Speaking atMobile 2.0 Europe – openIDEAS Conference, Rovio’s “Mighty Eagle” Peter Vesterbackaannouncedthat the company now sees over a million downloads a day of its Angry Birds games. The announcement comes just two days after Vesterbackatold Techcrunchthat the company had surpassed the 250 million downloads milestone, noting that the company was also going to release a cookbook and integrate more NFC features into its titles. Speaking about the emergence of brands in mobile, the Rovio chief believes success comes with building a strong brand, with mobile companies needing to focus on getting fans of their apps/titles rather than focusing on getting customers....

TNW Quick Hit: The release of Angry Birds for the Windows Phone 7 platform has been pushed back more than a month toJune 29th. The news comes despite previous promises from Microsoft that the game would be ready for launch on May 25th. The company waited until the official release date was close to announce the delay, so it could be that the Angry Birds team, Rovio, was unsure of the delay until recent days....

Rovio has partnered with online retail giant Amazon to launch its new Angry Birds Rio gameexclusively on the Amazon Appstore, making available ad-free versions of the original Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons games for Android users when it launches. The announcementdemonstrates Rovio’s attempts to partner with third-party application stores on the Android platform, after itpartnered with GetJarto launch an ad-supported Android port of its then popular iPhone-only game. “The Android platform has seen phenomenal growth, and it’s great that new avenues for app distribution are opening up,” said Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio....

Afterfirst learningit was on the way, and on the heels ofSt. Patrick’s Day,ChristmasandValentine’s Dayeditions, Angry Birds Seasons : Easter ($.99) is now available for purchase or as an update, complete with “chocolate eggs and bunnies!” Here’s what you’ll find in the update: Consider this day a loss as fans of Angry Birds, yours truly included, will no doubt begin playing the new levels of Angry Birds Seasons : Easter. Calling all Scaleup founders!...

Fresh off aValentine’s Day update, and news thatAngry Birds is soon headed to Facebook, Angry Birds Seasons has just been updated in time for St. Patrick’s Day.: Angry Birds Seasons version 1.3.0 features: Here’s a peak of what you’ll find once you download the update and begin playing: The 💜 of EU tech The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art....