AT&T Pogo

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Pogo Browser
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Developer(s) AT&T and Vizible
Type Web browser

AT&T Pogo was a Mozilla Firefox based web browser developed by AT&T and Vizible. [1] A private beta was released to a limited number of users, [2] [3] but the project was terminated when Vizible sold its intellectual property to Open Text.

Features

Features that were present in the private beta release included:

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References

  1. Needleman, Rafe (April 17, 2008). "AT&T launches its own browser, Pogo". CNET. Archived from the original on 7 August 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  2. Needleman, Rafe (June 19, 2008). "AT&T Beta invites". CNET. Archived from the original on 7 August 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
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