work with the world's largest open source community Mozilla.We were surprised by the Overwhelming Response from the Students and their interest for Open Source.
We divided this Hack-Jam into three sessions.


Agenda:-
  • Introduce webmaker tools to students.
  • How to Contribute & get involved with mozilla.
  • Awareness of some "Hacking Tricks" through mozilla firefox.
The basic agenda is to aware students about webmaking tools by mozilla.& so that people would get a chance to work with the world's largest open source community Mozilla.We were surprised by the Overwhelming Response from the Students and their interest for Open Source.
We divided this Hack-Jam into three sessions.




 1st Session
i) Introduction to Mozilla
ii) Mozilla's Mission
iii) Products of Mozilla
 1. Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
 2. Mozilla Firefox for Mobile
 3. BugZilla
 4. Thunderbird
 5. Firefox OS
 6. Webmaker
 7. MarkketPlace



2nd Session 

Introducing Webmaker tools
    •  X-Ray Goggles 
    • Thimble 
    • Popcorn Maker 
  •    3rd Session
  • In this session we get into the Internet lab of the College, & to give some tiny tasks to do for experimentation with webmaker tools........Then we give some hacking tricks to students, this session took 40 mints, this whole session was pretty interactive and we put up random questions in the audience....After that we moved to the quiz contest, In which we set some questions related to mozilla & its Products , we got some good tech geeks people in this party, who gave answers of mozilla quiz contest.....In the end of the party, we distribute webmaker T-shirts to students from the mozilla webmaker swag.....& also we distribute swag stickers among students.....
    Then we had some group pics, with lot of smiling faces.......




Saturday, 7 September 2013

Firefox To Remain Default Browser in Ubuntu 13.10

Firefox To Remain Default Browser in Ubuntu 13.10

 

Firefox is to remain the default browser in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu developers have today confirmed.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/08/firefox-to-remain-default-browser-in-ubuntu-13-10

Mozilla firefox


Tuesday, 3 September 2013

The ZTE Open is one of the first Firefox OS smartphones that is powered completely by Web technologies

Chinese handset giant, ZTE has announced the worldwide availability of its ZTE Open Firefox OS phone through Ebay which means it could be brought in India as well. Also, since the phone will be unlocked, it can be used on any mobile network in India also.

Though the phone is priced at $79.99 or Rs 5,000 for the USA market, you may have to pay hefty shipping charges if you are ordering the handset from India through Ebay.com which may well push the price of the device beyond $100. This will definitely water down the USP of the phone, i.e. its affordability tag.
Dai Wenhong, vice president of ZTE Corporation said, “It is great honor to launch the ZTE Open Firefox OS phone worldwide through eBay. ZTE is devoted to providing more options for customers globally and enabling them to live better lives via advanced technology. The ZTE Open offers customers a smartphone experience at an incredible price point, making it ideal for cost conscious consumers or those looking to upgrade to a smartphone for the first time.”

The ZTE Open offers all the functions expected from a smartphone – calls, messaging, email, camera. Plus it comes with built-in social integration with Facebook and Twitter, location-based services like Nokia HERE maps, and Firefox Web browser and the Firefox Marketplace.

The ZTE Open is one of the first Firefox OS smartphones that is powered completely by Web technologies. “Firefox OS features a revolutionary new search capability that allows the device to adapt to the user’s changing needs and is only built into Firefox OS. Swipe to the right from the home screen and enter a search term and the phone will customize itself to that search. For example, search for an artist and get results to buy songs, watch music videos, buy concert tickets and even listen to them instantly without having to download and install any apps,” explained ZTE in a press release.

“Firefox OS also delivers the exceptional security, privacy, customization and user control that people have come to expect from the Firefox Web browser,” ZTE further added.

Saturday, 31 August 2013

Bug Bounty Program

The Mozilla Security Bug Bounty Program is designed to encourage security research in Mozilla software and to reward those who help us create the safest Internet clients in existence.

Many thanks to Linspire and Mark Shuttleworth, who provided start-up funding for this endeavor.

General Bounty Guidelines

Mozilla will pay a bounty for certain client and service security bugs, as detailed below. All security bugs must follow the following general criteria to be eligible:

Security bug must be original and previously unreported.
Security bug must be a remote exploit.
Submitter must not be the author of the buggy code nor otherwise involved in its contribution to the Mozilla project (such as by providing check-in reviews).
Employees of the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiaries are ineligible.
If you found the security bug as part of your job (in other words, while being paid to work on Mozilla code) then we would appreciate your not applying for the bounty. Our funds are limited and we would like this program to focus on people who are not otherwise paid to work on the Mozilla project.

Mozilla reserves the right to not give a bounty payment if we believe the actions of the reporter have endangered the security of Mozilla's end users.

If two or more people report the bug together the reward will be divided among them.

Client Reward Guidelines

The bounty for valid critical client security bugs will be $3000 (US) cash reward and a Mozilla T-shirt. The bounty will be awarded for sec-critical and sec-high severity security bugs that meet the following criteria:

Security bug is present in the most recent main development (i.e., Aurora, Beta or EarlyBird, and nightly mozilla-central releases) or released versions of Firefox, Thunderbird, Firefox for Android, or in Mozilla services which could compromise users of those products, as released by Mozilla Corporation.
Security bugs in or caused by additional 3rd-party software (e.g. plugins, extensions) are excluded from the Bug Bounty program.
More information about this program can be found in the Client Security Bug Bounty Program FAQ.

Web Application and Services Reward Guidelines

The bounty for valid web applications or services related security bugs, we are giving a range starting at $500 (US) for high severity and, in some cases, may pay up to $3000 (US) for extraordinary or critical vulnerabilities. We will also include a Mozilla T-shirt. The bounty will be awarded for sec-critical and sec-high security bugs that meet the following criteria:

Security bug is present in the web properties outlined in the Web Application Security Bounty FAQ.
Security bug is on the list of sites which part of the bounty. See the eligible bugs section of the Web Application Security Bounty FAQ for the list of sites which is included under the bounty.
More information about this program can be found in the Web Application Security Bounty FAQ.

Process

Please file a bug describing the security bug; be sure to check the box near the bottom of the entry form that marks this bug report as confidential. We encourage you to attach a "proof of concept" testcase or link to the bug report that demonstrates the vulnerability. While not required, such a testcase will help us judge submissions more quickly and accurately.

Notify the Mozilla Security Group by email and include the number of the bug you filed and a brief summary. If you cannot file a bug include the full details in the email and attach any proof of concept testcases or links. Mozilla Foundation staff and the Mozilla Security Group will consider your submission for the Security Bug Bounty and will contact you.

We ask that you be available to provide further information on the bug as needed, and invite you to work together with Mozilla engineers in reproducing, diagnosing, and fixing the bug. As part of this process we will provide you full access to participate in our internal discussions about the bug; for more information read our policy for handling security bugs.

Firefox OS devices now available in Poland, with Germany and more coming soon

You may have noticed that ZDNet looks a little different today. Article pages have been tweaked, the navigation looks a bit different and the topic pages are revamped. But the biggest changes have occurred under the hood at ZDNet.

People, processes and platforms have changed.

In short, we've unified our English-speaking ZDNets in the U.S., Australia, U.K. and Asia. We're now on one platform, one content management system and one team. Technically, our site has moved to Amazon Web Services and operates in an adaptive framework that adjusts to your various screens from smartphone to tablet to PC. Internally, we have called this project global/local. The aim is relatively simple: Bring you 24/7 business technology coverage all around the world with both global and local insight.

Our roll call and masthead are also a bit beefier. In addition to the U.S. team and its merry band of contributors we have local expertise and beat reporters around the world. The short version of the editor roll call goes like this: Steve Ranger and Rupert Goodwins in the U.K.; Brian Haverty and Suzanne Tindal in Australia and Eileen Yu in Singapore and overseeing our Asia operations.

These editors lead teams focused on their locales and regions. To wit:
  • From our London hub, we're looking to expand into Eastern Europe (a growing IT outsourcing and startup hub) as well as in the Middle East and Africa. If you're a business IT expert in these regions ping Jo Best.
  • In Asia, we're expanding our China coverage, bolstering new tech hotspots such as Vietnam and recruiting folks in India. ZDNet India will be launching in short order once we work out the kinks on our new platform.
  • In Australia, we'll also be adding to the roster to cover that side of the world.
These locations in addition to our U.S. beachhead will bolster coverage with research, which is run out of Sydney, and a global CIO Jury to keep tabs on business trends.

Today marks the first phase of the new global ZDNet, but phase two is what has me most wound up. We're eyeing a structure that will revolve around the IT buying cycle so we'll become a news site as well as a productivity tool. We'll be ramping our long-form coverage as well as IT buying case studies. We're also planning to launch a subscription service in the near future. Those projects are notable for us because they will be our first greenfields as a global team.

Just like IT projects, greenfields are a lot more fun than those legacy and integration projects.

We're excited to bring you the new ZDNet and look forward to bringing new business tech markets, expertise and insight to you from around the world.

Thanks for reading and contributing to ZDNet. Feel free to leave feedback on the site as well as items you'd like us to pursue in the Talkbacks below.

Monday, 26 August 2013

Sony to launch Firefox OS smartphone based on the Xperia E in India

Sony to launch Firefox OS smartphone based on the Xperia E in India

New Delhi: Sony will soon launch new handsets in India with Mozilla's Firefox operating system, according to sources of The Mobile Indian.
The Sony insider who doesn't want to be named said to The Mobile Indian, "We are already in the process of working on a handset with Firefox operating system for the Indian market. It will have applications and tweaks to suit the market here."
Mozilla has recently announced its Firefox operating system for mobile phones during Mobile World Congress event last month. However, Mozilla did not include India in its launch plans and said it will launch the handsets based on the OS in around 18 countries of Latin America, China and Europe by the month of June this year.

"India is a very important market to avoid and it will be one of the first markets where Sony will launch products based on Firefox," our source in Sony said. He also added an announcement in this regard is expected within few months.
Companies like Sony, LG, ZTE, Alcatel, and Huawei have committed to develop phones on this new operating system. Firefox operating system uses HTML5-based apps and is targeting entry-level devices. As of now Firefox Marketplace, has social networking apps for Facebook and Twitter, Nokia's Here maps service, Box cloud storage, and games from EA Mobile and Disney Mobile.
Sony will also include its recently announced services like Sony Music (15 lakh songs) and Sony Liv (TV application) on the Firefox powered Xperia E.
Firefox Marketplace apps will be powered by cloud services to enable easy transition across devices and platforms. It will have popular apps such as AccuWeather, Airbnb, Pulse News, SoundCloud, SporTV, Terra and Time Out, as well as tailored, local apps that are relevant to users in their respective regions. Web developers can also turn a website into an HTML5 app through Mozilla's development kit. Firefox OS supports video calling over Web RTC, a browser-based technology that's also available on the Android Firefox Aurora app.

Friday, 23 August 2013

Firefox for Android Makes Mobile Browsing Faster & Easier

Firefox for Android makes it easy to get to your favorite sites with a personalized page that we call the Awesome Screen. Firefox for Android includes a new and improved  Awesome Screen to help get you to where you want to go on the Web quickly.
The Awesome Screen now completes your URL destination as-you-type to get you to your favorite sites faster. Firefox for Android includes Switch to Tab that lets you easily find and switch to any open tab from your Awesome Screen without opening duplicate tabs. The title bar in Firefox for Android hides while not in use to make your entire screen available for your content. Simply pull down the title bar from the top of the screen when you are ready to use it again.
Have a favorite search provider? Firefox for Android lets you change your default search provider from the Firefox add-ons manager. It is really easy to make this change in a few clicks. Simply, visit the Add-ons manager, and long-tap on an installed search engine. This brings up a dialog where you can either “Disable” the search engine, or “Set as Default.”
Firefox for Android includes an updated RSS feed reader to create a simple way to subscribe to an RSS feed. If you go to any page with a discoverable RSS feed and long-tap on the URL bar, you will be given the option to “Subscribe to Page.”
Mozilla works with a global volunteer community to create Firefox and almost every non-English version of Firefox is localized by community volunteers. Firefox for Android adds support for Turkish and Hungarian locales bringing an amazing Web experience to even more people around the globe.
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