Opera Software has made its first security focused acquisition. The company has acquired SurfEasy Inc., a leading Toronto-based company that provides an easy-to-use VPN solution for protecting customers’ online privacy and security on smartphones, tablets and computers.
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Opera has introduced video boost feature on its Opera Coast browser. The video boost feature compresses the overall size of the video data to reduce the number of times the video has to buffer.
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Opera has added a new bookmark syncing to its browser across desktop and mobile devices. The bookmark synchronization has been available in developer and beta versions of the app already.
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WhatsApp for Web is extending its support to two more browsers after its launch on Chrome last month. The web client is now coming to Firefox and Opera browsers.
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Opera launched the Opera Max last year for Android and rolled out to several countries across Europe and Asia. The data-saving Android app has added a new feature that allows mobile operators to offer users free access to select apps for a set period of time.
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Opera Software has announced that Opera Mini browser has more than 50 million users in India. The mobile browser is now the third most popular app in India, behind messaging app WhatsApp and social media network Facebook.
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India is the fastest growing smartphone market in the world. The country has seen a rise in migration to smartphones from basic feature phones, according to the State of the Android Mobile Web report for India by Opera Software.
The report said that India has the largest Opera Mini user base in the world that has increased by 25% over the past year, while its smartphone user base surged by 120%. Meanwhile, the Android smartphones user base has increased by an impressive 160%, said the report.
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Opera Software and Micromax have teamed up to pre-install Opera Mini browser on all Micromax Android devices. So far, Opera mini comes pre-installed on about 50 devices inclusive of smartphones and tablets from Micromax.
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Opera Mini browser is now available for Windows Phone users in beta. The move comes from the popular browser a week after it had requested for beta sign ups last week.
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Opera Software has announced that there are over 100 million active users on its Android browsers. The company also announced that India, China, Indonesia, Russia and Mexico have the largest number of Opera users on Android.
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Opera has entered into a licensing agreement with Microsoft in order to make its browsers default on all low end phones from the company. The deal specifically applies to mobile phones based on the Series 30+, Series 40 and Asha software platforms.
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Opera and Myntra have joined hands in a bid to allow easy shopping to its users on mobile. The popular mobile browser maker has added Myntra to one of its Speed Dial start screen on Opera Mini.
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With an aim to boost its mobile video ad offering, Opera Software has acquired mobile video advertiser AdColony. The deal was closed at $350 million of which $75 million in cash and potential earn-out payments of up to $275 million.
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Opera has announced that they have partnered with 7 Indian OEMs including Micromax, Videocon, Spice, MoMagic Technologies, Wynncom, Lemon Mobiles and iBall to pre-install the Opera mini browser on their Android devices. Opera has also added 2 more OEMs, Symphony Mobile in Bangladesh and Colors Mobile in Nepal in South Asia region. Opera partnered with 7 Indian OEMs Celkon, Karbonn, Lava. Intex, Fly, Zen and HCL back in May 2013. Continue reading “Opera partners with 7 more Indian OEMs to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Android devices”
UCWeb has announced that it has become India’s most used mobile browser with a market share of 31%. Based on statistics by research firm Statcounter, the company reports that it has now surpassed the erstwhile champion ie Opera Mobile.
The company has achieved this within a span of just 3 years and is introducing a range of interesting features to provide a lot of added value to users. It’s partnership with Trend Micro announced in May 2013 is one such move that is aimed to provide enhanced security related features like alerts for malicious content. The company also employs server side compression to provide a faster browsing experience. Continue reading “UCWeb jumps over Opera to become India’s most used mobile browser”
