angry birds fact of the day
Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, generated about $106m in 2011 vs. Finland’s total GDP of $187bn. In other words, Angry Birds is responsible for .05% of Finland’s economy. That’s 1 dollar out of every 5000.
Adverts: From Black Power/Grad Skool Rulz
That’s not even counting the multiplier from downstream expansion in the construction and building contractor sectors.
Kieran
July 6, 2012 at 1:09 pm
They never say which government agency saw the public need for a new instantiation of the traditional Physics 101 homework assignment to write a computer program for projectile motion.
Michael E. Marotta
July 6, 2012 at 10:14 pm
At its height (early 2000s or so), Nokia represented 4 to 6 percent of Finnish GDP.
teppo
July 6, 2012 at 11:10 pm
true story
there'snotomorrow7
July 20, 2012 at 2:34 pm