As part of our focus on user experience and performance in Firefox Quantum, Google will also become our
new default search provider in the United States and Canada.
Google will be Firefox's
default search provider on desktop and mobile in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and Taiwan, said Denelle Dixon, Mozilla's chief business and legal officer.
As part of our focus on user experience and performance in Firefox Quantum, Google will also become our
new default search provider in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
When it became clear that continuing to use Yahoo as
our default search provider would have a negative impact on all of the above, we exercised our contractual right to terminate the agreement and entered into an agreement with another provider.»
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance on the BlackBerry World 2011 stage today to announce a new partnership with RIM that will see Bing made
the default search provider on BlackBerry smartphones moving forward.
We've reached out to Microsoft and it told us, «Bing will be
the default search provider on the new Kindle Fire HD.
Siegler reports that Google is nowhere to be found on the device, except as
the default search provider.
When the Add Search Provider window appears, click the Make
this my default search provider checkbox and click Add.
You can change
the default search provider in the Modern version of Internet Explorer 10, but Microsoft hides this option well.
In addition to announcing Quantum's release, Mozilla on Tuesday said it had made Google
its default search provider in the United States and Canada.
While Yahoo may have won over Mozilla, Apple could easily pick Microsoft as
its default search provider.
If you wish, you can also prevent programs from suggesting changes to
your default search provider, by selecting the check - box.
Additionally,
the default search provider in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer can not be changed.»
One solution is to switch
your default search provider to DuckDuckGo.