30 มี.ค.55 Angry Birds Downloads Hit Half a Billion
The Angry Birds app has now been downloaded 500 million times, which makes it the most downloaded game ever. The addictive app, created two years ago by Finnish company Rovio, is also one of the most played games in gaming history. A Rovio spokesperson said gamers average about 300 million minutes of playing time every day. That works out to around 200,000 years of Angry Birds playing time in total. More than 400 billion angry birds have been created to wreak their havoc. Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio, said: “This is a fantastic landmark achievement for us, and we’re extremely delighted.…We remain committed to creating more fun experiences and bringing exceptional quality to Angry Birds fans everywhere.”
Angry Birds costs just $0.99 for the latest version and is number two on the iPhone App Store. The free version holds the number 20 spot in the store, while two more editions are in the top twelve. Rovio has also heavily marketed Angry Birds products, including 10 million soft toys, books and clothing shipped worldwide. The company recently bought an animation studio and will soon start releasing Angry Birds cartoons, including a movie version. Other plans include opening retail stores in Finland and China. Rovio hopes to cash in on the game’s popularity in China, where it has become the most counterfeited brand in the country. The company is creating merchandise products including a Chinese-language Angry Birds cook book.
A new report on the Internet and how we use it says that more of us are using social media. The Pew Research Centre’s Internet and American Life Project surveyed 2,277 U.S. adults about their Internet use. About two-thirds of Internet users now belong to social networking sites. Pew reports that ninety-three per cent of social network users have joined Facebook, up from seventy-three per cent in 2009. The continued rise in Facebook’s popularity contrasts with the decline of MySpace. Twenty-three per cent of those questioned said they had a MySpace profile, down from forty-eight per cent in 2009. Twitter continues to attract more users, with eleven per cent of respondents saying they use it, up from six per cent in 2009.
The report showed big differences between how men and women use social media and how we manage our privacy. Women are more likely than men to delete friends. Sixty-seven per cent of women said they have deleted friends compared with fifty-eight per cent of men. The study reported that men are almost twice as likely as women to have posted messages, photos or videos that they later regret (ผิดหวัง). Fifteen per cent of men said they have done this, compared with eight per cent of women. The study also showed women to be more cautious who they share information with. Two-thirds of women use the highest privacy settings, sharing data only with friends. Less than half of the men did so.
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On a warm summer’s eve
On a train bound for nowhere
I met up with the gambler
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns a-starin’
Out the window at the darkness
The boredom overtook us,
and he began to speak
He said, “Son, I’ve made my life
Out of readin’ people’s faces
Knowin’ what the cards were
By the way they held their eyes
So if you don’t mind my sayin’
I can see you’re out of aces
For a taste of your whiskey
I’ll give you some advice”
So I handed him my bottle
And he drank down my last swallow
Then he bummed a cigarette
And asked me for a light
And the night got deathly quiet
And his faced lost all expression
He said, “If you’re gonna play the game, boy
You gotta learn to play it right
You’ve got to know when to hold ’em
Know when to fold ’em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run
You never count your money
When you’re sittin’ at the table
There’ll be time enough for countin’
When the dealin’s done
Now every gambler knows the secret to survivin’
Is knowin’ what to throw away
And knowin’ what to keep
‘Cause every hand’s a winner
And every hand’s a loser
And the best that you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep”
So when he finished speakin’
He turned back for the window
Crushed out his cigarette
And faded off to sleep
then somewhere in the darkness
The gambler he broke even,
but in his final words
I found an ace that I could keep
You’ve got to know when to hold ’em
Know when to fold ’em
Know when to walk away
know when to run
You never count your money
When you’re sittin’ at the table
There’ll be time enough for countin’
When the dealin’s done
You’ve got to know when to hold ’em
Know when to fold ’em
Know when to walk away
know when to run
You never count your money
When you’re sittin’ at the table
There’ll be time enough for countin’
When the dealin’s done