Daily Digest: July 1, 2014

[Hannah Kane]

Hi all,

Here’s today’s daily digest of clips from the media on Mozilla and the
worlds around us. Today's digest features stories about the *Appmaking at
Mozcamp*, recent data on *browser usage*, and *Facebook's mood-manipulation
experiment*.


The blog post is here:
http://mozilladailydigest.tumblr.com/post/90460687130/daily-digest-july-1-2014


Please do send me links to stories and news that should be featured in this
digest, or on the Monday Project Call.

Cheers!
Hannah
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*Inside Mozilla:*

Check out Amira's blog post on Appmaking at Mozcamp in Bangalore
AmiraDhalla.com
http://amiradhalla.com/2014/06/30/appmaking-at-mozcamp-in-bangalore/


*Mozilla in the News:*

Internet Explorer commands 58.38 percent browser market share
VR-Zone
http://vr-zone.com/articles/internet-explorer-commands-58-38-percent-browser-market-share/79952.html
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer continues to dominate over Google Chrome and
Mozilla Firefox, holding a market share bigger than the shares of the other
two combined.


*Ramblings from around the space:*

Governance for the GitHub generation
InfoWorld
http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/governance-the-github-generation-245210?page=0,0
As more projects drop contributor license agreements, permissionless
governance gains support. Here's what that means

Why You Shouldn't Have To Buy The $630 Super-Secure Blackphone In Order To
Protect Your Privacy
ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/06/30/3454675/blackphone/
Touted as the world’s most secure smartphone, the Blackphone started
shipping Monday to customers who pre-ordered the Android-based phone.
Blackphone, which uses a mix of third-party and homegrown apps to encrypt
users’ texts, phone calls, Web searches and emails, uses readily available
technology that could be easily transferred to other smartphones. So why
don’t companies like Apple and Samsung offer the same features?

Everything We Know About Facebook's Secret Mood-Manipulation Experiment
The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/everything-we-know-about-facebooks-secret-mood-manipulation-experiment/373648/
For one week in January 2012, data scientists skewed what almost 700,000
Facebook users saw when they logged into its service. Some people were
shown content with a preponderance of happy and positive words; some were
shown content analyzed as sadder than average. And when the week was over,
these manipulated users were more likely to post either especially positive
or negative words themselves.


Seen anything lately that should be on this list? Email Hannah directly
with any tips or clips that you’d like to see in future Daily Digests.