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Opera formally opens its new office in Silicon Valley

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 Published October 23rd, 2007 12:04 PM EDT By Daniel Goldman

Today we formally opened our new Opera office in Silicon Valley.

In addition to our office in San Diego, the new office, which is located in Mountain View, will help strengthen Opera’s presence in the United States. Our offices in the US will be a crucial aspect in the marketing and promotion of the Opera browser. The Silicon Valley office will primarily staff marketing people.

The added Opera presence in the US will also help strengthen our business relationship with companies here in the US. Current Opera partners and customers include Google, Yahoo, Adobe, Motorola, Palm, Nintendo of America, and Qualcomm, among others.

We also intend to further the cooperation with US mobile phone carriers and device manufacturers, in an effort to get more mobile phones pre-installed with Opera Mini or Opera Mobile.

Opera is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and has offices in Sweden, Japan, China, India, South Korea, Poland, and the United States.

Below our some pictures of new Silicon Valley office that I took when I visited there a couple months ago.


(Opera’s new office in Silicon Valley)


(The view outside the office)


(Stephanie Jorgl, Online Marketing Manager, in her office)


(Lawrence Eng, Community Marketing & Research Manager)


(Daniel Goldman, left, with Lawrence Eng)


(Daniel Goldman, Technical Evangelist)

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  1. 1 Jezetha Oct 23rd, 2007 at 12:54 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.24 on Windows Windows XP

    Looks good! Congrats!

    And good luck with the conquest of the US of A!

  2. 2 Cyro Oct 23rd, 2007 at 1:49 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows Vista

    Hey, will it be opened for visitors?

  3. 3 Johan Schön Oct 23rd, 2007 at 2:08 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.23 on Linux Linux

    Those IKEA tables look familiar from the Swedish office. :)

  4. 4 Paul Kim Oct 23rd, 2007 at 5:22 pm
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 on Mac OS Mac OS X

    Welcome to Mountain View, and best of luck Opera team!

  5. 5 Daniel Goldman Oct 23rd, 2007 at 5:25 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    Paul, thanks. Now we’re just around the corner from you guys. :)

  6. 6 Øivind Oct 24th, 2007 at 1:39 am
    using Opera Opera 9.24 on Windows Windows Vista

    looks great, but you need to get those poor people some desktop computers pronto :)

  7. 7 Chuck Monroe Oct 24th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.24 on Mac OS Mac OS X

    Looks good! Hopefully, close proximity to the web 2.0 epicenter will bare fruits for the browser :)

  8. 8 GT500 Oct 25th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Linux Linux

    Daniel, is it possible for me to get/purchase/whatever some of those white Opera Software banners that you are holding in the picture with Lawrence?

    BTW: If those were a little smaller, I could have one on my car’s anntena, and people could easily see it as I drive from job site to job site. ;)

  9. 9 Daniel Goldman Oct 29th, 2007 at 9:55 am
    using Opera Opera 9.50 on Windows Windows XP

    GT500, I doubt we sell any of them. Perhaps we should :)

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Q: Is Opera free?
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Q: Why should I download a browser? Doesn't my computer already come with one for free?
A: It's about getting more out of the time you spend on the internet. Opera is designed to be much faster than these browsers and gives you powerful features that the default browser lacks. Default browsers like Internet Explorer are also more likely to be subjected to dangerous software such as viruses and spyware.

Q: Will Opera keep me safe from fraudulent websites and malicious hackers?
A: According to Secunia, a respected firm that tracks security in browsers, Opera has the best reputation and track record when it comes to browser security. Keeping our users safe from security vulnerabilities, fraudulent websites, and malicious hackers is a top priority for Opera. Opera is maintained by hundreds of engineers, developers and security experts who are constantly looking to make the browser even safer.

Q: Doesn't Opera copy all of their features from other browsers?
A: Absolutely not. In fact, many of the features that are popular in other browsers today were invented and pioneered by Opera a long time ago. Opera invented the precursor to tabs (in 1994), Page Zoom (1994), was the first browser to block pop-up ads (2000), first to add a Search field in the browser toolbar (2000), Sessions (1996), deleting private data (2000), Mouse Gestures (2000), User JavaScript (2005), BitTorrent support (2005), Widgets (2006), Speed Dial (2007), and much more.

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A: Much of the functionality provided through Firefox extensions is already built directly into Opera, so you don't have to download additional extensions in Opera. In addition, Opera is highly customizable and supports all standard plug-ins.

Q: Can I also use Opera on my mobile phone?
A: Yes. And your Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS or almost any connected device and mobile phones. Opera Mobile oftens comes preinstalled from the manufacturers, but if it doesn't you can install Opera Mini which runs on nearly all phones.

Q: This all sounds great, so how do I download Opera?
A: -- Opera on your computer
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-- or learn more about Opera at www.opera.com