VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Opera Software has announced its acquisition of Bemobi, a subscription-based mobile-app-discovery service in Latin America. The combination of Bemobi’s industry-leading service with Opera’s global footprint, existing carrier and handset manufacturer relationships and app-distribution capabilities, allows Opera to bring innovative app-discovery and monetization services across the globe and position Opera as the global leader in this space. Bemobi offers a unique, one of a kind, “Netflix-style” subscription service for premium Android apps. Working with mobile operators, Bemobi’s proprietary app-wrapping technology allows smartphone owners access to unlimited use of premium mobile apps for a small weekly fee. Users pay for this service through their mobile operator billing systems, making the service highly effective in emerging markets, where credit-card and debit-card penetration is low. “Opera has expanded rapidly in the mobile-app ecosystem, and our goal is to innovate with...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Bharti Airtel has signed a global arrangement with Opera Software to offer a customized and co-branded version of Opera Mini internet browser for Airtel mobile customers across its operations. With this, over 253 million Airtel customers across countries including India, South Asia and Africa will now be able to leverage Opera Mini’s unique proxy-server-based technology to compress data by up to 90% and decrease their data transfer costs. K Srinivas, President, Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel said, “We are excited to bring a superior browsing platform to Airtel mobile customers across India and South Asia by leveraging Opera Mini’s tried-and-tested set of solutions. We are confident that this association will be instrumental in helping us deliver a truly customized, enhanced and optimized browsing experience for our data users.” Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software said, “Our primary drive is to provide the best user experience,...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Opera Software has released its Opera Mini 7 mobile Web browser for basic phones and Blackberry devices.   It is supposed to be available as a free download for Java-compatible (J2ME), S60 and Blackberry feature phones. Opera Mini 7 comes with a new feature called Smart Page. Smart Page is a one-page summary of all the news from your Facebook and Twitter feeds. Using the data-crunching and money-saving technology behind Opera Mini, Smart Page keeps one updated with the social life quickly. The Smart Page includes suggestions for news sites to follow, as well as the possibility for one to add the feeds of sites browsed most often.  Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software said, "I've spent hours typing web addresses on my mobile phone, but now there's a super smart way to get most of your content at a glance. With Smart Page, you just open the browser, and the content is right beside your Speed Dial shortcuts in the s...