All Entries in the "Interviews" Category

Interview with Chris Sloop of WeatherBug, A Brand of AWS Convergence Technologies

Posted by Jason Coe | Aug 17, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Managing a network of over 32 million users is not an easy task. Toss in the largest global weather network for both the consumer and professional with over 8,000 weather stations and cameras, and you’ve got a ton of data being shared. A company by the name of WeatherBug delivers those results to more than 12 million unique mobile device users and offer geo location based API’s to access that data.

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Interview with Kelly Chu of ISBX, Developers of Enterprise Level Mobile Apps

Posted by Jason Coe | Aug 12, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Anyone that looks at the App Store today is simply blown away by the amount of developers that exist in the community. The expansion of over 225,000 applications within a few years is simply amazing, something that has not been experienced in any other industry. Many developers focus on gaming and utility applications catered towards specific users but a company by the name of ISBX is entering the mobile applications octagon, tackling apps at the enterprise level to improve workplace efficiency and increase communications.

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Interview with Alain Bonati of DarkWave Games, Developers of Master of Alchemy

Posted by Jason Coe | Aug 11, 2010 | Comments View Comments

One of the greatest features of the iPhone that sets it apart from other smartphones on the market is the multitouch user interface, a brilliant gesture control that has changed the face of mobile as we know it. Many companies have tried to integrate this UI into their applications and games but none have done it as beautifully as DarkWave Games and their new title, Master of Alchemy.

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Interview with Lucas Pope of Ratloop, Developers of Helsings Fire

Posted by Jason Coe | Jul 15, 2010 | Comments View Comments

After hibernating for over 8 years to pursue various advanced degrees, a small 4 manned company by the name of Ratloop is back into the gaming sphere with the launch of a new underground title, Helsings Fire.

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Interview with Yves Saada, Vice President of Digital Media for Disney Publishing Worldwide

Posted by Jason Coe | Jul 05, 2010 | Comments View Comments

For thousands of years, books have been used as a way to transcribe historical events, thoughts, stories, and images onto paper (and various other materials) for reading at a later time. Flash forward to modern day history beginning in the 1970′s, books have made their way onto an electronic format dubbed “e-Book” to be used on “e-Readers”. The two most common e-reader devices used today are Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iPad, however the iPad offers additional experiences that are changing the way both children and adults are reading books.

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Interview with Oren Michels of Mashery

Posted by Jason Coe | Jun 22, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Developing mobile applications is not an easy task and syndicating different content between different companies and services is even harder. This is typically handled by the use of API’s, short for application programming interface’s, that allows developers to interact with different types of software. A company by the name of Mashery manage these API’s so that media companies, retailers, and more can access and share information faster and easier.

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Interview with Jeff McCord of Fargoal LLC, Developer of Sword of Fargoal from Chillingo

Posted by Jason Coe | Apr 07, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Having developed games for the Commodore C64 in 1983, Jeff McCord and his fellow colleagues at Fargoal, LLC would have never imagined their original creation “Sword for Fargoal” would eventually make it from an old school 8 bit gaming platform to a dominating player in the market- the iPhone. I sat down with Jeff this week to discuss his experiences in gaming with the iPhone and iPad as well as his partnership with Chillingo.

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Interview with Marshall Womack Co-Founder of AppZilla

Posted by Jay Krishnaswamy | Apr 07, 2010 | Comments View Comments

We recently had the opportunity to interview Marshall Womack, the co-founder of Fossil Software. Fossil Software is the company that developed 50 in One Appzilla, a huge app in the appstore.

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Interview with Lazy 8 Studios CEO Rob Jagnow, Developer of Cog’s from Chillingo

Posted by Jason Coe | Apr 04, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Reaching podium and top 25 within the App Store is a huge challenge and no one knows this better than Rob Jagnow, Founder and CEO of Lazy 8 Studios, creators of COG’s for the iPhone and iPad which is published under Chillingo. Rob sat down with us this past week to discuss his woes with the App Store and the tricks of the trade he’s learned over the years developing for multiple platforms including the PC.

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Interview With PopCap Games, Developers of Plants vs. Zombies

Posted by Jay Krishnaswamy | Mar 25, 2010 | Comments View Comments

We recently had the chance to sit down and interview Cathy Orr, the European PR Director at Pop Cap games. Pop Cap games are the creators of many top games like Plants vs. Zombies and Bejeweled 2.

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Interview With Michael Stennicke: CEO and Co-Founder of CarryQuote

Posted by admin | Mar 18, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Michael Stennicke, the CEO and Co-Founder of CarryQuote (company) was nice enough to let us review him. Michael has over 15 years of experience in trading businesses. He has graduated from the Technical University of Denmark and has studied finance and philosophy at the Copenhagen Business School and University of Copenhagen. CarryQuote is a mobile app that displays global, real-time information and analysis. Here is the interview:

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Interview With Fares Kayali: Founder of Studio Radiolaris

Posted by admin | Mar 18, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Studio Radiolaris’ founder, managing director, and producer, Fares Kayali was kind enough to let me interview him recently. Studio Radiolaris is the game developer of Radio Flare (Classic), Radio Flare Redux, and Zombies vs. Sheep. Their games are amazingly fun and hard to put down. You can check out our review of Radio Flare Redux, here.

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Interview with Jerry Lee Developer of the Doodle Series!

Posted by admin | Mar 17, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Jerry Lee was kind enough to let me interview him. He is the developer of the awesome doodle games, Doodle Kart, A Doodle Fly: Fly to the Moon, and A Doodle Flight. They are all wonderful games with their own style and uniqueness even though they’re doodle games. If you haven’t tried them yet, you definitely should. A Doodle Fly: Fly to the Moon, is free for a limited time, and you can win a copy of Doodle Kart here

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Interview With Kyle Webster, Developer of White Lines

Posted by Jay Krishnaswamy | Mar 15, 2010 | Comments View Comments

We recently had the opportunity to interview Kyle Webster, the developer of White Lines which was recently featured on the app store and currently in the Top 50.

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