about:mozilla is a weekly round-up of news and contribution opportunities. Here’s what’s happening this week.

7 years of Firefox
We launched Firefox 7 years ago to build freedom and excellence into the web. There is more to do and new experiences with identity, sharing and data to create. The next year will be busy, so first take a break with some red panda cuteness.

Mozilla Festival thank you

Mark Surman reflects on the Mozilla Festival and highlights a few things from #mozfest that give him confidence that we can indeed build the next generation of web makers. Find out what others took away from the Festival and if you attended let us know how your day went.

Support online innovation
The proposed Stop Online Piracy Act targets websites and threatens the functioning, freedom and economic potential of the Internet. Mozilla has joined with Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, eBay, AOL, Yahoo! and Zynga to oppose the bill, but it’s critical that Congress hears from everyone. Contact your legislator and tell him/her to vote against SOPA.

Firefox screencasts
Here are a nice collection of screencasts that show you how to use Mozilla Hackasaurus to remix web pages, how to use BrowserID to login into a web site and how to answer support questions in SUMO.

Mozilla Antarctica
Antarctica has a large percentage of Firefox users (plus large auroras that go well with Firefox Aurora) but there isn’t a Mozilla community there. Let’s fix that. Join the Mozilla Antarctica Facebook page and let’s spread Firefox to all seven continents.

Upcoming events
* November 18, Online Add-ons Manager test day
* November 19 – 20, Kuala Lumpur, Asia Mozilla Camp Asia 2011
* See more on the Mozilla Community Calendar

Get Involved
These are just some of the available contribution opportunities. Learn more about other ways to get involved.

About about:mozilla
The newsletter is written by Mozilla’s contributor engagement team and is published every Tuesday.

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Have a good week folks and keep rocking the web!

about:mozilla is a weekly round-up of news and contribution opportunities. Here’s what’s happening this week.

Firefox Update
An update to Firefox for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android has been released and includes new features that make Web browsing easier, including Twitter search, a clean up of add-ons installed by third parties, improved 3D technology and more.

Popcorn 1.0

Mozilla has recently launched Popcorn 1.0. Popcorn allows web filmmakers to harness the web to expand their creations in new ways by pulling in real-time social media, news feeds, data visualizations, and other real-time web content directly into video playback. Take a guided tour or get more involved at mozillapopcorn.org.

Finding Mozillians
The Mozillians team has landed a new “Groups” feature on mozillians.org. Mozillians can now add themselves and search for other Mozillians within groups/sub-communities such as “Quality Assurance” or “Firefox”. If you’re interested in contributing find out how to get involved.

Become a WebFWD Scout
Do You Want A Better Web? Become a WebFWD Scout. WebFWD, Mozilla’s accelerator and incubator program, is looking for scouts around the world to help us find the most amazing open web projects that enable personalized web experiences. Sign up here and let’s get to work scouting the world for the best WebFWD projects.

FSOSS Rocked
Mozillians Jeff Griffiths and Armen Zambrano recently attended / represented Mozilla at the FSOSS event at Seneca College. Find out how Jeff and Armen rocked the event.

Ping Pong at MozFest?
How did geeks play ping pong at MozFest?

Upcoming events
* Nov 8, Online, Webinar: Canvas with Rob Hawkes
* November 12 – 13, Berlin, Germany, Mozilla Camp Europe 2011
* November 19 – 20, Kuala Lumpur, Asia Mozilla Camp Asia 2011
* See more on the Mozilla Community Calendar

Get Involved
These are just some of the available contribution opportunities. Learn more about other ways to get involved.

About about:mozilla
The newsletter is written by Mozilla’s contributor engagement team and is published every Tuesday.

If you have anything you would like to include in our next issue, please contact: about-mozilla[at]mozilla.com.

You can also subscribe to the email version.

Have a good week folks and keep rocking the web!