Norwegian mobile phone software maker Opera confirmed Tuesday its acquisition of the mobile video advertising platform AdColony. The deal was made for $75 million in cash, plus potential earn-out ...

Norwegian software company Opera may be heading to China… sort of. A consortium of Chinese companies wants to buy Opera for $1.2 billion, which is a lot of money for a company whose web browsers for ...

Opera Software ASA agreed to exclude its video-compression and virtual private network business from the sale of the Oslo-based company’s internet browser to a Chinese consortium after earlier failing ...

Opera Software had a very busy 2013. During the year, it completed what's thought to be the largest ever acquisition by a Norwegian IT company; killed off some of its core technology, the web page ...

The Norwegian browser maker completes the first step of its transition to the browser engine used by Google's Chrome. Sync, tabs, and themes are due in the next version. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

Faster ad blocking This version of Opera contains faster ad and in-browser cryptominer blocking. According to Opera Software, Opera 52's ad blocking is significantly faster than both Chrome and Opera ...

Opera Software ASA said it would sell its internet-browser business to a Chinese consortium, after a $1.2 billion bid for the entire company was terminated Monday after failing to obtain regulatory ...

Opera Software's newest browser for Apple's mobile OS incorporates a data-compression feature to cut down on video problems. It's also tuned for new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus screens. Stephen Shankland ...

A consortium of Chinese investors that includes billionaire Zhou Hongyi and his cyber security and search company Qihoo 360, has offered to buy Opera Software for $1.2 billion, the Norwegian software ...

Opera is a free Internet browser created by the Norwegian company Opera Software. It can run on Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers. Among its features are Opera video downloader extensions that ...

Well that was quick. It didn’t take long for Opera Software to fire back at Microsoft over the Redmond company’s claim on Monday that the Edge browser is the best web-surfing solution for laptops when ...

The Scandinavian browser maker aims to do more for the living room than DIY furniture from its big-box store neighbor. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing on ...