Do you know the titular ” firefox” of web browser ” Mozilla Firefox” isn’t really a pyromaniac fox, but a red panda? To elucidate this, Mozilla has embarked on the cutest marketing ploy ever: adopting baby firefoxes and putting them on webcams.
Firefox LIVE features six cams trained on two female red panda cubs, their parents, and their aunt, all of which live at the Knoxville Zoo and with sponsorship from Mozilla. Here’s a video I made while watching the ” Snuggle Cam” just now:
Firefox LIVE also has cub naming contest (my idea: ” Julia Allison ” ) and a clever marketing ploy: If enough people download Firefox 4, the newborn firefoxes get a treat. They may be currently 56% of their option to earning a jungle gym. Can you imagine how cute these baby firefoxes will probably be playing on a jungle gym?! That is the best consumer incentive I even have ever encountered, and I say that as a lady who won a bathtub of Beanie Babies at the mall in fourth grade.
What if we made a Gawker LIVE site featuring some type of Gawker-like animal (buzzards? sea monkeys?) romping around on a webcam? Would you guys watch it? What would you love to peer? [ Firefox LIVE ]
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