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Angry Birds Aims For 1 Billion Downloads

With Rovio having already passed 250 million downloads of its various Angry Birds games, the company now has its sights set on 1 billion downloads. "This is something that even six months ago was unthinkable," said Wibe Wagemans, the former Microsoft Bing executive who now heads the Finnish company's brand marketing efforts.

The Birds are flying high. The company has its first book in the works and just added flip-flops to its merchandise collection. Plus,its games are now on Roku boxes and coming soon to Facebook. Wegemans also said at a mobile conference that the company may be looking for investment beyond the massive venture round completed earlier this year.

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