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I made a post the other day about Opera on Google Finance.

These few days however, Google Finance refuse to render properly at all.

I wonder wtf Google has done to their codes. I put it on a validator test and it fails miserably.

Is Google deliberately trying to push Opera browser to the edge? Well, they have every reason to…

But what happened to the ‘don’t be evil’ motto?

While they’re trying to compete in the areas of processor speed, cameras, location-awareness etc…

One thing Android based phones have already won over the iPhone equivalent is background notifications.

Apps on Android can run in the background. This feature is so crucial and often understated or under-valued…

Imagine:
You’re on your phone, you don’t have the time or patience to check your twitter updates. Or your constantly evolving calendar schedule that is not compatible with the in-built one from Apple that is being maintained by your PA.

On Android, all you have to do is leave your phone on. Your app will notify you of any new changes. Great.

On iPhone, you have to open your tweetdeck, your ical app/lotus notes app in order to check. Not a big problem… just that today is like any other day. You just came out of a client meeting that has overruned and you’re in a hurry going to your next one. You’re revising your notes, repeating the lines in your head. You arrive at your destination. The meeting changed. Bugger.

If Apple don’t put their gear up soon. Android will be slicing away at their market.

A repeat of the ancient Macintosh vs PC era?

While I’m on the topic of Opera web browser. I’d like to mention a service that they just launched for their browser called Opera Unite.

Opera Unite is a new technology platform allowing you to share content directly with friends without having to upload anything to a Web site. You can stream music, show photo galleries, share files and folders or even host your own Web pages directly from your browser.

I think this is the direction browsers vendors should go and develop and it is a smart move. However when I see the need to sign up onto YET another account. I’ve lost of sense of curiosity.

Come on Opera, bring in the “web 2.5/3.0″ or whatever people want to coin it as. Put in some Facebook Connect or Open Social APIs at least! jeez.