Opera Software was founded in 1994, based on the idea that access to the web should be a universal right. 300 million people (and counting) use the Opera web browsers for computers, mobile phones, TVs and other connected devices.

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Nokia's Xpress Browser and Opera Mini do this through extensive use of compression that relies on a middleman server operated by those companies.

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She also acted through the singing, with balletic use of her hands and a sense of fun that blended right into the opera.

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