Your favorite blogs from 2016

December 6th, 2016

2016 has been quite the year and whether you’re looking back with wondrous appreciation or counting down the days until 2017 can come to the rescue, it’s the season for reflection and appreciation.

…And chocolate and cake and wine and all the other really important things.

Here are some of the Opera stories you like the most in 2016. Thanks for sharing them with us!

1. Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy

This year Opera browser for desktop became the first mainstream browser to have a free, integrated, no-limit VPN.

2.What song is this? Here’s how you can find out

We put together a collection of the best apps to find help you identify tunes and songs that you overhear when out and about. Turns out you guys are just as big music fans as we are!

3.Windows Twitter app TweetDeck says goodbye – what are the alternatives?

It’s never fun saying goodbye to software you like, but our social-obsessed ninjas were on hand to scope out some backup plans.

4. Video downloading in Opera Mini

Easy downloading of videos from your favourite websites, through your browser. Who knows what 2017 will bring for Opera Mini 😉

5. Email tracking is easy with this Gmail extension for Opera

Emails, love them or hate them it looks like they’re here to stay for a while. Here’s a handy extension to help us hate them just a bit less.

6. A letter from Peru

Elina, fun-loving, adventurous, rock star volunteer shares her story of travelling to Matchu Piccu to work with the Aldea Yanapay educational project.

7. Meet the bloggers: Ruth from UK

Ruth, you might have seen her name on Facebook, Twitter or Google Play answering questions, sharing silly Giphs and secretly bullying the product teams about bugs and updates. Get to know her in this little interview.