Opera introduced, targets mobile devices (Jan. 1, 1997)
Based in Norway, Internet Opera Software released its first Web browser for Windows, dubbed Opera 2.1. Opera has been a minor player in the Web browser market since then; it currently has 1.1 percent of the market, according to Janco Associates. Version 10 was released on Sept. 1, 2009. Opera Software claims 40 million users on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines. Its mobile version -- Opera Mini -- claims 30 million users, including many BlackBerry users.
