Opera software is probably best known for making web browsers. But over the past few years the company launched a handful of standalone apps including an Opera Max data saver application and an Opera VPN app that took features that first debuted in the company’s web browsers and made them work with third-party apps. Then […]
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Opera Max data saver app pulled from Google Play Store
Opera’s mobile web browser has a data savings feature that lets you optionally have Opera’s servers compress data before sending it to your phone, thus cutting down on your bandwidth usage. A few years ago Opera took the data savings beyond the web browser by introducing Opera Max, an app that lets Android users compress […]
Opera Reborn web browser gets UI refresh, built-in chat apps and more
Over the past few years the developers of the Opera web browser have tried to integrate popular features directly into the browser so that you don’t need to install a plugin. Last year Opera added a built-in ad blocker and VPN (which is really more of a proxy than a true VPN). Now there’s a new […]
Opera Neon is a new web browser concept for the modern web
The makers of the Opera web browser for desktop and mobile devices are launching a new concept browser with a dramatically redesigned user interface. It’s called Opera Neon and it should be able to display any content that works in other Opera or Chrome web browsers, since it uses the same rendering engine. But Opera Neon has […]
Opera’s VPN is now available as a standalone Android app
The developers of the Opera web browser have been tacking new features into their browser apps in recent months, including a built-in ad blocker and built-in VPN service. But now you can take advantage of one of those new tools without actually using the Opera browser. The company has launched an Opera VPN app for […]
Chinese consortium’s $1.2 billion bid for Opera falls through, but there’s a new plan to acquire certain assets
A group of Chinese companies that had put in a $1.2 billion bid to acquire Opera Software has scrapped that plan… and come up with a new one. Instead of buying the entire company, now the Kunqi consortium plans to acquire Opera’s desktop and web browser businesses along with certain other assets for $600 million. […]
Opera’s ad-blocker goes live in desktop, mobile web browsers
About two months after releasing the first developer channel build of the Opera web browser to feature a built-in ad blocker, Opera is bringing its ad blocker to everyone. And by everyone, I mean everyone using the company’s desktop web browser or the Opera Mini browser for Android. Opera already supported ad blocking thanks to its […]
Opera browser now has a built-in VPN
Recently Opera became the first major web browser to feature a built-in ad blocker that doesn’t require you to install a third-party extension. Now Opera has also become the first major web browser to include a built-in VPN. The latest developer channel build of Opera comes with a virtual private network that you can use […]
Vivaldi 1.0 web browser launches, targets power users
There’s a new web browser in town, and it’s packed with geeky features like a heavily customizable user interface, support for stacking browser tabs together in groups, and support for dozens of keyboard shortcuts, quick commands, and mouse gestures. The Vivaldi web browser first launched as a public preview in early 2015. Now version 1.0 is available […]
Opera web browser gets a built-in ad blocker
It’s no secret that many websites would load much more quickly if they didn’t display ads… and many people are also wary of having their data tracked by the companies that serve up those ads. So there’s a growing cottage industry of ad blocking software for desktop and mobile web browsers. Usually if you want […]