Second-grader Harris Jolliffe was glued to a computer screen at Whitney Elementary School on Thursday evening. “Flappy Bird,” a simple but challenging computer game in which users press the space bar ...

The Flappy Bird phenomenon may inspire the next generation of coders. That’s what one computer-science group is counting on. The technology nonprofit Code.org, which works toward getting kids into ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. At its core, Flappy Bird is a simple game. You poke the screen to make the bird flap. You try not to bump into the pipes. You see how far you can get ...