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Dont panic: Mozilla will be incorporating ads into Firefox

2014-02-12 21:26:30| Extremetech

How does an ad-powered web browser sound to you? You might think of the idea as old-fashioned or dystopian, but Mozilla is on its way to delivering sponsored content slots to new Firefox users. This move has raised eyebrows across the community, and rightfully so. Mozilla is largely seen as a bastion of user advocacy, so this decision is slightly jarring to some. Even so, with a track record as solid as Mozilla's, the company deserves the benefit of the doubt until we actually see these ads in practice.

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Mozilla Prepping Ads for Firefox Browser

2014-02-12 19:34:29| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

Ads are coming to Mozilla's Firefox browser via a new initiative dubbed Directory Tiles.

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Mozilla plans to place ads in new Firefox tabs

2014-02-12 13:45:55| InfoWorld: Top News

Mozilla is going to show advertising to Firefox users to increase its sources of revenue that now mainly comes from Google, the company said Wednesday. Firefox will show sponsored links in some of the nine tiles users see when they open a blank new tab in the browser, said Darren Herman, Mozilla's VP of Content Services in a blog post. Other tiles will continue to show frequently or recently used sites.

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