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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: LabourStart <[email protected]> Date: 24 October 2013 11:11 Subject: Firefox OS: What it is - and what it means for you and your union To: [email protected] ** Coming soon to your country. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser<http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=6947b68363&e=a1b3fc5ea4>. [image: Firefox OS book cover.]<http://labourstart.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=4f105dc765&e=a1b3fc5ea4>Back in 1993 I was asked to look into how unions were using computer networks and email. The result was my 1996 book on the labour movement and the internet -- and after that, LabourStart. Twenty years on and I've been looking into how we in the trade union movement use the new communications tools -- smartphones and tablets -- and the result is a new book I've just co-authored with Jeremy Green, "Firefox OS for Activists<http://labourstart.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=77f77bcd5c&e=a1b3fc5ea4> ". *Firefox what?* Chances are you've heard of the iPhone and iPad, and probably Android phones and tablets too. Maybe you even own one of these devices. You may even know about Blackberry and Microsoft phones and tablets -- though they haven't made much headway in the fight against the two giants, Apple and Google. Firefox OS is part of a new breed of alternative, open source mobile operating systems that aim to take on the big corporations. It's been created by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation and in our view, it's a very big deal. Firefox OS phones are already available for sale in a number of countries (Spain, Germany, a few Latin American countries) and will soon be available where you live. They're extremely cheap, and making apps that run on them is cheaper and easier than doing them for Apple and Android products. Firefox OS is part of a broader open source revolution that includes such things as the Ubuntu Touch project -- and even Fairphone, the first attempt to create an "ethical" mobile phone that, among other things, respects workers' rights. You can read more about our book, see the full table of contents, and even read a sample chapter here: http://www.labourstart.org/firefoxos<http://labourstart.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=1e401b90de&e=a1b3fc5ea4> I hope you'll find it of interest and will order copies for yourself and your union. Remember that every copy you purchase helps LabourStart's campaigning activities. Thanks. Eric Lee *Copyright © 2013 LabourStart, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this message because you opted in at our website ( http://www.labourstart.org) - most likely when you signed up to support one of our online campaigns in support of workers' rights. *Our mailing address is:* LabourStart Unit 168, Lee Valley Technopark Ashley Road, Tottenham London, England N17 3LN United Kingdom Add us to your address book<http://labourstart.us2.list-manage.com/vcard?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=4b819aa5c5> unsubscribe from this list<http://labourstart.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=4b819aa5c5&e=a1b3fc5ea4&c=6947b68363>| update subscription preferences<http://labourstart.us2.list-manage.com/profile?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=4b819aa5c5&e=a1b3fc5ea4>| view email in browser<http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=6947b68363&e=a1b3fc5ea4>
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