Opera Acquires Mobile App Store Handster

Release Date ‎Sep 19, 2011‎ in Washington Post

 
   

Opera acquires Handster to tap into app stores

ZDNet Asia - Stephen Shankland - 20 Sep, 2011
Handster's services include white-label app stores and developer tools. Opera's acquisition shows a business plan broadening beyond browsers. Browser maker Opera Software announced a ...

Opera acquires Handster to tap into app stores

CNET (blog) - Stephen Shankland - 20 Sep, 2011
Browser maker Opera Software announced a new step in diversifying beyond browser-driven search ads today, the acquisition of Android app store specialist Handster. Handster offers a white-label app store platform that others can use to sell apps and ...

Opera Acquires Mobile App Store Handster

Washington Post - ‎Sep 19, 2011‎
By TechCrunch.com, Mobile browser maker Opera Software today announced the acquisition of Handster, Inc., a mobile application store platform company. Handster, based in Illinois with operations in Odessa, Ukraine, supports Google Android, Java, ...

Opera procures ace Android content library Handster Inc

Moneycontrol.com - ‎Sep 19, 2011‎
Norway-based software company, Opera, who're better known for their Opera line of web browsers have launched themselves into the heart of the competition of mobile application stores with the acquisition of Handster Inc. Based in Northbrook, Illinois, ...

Opera buys Handster to bolster mobile services

ZDNet UK (blog) - Ben Woods - ‎Sep 19, 2011‎
Blogging on the inner workings of business tech including, but not limited to, business intelligence (BI), analytics, enterprise software, desktop and portable hardware, IT in education, open-source p… ...

Opera Bags Handster to Expand App Stores, Mobile Services

ITProPortal - Ravi Mandalia - 20 Sep, 2011
Web browser maker Opera Software announced on Monday the acquisition of Handster Inc., a leading name in the mobile application store market. Based in Illinois, Handster is known for its wide range of products aimed at the Java, Android, Symbian, ...

Opera Software acquires mobile app store platform firm Handster

Computer Business Review - 20 Sep, 2011
Norwegian software firm Opera Software has acquired US based mobile application store platform company Handster, to strengthen its mobile store offerings. The company said it is evolving from being a browser company into a fully integrated mobile ...

Opera buys white label app store firm

Rethink Wireless - Caroline Gabriel - 20 Sep, 2011
As its core browser products get squeezed by a wealth of WebKit smartphone offerings, Opera Software has been steadily expanding its activities to create a full mobile platform including advertising and apps. ...

Opera Buys Top Mobile App Store Handster

Mashable - Jennifer Van Grove - 20 Sep, 2011
In a strategic maneuver to become a mobile services company, Opera Software has acquired mobile application platform Handster, the leading independent app store for Android applications. “Opera is evolving from being a browser company into a fully ...

Opera's Handster Deal Could Mean Smaller Role for Appia

All Things Digital - Ina Fried - 20 Sep, 2011
Appia, which has been powering Opera's mobile app store, may see its role reduced in the wake of Monday's announcement that Opera is buying Handster. “Opera is evolving from being a browser company into a fully integrated mobile services company and ...

Opera buys Handster to boost app market portfolio

IntoMobile - Marin Perez - 20 Sep, 2011
Opera said it has acquired Handster and mobile app platform company should help Opera expand its current offerings of mobile services. We all know Opera for its mobile browsers and these have tens of millions of users around the world. ...

Opera buys mobile app store Handster

Techconnect Magazine - 20 Sep, 2011
Browser maker Opera Software today announced the acquisition of Northbrook-based Handster Inc, a company known for developing and running an application platform that targets everything from Android, iOS, Java and Symbian to Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, ...

Opera purchases mobile app store platform to sell more mobile apps

Mobile Burn - Dan Seifert - 20 Sep, 2011
Opera, the company that makes a browser for nearly every platform in existence, has just scooped up Handster, a developer of mobile app stores. Handster makes stores for a number of platforms, and already has deals to provide white-label stores for a ...

Opera Software acquires app store solutions firm Handster

Fiercemobilecontent - Jason Ankeny - ‎Sep 19, 2011‎
Opera Software has acquired Handster, which supplies app store services and support to operators, platform providers and manufacturers including MTS, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei and LG. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...

Opera Software acquires Handster

Telecompaper (subscription) - ‎Sep 19, 2011‎
Opera Software has acquired mobile application store platform company Handster. Handster is based in Northbrook, Illinois with operations in Odessa, Ukraine, has assembled the world's Android content library and offers services to mobile operators, ...

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

BGR India - Rajat Agrawal - ‎Sep 19, 2011‎
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 ...

Opera pushes mobile apps with Handster buy

THINQ.co.uk - ‎Sep 19, 2011‎
Minority browser maker Opera has indicated its desire to boost its exposure in the world of the app market, announcing the acquisition of Handster Inc. for an undisclosed sum. While Apple demonstrated the possibilities of rebranding a download site as ...

Opera Software acquires Handster Inc.

India Infoline.com - ‎Sep 19, 2011‎
Opera Software announced that is has acquired Handster Inc., a leading mobile application store platform company. Handster, based in Northbrook, Illinois, with operations in Odessa, Ukraine, has assembled the world's largest independent Android content ...

 

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