Mozilla announced that the Mozilla Marketplace will open for developers to submit web apps at the Mobile World Congress. The Mozilla Marketplace, which will open to consumers later this year, will feature apps in the categories of games, media, music, productivity and more. By building on open web technologies like HTML5 and Mozilla-proposed APIs, the Mozilla Marketplace will enable developers to write one app that runs across devices and platforms. As part of Mozilla's mission to keep the web open and put people in control of their web experience, users can buy apps once and use it on any HTML5-enabled device. The Mozilla Web Apps platform gives content owners, operators and service providers a direct connection to their customers and possibilities for consumer interaction and customised experiences, while also enjoying open and flexible billing options. What's more, the "write once, deploy everywhere" nature of the platform will massively reduce the cost of creating, versioning and maintaining applications, enabling a truly open, standards-based web that advances opportunity and innovation for all, the company said.
