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bank on privacy

Bank on privacy

September 24, 2019

Banks in the US and elsewhere have been selling anonymous information about customers’ spending habits for a long time. Now, Norway’s largest bank plans to do the same. Here’s what our security team has to say to that.

Private search

Privacy and the rise of the alternative search engine

September 20, 2019

Over the summer we opened our blog to guest bloggers eager to share their perspectives on privacy. In this story, Finn Brownbill explains how we can put an end to tracking in search for the purpose of data collection. 

Vivaldi 2.8: Inspires new desktop and mobile experiences

September 19, 2019

The latest version of Vivaldi for desktop available now.

Sync browsing data between devices

Keep your data safe across devices

September 17, 2019

Sync support was considered one of the most critical features for our Android release. And keeping the synced data safe was a must. Here we explain how we implemented Sync on Android.

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This is how the most secure browsers will protect you

September 15, 2019

There’re a growing number of reasons for people to be concerned about security and privacy online. Let’s take a look at what your browser can do to protect you.

Quick Commands in the Vivaldi Browser

A guide to Quick Commands in Vivaldi browser

September 14, 2019

A closer look at one of Vivaldi’s flagship features – Quick Commands. Find out more about the ways you can use this powerful universal search in your day-to-day browsing.

Vivaldi Android developers

What’s unique in Vivaldi for Android?

September 12, 2019

We thought we’d put this question to the Android team who’ve been working hard to bring you Vivaldi’s first mobile version.

How we built Vivaldi for Android

How we built Vivaldi for Android

September 10, 2019

Here’s how we built Vivaldi to run on the latest Chromium code while at the same time creating our own alternatives to what Google has provided in their web browser core on Android.

Vivaldi presents the beta version of its browser for Android

Vivaldi goes mobile

September 9, 2019

Be the first to try Vivaldi on Android! Announcing the launch of Vivaldi Beta – a fully-featured browser available now on Google Play.

Let’s celebrate our testers 

September 6, 2019

It’s Software Tester Day on Monday and we thought we’d say a few nice words about the bunch of gritty testers we have at Vivaldi. 

Flashback

September 3, 2019

From “Flash is dead” to “Flash will never die” our users are split over the virtues of the Flash technology. Even though it’s being phased out, we decided to make it an option – while it’s still here.