Recent News, 2015

Social media is the first “app of the day”, Entertainment dominates the evening hours

Opera Mediaworks’ Q2 report also shows entertainment dominating evening hours, peak morning use of sports apps The very first app most U.S. mobile users open in the morning is for social networking, and the last one at night is for entertainment – but the app category with the highest loyalty, or frequent and consistent use, […]

QMobile to preinstall Opera Mini on its Android devices

Pakistan’s number-one-selling smartphone brand, QMobile, will pre-install Opera Mini on its upcoming range of Android smartphones and tablets. Opera Mini is one of the world’s most popular web browsers that provides the fastest internet experience. Opera Mini is a fast, secure and easy-to-use web browser that works on almost any phone. It shrinks webpages up […]

Opera Mediaworks unveils Opera House, a global creative studio for brands and agencies

Mobile marketers combine technology and art to create breakthrough mobile advertising experiences Opera Mediaworks, the first mobile ad platform built for brands, today announced the launch of its global creative studio, Opera House. With more than 60 well-known creative innovators and mobile marketing masterminds spread across the globe, Opera House arms brands and agency leaders […]

More online security with the Opera browsers

Opera integrates cyscon’s security software to protect German users from phishing attacks Opera Software is now offering a new, integrated security solution in its browsers to protect German users from phishing attacks, thanks to an agreement with cyscon, a company specializing in online security. cyscon’s solution consists of an anti-phishing feed, PhishKiller, which is specifically geared […]

One million days of free internet: Naij.com partners with Opera Software and MTN to provide Nigerians with free mobile internet access

Naij.com, Nigeria’s leading news, jobs and entertainment portal, is helping to bring free mobile internet to Nigerians via the MTN network. This has been made possible through Opera’s Sponsored Web Pass, which allows operators to package their data in a user-friendly way. At the click of a button, users can get online and explore what […]

Vietnam’s first Opera-powered “all you can eat” app store available for Vinaphone subscribers

Unlimited downloads of premium apps and games for VND 15,000 per week Opera Software and Vinaphone are introducing the first subscription “all-you-can-eat” app-store model in Vietnam. Vinaphone users can download all the premium apps and games they want for an entire week for VND 15,000 (USD 0.7). Vinaphone users can download all the premium apps […]

Opera for computers is the first browser to offer sidebar extensions

Sidebar extensions, tiny pieces of software that you can use while you browse, are available on the latest version of the Opera for computers browser. With this exclusive feature, you can use notes and other handy tools right next to the web content and can even interact with it. You can now choose to have […]

Jon Hicks joins Opera Software to head its desktop-browser design team

Jon Hicks, the renowned graphic designer, has joined Opera Software to lead its desktop design team. He will be responsible for the user interface of Opera for computers, which is used by more than 55 million people. Previously, Jon Hicks worked for companies including Mozilla, Skype and Spotify. He has created logos, emoticons, interfaces and […]

Faster Wi-Fi experience with new Opera Max compression technology

New Opera Max version includes a Wi-Fi data-savings option. The data-compression app will allow users to control their mobile data and Wi-Fi data independently. With 80% of all data usage on Wi-Fi networks, Wi-Fi savings has been the number-one requested feature by Opera Max users. Users experiencing Wi-Fi network congestion will enjoy a faster connection […]

Opera continues bringing more people online

EVERCOSS partners with Opera to offer free internet access to users in Indonesia To make it easier for first-time mobile-phone users to access the web, Opera Software and EVERCOSS, a leading Indonesian smartphone manufacturer, are partnering to provide three hours of free internet to phone users in Indonesia. The free internet access is available via […]