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July 17th, 2008 at 9:59 am

Source:Mashable!

Despite the version name (9.5) that sounds like a tired iteration which begs for the real makeover (10.0), Opera Mobile 9.5 beta is actually an important milestone for the only other mobile browser that doesn’t suck. We’ve talked about it when it was just an announcement; now it’s here for you to try it out.

Just like with every new version, Opera claims significantly faster browsing and improved standards support, so you can just choose whether you’ll believe them or not. But there are some other important innovations in this version.

First of all, Opera’s developer tool set, Dragonfly, is now cross-platform and better than ever. From the official press release:

“It allows developers to debug JavaScript, inspect Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and the Document Object Model (DOM), and view any errors, making development for the mobile phone even easier.”

From the user perspective, the big novelty is the new user interface. The new one is a bit cleaner, and allows for cool effects like panning and zooming, while full page is now the default view. Additionally, you can now save pages and images with a click. Of course, the cool effects part sounds a lot like Safari; I’ve used both, and Safari on the iPhone still impresses me with its speed and web page rendering accuracy, but one has to admit that with this version, Opera has come mighty close.

Of course, have in mind that this is a beta release, so expect some bugs and glitches. If you’re feeling brave, go over to the download page, and tell us what you think of the new version.

Source:Mashable!

Sports network weplay, which received nearly $2 million in funding earlier this year, has landed Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., as a new client. weplay will be powering the newly launched social network for Pop Warner, as a hosted group on the weplay platform (see it here). As the oldest youth football, cheer and dance organization, the necessity of an online community for connecting its new and existing members is undeniable in this day and age.

As there are a number of sports sites already oriented towards the youth, teen and college demographics, having an online community to enhance its website only makes sense. This network will be used for connecting not only the young athletes–coaches and parents can partake in the fun as well. So why not choose a more well known network platform like Ning?

weplay is a network that already had a focus on sports, and has a slew of known athletes already present on the site. Since the Pop Warner network will reside on weplay, there’s a mutually beneficial relationship that exist as a result. Being a part of the weplay network means that Pop Warner will have access to other weplay users. It’s a promotional perk that makes it a better option for Pop Warner. It also allows weplay to grow its user base fairly quickly. Gaining such clients for powering networks isn’t something that seemed to be on weplay’s initial to-do list, but I can’t say that I’m surprised to see the network move in this direction.

As far as sports networks go, the industry is still maturing and there’s plenty of room to still grow. It’s clear that the more established sports organizations are building out their online communities specifically designed for connecting various aspects of the industry, across a fairly wide range of ages. The white label solution is an easier sell than what we saw a couple of years ago, and we’ll continue to see the market expand as the online sector can be a great place for mass distribution of all media types.