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Opera aspires to be more than a browser maker, acquires Handster

By: Rajat Agrawal |Sep 19th, 2011 at 03:13PM
Filed Under: Opera Software, Opera app store

Opera Software ASA, the maker of the world’s most popular mobile web browser that runs on almost every phone, today announced the acquisition of Handset Inc, a mobile app store platform company. Handster, apparently, has “assembled the world’s largest independent Android content library,” which is a bit baffling considering we always thought GetJar to have that tag. Nevertheless, what’s more important is the company already provides white-label app stores to carriers, device manufact...

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Opera Mini makes triumphant return to GetJar app store

By: Zach Epstein |Mar 31st, 2011 at 10:52PM
Filed Under: Android, BlackBerry, GetJar app store, Java, Opera Mini 6, Opera app store, Software, Symbian, java apps

After ousting Opera’s popular Opera Mini Web browser from its app store earlier this month, GetJar announced the browser’s return on Thursday. The app was originally tossed out of GetJar’s app store in early March when Opera announced plans to offer an app store of its own. GetJar wasn’t very happy with Opera’s entrance into the space so it banned the app from its catalog, theoretically preventing its users from accessing Opera’s competitive offering. “I’m glad that Ope...

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