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Opera in 2011
To say that 2011 was busy here at Opera might well be the understatement of the year. There were so many innovations, new releases and achievements that we can only focus on the highlights.
This week on the web
If years are like films, then end-of-year wrap ups must be something like the credits. Here at Opera, we compiled our own year in review - in this case as part of our monthly State of the Mobile Web series.
Joe and Buzz
Meet Joe and Buzz, two southern boys who along with Joe's wife Amy Ann, spend their days talking about important stuff like how to share your french fries with a woman or how to get on the front page of reddit.
64-bit madness straight from the labs!
I know we said the this year's Christmas present was Opera 11.60, but since we love to spoil you, we decided to do a Opera Labs release as well! This release brings another highly requested feature to Opera: 64-bit support and out of process plug-ins.
BOOM Movement: Win The Leader In-Ear Headphones
The BOOM Movement [Born on Original Motives] rose out of Southern California's culture of renegades: street artists, surfers, extreme sports fanatics and underground musicians. Here at Opera we encourage free thinkers everywhere to defy tradition, push the…
Movember winners
The votes are in, and it's tempting to say the winners won by a whisker, but there are just too many for that! We hereby present our gallery of Movember winners and outstanding participants:
A shiny new Opera 11.60
Just in time for the holidays, we bring you the gift that keeps giving all year round: a new browser! Say hello to Opera 11.60.
Opera's hamster savings
To highlight the amazing data compression powers of Opera, we posted a real-time counter on the opera.com home page showing how much data we were saving our more than 140 million users around the world. The counter was live from November 2 to December 2. In…
Holiday Calendar: Santa in time
It's that time of year again. The annual My Opera Holiday Calendar! This year Opera Engineers have pimped out Santa's sledge enabling time travel!
Opera Talks: A New Dev.Opera
Last week, an all-new Dev.Opera debuted on opera.com, with lots of goodies for developers and others interested in the latest Opera technology. To find out more about what went into the change, we sat down for a chat with head of Developer Relations Andreas…
Facebook & Twitter on the go with My Opera
You can use your Facebook account with My Opera. Once connected, your My Opera status will be displayed on Facebook and integrated with your friends' status.
Last days of Movember
This year, there was more to Movember this year than just moustaches. Remember: We're holding a contest!
The bird is free
Voting went in favor of saving the turkey and letting him be a free bird. Good stuff, Internet! Here's the happy ending to our story:
This Week on the Web
As the holiday shopping season kicked off in earnest with the American Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, this week was full of Web rumors about special Black Friday deals and new gadgets and games for sale. But amidst all the consumer madness, there was one…
Opera Mini saves man from insane phone bill
Opera Mini 6.5 (download) introduced the new Data Usage tracker. We got a tweet yesterday from @isman_junian showing that Opera Mini had compressed whooping 1.5 GB of data to measly 350.9 MB.
The Stache Standings
Guys, we know you can do it. We all know that you can do this:
Welcome Opera Australia
The My Opera Mail Team operates from Melbourne, Australia. We have a lot of cool plans for Opera Mail, so the team had to find new offices. The old office was located at the 50th floor. This time, we bring them down to earth. A more urban office with room to…
Achievement Unlocked
(Alternative Get: Mac users can get/rate Opera in the Mac App Store)
Mid-Movember update
Since it's already the middle of the month, we decided to check in with the Movember Mo Bros group on My Opera to see how the 'staches are shaping up.
Reddit Enhancement Suite for Opera
Get more out of Reddit with the Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES). RES adds interface enhancements to Reddit for Redditors. From the Inline Image Viewer, keyboad shortcuts and style tweaks to never ending scrolling.
Addon Highlight: Gismeteo Weather Forecast
There are close to 900 addons available on addons.opera.com. With close to two million downloads, Gismeteo Weather Forecast is one of the most popular.
Opera 11.60 beta debuts with double-rainbow support
Yes, we're not kidding. Opera 11.60 beta introduces Ragnarök, our implementation of the new HTML5 parsing algorithm. Because HTML5 specifies how browsers should handle incorrect code, browsers will soon handle coding missteps the same way - a big win for…
cheese curls vs screen
There you are, happily eating some delicious junk food - which, like most junk food, leaves massive finger residue - when the phone rings. Or you get a text. But your fingers are full of grease. Or powder. (Or some combination of the two, if your snack of…
Weird Opera ads
Blessed with a generic name like Opera, we see a lot of advertisement for things that are not necessarily us, but could potentially be us (Oprah Winfrey anyone?).
<video> and <audio> support on My Opera
<video> and <audio> is now fully supported on My Opera! This allows us to share this week's Opera Tech Break video proper using HTML5. To learn more more about HTML5, check out our Dev.Opera article on the subject.
Opera Tech Break: HTML5
It's time for some industry insights on HTML5 from Opera's Bruce Lawson and Zi Bin Cheah. What is HTML5? What is the future of apps vs websites? What cool stuff can HTML5 do? Find out in this episode of Opera Tech Break!
Best HTML5 game award to Emberwind
HTML5 games haven't been around long, but they are already shaping up to be the next big thing. That's one reason we were so pleased to see Opera developer Erik Möller's game Emberwind singled out for some well-deserved praise by HTML5 - Games . Org. Out of a…
Opera Mini and Opera Mobile updated for all devices
Opera Mini version 6.5 is now available for iOS, S60, J2ME and BlackBerry. Opera Mobile version 11.5 is now available for S60 owners. MeeGo users get a special Opera Labs edition to play around with.
Movember
It's the first of No... no, make that Movember as we prepare to celebrate the glorious male moustache on My Opera. One of our Opera groups - Movember Mo Bros - is already growing... In members and facial hair.
Nananananananana Winners!
The Arkham City competition was super popular. Close to 3000 people knew enough about Batman to replace Alfred. Here are the correct answers:
A redditor discovers Opera
We found this little gem on Reddit this weekend. Time for some upboats!
Halloween for Opera Next
Are you an Opera Next user? Then you have a special opportunity today to try out a new feature with our Halloween theme! Themes, previously known as skins in Opera, have been enhanced to allow any user to change the background image for the whole browser.…
Halloween Hunt Winners
The dawn beacons and we all survived Halloween. Not only that, but a handfull brave people managed to survive the 2011 Halloween Hunt! We drew 20 winners that will receive a special Opera Goodiebag each. We hope you enjoyed the competition.
Last chance to enter to win Batman: Arkham City
Just a friendly reminder folks - we're running a contest where you can win a copy of Batman: Arkham City for PS3, XBOX 360 or PC. The contest ends tomorrow, so if you're a fan of Batman and video games then you should consider taking the quiz!
This week on the web
Here at Opera, things have been hopping on the mobile front with a special Opera Mini 4.4 update for J2ME that should help many of the things - if not all the things - work better...
We never do this, but can you like it anyway?
We're nominated for a random PR/marketing award here in Norway called Gullkorn (The Golden Grain - could also be a delicious breakfast cereal!) for our Oprah Winfrey e-mail blog post (read it if you haven't). We had those Oprah mails lying around for years,…
Opera Mini 4.4 for J2ME
With our love for Android and flashy phones it's easy to forget how important J2ME is. But the fact remains that lot of Opera Mini users with feature phones such as Nokia flip flops use it to go Online. This makes J2ME one of the most important mobile…
Win a free copy of Batman: Arkham City
Welcome to Arkham City, where the inmates run the asylum along with the sinister Dr. Hugo Strange. In this sequel to the hit title Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman's new challenge is to infiltrate the artificial society created by Dr. Strange and foil the mad…
It's Turbo Time
Probably the finest seconds of Arnold out there. This is very relevant for us.
Master The Internet
Enjoy this classic from the Internet, served on the Internet. Very meta. An ad for the Internet on the Internet. Get it?
In NY on Wednesday? Meet Håkon Wium Lie at Huge
HUGE is a digital agency providing strategy, marketing, design, and technology services. Pretty much everything our Web pioneer Håkon Wium Lie stands for; the father of CSS and our current CTO. Since originally proposing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) way back…
Opera Talks: A whole new way to read on the web
Quick question: What's Paged Media? OK, that was actually more of a trick question than a quick question. Paged Media is a brand-spanking-new technology developed by Håkon Wium Lie. It's so fresh and new, in fact, that it was only released to the world in an…
This one came from our labs
It's Wednesday. Known as RELEASE ALL THE THINGS day at Opera. First of, we have an important security update for Opera: 11.52. It fixes a security issue. This might be the last release we do before Opera 12 - so make sure you grab it from…
How green and clean is Opera Mini?
There are a lot of you out there reading this on your phones right now. How do I know? Well, let's take a look at the mystical, magical crystal ball of worldwide Opera Mini browser usage, shall we?
The forgotten Web browsers
As we race towards Opera 12 with Hardware Acceleration, WebGL and all manner of shiny things it's cool to take a look back. When I wrote The evolution of the Modern Web, I was quickly corrected when trying to give Mosaic credit for being first. This time…
It's a bird, it's a plane - it's 3D Opera Man!
One of the coolest new features in Opera 12 to get its own sneak preview last week at Up North Web was support for WebGL, an extension of JavaScript that allows it to render 3D graphics in a browser. To show it in action we put a serious-looking dude in a…
iJustine Meetup
As part of iJustines trip to Oslo, she wanted to have a meetup with her fans. On one days notice 400 screaming fans joined the meetup at the Oslo Opera House. Justine told us she wanted to say hi to everyone who showed up, and so the madness began.
Opera 12 Alpha with Hardware Acceleration
As announced at Up North Web we are happy to present the Opera 12 Alpha. The main feature we need help testing is Hardware Acceleration. We also re-introduce skins in the form of themes, give the address field some needed attention, and update to the new…
The art-o-matic
In honor of our special releases for Android, we are continuing our fun and entertaining look at robots with what may be the most unusual intelligent machines of all ...robots in art!
An Up North Web goes well with fish cakes
Up North Web is our meet-the-press-fest. It's a day for eating weird Norwegian food (such as fiskekaker), product updates and releases as well as some big-picture thinking about where the Web is headed in the future.
New Opera for Android
If knowledge is power, as the saying goes, then Opera Mini and Opera Mobile are now omnipotent when it comes to saving data. Opera Mini 6.5 and Opera Mobile 11.5 have today been released for Android devices, and have an exciting new feature which allows you…
Up North Web 2011
Up North Web is our annual press event taking place in Oslo, Norway. The event kicks off today at 7 AM UTC (check your time zone). To stay updated, check back to this blog later and follow us on Twitter. The hashtag for the event is #UpNorthWeb.
Behold - the Internet
This picture is from one of the office spaces at Opera in Oslo, Norway. A series of cables is literally sticking out from the ground. After much investigation and inspection we plugged one of those cables in a computer and got some amazing results!
Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011 and on
Steve Jobs accomplished this several times in the past 30 years. From working on early video game hardware at Atari, founding Apple and NeXT (it was a NeXT system that Tim Berners-Lee used to create the first Web server), redefining Pixar, and ultimately…
What does Android have to do with androids?
If you're interested in mobile devices of any kind, you probably know that Google's open-source operating system (OS) for phones and tablets is called Android. But where did the name come from?
Fortress Boosts Speed in America
With close to 80 billion web pages, or 11.4 petabytes served through Opera Mini each month Opera need some serious hardware to serve almost 130 million Opera Mini users. With numbers like these, we don't mess around when it comes to servers. Previously we…
Tomato Battle Get!
This weekend myself, Espen, Aleksander, and Meghan Lee took a drive out to Pleasanton, California to help clean up millions of rotten tomatoes that were unfit for human consumption.
Ready for Robots?
In this week's survey of what's happening in technology, the focus is on robots. From a driverless car navigating the roads of Berlin to Israeli scientists implanting a mechanical cerebellum into the brain of a rat , we've come a long way from the simple…
Stay safe with Opera Mini
We just got a pretty scary report from Chasapple on Twitter regarding a Opera Mini malware being spread around Russia. This is a good time to remind you to always stay safe when downloading files Online. You should always either use m.opera.com or a safe…
It's National Coffee Day
Today is National Coffee Day, arguably the most important day of the year besides CAPS LOCK DAY. Coincidentally, we got a new Starbucks coffee machine installed in our US office today. DotEd is impressed with the quality:
Opera's Innovative Cloud-Compression Full Web Browser(s)
The Internet is a mysterious place. Full of big pictures and loading times. At Opera, we work hard to give you the fastest browsing experience ever with our Innovate Cloud-Compression Full Web Browser(s). If you're not online with Opera, you're in a longer…
Living Mobile in South Korea
As of July 2011, the estimated population of South Korea was 48.7 million people.
Opera still Speed Champion
With an increased focus on browser performance, Lifehacker thought it time for another round of browser speed test. They pitted the four most popular Windows browsers against each other in a battle of startup times, tab-loading times, JavaScript powers, and…
Is Opera faster than the speed of light?
Some might say yes, but our phones have been ringing off the hook since the researchers at CERN (where our Chief Technology Officer Haakon Wium Lie used to work) conducted the OPERA experiment - and discovered a particle that was able to move faster than the…
Opera Hosting Android Event in S.F.
On Friday, September 23, our globe-trotting Opera community team will be hosting a meetup for Android evangelists, amateurs, pros, developers, and enthusiasts of every other stripe who happen to be located in the San Francisco Bay Area (and are over 21).
Speed Dial Laundry Day
Time to shed that dirty old Speed Dial background and try on a fresh pair of Speed Dial backgrounds (or desktop wallpapers). We plowed through wallbase for good stuff. A small selection of goodies found presents itself below. Find anything you want to share,…
Opera News: Meet the Opera TV Store
Our Community Manager, Espen André Øverdahl, brings us a behind the scenes coverage report from the IBC event in Amsterdam. Enjoy this exclusive look at the future of TV browsing and how the Opera TV Store is shaping up to be.
Android's Secret Weapons: Bird Claws, Bunny Feet and Talking Cats
Android has gotten very big very fast. It has now become the dominant smartphone platform in the US and looks set to overtake Symbian soon in Asia and Europe. The global marketshare is now close to 48%:
Opera on Windows 8
The development version of Windows 8 was just released, available for free testing from Microsoft Development Center. If you are like us and want to know how Opera runs on Windows 8, check out these awesome screens. A huge thanks to Bergschaap who shared…
Opera Mobile Update for Android!
Your favorite Android browser just got another update! This second update for Android: closes a security loophole introduces support for large-screen compatibility mode introduced in Honeycomb provides improved support for Samsung Galaxy devices and much more!
Web Standards Hoedown
Last week the entire Opera Developer Relations team gathered in Oslo. These guys and girls live, breath and love web standards. When it's time for a relaxing Banjo session it's no surprise what the topic is
Apps on your TV
Engadget covered the press release we published yesterday about the Opera TV Store and Emulator on this year's IBC conference.
Opera Talks: Yenny Otero
Usability is a hot topic these days – the word alone gets over 48 million hits on Google. But what does it really mean? We decided to go to Opera's resident usability guru Yenny Otero to get the lowdown on human-computer interaction. Our conversation ranged…
Ready to enter Dead Island?
Who's got the skills and knowledge to survive a zombie breakout? We asked what are the first five websites you would use Opera Mini to save so that you can bring them up instantly in the event of a zombie takeover? And we got some serious hard beating…
Inside Opera Belarussian style
Onliner.by is one of the largest digital lifestyle magazines in Belarus. With over 40% of Belarusians using Opera we welcomed the opportunity to show them around Opera HQ. The result is an amazing two part story that features more pictures and stories than I…
Save yourself from Zombies. Save the page.
Picture this: You're on your dream vacation, spending time on a lovely tropical island with friends. Naturally you are also using Opera Mini - this island being in the middle of nowhere, the connection speeds are super slow - so you can still post the kinds…
Deus Ex contest ends today
Our Deus Ex: Human Revolution contest ends today - at 12:00 GMT (check your time zone). This is last call for everyone who wants a shot at winning a copy of the game to play our quiz! We'll be back with the announcement of our winners later today. Good luck!
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Winners
Time has come to announce the winners from our Deus Ex: Human Revolution contest. We're giving away a copy of the game to two lucky winners and those are... Evilgoto and Corvus! Congrats! We hope you will enjoy the game. Thanks for participating in our…
The Evolution Of The Modern Web
When looking towards the future it's sometimes nice to have a look at where we come from. The first web browser Mosaic was released back in 1993, followed by Netscape and Opera. While both Mosaic and Netscape closed down Opera still remains. Browsers have…
Best of the Web. Today: Humor.
Beedogs... Dogs in bee costumes. Funniest thing on the Web? You tell us.
200 bugs and one Dragonfly
Developers rejoice! At the break of dawn Opera Dragonfly 1.1 was released from its cage. To celebrate, the team killed more than 200 bugs! Dragonfly also got several new features, and updates. First of all, we have a brand new Inspector Gadget (Ok, it might…
A little more bite
Our dear Desktop Team has been really busy these days. Today they released a security and stability update. There are also some minor tweaks and fixes for all platforms. In celebration of Mac OS X Lion the latest Opera version also supports Full Screen…
Beautify your Speed Dial!
We all love to customize Opera, some more than others. After getting a fancy new skin and removing some toolbars many of us are stuck. Fortunately there is a super sweet extension to help us.
Opera panels for this year's SXSW
SXSW is the largest interactive media festival in the US and one of the biggest in the world. We have a lot of panels running to be picked. If you want to help out, check out our Opera candidates and cast your vote if you want to support us.
Calling All Developers: Opera Developer Events
Let me start with Bay Area developers: At the Mobile 2.0 2011 conference on September 1st in San Francisco's Grand Hyatt Hotel Opera Software Mobile Store Manager Steve Manning will be leading the workshop What Developers Should Know About Monetization,…
Shoot & Tell August highlights
Shoot & Tell is an amazing group with a passion for photography and great stories. They run monthly themes and have a great exhibitions. If you love photography and sweet photos why not stop by? Even better, join the group and get to know the people behind…
Top Five Extensions
Our love for Reddit is no secret, and /r/operabrowser/ is of course one of our favorites. Kidblast lists his six favorite extensions (yes, we know the title should be six not five), and want to know our top five. I took a quick walk around the office and got…
Opera's pixel art shirt!
Check out the new Tuitpix blog - a project started by @sadasant during his studies on canvas and image manipulations. It's intended to be a free online tool to configure, draw, save and publish pixel art avatars over social networks. If you want to create…
SaveIE6.com: Best viewed in Opera
Here's a campaign out of the ordinary: What started out as an April Fool's Joke quickly turned into The SaveIE6 campaign. It's all about showing the world the benefits of using the web browser IE6. Due to the tremendous interest, the campaign is still alive…
M-Tel Opera Mini Girls
M-Tel Bulgaria goes above and beyond to promote Opera Mini in Bulgarian. For more pictures check out the M-Tel/Mobiltel Bulgaria Facebook page!
Your new Facebook Speed Dial
Facebook Preview provides instant notifications every time you open your Speed Dial! No more refreshing Facebook every minute, just browse and your Speed Dial will notify you when it's time to check Facebook. Thanks to Milan Korenica for this awesome…
Opera has Klout
Ever wonder if anyone's listening to you? Or, do you generate content that you know others could benefit from, but you want to improve your engagement and audience or track your influence? Just like statistics? Klout is a web service that helps to measure…
Guess the web browser game!
The Reddit community amuses us with this hilarious "Guess the web browser game". Can you guess which is which?
Team Up Winner: Timeline
The Team Up challenge united developers with ideas to create the very best extensions for Opera. In the previous highlight we saw some amazing Speed Dial extensions, such as Forum Updates Speed Dial and BBC News Speeddial Ticker.
Oupeng - Friends from Europe
Oupeng or '欧朋’, means friends from Europe, and it's the latest mobile browser in China. As a dedicated Opera user you might recognize that it looks a lot like Opera Mini, and you are correct sir/madam! Oupeng is based on Opera Mini, but comes with certain…
Speed, Innovation, and Flexibility in the Ring
CBS News sure is excited about having an infographic in their latest browser round up entitled An Infographic! If Web Browsers Were Wrestlers...
Super HTML5 Mario!
As proud members of the Nintendo Generation we love anything Nintendo related. Imagine our joy when we came across this amazing HTML5 port of Super Mario!
I'm a Browser.
At Opera, we scream it from the rooftop every morning, and this will be the decade it happens: the Browser as an operating system, and it makes sense, too!
Jet Engine contest winners
Yesterday we launched an ad hoc contest which arose in the comments section of the illustration of how a jet engine works. The correct video we were looking for, which features a huge jet engine after 8 seconds, is the WORLD RECORD SPEED TEST video featuring…
How does a Jet Engine work?
Check out the awesome illustration below - a perfect example how Opera Turbo also works. Websites are sucked into our compression servers, squeezed together (to serve you the content faster because it's smaller) before its blasted right back on the great…
It’s closing time at the all-you-can-eat mobile data buffet
That's right folks... More and more operators are moving away from unlimited data plans towards tiered pricing with hard caps on data available for you to use. Outrageous, some might say, but we have a secret tool at hand to help you get more out of your data…
Going on vacation? Bring with you the ultimate Opera Mini flowchart
Going on vacation this year? Here's the recipe for having a good time and spreading the word of Opera.
1966: Prediction of the Home Computer
We came across this amazing video (from the Opera Portal news blog) from 1966 which predicts how computers will look like in 1999 - and how it will dramatically change everyone's life. Unlike most videos that speculate on flying cars, hoverboards, robots and…
Terror in Oslo
Oslo and Norway was on Friday hit by a terrible terrorist attack. More than 90 people (majority of them under the age of 25) has been confirmed dead after the bomb explosion at Regjeringskvartalet, a cluster of buildings close to the national Parliament, and…
And now for something completely random: Your own band
It's time for a bit of fun. We came across this Internet gem today and thought it would be fun to see what kind of bands you could create. Follow these simple instructions and let entertainment happen.
Extremely local news from Scandinavia
Summer is known for being quiet (for news), but for us, this is the news seasons of all news seasons. You can read incredible stories about real people in real situations, and if you combine this with a touch of randomness with Google Translate you get high…
Opera Record Albums Collage by Coyotee
With the help of community member Coyotee we now have a fantastic collage of all the record albums you made earlier this week. It's an impressive (and beautiful) collection of potential fantastic music. We'd like to thank everyone who contributed and played…
Try a new version of Emberwind
It's time for another demo of Emberwind - the HTML5 game which is being developed here at Opera. The previous demo allowed you to move around the map, but this time we get to climb ladders, explore dungeons and take out some nasty gremlins.
Vungle on Opera
Vungle is a UK based site that does cool video reviews of popular mobile applications. Their Opera review for Android tablets is really cool. Check it out!
Opera News Summer Wallpapers
You may have noticed that we've changed the look and feel of this blog to reflect that it is summer now!
Opera Tips & Tricks: Background and foreground tabs
From time to time, we come across questions on our Facebook page and Opera Twitter profile. A common questions from new users is how to open links in new tabs. Our usual answer is "middle click EVERYTHING", but further customization allows you to:
Beautiful Opera Wallpapers by Joel
Some of you might remember Joel - our Member of the Week from May, 2010. It's cool to see that he's still an active community member. We stumbled over his Opera Wallpapers today, and we can recommend you check it out. This is good stuff!
Don't anchor here. Please.
The Internet. A vast space of (useful?) information, but did you know that 99% of the Internet traffic flowing between countries travels through underwater cables? There is now a map available for free showing the sub-sea Web.
Imagus
Check out Imagus, an Opera extension intended to complement image features that Deathamns feel is missing from Opera by default, or add new features that are useful.
Meet Jeff - a young passionate web developer who needs a bit of help...
Guys and gals: Meet Jeff (who we randomly stumbled over today) - a young passionate web developer from Brooklyn, NY. He loves his job, and even when he's off work, he spend most of his time designing and developing web projects. Jeff has decided to share his…
Opera Tech Break: Speed Dial extensions
Rich Tibbett and Arnstein Teigene talk about the fine balance between innovation, performance and stability in creating a new version of the Opera browser, focusing on Speed Dial extensions.
Welcome to Opera Next
Fresh from the Opera servers, the brand new Opera 11.50 alpha with two cool new features! Opera Next and Speed Dial Extensions! This time there are no reasons not to play around with it, as Opera Next allows you to create a brand new testing environment…
Emberwind, a HTML5 masterpiece
Ever wanted to be a lamp wielding, owl riding gnome? What if the gnome fights evil orcs and gremlins? Of course you have! Emberwind is a indie game made by Erik Möller and TimeTrap. During the summer three interns at Opera, Erik himself (who now works for…
Know your meme smileys
A couple of days ago, the Meme smileys extension was published. It displays meme smileys in social networking sites (Facebook and Twitter for now). A table has now been added which shows what you need to type to get a smiley to appear:
Z1-Ultra
No, Z1-Ultra is not a new Star Trek movie, but the prodigy of the Featherweight project which was shipped with Opera 11.50 and the Z1-Glass skin:
Obviously, the best extension ever
This Opera extensions, made by Opera employee @estebanm, converts text smileys on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter to graphical smileys taken from popular memes like Rage Guy and such. Here's an example of how it looks like on Twitter:
Opera Mini and Opera Mobile now available in new versions
Opera Mini and Opera Mobile just got... better. Today we released an update which bumps Opera Mini to version 6.1 and Opera Mobile to 11.1. It has new features we know many of you have requested, such as:
New Opera version available: Updated design, Speed Dial extensions and a lot more!
Fresh from the servers: A brand new Opera version can now be fetched from www.opera.com/download. This release features:
CAPS LOCK DAY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT BAD
TUESDAY, JUNE 28TH IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY! A FAKE INTERNET HOLIDAY THAT STARTED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO; IT ALSO SOMETIMES EXPLODES IN OCTOBER!
Brains in Action
A new version of Opera (version 11.50) is soon ready for release. The Opera Desktop Team is in "release mode", publishing new builds with fixes in a rapid pace. Last week, equipped with a camera, we walked around the hallways talking to people responsible for…
Jon S. von Tetzchner is leaving Opera
From its humble beginnings, Opera's co-founder (you can see him and Geir Ivarsøy making the first bits of Opera code in the top left corner in our header image) Jon von Tetzcher's vision and leadership has made his company into the proud icon that it is…
Send in your questions for the next Opera Tech Break episode
Speed Dial extensions is a new technology coming in Opera 11.50. It breathes new life to your Opera Speed Dial. Information is now dynamic. You can track currencies, get weather reports, watch calendars and get news instantly with feeds. What is the future of…
Bringin' sexy back
Our design team just released some exciting news through the Desktop Team blog. A well guarded secret called Project Featherweight. A first glimpse of some amazing upcoming improvements to the Opera UI. There are many changes, and our favorites is either the…
The best humor on the Web?
Even Lars (Opera CEO) did an outstanding ROFLMAO on some of the funny links we received yesterday. To us, the great thing about the Web is variety. Humor has played an important role to get users connected, and we think it will continue to play a universal…
Happy Midsum... No, happy Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine Day
Today is Midsummer, Summer Solstice, Adonia, St. John's Feast Day, Līgo, Litha, Midsommar, Ivan Kupala Day, Juhannus, Alban Hefin, Gŵyl Ganol yr Haf or just plain old... Sankthans. Here at Opera, being a tech company and all, we don't celebrate Midsummer. No,…
A Shakedown in Gaming
It's no surprise that a healthy portion of Opera News readers play PC games, often sitting at a desk, right? So how do you feel about motion-controlled gaming being a part of everything these days but lacking on the PC?
Wednesday - Tomato soup
If you're interested in finding out what the fine Engineers at Opera are made of, you better follow the Opera Lunch Menu on Twitter.
Instant love for Opera
Good news everyone! Apparently shortly is now and Google Instant finally supports Opera without masking or using any tricks!
Point, view, snap! Live camera on a website in action
This "HTML5" demo displays use of the Device API which access the camera on a device and use WebSockets. Video is captured from the camera on the mobile device and you can snap a picture which is directly transfered to a remote client (any website) trough…
A phone by any other name...
Sometimes on calm quiet nights, when the air is dry and cool if you step outside you can hear a faint, low frequency carrying across the ocean. That sound is emanating from my balcony, where I stand and weep aloud every night because I know, deep down, that…
Check out the Opera Guestbook from 1997
Remember the good old days with Geocities and online guestbooks? We recently came across a link which shows the old Opera guestbook dating back to December 11, 1997. Heavy. There are many memorable comments, but our favorite has to be:
Oprah, Opera Mini 6 and more...
Carles visited Santa Eulalia de Puig-oriol in Spain. Check out the beautiful village.
Ultimat is ultimate
Remember the iPhone launch of Opera Mini? Well, it seems like some Norwegian communications professionals liked it as well. Due to that, they nominated Opera for a "best of the best" award. And the best part? The competition is called Ultimat, which of course…
Opera 11.50 beta now ready for testing
Opera 11.50 has now reached beta quality and is now ready for testing. We've put a lot of effort into this, and we're pushing towards the final release. As usual, check out the Desktop Team blog for some serious technical discussions and feedback. Anyway,…
Opera Tech Break: Opera Dragonfly Eats Bugs
Welcome to a new Opera Tech Break episode featuring David Storey from the Opera Developer Relations Team, answering your questions about Opera Dragonfly.
Oprah Winfrey: We will miss you
Today is the last Oprah show in the history of television. To us in Opera this is really sad news. This show has brought us great joy throughout the years. We've been receiving lots of mail from Oprah fans, asking us questions, complaining or simply just…
Are you in New York? Come to the Apple Store!
Details: Quick, fun and painless stunt happening in New York today at 8:30 AM. We will buy and give a new iPad2 to one random participant. Also, if you want to stick around for lunch, Opera's got you covered.
Opera Crew in front of the Apple Store in NYC
Earlier today, we asked for anyone to show up in front of the Apple Store in New York. We would like to thank everyone who came down there and made this picture happen:
Popular sites are... popular
Services such as Facebook, vKontakte and Twitter is on the rise according to our latest State of the Mobile Web report. Here are the highlights:
Opera Mini 6 is FINALLY available for iPhone and iPad
Opera Mini provides a different kind of browsing experience to iPad and iPhone with...
The First Team Up Winners
The ongoing Team Up contest has received its first 10 Speed Dial extensions. These extension authors are rewarded with Opera laptop sleeve and stickers.
Nominate Opera for the .net magazine awards
The .net Awards are organised by .net magazine - a magazine for web designers and developers. Anyone can suggest nominees. We had a few product releases this year, so we've thrown down some Opera suggestions for a few categories:
Upgrade Opera today!
A new version of Opera has been released today. This is a security and stability update, for full details see the change log.
Customize Opera like a boss!
The This is my browser post generated a mountain of comments. It's clear that we love to personalize our browser.
My Extensions. Let me show them to you.
Extensions allow you to add excellent functionality to Opera easily (just browse our rich extensions catalog). Personally I prefer to have extensions doing useful stuff under the hood - not clustering up my UI, so here are my extensions:
Blackberry users rejoice, Opera Mini updated!
Opera Mini 6 just got updated for Blackberry users. The updated version is available for all Blackberry users from m.opera.com.
TIL what's been going on at Opera
Every now and then we release our community watch with highlights from the blogging and photo sharing world of My Opera and highlights surrounding the Opera browser.
Ask David Storey anything about Opera Dragonfly
Opera Tech Break is a series of interviews with Opera employees about browser and industry news.
Financial results from Opera
Today we attended the quarterly presentation with financial highlights about Opera. It was interesting, with many positive highlights:
Team Up
An idea can change everything. Especially if it gets executed.
Dragonfly Hatches From Beta
Opera Dragonfly is a full-featured development and debugging tool integrated into the Opera browser. It requires no additional installation or setup, and works across many of Opera’s browsers and Opera Presto based products, such as Opera Mobile and Opera…
SitePoint scores a point with Dragonfly
Craig Buckler posts tips, technology news, and opinions on web development in the Tech section of SitePoint. With the release of Opera Dragonfly he wrote about his first hand experiences and why he is now a recent Opera convert.
This is my browser
Last night, I emailed a screenshot of my Opera browser to a friend. He's a new Opera user, so he got instantly excited about all the small changes I had done to modify the UI of Opera. At home I run Windows 7 with Z1-Glass, and the status bar replaced with…
Welcome to Opera Next
Fresh from the Opera servers, the brand new Opera 11.50 alpha with two cool new features! Opera Next and Speed Dial Extensions! This time there are no reasons not to play around with it, as Opera Next allows you to create a brand new testing environment…
Discover Opera in your country
Did you know that we have more than 10 official group blogs for different nationalities and languages? If you want to help support Opera locally today, we recommend you check out these blogs:
Lets Compare ...Results!
Earlier this week I set up two identical polls, one in the side bar here on My Opera and the other on Opera Mini's Facebook Page. I was curious about the adoption rate of Opera Mini with those actively browsing this page and those who 'Like' Opera Mini on…
Launch your app to over 100 million mobile users!
Calling all app developers, in all markets, interested in distributing their app to any mobile device... We've got a fantastic offer. The Opera Mobile Store is being featured at AppNation today in San Francisco and we are introducing Opera Appcelerate, a…
How was Easter? Tell us about it!
Easter 2011 in Norway was celebrated in good style with a lot of good weather and we hope you had a great Easter as well!
Overjoid Needs You
Overjoid is the source within the Opera Community for Android news and app reviews.
Strong Enough to Sing the Big Boys Off the Stage?
"Coke or Pepsi? Kirk or Picard? Betty or Veronica? The great battles of the marketplace tend to be duels, and few people gripe if you leave out RC, Sisko, or Cheryl Blossom. The "Browser Wars" are no different, with "IE vs. Firefox" having replaced "Netscape…
Let's Compare Notes
I was surprised to find that when I stumbled across Opera Mini well over 5 years ago, I started using it quite early to launch. My [then Sony Ericsson] handset and life changed overnight. I watched the software features evolve over the years; mobile phones…
Discover Opera with Ghacks!
Discovering Opera is the name of a new series on Ghacks, spanning three posts so far. Their first post features Opera Turbo with an extensive review and guide to this unique Opera feature.
Google News is good news for Opera Mini users
Fellow Internetters: Google made a really cool move yesterday. They optimized their news site for Opera Mini, which is a really good thing for all of our 100+ million users. We think this is worth some recognition, so if you feel like it, head over to their…
Tamil Giveaway by Tamil!
Ever heard about Puthandu? It's better known as the Tamil New Year and the celebration starts today!
Featured Speed Dial sites
日本語? That's right; we're dropping Japanese with a little help from the guys over at NihongoUp who have put together a Speed Dial view for their website where you'll see a new Japanese "kanji" every hour along with your learning stats (sign-in required).
High speed small talk in race car
Most of you know who Aleksander is. He has been working for Opera for more than 3 years. Many know Aleksander just as The Face Gestures Guy. This time we put him in a race car with Christen Krogh to talk about Opera Turbo and how it is to work for Opera. He…
Opera 11.10
Opera 11.10 launched today with the new and improved Opera Turbo as well as the improved Speed Dial. Of the two it's hard to pick a favorite. The new Speed Dial has a unique flow to it and Turbo isn't only faster, it looks better as well!
On a horse? Opera Turbo to the rescue!
In a jeep? On the train? On a horse? Yes, we enjoy outdoor activities too. But we also enjoy a fast Internet connection in places where you normally wouldn't expect it. That's why we made Opera Turbo. With Opera 11.10 shipping tomorrow, we've made the…
Hail to the king, baby!
Mysterion (a.k.a "haavard") came across something hilarious today. Some of our mobile browser competitors name drops Opera Mini to gain more users. Yes! This is a stamp of approval. We love it:
Get your site featured by Opera!
As of Opera 11.10, we allow website developers to control how their website looks in Speed Dial. By default, Speed Dial uses a screen capture of the web site. But now site owners can specify an icon or serve Speed Dial-specific CSS or content. We want to…
Welcome to My Opera Mail beta
From today, all My Opera accounts also have an @myopera.com e-mail address. You can try out our new mail service at https://mail.opera.com. Log in with the same user name and password you use for My Opera, Opera Link or Opera Unite.
Opera Mini travels the world
During the last days we've seen Opera Mini featured by three major telecommunication providers: Grameenphone in Bangladesh, DiGi in Malaysia and Telenor in Hungary. Their goal? Spread Opera Mini to as many new users as possible!
Revolutionary motion control is revolutionary
Today is April 1st. April Fool's Day. Two years ago we announced Opera Face Gestures. Today Google announced Gmail Motion.
Internet on your TV
Finally, your questions: Answered. Take a break with us and we'll you how Opera and the Internet will work on your TV.
Moar cupcakes plx
On Friday, cupcakes were consumed at Opera. The reason was the celebration of the release of Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11.
Preview of social browsing on your TV
Here's a preview of the upcoming Opera Tech Break episode we will release on Thursday. You will get your questions answered by Aneesh Rajaram, Director of Global Business Development at Opera Software!
Name the band!
Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 was released today. We issued a press release with a lot of known (and not quite so known) music references. Can you find them all? We will evaluate and reward the best submissions based on the following criteria:
Happy Weekend folks!
We hope all of you have a great weekend! Click read more to see a cool dog shaking his head! Thanks for supporting Opera!
Last day! Name that band!
Today is last day to participate in our "Name The Band" contest! Ch-ch-check it out!
140 Character Mini-Reviews
Opera continues striking with Opera Dragonfly and Opera 11.10 (Barracuda!) during SXSW and Opera Mini 6 & Opera Mobile 11 during CTIA Wireless. Plus the new Opera News design by Dustin Wilson . The praise from blogs and the press have been pouring in.
Live from Tahrir Square
With the launch of the latest State of the Mobile Web report we focus on the Egyptian revolution. Ayman Shokr, an Engineer from Egypt, participated in the protests at Tahrir Square and shares how the Internet and social media was a vital part of the…
Three classic games! Brace yo'self!
Yo Opera Widgets team gots 3 classic old skoo games fo' you. Bring back old memories an' try ta reach new high scores with phat widgets.
Opera rules Lifehacker test
Opera 11.01 rises to the top in the latest Lifehacker Browser Speed test! 6 tests where preformed, and Opera won three. In the DOM and CSS tests there wasn't even a doubt. We are also glad to see that Opera 11.01 did really well both in the startup and memory…
Opera Mini 6 & Opera Mobile 11 media coverage
Another release, another Opera media coverage. The Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 release is going to create a lot of buzz. We love your feedback, but it's always interesting to see what the media and the critics have to say about our latest product…
Whole lotta love for the mobile Web
Mobile phone users: Rejoice! The world's most popular mobile browser receives a major update today. Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 is now available for download to virtually any phone.
Opera 11.10 beta tomorrow
Good news, everybody! We will launch Opera 11.10 beta tomorrow. This release is packed with goodies for all of you to explore, test and give feedback on. Here's what you can expect (click to open full size):
Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 tomorrow
Tomorrow (Tuesday March 22) we will release two major updates for your mobile phone: Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11.
Create a cool Speed Dial icon for your website
As of version 11.10 (download the beta), Opera allows you to control how your website looks in Speed Dial. By default, Speed Dial uses a screen capture of the web site. But now site owners can specify an icon or serve Speed Dial-specific CSS or content.
New Choose Opera design by Dustin Wilson
Today we went live with a new design for this group, Choose Opera. It's made by community member Dustin Wilson . We think it looks fantastic and this is an amazing display of talent.
Opera 11.10 beta media coverage
Welcome back to another Opera media coverage. Today we released Opera 11.10 beta (codenamed "Barracuda"). Besides your feedback, it's always interesting to see what the media and the critics have to say about our latest product release. We will be updating…
Browser popularity contest (again) - yeay!
On Twitter, PCWorld wants to know which browser is best? Yes. Very scientific.
The Biggest Logo Evaaar
I have to share this with you because it's so epic and hilarious. At SXSW, Opera decided to take a different approach to our booth.
Choose the Red Pill
It's not often we get to quote our favorite movies, but today is the day we quote good old Morpheus, because today you and your friends are presented a choice.
Opera at SXSW
SXSW is the abbreviation for South by Southwest, the Music, Film, and Interactive conference and trade show extravaganza held in Austin, Texas annually. The format changes a bit year to year with three major parts overlapping, plus a trade show and lots of…
Operamail.com has been migrated to Fastmail.FM
Operamail.com is finally back where it belongs: Hosted and run directly by Opera Software.
Have you tried the all new Opera Mobile Store?
Good news, everybody! Today we released the all new Opera Mobile Store! It is available at mobilestore.opera.com. This storefront is a featured Speed Dial link in Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. It will be accessible by more than 100 million people who use an…
Opera Tech Break: Aneesh Rajaram
The next big thing Internet on your TV, the battle for the best Internet experience on your couch. There will be millions of exciting new TVs being released in 2011 and Opera is the largest TV browser provider in the world.
Opera Tips & Tricks: Searches
Creating custom searches in Opera is easy, cool and you can create shortcuts to your favorite blogs on My Opera. This is how you do it:
Opera first browser available in Apple's Mac App Store
This week, the Opera web browser became the first non-native browser made available in Apple's Mac App Store, but only for those over seventeen years of age. Jan Standal, VP of Desktop Products for Opera Software, is surprised.
Opera Mini domination
Our friends over at FavBrowser just posted an interesting use of statistics showing market share for Mobile Browsers. As you can see there is no doubt about the dominance of Opera Mini.
Give Opera a nudge in the right direction
The Readers' Choice Awards 2011 hosted by About.com is still going on (voting ends March 8). Opera is a finalist in five categories, and we have a chance to win in at least four categories. Since voting started back in February, thousands of users have voted…
INQ Chooses Opera
“INQ has been born out of the Internet, and having a great browser for mobile has been something we wanted to get right ... Opera has been one which shares similar values around making things fast and simple.” - Frank Meehan, INQ CEO
Opera Mini screenshot for iPad and Android Tablets
Check out this screenshot of Opera Mini for the iPad and Android Tablets! Snap courtesy of Opera Russia.
Peek at the Core of 3D, WebGL, and Hardware Acceleration
At Opera, we know you expect us to keep innovating and to open the web for as many users as possible, it's part of what we do. That's why I'm happy to share this little bit of news with you about the progress being made on WebGL and hardware acceleration for…
Pictures from our booth in Mobile World Congress
Check out the pictures of the Opera booth from this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The show this year had many great Opera highlights, such as:
Opera available through the Mac App store
Opera finally got approved for Mac users through the App Store. With an easy way to get your favorite browser, all we need now is a few good ratings.
Sneak peak at the new Opera Speed Dial
Check out this sneak peak of the new and improved Speed Dial. This is just a early development screenshot, but stay tuned for more news about the next version of Opera!
Opera Tech Break: The Web will last for 500 years
Håkon Wium Lie answers your questions about the future of CSS and the Web in this exciting episode of Opera Tech Break!
Opera for tablets on TV in India!
The upcoming releases of Opera Mobile and Opera Mini stole the show at the Mobile World Congress. NDTV Profit news channel in India made this presentation of the yet to be released Opera Mini. Take a look at what the future has in store for tablets!
Opera Tips & Tricks: Sessions
Sessions were first introduced in 1994, but didn't reach final until late 1996. You might have heard about them, but do you know how to use them? Check out this short introduction to sessions in Opera desktop.
Sneak peak at the new Opera Speed Dial
Check out this sneak peak of the new and improved Speed Dial. This is just a early development screenshot, but stay tuned for more news about the next version of Opera!
Special measures to Open the Web
This guest post is part of a series found on the German Community site. Written by Nico, a long time Opera fan.
Here we go again - vote Opera!
Last year, we completely dominated the About.com Readers' Choice Awards with a triple grand slam in the best desktop browser and best mobile browser categories. We could not have done this without your help, so our question to you is: Wanna do it again?
What Browser Do You Use and Why?
Oh yeah, these discussions pop up every now and then. This time it's from a chap called Ron Schenone whom - according to his website - is a "Microsoft Most Valuable Professional" and works for Google (yeah, we know, strange combo). Anyway, his article "IE,…
It ain't over until the fat lady sings
As you might have heard, the Readers' Choice Awards is going on right now. Opera took a pretty solid lead in the beginning with your help getting thousands of votes coming in from My Opera, Twitter and Facebook.
Opera Mini on the iPad
Want to have a look at the next edition of Opera Mini running on the iPad? Look no further! Live from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, all thanks to the Dutch site www.iphoneclub.nl.
Opera Barracuda!
All upcoming versions of Opera will all have exciting code names. The next big release will be "Barracuda" formerly known as Opera 11.10. From what we know about Barracuda, it will take at least one of your favorite Opera features higher than 11!
100,000,000 Mobile users!
100,000,000 users world wide, or roughly 1,5% of the population on Earth, now has Opera installed on a mobile phone! The result? More than 52 Billion pages served every month. That's more data generated than any first edition book ever published.
Opera Tech Break: Håkon Wium Lie
How long do you think the web will last? Ask Chief Technology Officer, Chief Håkon Wium Lie about the future of the web! Opera Tech Break is your chance to interact with Opera employees, you decide the content!
Test Like a Boss with OperaWatir and OperaDriver
We're thrilled to tell you about two new testing tools aimed at developers, just released.
Opera Link for Windows Phone 7
After the release of the Opera Link API we were eager to see how you would make use of it. Martin Rauscher from Germany stepped up to the challenge and created a rather awesome Windows Phone 7 application. His Opera Link for Windows Phone 7 allow users to…
Sticker packs and t-shirts
Okay. We're in the process of finally producing some new swag, such as sticker packs and t-shirts. Do you have the perfect slogan or idea for a t-shirt or sticker pack? Feel free to share as a comment below, and your contribution might make it into our…
Egypt is back online
Breaking tech news: We noticed that traffic from Egypt just started coming back to the Opera Mini servers. See graph below where the most recent hits are indicated to the right and the gap below are days without any activity from Egypt:
I loves this browser - Wallpaper by Joel
Joel loves his browser, and we love him for creating this purrrrrty Opera wallpaper! Get to downloadin' and pimp up your desktop, yo:
Opera Tech Break
Welcome to a new segment on Choose Opera: Opera Tech Break! In every episode, we interview an Opera Employee for answers to questions from all of you. For our first episode we have Sagar Chandna, Senior Marketing Manager, answering questions about the future…
What is WOT?
WOT stands for Web Of Trust, and it's a really popular way to add an additional level of protection and transparency to the web. Available as an extension in Opera 11, WOT takes a community style approach to protection by letting real users rate sites with…
Happy birthday Opera Mini!
Five years ago, Opera Mini was first unleashed on the world. The first year Opera Mini served close to 2 million pages, now five years later Opera Mini served over 46.7 billion pages per month! Available on over 3000 devices, it's no wonder Opera Mini is the…
Opera Turkey Renewed
Our friends over at OperaTurkiye.net just got an amazing renewed design. Opera Türkiye is more than just a one stop for Opera News in Turkey, in fact it's our first officially supported fan site. They produce a ton of awesome content on their own, and we do…
Opera 11.01
Opera engineers never stop working on the next generation of Opera features. While they work hard on new features and updates, it's time to address some stability and security issues with the release of Opera 11.01.
10,000 views and 1000 comments
This morning we came across a recent video review of Opera. It was definetely a nice surprise coming out of nowhere from someone in Oklahoma, USA! We didn't even know we had users there! This is pretty amazing.
Not that obvious Opera tricks
There are thousands of ways to browse with Opera, some obvious, while some are more hidden away. We came across this rather cool topic in the Opera SubReddit and thought some of you might enjoy it.
Edit the page winners
The edit the page contest is now over and we are happy to announce our winners. The winners should receive a PM soon, or just send your address in a PM right now!
MyOpera Makes a World of Difference
Last week we were pleasantly surprised by a humble US Opera supporter named Zachary who shot a spur of the moment video to share some nice things about Opera. We thought it would be fun to surprise him right back with some support from our global community.…
Opera Employee VS Taser X26 Stun Gun (AKA The World's Most Powerful Stun Gun)
Community Manager DotEd volunteered [1] to be electrically shocked by the Taser X26 Stun Gun during this years Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. We've finally gotten hold of his footage of the "stunt" and he told us that this was potentially the most…
Help us out with some market research in Asia (Thailand or Malaysia)
Are you an Opera Mobile or Opera Mini user from Thailand or Malasyia? Want to help us out with a quick survey? Great! Then simply follow the links below for your language. It would also be great if you could help spread the word if you have any friends from…
Human HTML5 demo?
Walking around at Opera today, we discovered a door with a sign saying: Human HTML5 demo. Enter at own risk! What do you think is hiding behind the door? Tokka and Rahzar?
Choose... Prizes
Espen and I were talking about the huge response the Love your browser mobile phone case received in the background of the preview video of Opera for tablets. So, we grabbed over 20 of them for the Edit the Page contest. We also figured we'd throw a poll in…
Edit the page contest
Edit The Page is a powerful and fun Opera extension that allows you to edit the content of a website. We want you to make a funny parody of a website. As an example, we attacked the Twitter page and derped it up:
Opera's Developer Relations Team now on Twitter
Hey everybody, make sure you follow the Opera Developer Relations and Tools team on Twitter! They've just created an account and it will be the resource for you to find out new things happening in the developer browser scene.
Bravo for Bravia
CES took place last week in Las Vegas, and Sony demoed their new kick ass (*sorry*) BRAVIA TV which is Opera powered! We'll come back with more details and information, but you can read about this TV on Sony's website. Also check out their sneak peak video…
It's time to Kick Ass
Wow, that's a blog title I've been wanting to write for a long time, and thanks to a beautiful and fun extension I was finally able to do it!
Kann u spell better than diss?
If you take your grammar and glossary seriously, then we want your skills. We have a job opening for a talented Online Writer, so if you want to help out create and update content for Opera webpages, then apply today!
Word Of Mouth Works In India
Here's a shocker for you: Word Of Mouth Works In India, too! Our mighty co-founder, Jon S. von Tetzchner, was in India recently and He spoke to Tushar Kanwar of Businessworld about the Web, Opera and India, where it is the most popular cellphone browser.
CES
Well this is it, the big International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. 120,000+ industry insiders and press converge on a series of massive convention halls to meet with each other and show off what they have been and will be working on or delivering…
Learn how to setup GMail in Opera
GMail is a popular mail service. Many of you have an account, so our tutorial will learn you how to setup GMail and get all your emails in Opera Mail - our powerful built into email client.
How does Opera make money (aka our most asked question ever)?
The most asked question we get from users is: How do you guys make money (and how tall is Jon)? The answer is simple:
Opera for Tablets preview
At the annual upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas we will unveil the first public preview of Opera for tablets. DotEd, Community Manager for Opera will be at the tradeshow to make sure you get all the news about the latest technology from…