Archive for the 'angry birds' Tag
The Rise of Casual Video Games
If you’ve heard of Angry Birds, but don’t understand the appeal, perhaps this NY Times article: will help: In 2009, 25 years after the invention of Tetris, a nearly bankrupt Finnish company called Rovio hit upon a similarly perfect fusion of game and device: Angry Birds. The game involves launching peevish birds at green pigs [...]
Small Biz Brings Angry Birds for Babies
CNN Money: A small Seattle-based company hit it big after snagging the first-ever license to make Angry Birds baby products. SwaddleDesigns, a company started by husband-and-wife team Jeff and Lynette Damir, sealed the deal with Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment last year. The company will be rolling out a line of baby clothes bearing the [...]
Angry Birds Are Biggest Back to School Trend
The hot new trend this back-to-school season is anything having to do with Angry Birds, according to CNN Money: Almost two years after it launched, the highly-addictive Angry Birds iPhone app in which birds are slung at pigs living in wood houses is still the No.1-selling paid app. Now for the first time, Angry Birds’ [...]
