Serial entrepreneur David Bluhm returns to Medio

David Bluhm, President and CEO of Z2Live, speaks at the GeekWire Summit. (© Karen Ducey 2012)

Typically, when founders leave companies, they never return. Or, if they do, they come back as CEO as was the case with Steve Jobs at Apple or Howard Schultz at Starbucks. But serial entrepreneur David Bluhm, the co-founder of mobile analytics startup Medio, is returning to the company in a new role as chief marketing… Read More…

Mobile vet David Bluhm named UW entrepreneur-in-residence

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Seattle entrepreneur David Bluhm has joined the University of Washington’s entrepreneur-in-residence program as part of an ongoing effort by the university to match experienced Seattle area business leaders with new innovations emerging from the school. As part of the appointment, the co-founder of Z2Live, Medio Systems, 2Way and HandsOn Mobile is sifting through a handful of… Read More…

Why this mobile gaming vet says HTML5 is not the future

David Bluhm, President and CEO of Z2Live, speaks at the GeekWire Summit. (© Karen Ducey 2012)

The promise of HTML5 has captivated mobile developers for a long time now. But the debate still rages: Should devs spend their time and energy tinkering with HTML5 or moving forward with native apps? Depending upon who you ask that question, you’ll likely get a very different answer.  Mobile gaming veteran David Bluhm – whose Seattle… Read More…

Mobile vets: Windows Phone is great, but it has a long way to go to catch Apple and Android

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We brought together some of the top thinkers in the mobile industry Wednesday afternoon for the GeekWire Summit in Seattle. And while much of the chatter on the panel had to do with the newly-released iPad and the dominance of Android, the panelists nearly all agreed that Microsoft finally has developed a mobile operating system… Read More…

Z2Live gobbles up Big Sandwich Games in mobile talent grab

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Z2Live, the fast-growing Seattle mobile gaming company, announced today that it is buying Big Sandwich Games of Vancouver, B.C. for an undisclosed price. The acquisition gives Z2Live, maker of Trade Nations, Battle Nations and Metalstorm, a “foot hold in the talent rich Vancouver market,” the company said. Microsoft employs more than 150 people at a gaming… Read More…

Newsmakers 2011: Z2Live CEO David Bluhm builds a mobile games powerhouse

Z2Live co-founder David Bluhm poses in front of Sgt. Ramsey, one of the main characters in Battle Nations. Photo: Annie Laurie Malarkey

Z2Live CEO David Bluhm — a veteran Seattle entrepreneur and gaming executive — likes to say that his company batted three for three in 2011. And it’s hard to argue with those metrics. The maker of MetalStorm, TradeNations and Battle Nations saw each of its titles soar to success this year. “We took all three… Read More…

Have fun blowing stuff up: Z2Live offers sneak peek of new iOS game Battle Nations

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Seattle upstart Z2Live, the fast-growing mobile gaming company, is getting ready to unleash its latest iPhone game. And you better get ready to blow some stuff up. That’s the word from some of the Z2Live employees who just released a promo video discussing Battle Nations, a soon-to-be-released game for Apple iOS which builds off the… Read More…

MetalStorm game takes flight on iOS 5, integrates wirelessly with HDTV (Video)

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One of the new features of Apple’s iOS 5 mobile operating system is something called AirPlay Mirroring. Essentially, it allows users of an iPhone 4S or iPad 2 to stream content from from the mobile device to an HDTV with Apple TV. But how exactly would someone use this new feature? Take a look at… Read More…