Internet world getting intresting...!!!!!

Mozilla suspends Thunderbird development 

Mozilla, with their sights set on more lucrative things like the mobile business have announced their plans to discontinue any significant development. Speaking through a blog post, Mozilla’s Mitchell Baker laid out the organization’s plans with the e-mail client, which apparently lacks in popularity when compared to the web browser.

Going ahead, Mozilla will have developers working on stability and optimization of Thunderbird, but there will be no more major feature updates coming from the Mozilla labs. Instead, Mozilla will be leaving the innovation open to community at large. Mozilla will continue serving updates to existing users through the Extended Support Release process.

BitTorrent have released an API for web developers called Torque, which makes Torrents available straight from the website, without the need for any client software. The company hopes that this engine written in JavaScript will be adopted by web developers to open up the technology to an even wider audience.

The API is currently in the Alpha stage of development, but the company has setup Torque Labs to demonstrate the possibilities of using this technology. For instance, using Torque developers will be able to offer Torrent links to its visitors as regular web links. Keeping with the times, Torque will also integrate into social networking platforms, and allow transfers between computers by simply dragging and dropping files. BitTorrent has made the JS available on a public repository at the GitHub.

Rumor: Apple preparing a smaller iPad

 

A fresh round of rumors surrounding a smaller version of the iPad have emerged out of a report by Wall Street Journal, going so far as to suggest a launch sometime this year. WSJ reportedly tapped into their source of components suppliers to dig up latest information on Apple’s future plans.

These sources told WSJ that Apple has asked them to ramp up production capacity until September, in preparation for mass production of a smaller version of the iPad. Other rumors about the new tablet suggest that its screen size will be little under 8 inches and it will cost anywhere between $250- $300. As for the display resolution, given its budget tag, a Retina Display equivalent is unlikely. An 8-inch tablet from Apple would certainly have a slight leg up on $200 tablets like the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7.

In 2010, Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs had remarked that there would never be a 7-inch iPad as the screen size is not sufficient to create great tablet apps.

Apple curently retails the entry-level iPad 2 for Rs. 24,500. While there are plenty of entry-level ICS tablets available at present, this will be an interesting three horse race to see which of these three tech giants brings a cheap tablet first to India. 

 

 Firefox Mobile OS devices releasing early next year

 Mozilla has confirmed that it has convinced two phone manufacturers and several wireless carriers to back its venture into mobile OS development. Mozilla was developing the OS under the Boot to Gecko project, and it has now been christened Firefox Mobile OS. As Mozilla, ZTE and TCL Communications will be manufacturing the phones, under the Alcatel One Touch brand, and Télefonica will market the phones under its Vivo brands. In addition, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, and Telenor are also expected to start offering phones running Firefox Mobile OS. Mozilla expects Telefónica should be shipping the first batch on these phones in early 2013............