Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today.
Angry Birds Is Coming to Facebook
Rovio CEO Mikael Hed says the immensely popular Angry Birds game is coming to Facebook next month with “completely new aspects to it that just haven’t been experienced in any other platform.”
Private Trading Raises Twitter Valuation to $7.7 Billion
The latest auction of Twitter shares on Sharespost values the company at $7.7 billion, which is almost twice as high as the microblogging service's valuation after a round of funding in January.
Google Unleashes Kill Switch for Android Malware
Google turned on a remote kill switch over the weekend, removing the 58 malicious apps downloaded to 260,000 Android smartphones earlier in the week.
Further News
TweetDeck has announced that a new version of its iOS app is due to be released in the “next couple of weeks.”
Al Jazeera English is planning a new talk show centered on social networking.