As you already know Angry Birds is successful. If you still asking why is successful here are the main points that Charles L. Mauro found in his cognitive teardown of the user experience of Angry Birds:

• Simple yet engaging interaction concept
• Cleverly managed response time
• Short-term memory management
• Mystery
• How things sound
• How things look

For an in depth analysis of the points above read the full post by clicking the link below (good read):

Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular: a cognitive teardown of the user experience

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The REAL Death Of The Music Industry

Very interesting read.

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The Average iTunes music library..

The AVERAGE NUMBER OF SONGS in an average customer’s iTunes library is 7,160. The average number of songs missing album artwork is 4,230. The average number of songs in an iTunes library missing the name of the artist is 490. The average number of songs missing track or year information is 1,984. The average number of **duplicate songs is 814.

Source: TidySongs, a popular iTunes organization application, has taken a look at around one million iTunes libraries over the last two years and has reported their findings.

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2000 Vs. 2010: How the world has changed

alohanico [io9]

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App Store Statistics 2010

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Journalism in the Age of Data

Really interesting documentary about the rise of data visualization. Click here to check it out.

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