Firefox OS for Activists

Smartphones and tablets are increasingly the way people access the net. But are trade unions and other civil society groups ready for the change? In this short book, Eric Lee and Jeremy Green look at the Apple/Google "duopoly", the problem of privacy and the costs of app development - and what this all means for social change activists. They explore not only Firefox OS, the new open source mobile operating system, but also the emerging alternatives - Ubuntu Touch, Tizen, and Sailfish. They even get a look a the world's first "ethical" mobile device - the Fairphone.

Author: Jeremy Green,Eric Lee
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 10/14/2013
Pages: 78
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.16d
ISBN: 9781492179139

About the Author
Eric Lee is the founding editor of LabourStart, the news and campaigning website of the international trade union movement. Jeremy Green is a Principal Analyst at Ovum, the leading research and analysis company, based in London. He writes here in a personal capacity.

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