Mark Surman joins the Mozilla Foundation Board of Directors
In early 2020, I outlined our efforts to expand Mozilla’s boards. Over the past year, we’ve added three new external Mozilla board members: Navrina Singh and Wambui Kinya to the … Read more
Wearing more (Mozilla) hats
For many years now — and well before I sought out the job I have today — I thought: the world needs more organizations like Mozilla. Given the state of … Read more
Mozilla partners with NVIDIA to democratize and diversify voice technology
As technology makes massive shift to voice-enabled products, NVIDIA invests $1.5 million in Mozilla Common Voice to transform the voice recognition landscape Over the next decade, speech is expected to … Read more
Reflections on One Year as the CEO of Mozilla
If we want the internet to be different we can’t keep following the same roadmap. I am celebrating a one-year anniversary at Mozilla this week, which is funny in a … Read more
Software Innovation Prevails in Landmark Supreme Court Ruling in Google v. Oracle
In an important victory for software developers, the Supreme Court ruled today that reimplementing an API is fair use under US copyright law. The Court’s reasoning should apply to all … Read more
Latest Mozilla VPN features keep your data safe
It’s been less than a year since we launched Mozilla VPN, our fast and easy-to-use Virtual Private Network service brought to you by a trusted name in online consumer security … Read more
Reinstating net neutrality in the US
Today, Mozilla together with other internet companies ADT, Dropbox, Eventbrite, Reddit, Vimeo, Wikimedia, sent a letter to the FCC asking the agency to reinstate net neutrality as a matter of … Read more
Notes on Addressing Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
Addressing Supply Chain Vulnerabilities One of the unsung achievements of modern software development is the degree to which it has become componentized: not that long ago, when you wanted to … Read more
Latest Firefox release includes Multiple Picture-in-Picture and Total Cookie Protection
Beginning last year, the internet began playing a bigger role in our lives than ever before. In the US, we went from only three percent of workers to more than … Read more
Expanding Mozilla’s Boards
I’m delighted to share that the Mozilla Foundation and Corporation Boards are each welcoming a new member. Wambui Kinya is Vice President of Partner Engineering at Andela, a Lagos-based global … Read more
Why I’m Joining Mozilla’s Board of Directors
Like many of us I suspect, I have long been a fairly passive “end-user” of the internet. In my daily life, I’ve merrily skipped along it to simplify and accelerate … Read more
Why I’m Joining Mozilla’s Board of Directors
My introduction to Mozilla was when Firefox was first launched. I was starting my career as a software developer in Boston, MA at the time. My experience was Firefox was … Read more