Google pays to put search back on Firefox browser in the US

San Francisco

MOZILLA Corp rolled out a major update to its Firefox web browser on Tuesday with a bevy of new features, and one old frenemy: Google.

In a blog post, Mozilla said that Firefox's default search engine will be Google in the US, Canada, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The agreement recalls a similar, older deal that was scuttled when Firefox and Google's Chrome web browser became bitter rivals.

Three years ago, Mozilla switched from Google to Yahoo Inc as the default Firefox search provider in the US after Ya…