Open source news for your reading pleasure.
February 24 - 28, 2014
In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we look at Munich's progress in dumping proprietary software, privacy on Mozilla's mobile Firefox OS, and more.
Munich furthers their commitment to open source
We've mentioned Munich's progress in converting to open source before, but the German city is back in the news again this week with another update. Now they've selected an open source groupware solution to provide email, calendar support, task management, and contact lists for city employees. Kolab Enterprise 13, originally developed for the German Federal Office for Information Security, is available in both desktop and web client versions.
New open source tool for online education released
The world of open source education projects grew a little bit larger this week with the debute of a new online education tool, Oppia, a project created as a Google "twenty percent" project. Oppia is designed to do more than just showcase content; it allows content creators to examine how students interact with the learning content in order to adjust and optimize for better learning. Complete with a full online GUI editor, collaborative content creation and version control, and extension framework for content creators, along with personalized and customizable feedback for users, this tool may be one to watch.
Firefox OS renews focus on user privacy
With security becoming a greater concern to many mobile device users, Mozilla's announcement of a new scheme for providing security to users of Firefox OS are certainly timely. Aptly dubbed the "Future of Mobile Privacy" project, Mozilla is working with Deutsche Telekom to develop new features to ensure the safety and privacy of users' data.
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Hat tip to Opensource.com moderator Robin Muilwijk for sharing some of these news articles with me this week.
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