Facebook announced last month that it was experimenting with the use of Google’s WebP image format due to its smaller file sizes for photos, and now the social network is trying to get Firefox parent Mozilla on board.
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Facebook, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Mozilla, and the Family Online Safety Institute will team up on Project:Connect, an all-day hackathon in New York Thursday, May 9, aimed at developing social tools, applications, badges, and curriculum to aid younger Internet users in making more responsible choices.
Move over, Facebook Messenger: You’ve got company on the Firefox Social API. Mozilla announced the addition of several social partners to its application-programming interface, which launched last November, solely with Messenger.
Facebook has made an internal hire to fill the chief technical officer position vacant since Bret Taylor’s departure last summer — Mike Schroepfer, formerly the company’s vice president of engineering.
Facebook users: Do you really want to know how much time you spend on the social network? If the answer to that question doesn’t scare you, TimeRabbit, an application from GigaWatch, is at your service.
Facebook Software Developer Pamela Vagata offered a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Facebook Messenger for Firefox’s Social API in a note on the Facebook Engineering page.
The new Social API from Firefox is out of beta, as Mozilla released Firefox 17, complete with the application-programming interface’s integration with Facebook Messenger.
As originally announced earlier this month by Firefox parent Mozilla, the beta test of the Web browser’s Social API launched Monday with Facebook Messenger for Firefox.
Facebook Messenger will be the first application used to test the new Social API developed by Mozilla for its Firefox beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Facebook may have a tricky relationship with HTML5, but it still wants developers all over the Web to learn how to use it efficiently. The social network recently partnered with Web giants such as Microsoft, Google, and Adobe to form WebPlatform.org — a one-stop shop for information and support regarding HTML5, CSS, Canvas, and several other platforms.
