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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 youtube.com/watch?v=4o5rOXg28J4
1:43 Nolan Bushnell image: Javier Candeira, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
5:56 Image credit: streetartanarchy on Instagram instagram.com/p/lF5HAUq3ej
Articles referenced:
4:00 Rolling Stone article rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-flight-of-the-birdman-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-speaks-out-112457
4:21 Forbes article 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
Why did Flappy Bird suddenly disappear? Visit brilliant.org/Newsthink to get started learning STEM for FREE, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
twitter.com/cindypom
Grab your Newsthink merch here: newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Tom Eng
Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/Newsthink
Thumbnail source:
Dong Nguyen image from Getty Images
Sources:
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 youtube.com/watch?v=4o5rOXg28J4
1:43 Nolan Bushnell image: Javier Candeira, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
5:56 Image credit: streetartanarchy on Instagram instagram.com/p/lF5HAUq3ej
Articles referenced:
4:00 Rolling Stone article rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-flight-of-the-birdman-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-speaks-out-112457
4:21 Forbes article 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
