Angry Birds, fat pigs and the future of television
Rovio’s Angry Birds Toons may very well be the first-ever mobile video show that reaches an audience of millions – but that doesn’t mean that startups are having it any easier. Read more »
@CES: Samsung Hat-Tips Kinect On Smart TV Gesture Controls, Content Bonanza
photo: Microsoft Xbox Kinect
Samsung, on a high after releasing some strong mobile numbers last week, today became the latest consumer electronics brand to hang its name… Read more »
Squawk! Angry Birds/Fruit Ninja ‘Rip-Off’ Reaches Number-One In App Store
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but this may be stretching the expression a bit too far. Cut the Birds, a game release… Read more »
Fox Mobile Vet Stalbow Joins Rovio As GM, North America
At our paidContent Mobile conference in May, Andrew Stalbow and Peter Vesterbacka paired up to tout the value of a major studio partnering w… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-12-11: Apple; BBM; Android; Huawei; AT&T; Angry Birds
photo: Tricia Duryee
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
Apple: Looks like there could be a media event scheduled for September 7 or 8; some are… Read more »
Lodsys Flips Bird At Rovio, EA With New Patent Lawsuits
photo: bfishadow
You can almost see the lawyers for Rovio debating whether or not they’d like to use the exploding black bird or the dive-bombing white bird… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-29-11: Amazon, Rovio boost WP7; Square; Google+ Mobile
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– Windows Phone 7: Couple of good-news boosts for the Windows Phone 7 apps platform. A… Read more »
Outfit7 Pulls A Rovio, Signs William Morris Deal For Films, TV And More
Looks like Rovio is not the only mobile content company that wants to catapult itself into being the next Disney of the entertainment world.… Read more »
Angry Birds Is Prepping Its First Book: A Cookbook About Eggs
photo: bfishadow
Rovio, which has made a small fortune spinning out products from the wild success of its “Angry Birds” mobile games, is now moving into book… Read more »
What’s In An App Name? The Most Popular Words And A Meteoric Rise For Birds
photo: Angry Birds Rio Trailer
With half a million apps and counting out there, and problems discovering the good ones, it’s likely that we are going to start to see some… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Angry Birds Hits 200 Million Downloads With Help From Fox
One of the greatest mobile gaming hits ever just keeps on rolling: Angry Birds has hit the 200 million-downloads milestone, Rovio’s Mighty E… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 05-09-11: Skype; Rovio IPO; Apple Nuance; US Cellular 4G
photo: Corbis
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: more Skype partnering and merger speculation, this time with Microsoft; (NSDQ: MSFT) An… Read more »
Rovio And Angry Birds Shoot For IPO Market In Five Years
photo: Rovio
Luckily for Rovio, raising cash from the public markets might be easier than trying to make the bird with the long beak spin back onto the p… Read more »
Angry Birds’ Rovio Raises $42 Million From Accel And Skype Founders
photo: bfishadow
Big news today from Rovio, the Finland-based developers behind the hugely successful Angry Birds mobile game: the company has picked up $42… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Angry Birds Fly To Windows; HP/Palm Event; ESPN/Sprint
– Angry Birds: Rovio’s hugely successful mobile game may not yet be available on Windows Phone 7 handsets, but it is now making the move to… Read more »
Will Angry Birds Make Mobile Operators Happy?
photo: Rovio
Angry Birds, the quirky mobile game that’s become a flyaway success in all app stores where it has built a nest, is on course for a new dire… Read more »
