Mozilla tests waters for Firefox OS IoT apps; Metro Ethernet Forum names first CTO

More wireless tech news from across the Web:

> Mozilla is testing the waters for Firefox OS IoT apps, including a Samantha-style virtual assistant. TechCrunch article

> ZTE has thrown its considerable weight behind the New IP Agency (NIA), a not-for-profit initiative aimed at fostering the development of virtualized IP networks based on open-access principles. Light Reading article

> Apple customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as ransomware. Reuters article

> The Metro Ethernet Forum wants to move up the networking stack, and it's named Pascal Menezes as the CTO to undertake that. SDX Central article

> Unlikely allies address value of digital security at RSA conference. New York Times article

> Alexa gets new siblings: the Amazon Echo Dot and Tap. Extreme Tech article

> A new study says Americans are starting to leave Silicon Valley faster than they're arriving. Wall Street Journal article

> A Facebook executive who spent about 24 hours in a Brazilian jail this week said authorities treated him with respect and that the incident will not slow the company's expansion in Brazil. Reuters article

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