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=== Firefox Mobile ===
=== Firefox Mobile ===
''Speaker Location:''  
''Speaker Location: Mountain View (johnath)''
* Holy crap - [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox_beta Fennec Beta] has (''gorgeous!'') tablet support
* Holy crap, we're also continuing to grow our ARMv6 reach to include Aurora!
* Getting onto the trains, but don't be surprised by some out-of-train maneuvering for the next few releases


=== Thunderbird ===
=== Thunderbird ===
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=== Firefox OS ===
=== Firefox OS ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: Mountain View (Dietrich)''
 
* Feature-complete deadline was on Friday, 7/20. Many UI features and fixes landed, as well as large system parts of Gaia such as Web Activities.
* Platform team landed large pieces of the new permissions model, voicemail APIs, major pan/zoom improvements, and out-of-process support across a bunch of components.
* Members of the Security, Privacy and WebAPI teams met last week in Mountain View to sprint on implementing the permissions and packaging model.
* Members of the Gaia team are in Mountain View from 7/23 - 7/27 to finish some front-end work and sprint on UI polish.


== Speakers ==
== Speakers ==
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| Gregg Lind
| Gregg Lind
| Test Pilot Studies:  Now Free With Every Release!
| Test Pilot Studies:  Now Free With Every Release!
| http://people.mozilla.com/~glind/all/testpilot_everyrelease.key
| http://people.mozilla.com/~glind/all/testpilot_everyrelease.pdf
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776569
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776569
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| ''Sid Stamm''
| ''Sid Stamm''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Lead Privacy Engineer''
| Giving users control over their data!
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| ''Tauni Oxborrow''
| ''Tauni Oxborrow''
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| ''Robert Wood''
| ''Robert Wood''
| ''Clint Talbert''
| ''Malini Das''
| ''Toronto,ON''
| ''Toronto,ON''
| ''Automation Developer Mobile Platform''
| ''Automation Developer Mobile Platform''
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==== PR ====
==== PR ====
[http://www.pcworld.com/article/259567/curious_about_firefox_os_run_it_on_your_desktop.html Curious About Firefox OS? Run It on Your Desktop] <br>
[http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/test-firefox-os-on-a-desktop-computer-with-new-b2g-nightly-builds/ Test Firefox OS on a desktop computer with new B2G nightly builds]
[http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/internet-defense-league/ Kapow! The Net Gets a Bat Signal for Fighting Government and Hollywood Bad Guys] <br>
[http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57474176-1/look-in-the-sky-its-a-cat-signal-for-net-freedom/ Look in the sky! It's a 'cat signal' for Net freedom]
[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57473460-92/google-goes-private-in-new-firefox/ Google goes private in new Firefox]
[http://www.geek.com/articles/news/firefox-14-arrives-with-click-to-play-20120717/ Firefox 14 arrives with click-to-play]
[http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/07/firefox-15-beta-plugs-memory-leaks/ Firefox 15 Beta Plugs Memory Leaks]


==== Events ====
==== Events ====
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== Foundation Updates ==
== Foundation Updates ==
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