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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/todays-scuttlebot-restaurants-hacked-and-employers-seeking-passwords/

Bits (NY Times) ? The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. Friday's selection includes a bicycle-sharing start-up opening for business in New York and conflicting statements from Rovio officials on whether the new Angry Birds Space game will be made available for cellphones using Windows Phone 7. angry-birds : web : windows-phone-7 : new-york : the-new-york-times :

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57403148-17/angry-birds-space-never-coming-to-windows-phone-7/

CNET: All Tech ? The maker of Angry Birds, Rovio, says that it skipped Windows Phone because it's a "big undertaking to support it." [Read more] angry-birds : windows-phone-7 :

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/23/angry-birds-space-wont-land-on-windows-phone/

Engadget ? While no doubt swathes of Android and iOS users have experienced massive productivity slumps since Angry Birds Space came out this week, Windows Phone owners will be left staring at their spreadsheets. Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing officer, at Rovio has told Bloomberg that there are no plans to release the latest iteration of the popular time sink on Microsoft's ...More mobile platform. Despite the original game still being the most popular app in the Marketplace, Vesterbacka claims that "...it's a big undertaking to support it, and you have to completely rewrite the application." So, until a Series 40 version is confirmed, you bird slingin' Nokia fans will just have to wait. ~ Angry Birds Space won't land on Windows Phone, Redmond gets no stars originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. ~ Permalink? ?|? Bloomberg ?|?Email this?|?Comments ...Less angry-birds : windows-phone-7 : bloomberg-television : microsoft : vesterbacka :

http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/23/analyst-no-angry-birds-space-on-windows-phone-will-cause-others-to-think-twice-about-nokias-recovery/

TechCrunch ? Yesterday, the day that Rovio launched its newest game, Angry Birds Space, it also said it has no plans to develop the game for Microsoft?s Windows Phone 7 platform. An analyst today has taken that news one step further to suggest that the impact of this decision will be far greater than WP7 users missing out on this one game. ~ Richard Windsor, a mobile ...More analyst with Nomura, calls Rovio?s decision a ?worrying development? for Windows Phone because it suggests a lack of confidence in the future of the platform from a key influencer in the industry. That, he says, will have an inevitable knock-on effect, not just for Microsoft but for its biggest and most crucial platform licensee, Nokia. ~ His thinking, from a research note: Angry Birds (version 1) is already the number 1 on the Windows Phone App store, so if the most successful developer on the platform isn?t investing the time and money to put a new game on it, ?it gives a strong indication that no one else will expect to be making money writing for this platform, either.? ~ And given that Nokia is banking its future on the success of the platform, that will mean problems for the handset maker, too: ~ ?It?s early days, but Rovio?s lack of confidence in the platform may cause some to think twice about the likelihood of Nokia?s recovery in smartphones,? he writes. ~ Ironically (or perhaps intentionally?), the launch of Angry Birds Space happened on the same day that news broke that Microsoft now has 70,000 apps the Marketplace app store for Windows Phone devices, up from 60,000 in December. ~ But in an interview with Bloomberg yesterday, the Mighty Eagle at Rovio, Peter Vesterbacka, called developing for Microsoft?s mobile platform a ?big undertaking?: ?You have to completely rewrite the application,? Vesterbacka said. ~ Windsor puts a more blunt point on it: ?Without a very strong certainty of sales [publishing on WP7] is a sure-fire way to risk losing money.? ~ He doesn?t completely dismiss the platform, but effectively... ...Less angry-birds : windows-phone-7 : wp7 : nomura :

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http://www.coated.com/angry-birds-space-coming-to-windows-phone-mobile-os/

Coated ? When Rovio launched their latest installment in the Angry Birds franchise, it was generally accepted that the company would follow the same process as it has done ...More in the past. In other words, when the game launched, users expected that it would pretty much be available for every platform under the sun and when the announcement did come, it was confirmed that this was going to be another multi-platform game. ~ (...) ~ Read the rest of Angry Birds Space Coming To Windows Phone Mobile OS ~ ? Coolest Gadget Reviews, 2012. ~ Coated brings you the coolest gadgets and best geek toys. ~ Angry Birds Space Coming To Windows Phone Mobile OS | Online Gaming | Post tags: Rovio ...Less space : angry-birds : windows-phone-7 : mobile :

http://www.businessinsider.com/nokia-is-paying-25-million-to-get-att-employees-off-android-and-iphone-2012-3

Silicon Alley Insider ? Nokia has reportedly paid AT&T as much as $25 million to make the Nokia Lumia 900 the exclusive free phone for AT&T employees. ~ That's a smart move: one ...More of the big problems with Windows Phone is that staffers at the carriers' retail stores don't know anything about it, and aren't pushing it. This will at least give them a lot of exposure to the product. ~ According to a report in WPCentral this morning, AT&T is designating the Lumia as a "hero" phone, meaning it will give it top billing and promotion equivalent to what it did for the iPhone at launch. ~ Part of the deal is making the Lumia the exclusive phone available through the "company use" program -- and prying employees away from their iPhones and Android phones. The report says Nokia expects 80% of AT&T employees to be using Lumias in short order. ~ It should be noted that a lot of the Lumia's marketing budget is coming from Microsoft, which is basically paying big up front fees to get Nokia to use its Windows Phone platform. In the fourth quarter of 2011, for instance, Microsoft paid Nokia $250 million. ~ Microsoft is also reportedly paying AT&T retail staff a "bounty" of $10 to $15 for each Windows Phone they sell. ~ Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. ~ Join the conversation about this story ? ~ See Also: ~ * Google's Don Dodge: The Smartphone War Isn't Really A War ~ * Angry Birds Blows Off Windows Phone -- Sees No Reason To Develop Game For Also-Ran Platform ~ * MICROSOFT: First We're Going To Destroy Apple's iPhone In China, Then We're Going To Clobber Google's Android ...Less nokia : iphone : 25-million : windows-phone-7 : microsoft :

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/shownews.aspx?Sec=NEWS&id=GADEN20120197569

NDTV News ? Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), its chief executive said on Friday, putting Nokia and other ...More Windows phones more on a par with the iPhone. ~ "We are working towards getting Angry Birds Space to WP7," Rovio Chief Executive Mikael Hed told Reuters, dismissing earlier media reports that the top gaming firm was dumping the platform. ~ Hed, however, said the launch date was not set. ~ Rovio's games are topping sales charts on all key platforms and reports that the gaming company was shying away from the Windows Phone was seen as a major blow to Nokia's strategy to shift to use it in all its smartphones. ~ After Hed's comments to Reuters, Nokia shares were 0.6 percent higher at 3.97 euros by 1516 GMT. ~ "We are working closely together with Nokia to bring our games to their platforms," Hed said. "Our mutual goal is to bring the best possible experience to our fans, including all fans using Windows Phone devices." ~ The Finnish start-up behind the world's most downloaded mobile game has been valued at up to $9 billion little more than two years after it first launched Angry Birds for Apple's iPhone. ~ The game has been downloaded more than 700 million times, and is the fastest-growing game on Facebook. ~ Copyright Thomson Reuters 2012 ...Less rovio : angry-birds : windows-phone-7 : nokia : wp7 :

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Angry-Birds-Space-Lands-on-Nook-Tablet-and-Color-260434.shtml

Softpedia News - Global ? The ?Angry Birds Space? madness is at its peak as the game has reached almost all mobile operating systems available on the market with only a few exceptions. ...More ~ The big loser here seems to be Microsoft?s Windows Phone platform, which has yet to receive its version of the game. In the meantime, Rovio launched its &ldqu... (read more) ...Less angry-birds : windows-phone-7 :

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-reveals-winners-of-windows-phone-student-app-contest

Neowin ? Microsoft has revealed the winners of its Windows Phone "Big App on Campus" contest, where two student developers won $15,000 each for creating the best ...More judged app for the mobile OS. Read more... ...Less winners : windows-phone-7 : microsoft : big-app : 15 : 5/29 articles

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