Firefox will soon show users ads in new tabs

Free browsers sound nice, but at the end of the day, something’s got to pay the bills.

Mozilla announced last week that its Firefox browser would begin featuring ads, in what Pocket founder and CEO Nate Weiner referred to in a blog post as “a privacy-conscious approach to sponsored content.” Today, those ads have begun rolling out in the browser’s beta and nightly builds, The Register reports. 

Mozilla acquired read-it-later application Pocket last year. The service now populates new Firefox tabs with reading suggestions. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Firefox will soon show users ads in new tabs