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Why the World's Most Popular App Suddenly Disappeared

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0:18 Dong Nguyen image from Getty Images (Newsthink is a registered client)
0:53 Angry Birds video used with permission from David Di Franco. Check out his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o5rOXg28J4
1:43 Nolan Bushnell image: Javier Candeira, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
5:56 Image credit: streetartanarchy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/lF5HAUq3ej/

Articles referenced:

4:00 Rolling Stone article https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-flight-of-the-birdman-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-speaks-out-112457/
4:21 Forbes article https://www.forbes.com/sites/lananhnguyen/2014/02/11/exclusive-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-says-app-gone-forever-because-it-was-an-addictive-product/?sh=3a2eed9e6476

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