UK and US mobile users are downloading more than 10 mobile pages a day, and that’s growing by more than 60% a year. Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report (http://www.opera.com/smw/) shows a continuing upwards trend in mobile usage, page views in the top 10 countries of the EU increased by 58.4% year on year,…
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Opera launch an ad exchange
Seems like everyone wants to own an ad empire, Google, Apple, Microsoft and now Opera. Browser software company Opera has a launched what it calls a “revolutionary platform” for publishers who want to capitalise on the “untapped potential” of the 66.5 million Opera Mini users worldwide. The Open Mobile Ad Exchange service, is a cloud-based…
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Opera’s August figures for mobile usage
Opera’s State of the mobile web report http://www.opera.com/smw/ for August once again shows an increase in mobile usage. The report shows page views worldwide increasing by more than 14% and data transfers increasing by almost 10% from July. More than four million new Opera Mini users contributed to the jump, which is the largest gain…
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Opera state of the UK mobile web
The UK mobile market is continuing to grow at a multi-digit rate according to Opera’s latest State of the Mobile Web Report and there’s a welcome return of eBay into the top 10 most visited sites by mobile users. According to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report for June (http://www.opera.com/smw/) the UK’s mobile market…
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Opera Mini 5.1 for Android released
Opera has launched it’s successful Opera Mini 5.1 browser on to the Android platform. Opera Mini 5.1 improvements include allowing users to set Opera as the default browser for more convenient Internet access, and improved page layout on high-end Android handsets with large screens. Additionally, Android users get all the other updates from the Opera…
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Opera Mini upgraded for better memory use
Opera have upgraded their popular Opera Mini browser, which should be good news for anyone owning a Nokia S40, Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, Nokia 6300, Nokia 2700, and any one with a small screen including the Sony Ericsson K550i and Sony Ericsson W810i phones. The new version of Mini 5.1, is an update to the recently…
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Mobile viewers do it at night
According to Opera’s monthly stat-fest State of the Mobile Web Report mobile users are a bunch of night owls, the survey found that around the world, 8 p.m. to midnight are the day’s prime mobile browsing hours. Regardless of differences in economy, culture or location, those four evening hours account for a disproportionate amount of…
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Opera Mini hits a million downloads in a day
Apple said “Yes”, and iPhone users around the world said, “Yes, please”. Opera Mini was downloaded more than one million times (1,023,380 according to Apple’s download count) in its first day of availability and according to Opera, Mini is now currently the number one iPhone app in the 22 featured Apple App Stores on their…
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Opera turns into a cash cow for operators?
In the latest Opera State of the Mobile Web Report Opera show that Opera Mini generates nearly $1.25 billion per year for mobile operators in just the top 10 countries for Opera Mini. With the United States leading the way with Opera Mini generating more than $146 per user per year. Big numbers at last!…
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When will Opera hit the iPhone?
Opera submitted their latest version to iPhone and have set up a counter to the iPhone being released http://my.opera.com/community/countup/ If you guess correctly you can win an iPhone. I for one am very keen to get my hands on it because Opera is quick!! take a look at the demo video here and be astounded…
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Opera Mini on Windows Mobile
Opera Software has launched a native version of Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile 5- and 6-based handsets.
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Opera Mini comes to iPhone
Opera is to show off a version of Opera Mini for iPhone, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile at MWC 2010