• Flock is a next-generation web browser developed by Flock, Inc. Built on Mozilla's code base, it integrates social- and Web-based applications such as Flickr, YouTube and Facebook directly into the browser, allowing users to view a snapshot of all their social feeds at once.

• 1. Initial release: Version 1.0 in Fall 2007
  2. Based on: Mozilla Firefox
  3. Headquarters: Redwood City, California, U.S. http://www.flock.com/company-info
  4. Current release: 2.5.5 http://www.flock.com/release-notes/index.html

• Timeline

  1. 2005: Founded by Bart Decrem and Geoffrey Arone
  2. June 2006: Released its first public beta version
  3. Fall 2007: Version 1.0 launched
  4. Featured in 2007's TechCrunch40
  5. February 2008: Release of Flock 1.1 Beta
  6. October 2008: Release of Flock 2.0
  7. May 2009: Release of Flock 2.5 http://mashable.com/2009/05/19/flock-25/

• Flock 2.0

  Flock 2.0 is based on Firefox 3. It is touted as more secure and faster than the previous version of Flock. Flock 2.0 includes MySpace integration and RSS Media Stream support. The browser already supports Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Gmail, YouTube and more.PC Magazine: Flock 2.0 Adds RSS... (October 15, 2008)

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