Mozilla has released their 2009 earnings statement this week, which shows explosive revenue growth for the company.
In 2008, Mozilla had $78 million in revenue, with sales surging to $104 million last year.
It is still unclear how exactly sales jumped so much, but the statement says “a majority of Mozilla revenue continues to be generated from the search functionality included in Mozilla’s Firefox product from organizations such as Google, Yahoo, Yandex, Amazon, eBay and a handful of others.”
One such example is how Google gives Mozilla a tiny piece of its search ad revenue as long as Mozilla makes Google the default search engine in the popular Firefox browser.
That deal will last through the end of 2011.
Expenses increased to $61 million in 2009.
140 million users worldwide actively use the Firefox browser.
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Microsoft Corp. has launched its latest attack on rivals in the mobile space with the launch of Windows Phone 7, which will be available in smartphones launching in the U.S. and Europe over the next few weeks. The software giant said it built Windows Phone 7 from the ground up, with a much simpler user interface for consumers.
The main target of WP7 handsets is clearly consumers, with such strong integration with the popular Xbox Live online gaming service and the less-popular Zune music service. It also provides a suite of Office applications that automatically sync with Microsoft’s cloud service for business users.
Microsoft’s mobile operating systems have been criticized for limited functionality and a lack of available applications. Nokia’ Symbian operating system is clearly the market leader, while Apple’s iOS has grown with the popularity of the iPhone propelling it. Google’s Android software will overtake Apple’s OS soon.
“There’s a huge amount resting on the launch of Windows Phone 7 for Microsoft, its device and operator partners, and for the ecosystem market in general,” said Tony Cripps of technology consultants Ovum. “If it fails to claw back market share lost to iPhone and Android, then Windows Phone 7 may well mark the point at which Microsoft turns its back on smartphones forever.”
Seven new handsets with Windows Phone 7 will launch in the UK on October 21, while nine will launch in the U.S. market in November. Handsets will be offered up by established partners such as Samsung, LG and HTC. The question for Microsoft’s new OS is whether it can surpass its rivals in terms of usability and functionality.
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According to the latest comScore figures, Google slightly lost some share in the search engine market for August, with Yahoo and Bing picking up the slack.
For the month, Google fell to 65.4 percent from 65.8 percent in July and 66.2 percent in June.
Yahoo rose to 17.4 percent, up from 16.7 percent in June and 17.1 percent in July.
Microsoft’s Bing engine remained about flat, moving from 11.0 percent in June and July to 11.1 percent in August.
Rounding out the top 5 were Ask at 3.8 percent and AOL at 2.3 percent, both flat.
Overall, about 15.7 billion explicit core searches were conducted in August.
