Tapulous brings Jennifer’s Body (and user-generated contests) to the iPhone
Tapulous, maker of the popular Tap Tap Revenge game for the iPhone and iPod touch, is launching a contest today to promote “Jennifer’s Body,” a new film from 20th Century Fox. This is far from the first time movies have been promoted in iPhone apps — in fact, Tapulous ran a previous promotion for “G.I. Joe” — but the Palo Alto, Calif. company says this is the first contest based on user-generated material. (I’m not… Continue Reading
Tapulous strikes deal with Universal Music Group for iPhone game music
Guitar Hero may reign on the video game consoles. But Tapulous rules the rhythm music game business on the iPhone.
In recognition of that, the major Hollywood music company Universal Music Group has struck a partnership with Tapulous to bring Universal’s musicians to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Tapulous makes the Tap Tap Revenge series of games that have been installed on about 11 million of the 40 million iPhone and iPod Touch devices sold to… Continue Reading
Dave Matthews Band to stream Hulu’s first live concert
Hulu is taking its first serious step toward expanding from video clips of already-aired TV shows to live webcasts of entertainment events.
Yesterday VentureBeat broke the story that iPhone app maker Tapulous was releasing a Dave Matthews Band version of its highly popular iPhone game Tap Tap Revenge. Today the band’s announcing that it will perform in free online video service Hulu’s first live entertainment feature since Hulu webcast the New Year’s Eve ball drop in… Continue Reading
Tapulous churns out Tap Tap Revenge Dave Matthews Band iPhone game
It’s time to get out your tapping finger again, as Tapulous has just released Tap Tap Revenge Dave Matthews Band game for the iPhone.
You may not care about this game. But there are a ton of iPhone users who probably do. And it’s interesting to watch Tapulous and how it manages the iPhone’s first bonafide mega-hit entertainment property. The company has a killer game on its hands, and it’s milking it for all it’s worth,… Continue Reading
iPhone game developers rejoice at Apple’s latest update plans
There were a lot of happy game developers among the 200 or so people who attended Thursday’s iGames Summit in San Francisco, which was devoted to iPhone games.
Speakers at the summit, including game developers such as Tapulous, ngmoco, Booyah, Demiforce, Zynga and Social Gaming Network, were excited about Apple’s announcement that its iPhone 3.0 update, coming this summer, would have a number of game-friendly features: a virtual goods platform, Bluetooth multiplayer, and peer-to-peer connectivity.
With more… Continue Reading
Plugg conference finalists to present in Brussels: Discount for our readers
In Brussels on March 12, Plugg, the European startup conference organized by TechCrunch’s Robin Wauters, promises to be an excellent event with a host of knowledgeable speakers and lively competition.
Wauters has extended a 15 percent discount off the €450 registration price. Simply head on over to the sign-up page hosted by Amiando and enter the promotional code plugg09-media-venturebeat at the bottom.
Presenting at the event will be some of Europe’s most prolific tech pundits, each of… Continue Reading
MG’s 10 favorite iPhone games of 2008
Yesterday, I wrote up my 10 favorite iPhone apps of 2008 with a note that I wasn’t including any games on the list because there were far too many good ones and they should probably get their own list. Today, I bring you that list.
This was a tough one to narrow down to 10, I have nearly 40 games that I keep on my iPhone right now, and I wouldn’t keep anything on there that… Continue Reading
Tap Tap Dance puts a rave in your iPhone
The concept behind Tap Tap Revenge was simple: It was basically the popular console music-based game Guitar Hero ported to the iPhone. At first it worked because it was a perfectly simple use of the iPhone’s touchscreen. It worked even better when it got real music. Now the game developer, Tapulous, is expanding it beyond rock music, into dance music with Tap Tap Dance. Guess what? It still works.
The game, which features tracks from Daft… Continue Reading
Tap Tap Revenge gets new music (and ads) to rock the holiday weekend
Tap Tap Revenge held the mantle as the most downloaded application on Apple’s App Store for a while. It’s a solid Guitar Hero-like music game that utilizes the iPhone and iPod Touch’s touch screen with the right price: Free. A new update out today could push it back to the top.
Version 1.2 contains the option to download a brand new song by the popular artist Everlast. The song, available for free, shows how artists can… Continue Reading
Roundup: Nvidia battles recall flyers, Google dives deep and the Internet is broken again
Here’s the latest action:
The Internet is broken – This is starting to sound like a broken record. Didn’t we just write about the DNS flaw that could cripple the Internet? Now two security researchers demonstrate a new technique to intercept Internet traffic on a scale similar to the abilities of agencies such as the National Security Agency.
Android unveiled? — The Android Guys say a trusted source has given them the detailed specs of the first… Continue Reading
rmbr launches mobile app to get rid of business cards
The old fashioned business-card exchange hasn’t kept up with the times. In an age of social networking, it ought to be easier to connect with someone electronically. That thought inspired Gabe Zichermann, chief executive of New York startup rmbr, to create rmbrME.
The new service automates the exchange of contact information between two people. Palm Treo users once “beamed” each other their contact information through infrared connections; now rmbeME uses text messages.
rmbrME lets you send out… Continue Reading
A new top iPhone app emerges following the simple game + free formula
Today during MobileBeat 2008, Tapulous chief executive Bart Decrem got up to talk a little bit about Tap Tap Revenge, the top app in Apple’s App Store. After a week at the top of the mountain, he revealed that a new challenger was rising: Labyrinth Lite Edition. He predicted that it would soon overtake Tap Tap Revenge and now it has.
If you’ve ever played the board game version of Labyrinth, (the wooden box with the… Continue Reading
Tapulous wants to be leading application ecosystem for the iPhone
Tapulous, a new Silicon Valley startup, embodies the craze that’s going on right now around the iPhone.
Tucked inside a ground-floor office on Hamilton Ave. in Palo Alto, Calif., a stone’s throw from social network comany Facebook, the company’s eight employees are feverishly building applications solely to work on the iPhone.
Never mind that the Apple has sold a mere six million iPhones to date, compared to Nokia’s 400 million handsets. Tapulous’ chief executive Bart Decrem believes… Continue Reading