This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
Here are all the latest headlines from around Inside Network this past week.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms, and virtual goods.
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: New Releases & Labor Day Sales Fill The Paid Charts
- Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012
- PopCap’s Slow and Steady Investment in Asia May Be Starting to Pay Off
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: PostSecret, Madden, Monster Galaxy & More
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
- Halfbrick Wants to Take iOS Gamers on a Jetpack Joyride
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: More Zombies & More Football Top the Charts
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: 5th Planet Games, TinyCo, Lolapps and More
- Tapjoy Hires Former Sony Marketing SVP as New Chief Marketing Officer
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
- New Hires in Mobile: Alphonso Labs, Beeline Interactive, Gameloft & More
- Outblaze Gets to 30M Installs, Sees 30% Higher ARPU on Android Than on iOS
- Older Players Generate Four-Fifths of Freemium Gaming Revenue, Flurry Finds
Friday, September 9th, 2011
- Top Emerging Android Apps: Baseball, Football & Free-to-Play Games Rise Throughout the Android Top Charts
- Mob Wars Maker Gets Cuddly With Wildlings for iOS
- Tencent Looks to the West for Third-Party Game Developers
- Mobile App Roundup: Unity, Patents, Samsung Galaxy & More
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
- Sims and Smurfs Still Lead, But Newcomers Gain Ground on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012
- PopCap’s Slow and Steady Investment in Asia May Be Starting to Pay Off
- Facebook Streamlines Credits Payflow
- Birds of a Feather Go Together in Fluffy Birds Flash on Facebook
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
- Social Empires Squeezes Past The Sims Social on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU
- Vostu Acquires MP Game Studio, Could Be Getting Into Licensed Games
- Ludia Wants to Know: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Lolapps, King.com, TinyCo and More
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
- Cie Games Open Tokyo Office, Launches Car Town Japan on Mobage
- Older Players Generate Four-Fifths of Freemium Gaming Revenue, Flurry Finds
- Zynga’s Next Game, Kingdoms & Quest, Outed by Support Page
- Mixpanel Adds New Features to Social, Mobile Game Analytics Service
Friday, September 9th, 2011
- FantaBook, Fluffy Birds Flash Top This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- New Hires in Social Gaming 6waves Lolapps, Kabam, Loot Drop & More
- Tencent Looks to the West for Third-Part Game Developers
- Developer Making Fun Takes on the Tale of Noah’s Ark for Facebook
- Social Gaming Roundup: Unity, Tagged, Green Games & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Sunday, September 6th, 2011
Monday, September 5th, 2011
- Page Tabs, Quiz Apps, Dating, Phrases, Skype and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Pacifico Beer, Tillamook Cheese, Tic Tac, Consumer Reports and ING Direct
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
- Community Pages, Music, Movies, Football, Best Buy and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- Facebook Places Pages Show Recommendations From Non-Friends, Prompt Users to Recommend
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Kontagent, Wildfire, Vitrue and More
- Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012
- Facebook Becomes a Competitor and Complement to iTunes as MP3s are Sold for Credits via Pages
- Study: Auto-Posting to Facebook Decreases Likes and Comments by 70%
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
- Friend Quizzes, Page Tabs, Photos, Phrases, Horoscopes, Luck and Mobile on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- Facebook Names Political and Business Leader Erskine Bowles to Board of Directors
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kobojo, W3i, Acquinity Interactive and More
- Facebook for iPhone 3.5 Hitting 50M DAU, Ports Recent Privacy Changes, Still Includes Check-Ins
- Report: Facebook Nears $500M Net Income on $1.6B Revenue in First Half of 2011, Mostly Tracking Projections
- Platform Update: Graph API Additions, App Changes and Insights, Data Export
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Business, Mobile, Engineering, Sales and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Legal, Interns, Engineering and More
- Minimizing Your Facebook Ad CPC Bid Prices by Avoiding Bid Competition
Friday, September 9th, 2011
- School, Video, Dating, Quizzes, Pages and More on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Secret Whitelist Protects Top Facebook Page Management Tools From Having Posts Hidden in News Feeds
- Facebook Smart Lists Automatically Group Friends With Shared Characteristics for Use With Privacy Settings
- Facebook Roundup: Project Spartan, German Privacy, Ceglia, Oprah, BranchOut, Social Commerce and More
