Several Indian manufacturers like Intex and Spice had joined hands to bring out these smartphones.įollow HT Tech for the latest tech news and reviews, also keep up with us We will build everything we do as a genuine open source project, focused on user experience first and build tools to enable the ecosystem to grow,' TechCrunch quoted Ari Jaaksi, Mozilla's SVP of Connected Devices, as saying.įirefox OS was first unveiled in 2013, with the aim of targeting the developing world and late adopters with low-cost handsets.

'We are proud of the benefits Firefox OS added to the Web platform and will continue to experiment with the user experience across connected devices. Several Indian manufacturers like Intex and Spice had joined hands to bring out these smartphones. Mozilla also canned its smartphone experiment by discontinuing Firefox OS, although the company will still continue to experiment on how it might work on other connected devices and Internet of Things networks.įirefox OS was first unveiled in 2013, with the aim of targeting the developing world and late adopters with low-cost handsets. 'We believe content blockers need to be transparent with publishers and other content providers,' Denelle Dixon-Thayer, a Mozilla executive, was quoted as saying to The Post 'rather than placing certain content in a permanent penalty box.' Ad blockers give users more control over their internet experience, but at the risk of undermining the very sites they depend on for information and entertainment. Among the reasons that he cited for taking down the app, Arment said that it 'harmed the online ecosystem.'Īccording to a Washington Post report, the debate over ad-blocking has spiraled into a much larger conversation about the future of blogs, newspapers and other online media. In September, a popular ad-blocker called Peace was pulled down from the App Store by developer Marco Arment. The launch of Focus has revived the debate about ad blockers affecting publishers' revenues.

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