Finnish mobile gaming studio Rovio is looking to expand its Angry Birds franchise further into retail, with it rumoured that the company is actively working with global coffee chain Starbucks to introduce promotions, virtual good sales and electronic leaderboards highlighting customers’ top scores,Bloomberg reveals. Wibe Wagemans, senior vice president at Rovio, revealed the company’s plans in a recent interview, noting how it was aiming to convert its digital accomplishments into the real world....

Finnish app developers Roviois to introducea new title to its Angry Birds franchise, launching Angry Birds Magic, a new game that will launch on Nokia smartphones which run the latest Symbian Anna update, requiring users to interact with NFC tags to unlock levels. The company will unveil the game at this week’s WIMA NFC Conference, initially for attendees, launching the game with twenty levels of pig destruction madness. Angry Birds Magic will encourage users to seek out strangers with NFC-enabled phones, because only five of the are playable as normal....

Rovio is definitely making sure its Angry Birds Seasons app lives up to its name, releasing a number of specially customized versions for Halloween,Christmas,Valentine’s Day,St. Patrick’s Dayand now Easter, the latest instalment hitting handsets as early as next week. The new update will see 15 new levels added to the Angry Birds Seasons app but will also offer three additional levels which can be played on Facebook, the social networkbecoming the next platformto give users an option to destroy the green pigs with an army of unhappy birds....

Speaking atThe Inspire Conferencethis week wasPeter Vesterbacka, the so-called Mighty Eagle of Rovio. And what does Rovio do? It’s the developer responsible for Angry Birds. If you’ve never played Angry Birds, you’ve probably at least heard of it. It generated 50m downloads in the first 12 months after launch in December 2009. Since then, it has rocketed and has now recorded over 200m downloads. In daily download terms, the game is now notching up a cool 1m downloads each day....

TheRoyal Bank of Canadahas partnered with Microsoft (launch partner) to provide customers an interactive banking experience through the use ofMicrosoft Surface 2.0. With Microsoft Surface, RBC begins a new generation of banking in its institution, and its hoping the implementation of Surface will add a fun and interactive experience to improving financial literacy.Using Surfacethe possibilities are endless, and we’re assuming that RBC will continue to develop apps that include educational information about your financial situation, along with info on new products or services its offering....