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- 25 Jan 2013
Opera Software, Gionee Connect More People
Opera Software and Gionee, one of the TOP 3 mobile phone brand in China and famous global smartphone solution supplier, are working together to get more people connected with the Opera Mini mobile…
- 10 Jan 2018
Opera Software Launches News App in Africa
Popular Norwegian browser development company Opera Software has launched a dedicated news app: Opera News. In what the company calls its "Africa first strategy", Opera News is available in 23…
- 22 Jun 2015
MTN, Opera Software Partner to Improve Internet Access
MTN, Opera Software and Naij, an online platform have announced a partnership that offers every mobile subscriber on MTN network in Nigeria the opportunity to enjoy free internet access. Goke…
- 4 Sept 2014
Airtel Offers Free ‘Ebola Info’ Browsing on Opera Mini
Airtel Nigeria in collaboration with Opera Software has launched a free service for customers looking for information on the Ebola virus. By zero-rating ‘www.ebolafacts.com’ that provides educational…
- 25 Jun 2018
Opera News Hits 10m Downloads in Africa
In six months since its launch in Africa, Opera News, a dedicated news app created by Norwegian browser development company, Opera Software, has reached 10 million downloads. According to AppAnnie, a…
- 21 Aug 2014
Opera's Mini Browser to be Installed on Microsoft phones
Norwegian software maker Opera signed a deal to take over the browser building unit of Microsoft's Nokia mobile phone unit and reported second-quarter earnings above expectations yesterday, sending…
- 26 Aug 2015
Payporte Launches Online Mobile Freebies via Opera Sponsored Web Pass
Payporte, Nigeria’s fastest growing online shopping portal is giving away free internet to hundreds of thousands of Nigerians on the Airtel network. This has been made possible through Opera’s…
- 22 May 2018
Opera in Race to Acquire Nigeria’s Telnet
Telnet Nigeria Limited, the Nigerian technology conglomerate, is near closing a deal to sell stakes in its mobile money business subsidiary, Paycom to the maker of popular Opera Mini browser, Opera…
- 1 Sept 2015
Opera, Worldreader Reach 5m Digital Readers in Africa
Four months into its partnership with mobile browser Opera Mini, Worldreader's goal to avail 25,000 books to mobile phone users in Africa has achieved solid results, with the companies confirming…
- 1 Dec 2015
Chrome Users on Android Can Save Up to 70% of Data- Google
Google has announced that its updated data saver mode in Chrome for Android will save up to 70 percent of data when browsing web pages. That implies a 20% increase up from 50% previously witnessed.…
- 10 May 2017
Opera $100m Investment to Boost Africa’s Digital Economy
Opera, the developer of popular mobile browser in Africa, on Tuesday announced its plan to invest $100 million (N30 billion ) over the next two years to facilitate the growth of African digital…
- 2 Jul 2013
Etisalat Extend Easyblaze Experiential Campaign to More Cities
Etisalat Nigeria has embark on a 24-state experiential tour campaign of its 3.75G High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) broadband service popularly referred to as Easyblaze. The Easyblaze experiential tour…
- 8 Aug 2016
4 Browsers That Will Make You End Addiction to Chrome
It is certain that you are using chrome to browse. This is because it is one of the best browsers from the giant tech company called Google. Of course, this is not surprising because Google is one of…
- 20 Jun 2015
MTN, Others Target Nigerians with Free Internet Access
MTN Nigeria has welcomed Naij.com in trying to help bring free mobile internet to Nigerians. This has been made possible through Opera’s Sponsored Web Pass, which allows operators to package their…
- 5 Aug 2014
TECNO Mobile Unveils Phantom Z Smartphones in Nigeria
TECNO Mobile, a brand under Transsion Holdings has made a bold step of market dominance in Smartphone technology within Africa with the unveiling of the phone tipped for the Smartphone of the year -…
- 12 May 2017
Opera Brings Messaging Apps to Browser
Messaging apps Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Telegram will now be available to use seamlessly in the Opera desktop Web browser. The new features come as part of the company's project Reborn, which…
- 27 Oct 2014
Umeh, Terragon Boss to Speak at GSMA Mobile 360 Africa 2014
Elo Umeh, managing director and chief executive officer, Terragon Group, will be a speaker at the GSMA Mobile 360 Africa event which will hold on November 5-7 at The Clock Tower Conference…
- 16 Feb 2013
Opera Buys Skyfire Labs for $155m
Opera has acquired US mobile video optimisation and cloud solutions company Skyfire Labs for up to $155 million. Skyfire’s Rocket Optimizer software allows operators to optimise nearly any video and…
- 29 May 2017
6 Ways to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi
With data connection rates still comparatively pricey in Nigeria, Wi-Fi hotspots are often a source of joy for most smartphone/device users in need of some free Web browsing or social media time. The…
- 4 Aug 2016
Microsoft Using Windows 10 Notifications against Chrome Browser
The software giant is warning Windows 10 users that Chrome drains battery life much more than Microsoft's own Edge browser. Microsoft is keeping up its campaign against Google's Chrome browser, using…
- 5 Dec 2018
Microsoft Rebuilds its Edge Browser on Google Chrome foundation
Microsoft is reportedly giving up on the core technology in its Edge browser for Windows 10 and will rely instead on Google's browser software. The new browser is codenamed Anaheim and will use…
- 19 Aug 2020
Microsoft Has Killed Internet Explorer
Microsoft has finally killed Internet Explorer by announcing that the browser will be finished on 17 August, 2021. In a blog post, Microsoft explained that the Microsoft Teams web app will no longer…
- 8 Jun 2016
Slide Airtime Nominated for West AfricaCom, Digital Impact Awards
Following the successful launch of its lock screen content and mobile advertising delivery platform in Nigeria earlier this year, Sliide Airtime has been shortlisted in the prestigious annual awards…