6 posts and columns on Bart Decrem

Disney Mobile Turns the iPad Into a Racetrack for Toy Cars

in Commerce on September 27, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Disney is launching a new line of toys that essentially turns the Apple iPad into a game board; the first game leverages the hit movie “Cars 2.”
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Here Comes a Bunch of Plush Toys for Other Mobile Games (Thanks, Rovio!)

in Commerce on September 26, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Rovio’s Angry Birds expanded from mobile games to selling a stuffed toy collection and even into movies. Now, other mobile games are trying to replicate its money-making branding model.
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Zynga "Acqhires" Social Web Browser Maker Flock

in Commerce on January 5, 2011 at 6:13 pm PT

Zynga has acquired Flock, a five-year-old start-up based in Menlo Park, Calif., that was working on developing a Web browser.

Video: Here Are the Dudes Disney Got With Tapulous

in News on July 2, 2010 at 8:13 am PT

Last year, BoomTown visited the downtown Palo Alto, Calif., storefront office of Tapulous, the maker of the hugely popular iPhone music game app Tap Tap Revenge. Disney confirmed it bought the Silicon Valley start-up yesterday, which sources said had been for sale for a while now, part of an inevitable consolidation in the online games space. Here’s the interview I did then with co-founders Andrew Lacy and Bart Decrem–both of whom are staying with Disney to work on mobile games initiatives–about the iPhone ecosystem and where it is all going.
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News Byte

Disney Buys iPhone Game Start-Up Tapulous

in Media on July 1, 2010 at 12:30 pm PT

Disney has purchased Tapulous, one of the breakout stars of the new iPhone app economy; it’s the company behind several hit games, most notably the “Tap Tap” franchise. TechCrunch says both CEO Bart Decrem and COO Andrew Lacy will stay with Disney; PaidContent says the company will live in the Disney Interactive Media Group. I’ve confirmed the deal with a source familiar with the transaction.

Kara Visits Tapulous to Try Out Tap Tap Revenge 2!

in News on March 4, 2009 at 1:02 am PT

Last night, Tapulous launched the second version of its hugely popular iPhone game app, Tap Tap Revenge. With Tap Tap Revenge 2, the Silicon Valley start-up is hoping to keep up the momentum of its first success on the Apple service. I visited the Tapulous offices in a former storefront in downtown Palo Alto, Calif., to interview co-founders Andrew Lacy and Bart Decrem to talk about the iPhone ecosystem and where it is all going.
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