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Most underhyped application of 2008?
According to an article on Lifehacker dated back early in December Opera was listed as one of the most underhyped application of 2008, which was a great year for the Norwegian browser company with many product releases. Worth mentioning is their praise of…
Which browser are you looking most forward to in 2009?
A Dutch site called "Avencius" is running a poll asking its readers what browser they're looking most forward to in 2009. It's cool to see that more than 80% say that Opera 10 is the browser they're looking most forward to.
Opera Launcher
Opera Launcher is a launcher for Opera with additional options. It can
A brief test of the Norwegian-born browser
Opera Software and Polish portal Webhosting.pl invited tech-savvy folks to test Opera 9.6 and write a review of it. 117 people from Poland sent their thorough feedback on Opera 9.6. After thorough assessment of all reviews, the winner, Michał Beyer, was…
Opera 9.63
Opera Software released Opera 9.63 today, which addresses several security issues. This release is a recommended security update for all those running the previous stable releases.
Safer shopping with Opera
More and more people are avoiding the crowds and doing their Christmas shopping online. Be relaxed in the knowledge that your shopping is done with the most secure Web browser in the world:
One Web
We give you, powered by an experimental tech-savvy build of Opera 9.62, Howcome's speech about Opera's "One Web" philosophy. The video is about how the Web started at CERN with almost a complete coverage of all important events leading up to present day.
Interview with Opera's Bruce Lawson
ZDNet interviews Opera Evangelist Bruce Lawson and asks: "Will 2008 prove the year the Web grew up?"
Drop the Web on concrete
The Web gets tough, really tough with Opera Mini on the Sonim XP3. The Sonim XP3 is as rugged as a phone gets. It is water submersible, “officially” runs at temperatures as low as -20 degrees Celsius and as high as 60 degrees Celsius and can withstand up to a…
Weekly media coverage
Coverage this week picked up after the release of Opera 10 alpha, but there are other great news stories too. Check out this article featuring our very own Jon von Tetzchner for Mobile Entertainment's top 50 Executives for 2008.
Play with the new Opera engine
Here are quick links to some of the cool topics covered in the Dev.Opera article by Chris Mills.
Opera Mini does the robot on Google's Android
Last week, Opera's hybrid Norwegian/American Phillip (Grønvold) travelled from Silicon Valley to Oslo to show off the T-Mobile G1 Android device with Opera Mini. That caught the attention of Anders Brenna, the editor at Digi.no, a leading IT news outlet in…
Opera Mini 4.2
Good news, everyone! Today we have released the latest version of Opera Mini 4.2. Since the launch of the beta, speed trials have shown that this version gives more than 30% speed improvements for users in the US, due to addition of a new Opera Mini server…
State of the Mobile Web, October 2008
The mobile Web as a global phenomenon. The ubiquity of the mobile phone makes it the ideal platform for many people to access the Web. The demand is there. As we saw in our previous report on Africa, many countries experienced triple-digit or even…
What color is your Mini?
Opera Mini 4.2 beta has been out for three days, so everyone has had a chance to put the little browser to the test. Now, we want to hear your opinion, specifically on one of the main new features: The six new skins!
WTF
This is cool (and a bit weird). Microsoft promotes Opera Mini on their MSN mobile portal. We like! They even state that:
The dark horse
Earlier this year Jon toured India. During his visit he met up with Computeractive Magazine India. The interview has now finally been released and we're proud to offer it to you as a free download exclusively on Choose Opera.
20 Million Opera Mini users
Opera Mini is officially the world's favourite mobile Web browser. With more than 20 million active monthly users there's no doubt that the Mini browser just keeps growing and growing.
Keeping up standards
“There are still many developers who earn their crust creating sites using bad practices.”
Weekly media coverage
Opera is sexy? We've been called a lot of stuff before,but I think this is a first. This week's recommended article states:
Demonstro's playground
Meet Demonstro, a.k.a "Christian", a graphics designer at Opera Software. He has been pushing pixels for Opera for more than two years and his blog is every Opera fanboy wet dream.
Clarification in bits
Remember last week's article in the New York Times "Bits" blog? It stirred up discussion all over the tubes and the retelling of the story has created "an odd snowball of misunderstanding".
Radio interview in Computer America
Tatsuki Tomita, Vice President of Consumer products at Opera, was interviewed yesterday by "Computer America" which is the #1 computer and technology syndicated radio radio show in the Unite States.
Weekly media coverage
One of the most popular stories in the media this week resulted from an interview Jon S. von Tetzchner did with the New York Times. You can read the article (with great reader comments) here. This article has spurred many readers to discuss the possibility of…
Opera 9.62
Today we released Opera 9.62, which addresses some security issues. This release is a recommended upgrade for all those running the latest stable releases.
Chrome has been very good for us
Our CEO, Jon S. von Tetzchner, spent a few minutes talking with Rafe Needleman, report of CNet, about Opera and how it was co-founded way back in 1995. It's a great article and even has a short video interview (embedded).
Opera sings in bits
I have to confess, I haven't paid much attention to Opera Software until recently. The Norwegian company has been an also-ran in the browser market for 13 years. On Friday, I had a chance to sit down with its co-founder and chief executive, Jon Stephenson von…
Opera hits Bucharest
Are you an advanced developer, Web technology expert, Opera fan or avid Opera user? Then you and your friends are welcome to meet Opera in Bucharest on Saturday November 8, 2008. This is an informal gathering and a great chance to meet official employees of…
California, here we come!
Opera will tour California from October 27th – November 7th. We will have seminars at Universities like Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego and more! In addition we're hosting a series of meet ups. These are free events you and your friends can join. It's…
James Bond week on My Opera
Opera's kicking off Quantum Of Solace celebration in style: by testing your knowledge in a James Bond trivia. Answer all the questions correctly and you can receive one of 30 Opera gift packs we give away at random. We're giving away Opera packs all week as…
Opera 9.61
Today we released Opera 9.61. It's a recommended security upgrade and a free download. Changelogs are available here, but posting the non-OS specific changes here.
Insider Scoop - Popular phones from Opera Mini users
Every month, our State of the Mobile Web report is packed with information about what people do with Opera Mini. But there are always some pieces of information that we don't include in the report. One interesting piece of information is what phones are…
Webjam
Webjam is a conference where presenters get 3 minutes to show off their hot Web work. At Webjam 8 Opera had two speaking slots (there were 21 in total). Our scruffy Aussie, Charles McCathieNevile, talked about Dragonfly while Andreas Bovens showcased some of…
Opera backstage: Poland
The Opera Backstage event we hosted in Wrocław (Thursday October 9) is a wrap! More than 120 people gathered to hear Håkon Wium Lie's talk "How long will the Web last?" at the bar 7 Kotów in Wrocław
The guy who wants to save the Web
Everyone in the technology industry can understand the roles and responsibilities of Chief Executive Officers or Chief Financial Officers. David Storey is Opera’s Chief Web Opener. It may not be a title people identify with immediately, but Storey’s position…
Campus Crew success
The Opera Campus Crew has only been in action for almost two weeks, but wow... Talk about instant success! We have already received more than 230 applications (and accepted 212 which are now representing 191 universities in 34 countries). It's excellent to…
Get to know Opera (article)
Back in August this year we had the pleasure of welcoming two journalists from Webhosting.pl to Opera's HQ in Oslo. This was a pretty big feature story about Opera and we were all very excited how the story would look on (online) print! Well, today they…
Obama's preferred choice among browsers!?
This is cool. We received a tip of a cool Barack Obama illustration on The Obama Art Report and boy... We were in for a real surprise when we saw the illustration! This sweet Obama print is made by comic painter/illustrator legend Alex Ross. So, Superman has…
1 million downloads of Opera 9.6 (wow, that's a lotta browsers!)
The buzz surrounding Opera 9.6 is mindblowing. The downloads are increasingly fast. Everything is ... good!
Opera 9.6
Today we launched Opera 9.6 which enhances the performance and flexibility of features many of you already have come to know and love, such as Speed Dial, session restore and mouse gestures (among other things).
A new Opera user
This weekend Tor, our Communications Director, finally managed to get his mother to make the switch to Opera (from IE). His father made the switch when we were still license-funded and his brother made the jump in 2006, so there was only one family member…
Bounce it like it's hot
Opera has been ported into small bouncy balls with disco lights.
Two new meet ups
If you're an Opera fan in Poland or India you have two excellent opportunities to meet up and attend these two great events.
Opera Campus Crew
Are you passionate about bringing Opera and Web standards to your campus? Starting today, you can sign up to be part of our Campus Crew program, and become part of the team of Opera reps at schools and universities around the world!
Welcome to Choose Opera
A group for Opera fans to collaborate in spreading the word about cool Opera products.
Opera Videos
We have two official video channels (YouTube and DailyMotion) where we publish tutorials, ads, and guided tours (among other things).
Spread the Word!
Spreading the word about Opera is easy. Here are 6 simple things you can do to get started.
Hot new skins
Seems like there has been a landslide of new skins submitted to the customize section. Head on over to give your browser a fresh new funky look.
Typical browser users?
Every now and then (or maybe all the time) you stumble upon weird stuff on the Web, which has no author, no link, no whatsoever... This picture is from one of those moments. It displays three different... "stereotypes" (or maybe not), namely "Newbie",…
Opera 9.6 banners
Here's a selection of banners to help support the launch of Opera 9.6 beta 1. Simply copy/paste the code below to your blog.
Choice in the browser industry
Change is probably the aspect of the browser industry I enjoy most. We get to help mold the future of the Web every single day. It's a challenge, but an exciting one.
User JavaScript contest
This contest has been the topic of discussion since June last year (and most likely even longer). The goal of this contest is to find out who can create the best User JavaScript in the following two categories:
Opera 9.5
Today we released the final public release of our flagship Web browser, Opera 9.5. Opera's cross-device expertise, support for open Web standards and commitment to speed and performance has culminated into our most powerful browser yet.
An oasis for Opera
An article published on Dagens IT is about how India, with its 10 million new mobile phone subscribers during March, is developing into a larger target market for Opera with our mobile Web browser, Opera Mini. Mobile phones in India is experiencing an…
Operation: Messaging document
Good news, everyone! We're in the process of creating a messaging document about the Opera browser, and we really want you to tell us what it should include.
System Developer, Opera Community
The Opera Community has more than 2 million users, and is growing rapidly. We're looking for an exceptional and experienced system developers to help us grow even more.
Mobile browser report
Traffic to social networks comprise almost 40% of the mobile Web according to our "State of the Mobile Web" report, published today. The results both show healthy growth in the numbers of consumers accessing the Web from their mobile devices and provide…
Opera Mini 4.1
Today, the newest version of our small, cool, browser that works on nearly every mobile phone is available for download.
Hello Mini
Opera Mini is now in its 4th version, and to celebrate an upcoming release, we want to create a collage featuring people using Opera Mini from around the world.
Opera Desktop 9.5 Beta 2 (Kestrel) out now!
Speed, security and performance do matter. We've made our browser even faster. The new beta is quicker to start, faster at loading web pages, and better at running your Web applications.
Rock Opera: Live Broadcasting
So, we are hosting a party in Austin, TX, as we're marking our strong presence during SXSW. We will have several great bands playing, displaying Opera demos, and show off fashion by Moods of Norway.
Opera's coverage of SXSW 2008
We just launched the official Opera at SXSW 2008 blog. Check it out for our full coverage of the event: http://my.opera.com/opera-sxsw-2008
SXSW Party
At the show, we'll be showing off latest versions of My Opera, Opera, Opera Mini, the Wii Internet Channel and some new cool stuff. This is the place to be if you're in Austin for SXSW.
Banners & Buttons
Let the world know that you like Opera by placing a banner (or a button) on your site, blog, or in your e-mail signature. We've also added some new My Opera community buttons.