If you look at web browser usage, Opera is barely even worth mentioning. But look at mobile browsers and it’s arguably one of the fastest and more innovative pieces of software for surfing the web on the go. Already a market leader in Russia, Africa and parts of Europe, Opera…

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Samsung/Apple: Looks like the two companies’ legal disputes over trademarks, patents and copying are spilling over into the other key area where Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung meet…as customer and supplier. This report says that Apple is considering using…

GetJar and Opera have resolved their differences over the Opera Mini browser, and it’s now back in GetJar’s app store for downloads, according to a GetJar blog post cheekily titled “Soap Opera.”

A response from Opera, which today got ejected from the GetJar app store for launching its own app store via its browser: Opera is “still in dialog” with GetJar and are “working to find solutions.” But asked about the main priority for Opera at the moment, “Having an app store…

Turns out it’s not only the native app stores from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android/Google (NSDQ: GOOG) that get a little hot under their collars when they sense competition from those publishing apps in their app markets. Today GetJar announced that it has rejected the Opera Mini browser from its…

Our rundown of mobile news to start your day. Today: Opera launches its own app store; Android’s European march; Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson’s alleged Windows Phone.

Norway-based Opera Software (OSL: OPERA) has come up with a plan to monetize the mobile web more easily and make browsers more attractive compared to the rapidly growing interest in applications. A key component of that plan is using AdMarvel (NYSE: DIS), the mobile ad network it purchased back in…

Fresh from making a short-lived surge to the top of iTunes Store’s app chart, browser maker Opera is now buying Australian webmail service FastMail.fm to bolster its own email effort across multiple devices. The Opera desktop web browser, which claims 50 million users, has offered a built-in email client for…

After the surprise of Opera mini being approved for iPhone, the Norwegian web browser could scarcely have proved more popular on Apple’s handset. The app was downloaded more than a million times on its first day alone, Opera says, shooting it to #1 on each of Apple’s free app charts…

What has the spring brought with it? A more open Apple? (NSDQ: AAPL) Yeah, sure, keep dreaming. But, at least one long awaited wish is coming true, sometime tonight or tomorrow: Apple has approved the first third-party browser for iPhone, to go beyond its crappy native Safari browser. And the…

Opera Software (OSL: OPERA), which has carved out a healthy market share with its Opera mobile browsers, wants to get in on the iPhone now. The developer today said that it now has a version of its free Opera Mini mobile Internet browser to work on Apple’s handset. It plans…

Norwegian browser operator Opera has bought mobile ad network AdMarvel as it looks to expand its products in its contest against Apple’s Safari on the iPhone. This past summer, Opera’s mobile browser took a slim lead over Safari’s iPhone version. Opera claims over 50 million mobile users per month. The…

A changing of the guard at mobile browsing powerhouse Opera Software—as co-founder and CEO Jon von Tetzchner is stepping down—with long-time vet Lars Boilesen taking his place. Von Tetzchner ran Opera for 15 years; he’ll stay on full-time in a “strategic” capacity, though no word on his official title. Boilesen…

As promised, Opera Software (OSL: OPERA) is announcing its first U.S. carrier deal this week at CTIA—too bad it’s with Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) and not one of the country’s four-largest providers. Not only is the agreement limited because it is with a carrier that doesn’t have a subscriber…

In a strange PR move, Opera Software pre-announced its news for CTIA today, even though the show doesn’t kick off until next week. The company said it will be launching Opera Mobile 9.7, a browser for smartphones and other devices that makes loading full Internet sites faster and easier. But…

Opera Software is clearly trying to get Microsoft’s attention, and while they are at it, ruin their chances of being the dominant internet browser on the mobile phone. Last week, the company flew an executive from Mountain View, Calif., to Seattle to give the press in Microsoft’s backyard, including me,…

Opera is releasing a new version of its popular Opera Mini mobile browser today, which should improve the time it takes to load pages and the ability to watch video on mobile phones. Along with the launch, the company is claiming to have more than 20 million users in November,…

Opera, the company that has created the Opera Mini browser for mobile phones, released figures for July showing how the browser was used worldwide. Of course, this is just the view from one mobile browser, but it can give us a sense of how mobile web usage is growing. In…

Opera, the maker of the very popular mobile browser, released software tools today to allow developers to build widgets for mobile devices. The idea is similar to iPhone’s emphasis on creating applications for the Safari browser and likely is being positioned as an alternative to Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) Android efforts.…