Tagged: Rovio
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#OI2Dublin - Encourage entrepreneurship for economy’s sake, Kumardev Chatterjee says (video) News
22.05.2013 The only way Europe can emerge from the economic doldrums is for society to encourage young people to be more entrepreneurial, Kumardev Chatterjee, founder of the European Young...Categories: Upskilling, Research, R&D, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Education, Economy, Digital Business -
Angry Birds maker Rovio hires new EVP to lead game development News
19.04.2013 Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment has added a new executive vice-president of games to its flock, Jami Laes. -
Angry Birds maker Rovio flying high on 101pc revenue increase News
04.04.2013 Angry Birds creator Rovio has something to crow about: a 101pc increase in total consolidated full-year revenue, thanks to growth in games revenue and sales of consumer... -
BlackBerry 10 surpasses 100,000 app milestone News
21.03.2013 Just two months after the release of the BlackBerry World app store, it now boasts 100,000 apps, including major apps from Rovio, eBay, MTV, CNN, Rdio and Skype, to name a few.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Communications, Apps -
Angry Birds hits 1.7bn downloads – cartoon coming to TV, smartphones and tablets News
11.03.2013 Angry Birds creator Rovio is to bring its weekly animated series Angry Birds Toons to tablets, smartphones and TV stations this weekend. CEO Michael Hed also revealed the games... -
Rovio splashes out on watery update to Angry Birds Space News
10.01.2013 Thirty new water-themed levels known collectively as Pig Dipper are inhabiting the Angry Birds Space galaxy in Rovio's latest update to the game. -
Angry Birds tops 8m downloads on Christmas Day News
04.01.2013 Angry Birds maker Rovio had something to celebrate this holiday season: more than 8m downloads of the game on Christmas Day alone and 30m downloads during Christmas week (22-29... -
People have the power - public get to decide Europe’s hottest start-up at Europas News
19.12.2012 Public voting for the People’s Choice Award for Europe’s hottest start-ups at The Europas, which take place in Berlin on 22 January, has begun in earnest, with some 12,000 votes...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Business, Apps -
Despicable Me’s John Cohen to produce Angry Birds movie News
11.12.2012 Despicable Me producer John Cohen has been catapulted into the role of producer for the upcoming Angry Birds movie. -
Angry Birds Star Wars hits hyperspace and goes to the top of US and UK app charts News
09.11.2012 After launching yesterday, Rovio’s Angry Birds Star Wars game has already gone to the top of the US and UK iOS App Store charts.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps -
Rovio goes trick or tweeting with Halloween-themed Angry Birds (video) News
26.10.2012 To celebrate the year’s spookiest holiday (and because there isn’t a theme these birds won’t latch onto), Rovio has introduced a new episode for Angry Birds Seasons, plus a... -
May the birds be with you: Angry Birds Star Wars coming 8 November (video) News
08.10.2012 Rovio has hit upon a merchandising goldmine in the form of Angry Birds Star Wars, set for release on 8 November (and perhaps developed a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away).Categories: Games/Entertainment, Apps -
Bad Piggies shoots to No 1 in App Store three hours after release News
28.09.2012 Just over three hours after it launched in the US, Rovio’s Angry Birds spin-off Bad Piggies reached the top spot in the iTunes App Store, with a launch that could rival the...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Apps -
Move over Angry Birds, now it’s the Bad Piggies’ turn to play (video) News
20.09.2012 If you play any of the games in Rovio’s wildly successful Angry Birds series, you’ll know that pigs are the egg-stealing bad guys. But now, in its ‘piggest’ game ever, Rovio is...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Apps -
Freddie Mercury receives Angry Birds treatment News
03.09.2012 An ‘Angry Bird’ styled after former flamboyant Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is the star of a new video Rovio Entertainment has released today in partnership with Freddie For A... -
Angry Birds hijack NASA’s Curiosity rover (video) News
24.08.2012 In Red Planet, the latest episode in Angry Birds Space, Rovio’s kamikaze birds shoot off to Mars for an adventure involving the Curiosity rover. Now we know curiosity killed the... -
Green Day pig out for new Angry Birds Friends game (video) News
21.08.2012 Pop-punk band Green Day have been transformed into adversaries of the famous Angry Birds for a new game from the Facebook app. -
More than 235m Facebook users play games on the social network each month News
14.08.2012 Every month some 235m people – more than a quarter of Facebook’s known user base of 910m people worldwide – play video games on the social network. That’s an 8.4pc increase... -
Samsung brings motion-controlled Angry Birds to smart TVs News
03.08.2012 Samsung has introduced an Angry Birds app for its range of smart TVs. Developed by Rovio, the app lets smart TV viewers play the popular pig-destroying game using gestures...