Mozilla Web Apps Platform Enables Developers to Build Apps that Users
Buy Once and Use on any HTML5-enabled Device

22/02/2012 — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE)

Mozilla, a nonprofit organization dedicated to putting the power of the
Web in people’s hands, today announced that the Mozilla Marketplace will
open for developers to submit Web apps at Mobile World Congress. By
building on open Web technologies like HTML5 and Mozilla-proposed APIs,
the Mozilla Marketplace will enable developers to write one app that
runs across devices and platforms. As part of Mozilla’s mission to keep
the Web open and put people in control of their Web experience, users
can buy apps once and use it on any HTML5-enabled device.

”The Web is the largest platform in the world. We are enabling the Web
to be the marketplace, giving developers the opportunity to play on the
biggest playing field imaginable,” said Todd Simpson, Mozilla’s Chief of
Innovation. “By building the missing pieces, Mozilla is now unlocking
the potential of the Web to be the platform for creating and consuming
content everywhere.”

The Mozilla Marketplace enables developers to create and distribute
applications that work across HTML5-enabled devices and operating
systems (OS). Mozilla is advancing the Web as a platform and closing the
technology gap between Web and native apps, creating new APIs and
putting developers back in control of every aspect of the app experience
– from easy development and distribution to direct consumer interaction.

The Mozilla Web Apps platform gives content owners, operators and
service providers an unprecedented direct connection to their customers
and limitless possibilities for consumer interaction and customized
experiences, while also enjoying open and flexible billing options.
What’s more, the “write once, deploy everywhere” nature of the platform
will massively reduce the cost of creating, versioning and maintaining
applications, enabling a truly open, standards-based Web that advances
opportunity and innovation for all.

The Mozilla Web Apps platform will feature:

• The Mozilla Marketplace, the first operating system- and
  device-independent market for apps based on open Web technologies like
  HTML5, JavaScript and CSS.
• New Mozilla-proposed APIs that advance the Web as a platform and will
  be submitted to the W3C for standardization.

• A new identity system for the Web that puts users in control of their
  content, tying apps to the user and not the device or platform.

The Mozilla Marketplace will open for developers to submit Web apps at
Mobile World Congress next week and will open to consumers later this
year. The Mozilla Marketplace will feature apps in the categories of
games, media, music, productivity and more. Come by the Mozilla booth at
Stand 7B96 in Hall 7 at Mobile World Congress to see demos and learn
more.

About Mozilla

Mozilla has been a pioneer and advocate for the Web for more than a
decade. We create and promote open standards that enable innovation and
advance the Web as a platform for all. Today, hundreds of millions of
people worldwide use Mozilla Firefox to discover, experience and connect
to the Web on computers, tablets and mobile phones. For more information
please visit http://www.mozilla.org/
or our stand at Mobile World Congress in Hall 7 at Stands 7A38 & 7B96.

CONTACT:

Mozilla
Marisa Hagerman, 415-277-4932
press@mozilla.com

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