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New look Opera launched as browser hits 200 million user mark
That's more than the Death Star apparently 28 June 2011 12:10 GMT TweetOpera has gone stats bonkers with its newest release of its browser. The company has plenty to celebrate, topping 200 million users across all of its platforms.
Whilst that might only mean a 2.4 per cent share of the market, the browser seems...
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Opera provides Safari alternative for iPad and iPhone users
Opera Mini 6 hits iOS 24 May 2011 14:26 GMT TweetBack in March Opera release Opera Mini 6 for J2ME, Android, BlackBerry and Symbian and now its iOS' turn to get in on the fun - with the iPad and iPhone version of Opera Mini 6 landing.
“I would compare it to walking onto the stage and...
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Pocket-lint Podcast #37
The vajazzled edition 4 April 2011 14:24 GMT TweetThe Pocket-lint Podcast has been vajazzled this week as Rik, Stu and Dan explain the real story behind the special edition Virgin Media TiVo box, created for The Only Way is Essex girls, Sam Faiers and Jessica Wright.
They also chose their...
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Opera: Consumers will expect to have browser in TV of tomorrow
EXCLUSIVE: We need the web everywhere 1 April 2011 11:18 GMT TweetOpera co-founder Jon von Tetzchner believes that people will soon expect to have a browser on their television, allowing them to surf the net from the comfort of their sofa.
“It’s very simple to me. We want a browser on our TV,”...
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Opera revamps its on-the-go browsers
Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 released 22 March 2011 14:30 GMT TweetOpera has released new versions of both of its on-the-go browsers (Opera Mobile 11 and Opera Mini 6) - the world's most popular mobile platforms.
The difference between the two browsers is that Opera Mini reduces pages down to around a tenth...
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Opera 11.10 browser (Barracuda) released
Will let you dart through the Internet sea 17 March 2011 9:00 GMT TweetOpera Software, the company behind the Opera browser, has “set loose” the beta of its latest version of the browser – Opera 11.10.
The new release, codenamed “Barracuda” comes as Internet Explorer 9 enjoys being...
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VIDEO: Opera touch browser for tablets
Sneak peak of new Android browser 4 January 2011 11:15 GMT TweetIt really is a sneak peak, and it doesn't give much away - but the news that Opera is finally making its way onto our tablets is good news.
The Norwegian company has given us this first glimpse of the Opera for tablet browser in action and...
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Opera 11 wants you tab stacking
Wasn't that a song by Chumbawumba? 16 December 2010 15:58 GMT TweetOpera 11 has gone live, bringing a wealth of new features to the browser.
In terms of browser market share, Opera has dropped down to fifth place since Google's Chrome went on the rampage, but its 1.93 per cent share includes a dedicated core...
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Opera Mobile 10.1 beta pops up on Android
Popular browser launches to Google's phone OS 9 November 2010 14:52 GMT TweetOpera Mobile 10.1 has landed in the Android Market and is available now as a free download.
Recently Opera Mini 5.1 was freed from its beta shackles, but the Mobile version (the difference being that in Opera Mini, the Opera Presto browser...
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Opera Mini lands for Nokia devices
5.1 beta hits Symbian handsets 28 October 2010 16:52 GMT TweetOslo-based Opera has announced that its popular mobile browser, Opera Mini, is now available to Nokia users on their Symbian handsets.
Opera Mini 5.1 beta replaces the Java-based Opera versions that S60 users had to make do with, and adds a...
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Opera Mini 5.1 for Android freed from its beta shackles
Stable release and improved big screen compatibility 14 July 2010 10:06 GMT TweetOpera Mini, the world's most most popular mobile browser, has shed its beta tag for its Android version with the stable release of Opera Mini 5.1.
There's no major differences between the beta 5.0 and the new release except that 5.1 has improved...
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Opera joins Apple to gang up on Adobe
Norwegian developer also stresses the importance of HTML5 7 May 2010 11:01 GMT TweetAdobe, fresh from its stinging attack from Apple supremo Steve Jobs, has now come under fire from Opera's Phillip Grønvold. Grønvold, speaking to Tech Radar said: "You can cook an egg on [devices] once you start running Flash on them".
Grønvold...
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Opera announces a million iPhone downloads
In just 24 hours 15 April 2010 14:26 GMT TweetOpera's issued a rather joyous press release, saying that not only has their new iPhone browser shot to the top of all country charts in the Apple app store, but that in doing so the app has been downloaded a whopping 1m times in its first 24 hours.
"Apple...
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Skyfire building iPhone browser, too
Following in Opera's footsteps 14 April 2010 15:54 GMT TweetThe team behind mobile browser Skyfire, which is available on Windows Mobile and Symbian handsets, has written a blog post congratulating Apple and Opera, and talking a little about their own development of software for the platform.
The post...
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Opera finally approved on iPhone
Block reversed 13 April 2010 9:15 GMT TweetRewind your brain back to October 2008. Opera had just been blocked from running on the iPhone, with CEO Jon Setephenson von Tetzchner telling the New York Times that Apple thought that it would compete with Safari, the handset's native browser.
But...
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