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    • How Do YOU Play Angry Birds?  
1:43 Nolan Bushnell image: Javier Candeira, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons
5:56 Image credit: streetartanarchy on Instagram   / lf5hauq3ej  

Articles referenced:
4:00 Rolling Stone article https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/...
4:21 Forbes article https://www.forbes.com/sites/lananhng...