But this digital Battle of Verdun is not the only challenge for Google as Mozilla is also launching its mobile operating system: FirefoxOS. To make a long story short, FirefoxOS is the equivalent of ChromeOS for smartphones: a light-weight mobile operating system where the user interface and all applications are web-based.
When the iPhone 5 and the latest mobile operating system were launched in September, they came without Google Maps, as Apple set about launching its own mapping ecosystem.