{"id":283,"date":"2015-08-11T17:23:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/?p=283"},"modified":"2015-08-11T17:23:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:23:38","slug":"august-2015-updates-release-of-firefox-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/2015\/08\/11\/august-2015-updates-release-of-firefox-40\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2015 Updates: Release of Firefox 40"},"content":{"rendered":"

RSVP to August 13th Office Hour
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\"August<\/a>The latest and greatest Firefox is optimized for Windows 10. This Thursday August 13th<\/strong>, find out what kind of online sharing and offline events you can do to help Windows users use and love our browser. Participating in this campaign challenge will allow you to move up in the recognition system, don’t miss out!<\/span><\/p>\n

Ask any program related questions in this etherpad: <\/span>mzl.la\/1MgPBZk<\/span><\/a>. We’ll be answering them during Office Hour! RSVP to the event here: <\/strong><\/span>http:\/\/mzl.la\/augustofficehour2015<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Develop in App Contest<\/h3>\n

\"App<\/a>Congratulations to Lorenzo<\/span> Verri for developing <\/span>FireBeat<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three months, two APIs, one app and one winner. The new theme is developing a Firefox OS application using <\/span>Camera API<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Alarm API<\/span><\/a>. From August to October, create an app using any or both of the listed APIs. Winner will receive a Very Splendid Swag Pack!<\/span><\/p>\n

More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Trainee Application Reopened<\/h3>\n

\"Trainee<\/a>Trainee applications has been opened in this month. To be reviewed by third week of this month. Accepted applications will be listed in next blog post. Hint: participate in Firefox 40 for Windwos 10 challenge<\/p>\n

More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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FSA & Club of the Month<\/h3>\n

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Congratulations to Mohammed Adam, from Mailam Engineering College for becoming the FSA of the Month, July. \u00a0He is a free software activist and a Club Lead, aiming to bring technology to all freely. He worked on the Firefox Student Ambassadors Program and MLS recruiting 40 new contributors!<\/p>\n

Congratulations to <\/span>Integrillian Firefoxes<\/span><\/a> for becoming Firefox Club of the Month July! They aim to spread awareness about the Web and how Mozilla has made it a more open and safer place. In the recent month, they\u2019ve organized two FoxYeah events, participated in several meetups and helped design a weekly newsletter for their community to be released soon!<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the FSA & Club of the Month blogpost here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank You, FoxYeah Event Hosts!<\/h3>\n

\"Thank<\/a>A big thank you to all the awesome people who have hosted FoxYeah campaign to spread the word about Firefox and open web.<\/span><\/p>\n

FoxYeah Event Blogs<\/strong><\/p>\n