Zipline Games pulls in new funding, plans launch of casino title Slots Tycoon

Team Zipline: Patrick Meehan, Todd Hooper and Mike Acuri at Google I/O

Todd Hooper’s Zipline Games has raised a new round of cash from existing investors as well as Ben Goux of Pioneer Venture Partners, bringing total financing in the company to just over $2 million. Hooper, who co-founded Zipline with gaming veteran Patrick Meehan, just passed more than 10,000 signups for its Moai development platform. The technology… Read More…

Microsoft vets launch Buddy to provide the ‘plumbing’ for mobile app development

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About three years ago, Jeffrey MacDuff and Dave McLauchlan designed an iPhone application called Buddy which allowed users to locate running, study or drinking buddies who were nearby. The free app never really took off, especially as services like Foursquare gained momentum. But the Microsoft managers — who worked on the app in their spare time —… Read More…