Friday, May 24, 2013

Givit Powers Mozilla Firefox Flicks Contest

San Diego-based Givit is powering the Mozilla Firefox Flicks competition, the companies said this morning, with Givit providing its iPhone capturing, editing, and sharing tools to Mozilla's contest. Financial details of the deals were not disclosed. Givit said it will be the exclusive mobile video app for the competition, which encourages people to submit videos on how web-enabled mobile devices have changed our human experience.

Mozilla's judges for the competition include Ed Norton, Helen Estabrook, Robert Harvey, Franklin Leonard, Catherine Ogilvie, Shauna Robertson, Gina Rodriguez, Couper Samuelson, Louie Schwartzberg and Andrzej Szajna. Givit also said that it will have a exclusive FirefoxFlicks channel within the app, which will feature early stage winners and entires throughout the compeition, how-to videos, and more.

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