I have egg on my face, hands, and in my hair. Last year I called a premature end to the ereader race , stating that the Kindle was first to market and therefore in first place. I’m pleased to report that I was wrong.

Rovio , the Finland-based developer behind the extremely popular Angry Birds franchise, this morning announced on its blog that it has acquired a longtime partner, Finnish animation studio Kombo . Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but we understand there was a mix of cash and Rovio stock involved.

Netflix CEO and founder Reed Hastings took the stage at All Things Digital’s ninth conference, speaking with Kara Swisher about the company’s future strategy, competition, content deals and more. When asked about whether the company is looking to add more new released, Hastings said that Netflix is actually a complement to platforms that offer new releases. One of the pain points of using Netflix is that the TV and movie platform doesn’t offer a lot of new releases, the way that iTunes or Hulu does.

We found an array of Facebook applications on our list of the fastest growing 20 list by daily active users this week. There were some that provided horoscopes, others that analyzed your profile, some allowed you to view videos, then there was a family tree app, a music app, a Page admin app, and a few others. The apps on our list grew from between 371,200 and 2 million DAU

On 28 April 2002, a few months after Apple launched the very first iPod (yes, it’s been that long already), someone registered the domain name iPods.com . It apparently took the Cupertino company a little over 9 full years to decide that, instead, it should be the rightful owner of the domain name, which until earlier this morning took people to some shady mp3 download site (though it no longer resolves, it seems). Yesterday, Apple lodged a complaint , positing that the domain name should be transfered over to them.

On Wednesday, SolarCity added $158 million to the pool of funds that it uses to finance, design, develop and install commercial or residential solar power projects in the U.S. The latest fund came through a partnership with U.S

It was a surprising way to kick off a technology conference at a moment in time where any piece of news– big or small– cues up the BUBBLE-OR-NOT Greek chorus of wailing and chest beating. Tech valuations, while almost universally sky-high, are nowhere near as high as the paranoia that we’re in a bubble

One thing former Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra has besides one of the funnest last names ever to say out loud: a new job. He’s moving to from Silicon Valley to Austin and taking the CEO role at MapMyFitness , a four year old startup

Launched less than a year ago, daily deals site and WhitePages subsidiary DealPop has been acquired by another company riding the group buying wave, Tippr . Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but this appears to be mostly a talent acquisition.

Video conferencing company Polycom is acquiring the assets of HP’s Visual Collaboration business, including the Halo Products and Managed Services business according to a release issued by both companies this morning. The acquisition, which is valued at $89 million , is expected to close in Q3 2011. Part of the deal, HP and Polycom have established a strategic relationship in which Polycom will be an exclusive provider to HP for telepresence, including both resale and internal HP deployments.