Tag: Opera Mini
SK Telecom Selects Opera Mini
Opera Investor Relations:
Oslo, Norway – May 6, 2009 – Opera Software today announced that it has signed an agreement with SK Telecom, the leading mobile operator in Korea. Under the terms of the agreement, SK Telecom will deploy a customized version of the Opera Mini mobile browser.
SK Telecom is Korea’s leading telecoms provider, with over 23 million mobile subscribers. Since its establishment in 1984, SK Telecom has grown into a major player in the global information communications industry. SK Telecom is reaching out beyond Korea into markets such as the U.S. and Asia.
The agreement between Opera Software and SK Telecom includes license, development, support & maintenance and server-hosting fees.
Opera Software Signs Deal with Virgin Mobile USA
Opera Software has announced that they’ve signed an agreement with Virgin Mobile USA to bundle Opera Mini 4.2 with Virgin Mobile phones.
Opera – Jon Von Tetzchner (Interview), Part 1
ITPro.co.uk:
“In the first of our three part interview, Jon Von Tetzchner, chief executive of Opera, explains the difference between its Opera mini and mobile browsers, highlights the benefits of Opera Turbo technology and reveals why its browser is so suited for use on embedded devices, such as the Nintendo Wii.”
Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks for sending this.
February, 2009 – Internet Explorer, Safari Loses; Firefox, Chrome, Opera Gains
As the new month begins, Net Applications has yet again updated their stats on web browsers market share. Let’s see what had happened in the February, 2009
Internet Explorer has slowed down its market share decrease and fell only by 0.04%, from 67.55% to 67.51%
Firefox continues to climb up and increased its market share by 0.2%, from 21.53% to 21.73% Continue Reading
Yahoo! and Opera Software in Partnership
Although back in Feb, 2008 Yahoo and Opera Software decided to end their search partnership in Opera Mini, there is still a progress being made here.
According to the recent press release, a new kind of deal was just made: Continue Reading
Opera Mini and Parental Control
Yesterday Opera Software and BrightCloud, Inc. have announced a partnership which would increase security as well as allow web operators to filter content viewed by Opera Mini users.
As press release explains:
With this technology, operators across the globe will be able to implement parental control mechanisms, block access to adult content or other sites, block services that are deemed inappropriate, and add in an extra level of security, especially for enterprise networks.
Web Browsers Nostradamus, Year 2010
Ever wondered what would browsers market share look like in the Jan, 2010? Well, using simple moving average trend and drawing a line between it’s easy to check that. So here’s how it would look like if there won’t be any drastic changes, such as “Internet Explorer come back”.
Internet Explorer Continue Reading
Internet Explorer, Opera Loses, Firefox, Safari, Chrome Gains, Jan 2009
It is time to check how web browsers market share is doing in the first month of 2009.
Internet Explorer continues its trend with a loss of 0.6%, from 68.15 to 67.55.
Firefox has grabbed an extra of 0.19% market share, from 21.34% to 21.53%
The biggest gainer this month is Safari with an increase of 0.36%, from 7.93% to 8.29% Continue Reading
Browsers Market Share for the Year 2008
Previous year were great for some of the web browsers and not so good for Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer.
Since it’s now 2009, let’s sum up all the market share reports and check final results.
Internet Explorer lost 7.32% of its market share Continue Reading
Opera Mini 4.2 Released
Opera Mini 4.2 Final was just released which features some great new features and performance improvements. With the release, new promotional video was made as well.
What’s new?
Skins – Personalize Opera Mini by choosing a new colorful skin.
Video – We are working to make video content available on more phones through Opera Mini.
Performance – Opera Mini 4.2 can use our newly established server park in the US. This means significantly faster page page downloads for users in the Americas and Asia-Pacific region. Continue Reading
