Recent News, 2020

Opera announces investment in and agreement to acquire Fjord Bank

Opera is soon to launch its first consumer fintech offering for a European market. Through Fjord Bank, Opera will further accelerate its fintech operations in Europe. Opera Limited (Nasdaq: OPRA) (“Opera”) is one of the world’s leading browser providers with more than 360 million users, and new offerings across content, classifieds and fintech. Today, Opera, headquartered […]

Opera adds built-in Twitter to its desktop browser

Oslo, Norway Today the Norwegian browser maker Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA] becomes the first major browser to add built-in Twitter in the sidebar. In version 69 of the Opera browser for desktop, Twitter fans can get the best possible experience on their desktop computers.  The innovative Opera browser specializes in providing unique features not typically found […]

APO Group and Opera team up to boost the prominence of truthful information about COVID-19 across Africa

APO Group (www.apo-opa.com), the leading pan-African communications and business consultancy, and Opera (www.Opera.com), one of the world’s leading browser providers and platforms in the field of integrated AI-driven digital content, are partnering up to boost the prominence of truthful news articles related to the spread of COVID-19 across Africa. The APO Group Newsroom website (www.Africa-Newsroom.com) […]

Opera News sets a new record with 200 million users

Users grew 28% year-over-year driven by increased engagement from the Opera News Hub self-publishing platform and light version of the app Oslo – Opera (NASDAQ: OPRA), one of the world’s leading browser providers and platforms in the field of integrated AI-driven digital content, today announced that its Opera News service reached more than 200 million […]

Opera Mini 50 gets major update and fully revamped design

 More than one hundred million people are upgrading to the new version of the popular mobile browser.  Opera, one of the world’s major browser developers, launched Opera Mini 50 today. In a major upgrade, the popular browser has fully revamped its user interface to allow for more personal and intuitive interactions with the most loved […]

World’s first gaming browser Opera GX gets built-in Instagram support and other unique Opera browser features

Instagram now built into the world’s first gaming browser Opera GX gets Workspaces, a tool for tab-grouping according to context GX has doubled monthly users since the beginning of the year to more than 3 million Upcoming 1-year celebration of GX with new release  Oslo, Norway – Opera GX is the world’s first gaming browser, […]

Opera adds built-in Instagram to its desktop browser

Oslo – Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA] is adding a built-in Instagram feature to the newest version of its desktop browser, Opera 68. The popular browser, available on Windows, Mac and Linux, already has several built-in messengers in the sidebar, including Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Telegram. Recent weeks, with people staying at home and social distancing as […]

Opera launches its online editorial platform Opera News Hub in Ghana

The platform is now used by more than 40 thousand African content creators Opera, one of the world’s major browser developers and a leading internet consumer brand, has launched its online editorial platform Opera News Hub, in Ghana.  The launch of Opera News Hub provides Ghanaian authors and bloggers with easier ways to produce, distribute, […]

Opera helps provide 120 million users in Africa with official information about COVID-19

The Norwegian browser developer has introduced an always on speed dial and a dedicated news channel in the Opera Mini and Opera For Android browsers The coronavirus outbreak is rapidly spreading across the African continent. As of March 31, 2020, Africa CDC reported over five thousand cases of people infected with COVID-19 in 46 African […]