Mozilla shows off Firefox OS updates at CES (pictures)

LAS VEGAS--As Firefox OS develops partially in the public eye, Mozilla shows off two interesting changes to how the operating system handles apps at the CES 2013.

The first change could have wide-reaching consequences for anybody who's built a Web site and wants to get in on the mobile app revolution. Part of the Everything.me investment, Mozilla has come up with a way for people to turn their Web sites into mobile apps using manifest files. It could revolutionize app marketplaces, said Christian Heilmann, Mozilla's lead developer on Firefox OS.

"App markets right now are like the old Yahoo directory, which Google came along and disrupted. This could be like that," he said as he swiped to the search screen on a demo phone running the operating system. There were categories of apps there, and Heilmann said that Firefox OS will be able to organize sites into the appropriate categorie... [Read more]