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Are you in a weekend or weekday surfing country?

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Is there such a thing as an universal surfing pattern? Are mobile web users worldwide more active during certain periods of the week? In their latest State of the Mobile Web report, Opera Software looks at the shifts worldwide in surfing patterns between weekdays and weekends.

Opera acquires Mobile Theory and 4th Screen Advertising

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Opera Software announced today that it has acquired Mobile Theory Inc. and 4th Screen Advertising, Ltd., to significantly expand its offering to advertisers and mobile publishers that engage consumers via the mobile web and applications, across all mobile platforms. Opera offers complete advertising solutions for mass-market feature phone and smartphone platforms, including iOS, Android, Blackberry, Java and Symbian.

Americans do it early, Europeans wait and do it late

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Europeans are procrastinators — at least that is what web browser company Opera Software’s latest research into users’ mobile browsing habits shows. This past holiday season, U.S. mobile phone users shopped early, while Europeans used their phones for last-minute purchases.

Idea customers get their very own Opera Mini browser

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Idea Cellular, India’s third-largest mobile operator and Opera Software have recently signed a deal to offer a customized Opera Mini mobile web browser to its subscribers across India. Idea customers will be able to download this co-branded version of Opera Mini on their devices from the end of March 2012.

Can the web homefield advantage win the Super Bowl?

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In this month’s State of the Mobile Web report from browser maker Opera Software, we take a look at the online popularity of the different NFL teams participating in the playoffs.

Now showing on TV: Your tablet, mobile phone and more

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View the content from your tablet or camera right on your TV screen. Web browser company Opera Software and AwoX, a leading international supplier of Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) solutions, announced today that AwoX DLNA technology, mediaCTRL SDK, is now integrated into the Opera Devices SDK. This solution will enable TV and set-top-box manufacturers to entertain users with easy access to high quality content across different devices.

Opera, a must-have in set-top boxes

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Opera Software and INTEK Digital, a leading set-top-box manufacturer, today announced that the two companies will work together to deliver a better web experience for connected TV viewers. Opera Software will provide licenses for the Opera Devices Software Development Tool Kit (SDK) on its Android-based Hybrid set-top box (STB) including HbbTV. This new STB will be shipped in the first half of 2012.

Expand your TV entertainment

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So, your New Year’s promise was to get off the couch more? Why not spend time in front of your TV more effectively, getting more entertainment instead? Today, Opera launched the Opera TV Store, a complete HTML5-based store solution for connected TVs, now available for OEMs, developers and content providers who can easily reach millions of app-hungry users.

The app revolution will be televised at CES

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With their New Year’s hangovers having run their course, a team from Norwegian browser maker Opera Software will descend on Las Vegas’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES — but you knew that) to showcase what consumers can expect from TVs in 2012.