Opera News: Opera 19 is Out, Opera Store Surpasses 100 Million Visitors a Month

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 29 Jan 2014

Norwegian developer Opera Software recently announced that the stable version of Opera 19 has been rolled out to the public. You can get Opera 19 Stable for Windows right here on FindMySoft. Details on what’s new are available below.

Norwegian developer Opera Software made another announcement recently. The company announced that it’s mobile app store Opera Mobile Store passed 100 million users per month. The world’s largest cross-platform app store reached a milestone of 105 million monthly visitors at the end of Q4 2013.

Earlier this week Opera software rolled out Opera 19 to the stable stream. As the Opera Desktop Team explained, version 19 comes with the following main features:
  • Bookmarks - fast access to your favorite sites is provided via the bookmarks bar. The full bookmarks API is live.
  • Wallpapers – right click an image, select “Use image as theme” and presto, you have a cool wallpaper for your browser.
  • Extensions – there are more than 700 extensions to choose from.
  • Hardcore mode – this is a new feature that is meant for advanced users. Just a couple of settings are available for now; more will be added in the future.
Opera 19 for Windows is available for download on FindMySoft.
Additional information on Opera is available on the official Opera website.
Check the full change log for Opera 19.

And now let’s move on to the Opera Mobile Store, the fifth-largest mobile app store in the world and the world’s largest cross-platform app store with more than 200,000 apps to offer. Opera Software was glad to announce that the Opera Mobile Store saw exponential growth in its user base over the 12 last months and that it reached a new milestone of 105 million monthly visitors at the end of Q4 2013.

"The Opera Mobile Store was launched in September 2011, based on the technology from the acquisition of Handster. In just over two years, the Opera Mobile Store has shown strong growth – from 18 million monthly visitors to 100 million, and has seen a fivefold increase in the number of apps offered" says Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software. "The compression technology in Opera’s browsers, combined with the broad portfolio of apps in the Opera Mobile Store across many different platforms, have resulted in massive adoption of the store worldwide."

Visit the Opera Mobile Store by going to apps.opera.com.



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