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Articles tagged with: Mobile Web and Mobile Internet
Google Retakes Top Spot in Mobile Web Charts from Facebook
The year-end review of the most popular websites on mobile phones using the Opera Mini mobile web browser shows that Google once again rests at the top of the State of the Mobile Web top 30 list. In 2009, Facebook was king of the mobile Web. In 2010, Google returned to claim the top spot among more than 80 million Opera Mini users worldwide, knocking Facebook to the second spot. more
Related Tags: opera-software, opera-mini, web-browser, era, global-mobile, feature-phones
Opera Software Opens Icelandic Data Centre to Manage Mobile Compression Traffic
Opera Software has opened a new data centre in Iceland to handle the compression traffic for its Opera Mini mobile web browser. The mobile data traffic for over 20 million Opera Mini users in Europe, Africa and Asia will travel via Iceland when using their mobile phones to surf the Web. The transition is seamless and requires no action from the millions of Opera Mini users. more
Related Tags: opera-software, opera-mini, web-browser, africa, data-centre, usa, seamless, Iceland
Apple's iPhone is Most Popular Mobile Web Phone in Myanmar
The latest traffic report from Opera web browsers has found, probably surprisingly, that Apple's iPhone is the most popular handset used by Opera Mini users in the secretive country of Myanmar (Burma). The report also found that Myanmar is in the top-ten of countries in Southeast Asia that use the Opera Mini web browser. more
Related Tags: opera-software, opera-mini, web-browser, usa, Myanmar
Apple iPhone Accounts for Third of Opera Mini Mobile Web Traffic
Although Opera only released its Mini web browser for the Apple iPhone a couple of weeks ago, it already represents a third of their mobile internet traffic. The release of the iPhone also portends changes to the top 10 list of countries using Opera software. According to preliminary numbers, the United States may soon have the fifth-most Opera Mini users, displacing Nigeria, South Africa and Ukraine on its ascent up the list. more
Related Tags: opera-software, opera-mini, web-browser
Opera Mini reaches 50 million active users
Opera Software's mobile web browser, Opera Mini has crossed the 50 million unique monthly users mark in January 2010. In just the past year, Opera Mini has seen growth in every geographic location, with the number of users growing 150 percent from 20 million monthly unique users in January 2009 to 50 million monthly unique users in January 2010. more
Related Tags: opera-software, opera-mini, web-browser
Facebook usage jumps 600% to become most-visited mobile social network
Facebook is now the most-visited social network on the mobile Web, according to Opera's State of the Mobile Web report. Unique users of Facebook grew more than 600% during 2009, helping the site surpass VKontakte, formerly the most popular social network among Opera Mini users. Twitter saw its usage increase more than any other social network, surging more than 2800% in just one year. more
Related Tags: opera, web-browser, opera-min, facebook
Handsets, cost and connection speed holding back mobile internet adoption
A survey of UK mobile phone users has found that 76% of them don't use their mobile to access the web. Even more surprising is that 60% of UK mobile users claim to not even own a mobile with internet access and just 30% of these are interested in getting one. The picture gets worse for mobile operators with the revelation that even for upwardly mobile web users and owners of smartphones, one third (31%) have never used their phone to connect to the web, a quarter (24%) use it less than once a week and 8% tried it but don't intend to do so again. more
Related Tags: email, connect, UK
40% of iPhone Owners Use Mobile Internet More than Fixed
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has published more research on the demographics and behavioral characteristics of iPhone and iPod touch users in the USA. This research determined that while there are many similarities between users of the two devices, key differences in the demographic makeup of each group exist in areas such as age and household income. more
Related Tags: admob, iphone, planning,
Mobile Advertising Growth Fueled by New Ad Formats on Smartphones
A survey commissioned by mobile social networking provider, Brightkite has found that 38% of US mobile phone owners recall seeing advertising on their cell phones in the first quarter of 2009, although for Smartphone users, the recall rate jumped to 59%. more
Related Tags: brightkite, gfk-technology, mobile-advertising, iphone, gfk,
Top 20 handsets Represent 43% of Mobile Advertising Inventory
Mobile advertising agency, Millennial Media has announced the launch of a monthly Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (SMART). This monthly report will aim to detail relevant insights about the U.S. mobile advertising market by focusing on reach, targeting, impressions and handset information. more
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