Los Angeles- and Austin-based GameSalad , the developer of software tools for creating iPhone and other Apple iOS games, said this week that it has had its most successful week ever for the company, signing up more than 1,200 new users in the past week or so. GameSalad is one of the firm in the current LaunchpadLA class. MORE >>

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab-backed developer of mobile and desktop messaging and social media apps, is announcing this morning that it has hired Ken Rudman as its Vice President of Developer Relations. Rudman joins the company from AT&T Interactive, where he was Director of the Developer Program and Platform. MORE >>

Companies Throw Contests for the Holidays Written by John Jorgensen on December 6th, 2007 | Posted in Startup Christmas is finally rolling around, and we’ve noticed Web 2.0 companies are getting in on the holiday spirit. If you’ve heard of any other holiday giveaways or contests being put on by companies in the Web 2.0 MORE >>

Launchpad has previously not made direct cash investments in companies, but that’s all changing…Today Launchpad  announced that each member of class 3 will receive a $50,000 investment from a pool of capital contributed by folks like Rincon Ventures , IdeaLab, and AudioMicro corporate counsel, Stubbs Alderton , among others. MORE >>

I’ve come to realize that I have lots of posts around startup software development scattered around in different posts. How to Work With a Contract Web Developer How To Bootstrap Your StartupThought it would be good to capture them in one spot and also include links to related posts from other sources. MORE >>