Angry Birds Get Happy Over Holidays: 6.5M Downloads

At this point, maybe phones should just come preloaded with those ubiquitous birds: Game-maker Rovio reports 6.5 million downloads of various Angry Birds versions on Christmas Day, reports All Things D. Which is impressive not just because it's a record and three times more than last year, notes the website: It's also nearly the same number of smartphone activations over Christmas, meaning one of the first things a lot of people did was snag the app for their new phone. (More Angry Birds stories.)