Angry Birds

A Million Users? Pshaw. What’s a Hit in Today’s Metrics?

Liz Gannes in News on May 11 at 2:23 pm PT

How to spot meaningful growth for a new app or service when so many things are blowing up so fast.

Rovio Passes a Billion Angry Birds Downloads, Still Mulling IPO

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 9 at 7:30 am PT

When, whether and where to go public is up to Rovio’s owners, CEO Mikael Hed tells AllThingsD.

News Byte

Angry Birds Space Hits 50 Million Downloads in Just Over a Month

Ina Fried in News on April 30 at 8:24 am PT

Rovio said on Monday that its Angry Birds Space game has been downloaded more than 50 million times since its release on March 22. That, Rovio says, makes the title the fastest-growing mobile game to date.

Fake Angry Birds Slingshot Malware Onto Android Phones

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 13 at 5:00 am PT

Rovio and antivirus makers are warning of malware-laden software posing as the latest in the disgruntled aviary game franchise.

Amazon Matches Apple’s Revenue Split for In-App Payments

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 10 at 6:00 am PT

Starting today, Amazon is letting developers in its Appstore sell digital content and subscriptions within their apps, and has confirmed that it will take a standard 30 percent cut of revenue.

News Byte

New York Times Game Lets You Blow Up the New York Times

Peter Kafka in News on April 4 at 7:47 am PT

Now this is how you promote a long, thinky story on the Web: Tack a free, super easy shoot-’em-up game at the top. The story is a new piece in the New York Times magazine, about the rise of casual games like Angry Birds. The game lets you destroy, Asteroids-style, most of the Web page surrounding it, including the ads. Poynter’s Steve Myers has more.

BlueStacks’ Android-on-Windows App Hits Beta

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 27 at 5:00 am PT

The start-up says the code is in pretty good shape, though it is still figuring out how much it will charge consumers.

News Byte

Angry Birds Space Hits 10 Million Downloads in Three Days

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 26 at 1:30 pm PT

Rovio said Monday that its Angry Birds Space game has been downloaded more than 10 million times since it was made available on Thursday. The program is either free and ad-supported or paid, depending on the platform, and runs on on Android, iOS, Mac and PC.

Windows Phone Users Will Get Angry Birds Space, Eventually

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 23 at 9:06 am PT

Rovio’s CEO tells Reuters that the company is working to bring its just released game to Microsoft’s phone operating system, but doesn’t give a time frame.