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Browser company Opera Software has acquired Handster, a US-based business that offers a mobile application store platform.
Handster supplies services to mobile operators, device manufacturers and application stores. As well as providing the world’s largest independent collection of Android apps, its platform supports Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, netbook and tablet applications.
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Back in March 2009, Vodafone signed an agreement with Opera Software to develop a custom version of the Opera Mini mobile web browser.
The two companies have now signed a three-year extension of their agreement, with the number of active users of the Opera Mini browser having increased by 300% year-on-year.
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Jon S von Tetzchner, who co-founded browser company Opera Software and led the company until last year, is leaving on 30th June.
Lars Boilesen, the current CEO of Opera Software, said "We are very proud of Jon, and of course of the company. We are aiming at 500 million users by 2013, and we have a very positive flow right now."
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Version 6 of the free Opera Mini mobile web browser is now available on the GetJar application store. The news comes less than a month after GetJar removed Opera Mini because it had a link to Opera's own app store.
Opera Mini 6 is available for Android, BlackBerry, J2ME and Symbian platforms.
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