Angry Birds has generated hundreds of millions of downloads for Finnish mobile games firm Rovio Entertainment, but the company's financial results for 2011 reveal just how lucrative the franchise was that year. The company has reported total revenues of EUR75.4m (GBP60.8m) for 2011, with earnings before tax of EUR48m (GBP38.7m). Thirty percent of Rovio's revenues for the year came from its consumer products business, which includes merchandising and licensing income.

Participation on the internet is now the "rule rather than the exception" as 77% of the UK online population is active in some way, according to a new BBC report. The traditional model for online interaction has been 1/9/90% - indicating that 1% of people are the 'creators', 9% are the 'editors', and 90% of web users are just passive consumers of content. However, the BBC's report said that the "number of people participating online is significantly higher than 10%".

While the game is transmitted on ITV 1 and ESPN, the BSkyB-backed iPad and iPhone app will include: Voting for Budweiser Man Of The Match via Facebook; tweeting using hashtags to win the match ball; a "Be The Ref" in-app social game; live match stats and commentary from Opta; instant polling of users, and live links to videos. By this marketing partnership with the second-screen social guide app, InBev is extending its football tournament sponsorship.

The publisher is now running AdTouch ad units for readers accessing The Daily Telegraph through its iPad app. The platform allows ads to use features of the Apple tablet such as the slide, pinch and zoom functionality to build more engaging ad content. AdTouch uses HTML5 and serves ads that adhere to the Interactive Advertising Bureau size guidelines.

As part of the two companies' search alliance formed in 2010, all of Yahoo's and Microsoft's digital advertisers and publishers have been consolidated and transferred to the Microsoft adCenter. As a result of the transition, advertisers can manage their campaigns through a single account as opposed to having to manage campaigns on Bing and Yahoo separately. The process is complete in the UK, Ireland and France and will be done in Germany, Switzerland and Austria soon.

The Scottish broadcaster has announced the launch of new city sites for Edinburgh and Glasgow, with the Edinburgh site bringing together its previous platforms for the North, West and South East. In a release STV said the new city sites will bring together content across news, 'going out', 'magazine' and 'Find It'. Looking ahead STV plans to introduce more city-wide sites, including one for Aberdeen.

The money, announced in the Budget, will fund services offering broadband speeds of 80-100Mbps and high speed wireless coverage in ten cities. The cash will be the second round of funding for ultra-fast broadband, with 10 of the UK's largest cities already working on what the Department for Culture, Media and Sport calls "detailed plans to upgrade their networks". These include London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.

Tim Weber will leave the BBC in June after most recently serving as business and technology editor for BBC News Interactive. News of his departure was met with surprise and plaudits from senior newsroom figures, including business editor Robert Peston and economics editor Stephanie Flanders. Weber was one of the three remaining employees at the BBC to have helped launch the corporation's news website in 1997. He joined in 1991 as a producer with its German service before climbing the ranks to become output editor of Europe Today and Newshour on the World Service.

A survey finds that the average UK smartphone user spends five hours a week online on their mobile phones -- 260 hours and more than 10 days over the space of a year. Of the 2,000 people polled, 40% said they update their social media accounts, such as Facebook and Twitter, 24% check email, and 22% shop. All that Internet usage via smartphone has 22% of respondents watching less TV, but there are other effects, too. Eleven percent say they exercise less.

Consumer group Mintel finds that four in 10 Britons have interacted with beauty and personal care brands online. Thirty-four percent go to Facebook and Twitter to get information on beauty products. Just over 67% who engage with beauty brands have visited the website of a beauty or personal care product. Facebook is the preferred vehicle to express thoughts or opinions on beauty brands when online. Almost three quarters (74%) of people who have used the internet to contact a brand or discuss one have used Facebook to do so.