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The Mike Lee Phenomenon: TapTap Revenge, Lemurs and “FundWare”

Post Date: Oct 10, 2008 5:55 a.m.
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If you have been peripherally following the iPhone app development scene, you undoubtedly have heard of Mike Lee, the self described "world’s toughest programmer", lead developer of "Tap Tap Revenge" and now the founder of " UnitedLemur.org " an unlikely project that involves iPhone gaming, a new model for angel capitalism and saving the Madagascar Lemur. We haven’t yet reached out to Mr Lee, but we can report a chronology of "the facts" as they have gelled into a new form of internet "meme". Mike was one of the founders of Tapulous , one of the first companies to focus entirely on the iPhone as a development plaform. News about the company’s plans were leaked to the world in June 2008; the company promised to bring a new "ecosystem" to the iPhone, and raised $1.8 million from leading angel investors such as Andy Bechtolsheim and Jeff Clavier. One month later, the company followed through with their Twitter Client and Twinkle and a "Guitar Hero" type game ...

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