Vivaldi Technologies
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| Industry | Software development |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | Mølleparken 6, , |
Key people | Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner (CEO and Co-Founder) and Tatsuki Tomita (COO and Co-Founder) |
| Products | Vivaldi.net, Vivaldi Browser, Vivaldi Mail |
Number of employees | 54 (2021) |
| Website | vivaldi |
Vivaldi Technologies AS is a Norwegian software development company, most known for its creation of the Vivaldi Browser. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway,[1] it was founded in 2013 by Jon von Tetzchner and Tatsuki Tomita. Tetzchner was one of the founders,[2] and formerly the CEO, of Opera Software, a software company which developed the web browser Opera.[3] About 20 former Opera employees joined him at Vivaldi Technologies.[3] In January 2017, the company had 35 employees.[4] As of September 2021, the company has listed 54 employees.[5]
Workspaces
[edit]The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, has the Innovation House in Seltjarnarnes, Iceland,[6] and a workspace in the Innovation House in Gloucester, Massachusetts, US.[7] They also have developers in Helsinki, Finland; Prague, Czech Republic; Lille, France, and other locations.[8]
Products
[edit]Vivaldi.net
[edit]Vivaldi.net is a community-based platform that was originally launched in January 2014,[3][9] which was created as a replacement to My Opera, due to the latter's planned closure in May 2014.[10] The platform though has since been expanded to offer additional services that were not offered by My Opera - some designed particularly to work in tandem with the Vivaldi browser:
- Vivaldi Blogs: a blogging platform where users can create their own blog and publish articles for free.
- Vivaldi Webmail: an online email service that provides a free email account with 5 GB of storage.
- Vivaldi Forum: a forum to discuss Vivaldi's development, request features, and leave feedback for the browser.
- Vivaldi Sync: a means to synchronise bookmarks, settings, and history for the Vivaldi browser.
- Vivaldi Themes: a platform designed to share and find user created themes for the Vivaldi browser.
- Vivaldi Social: a Mastodon instance to connect to the Fediverse.[11]
Vivaldi Browser
[edit]Vivaldi Technologies' main product is the Vivaldi Browser. The browser was created in part to cater to power users after Opera Software opted to abandon its own browser engine Presto in favor of WebKit (and later Blink), thereby dropping support of many of its features.[12][9]
In January 2015, the first technical preview of the browser was released.[13] In November 2015, the first beta version of the browser was released.[14]
In April 2016, Vivaldi Technologies released Vivaldi 1.0, the first stable version of the browser.[15][16]
In September 2019, Vivaldi Technologies released the first beta version of Vivaldi for Android.[17]
In April 2020, Vivaldi Technologies released Vivaldi 3.0, the first stable version of Vivaldi for Android.[18]
Vivaldi Mail
[edit]In addition to the browser, Vivaldi Technologies also develops an email client, calendar, and a feed reader that are directly integrated as a component of the browser. Prior to the release of the browser, the company made the promise to integrate an email client, as a means to build "Opera as it should have been",[4] which also integrated an email client into the Opera browser before becoming a separate product.
In November 2020, the first technical preview of the email client, calendar, and feed reader were released.[19] In June 2021, beta versions of these components were released.[20]
In June 2022, Vivaldi Technologies released Vivaldi Mail 1.0, the first stable version of the email client, calendar, and feed reader components.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ "Interview with Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner - Downloaden.de". Downloaded.de. 26 May 2016. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Sharma, Rajat (7 April 2014). "Vivaldi.net: Free Email Service Based Out of Iceland From Founders of Opera". ilovefreesoftware.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Lardinois, Frederic (23 January 2014). "Opera's Former CEO Launches Vivaldi, A New Community Site And Email Service". TechCrunch. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Vivaldi is building 'Opera as it should've been'". Ars Technica. 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Our team | Vivaldi Browser". Vivaldi Technologies. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Innovation House | Iceland - Products". innovationhouse.is. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ Convey, Eric (1 July 2015). "Opera browser creator Jon von Tetzchner on innovation in Gloucester". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Team – Vivaldi". Vivaldi Technologies. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ a b Shankland, Stephen (27 January 2015). "Ex-Opera CEO composes Vivaldi, a new Web browser". CNET. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ André Øverdahl, Espen (31 October 2013). "Important announcement about your My Opera account". My Opera. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Vivaldi Social, our Mastodon instance, is your gateway to reliable, big-tech-free social networking". Vivaldi Technologies. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Our Story – Vivaldi". Vivaldi Technologies. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ Paul, Ian (27 January 2015). "New Vivaldi browser aims to win over power users". PCWorld. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Brinkmann, Martin (3 November 2015). "Finally: Vivaldi Beta is now available". gHacks Technology News. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Vivaldi Web Browser Community - Welcome". vivaldi.net. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Degeler, Andrii (6 April 2016). "Vivaldi 1.0 tries to reverse web browser simplification trend". Ars Technica. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Brinkmann, Martin (9 September 2019). "Vivaldi releases Vivaldi mobile browser for Android". gHacks Technology News. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Brinkmann, Martin (22 April 2020). "Vivaldi 3.0 with adblocker and tracker blocker released". gHacks Technology News. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Brinkmann, Martin (24 November 2020). "Vivaldi Mail, Feed Reader and Calendar can now be tested". gHacks Technology News. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Clark, Mitchell (9 June 2021). "The Vivaldi browser now has mail, calendar, and an RSS reader built-in". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Vasani, Sheena (9 June 2022). "The Vivaldi browser launches a free built-in email client that integrates its Calendar and Feed Reader". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 21 June 2022.