This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between April 16 and 21.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, April 16
- Reach for the skies with Airport City on Android
- Emerging free iOS Apps: Slide to Unlock, Design this Home and The Lorax HD
- Will $30 million in Series B help Path rise to its potential?
- Combining mobile and TV ads can boost recall by 69 percent, study finds
Tuesday, April 17
- Amazon pairs increased in-app purchase limit with new parental controls
- Defender II’s Android-exclusive castle defending sees strong success
- Appcelerator aims to become a complete mobile platform with new cloud services
- Emerging paid iOS apps: Lock My Screen, Angry Birds Space and Spelltower
Wednesday, April 18
- Drag Racing: Bike Edition races up the Top Grossing Android app charts
- Zynga puts its stamp on Draw Something, adds new social features
- Who’s next on Zynga’s acquisition list?
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sojo, Nuukster, Bally and more
- Will South Korea’s Com2uS be the next Asian developer to conquer the west?
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: Zynga Poker, TurboTax and Tap Paradise Cove
Thursday, April 19
- Speed Racer: The Beginning GoGoGoes on iOS
- New hires in mobile: Big Fish Games, GREE and Tapjoy
- The Windows Phone Marketplace and the Amazon Appstore are the fastest growing app stores
- Emerging popular Android apps: Zynga Poker, Crime City and Where’s Waldo Now?
Friday, April 20
- Rage of Bahamut takes Android players on a card-capturing adventure
- USPC jumps into mobile to try its luck with Zeniz Social Casino, but faces stiff competition
- Facebook expands capabilities for feature phones, adds support for pages and places
- Trouncing its rivals on engagement, Banjo leads the social discovery app race
- Mobile app news roundup: Gumi, Android malware and big revenues for TinyCo
Saturday, April 21
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, April 16
- Zynga Slingo’s winning streak continues with this week’s fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Zattikka starts trading on public market, returns to social games
- Bubble Bunny brings bubble-popping ‘blitz’ gameplay to Facebook
- Social games have lower costs per click on Facebook than brands do, analysis shows
- Ubisoft’s House M.D. now live on Facebook
Tuesday, April 17
- Tetris Stars digs for victory on Facebook
- Funzio brings Kingdom Age to Facebook after Google+ exclusive
Wednesday, April 18
- GameHouse continues towards top ten position with new GM and new games
- Candy Crush Saga hits sweet spot on this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
- Jewels of the Amazon brings yet more match-3 puzzling to Facebook
- Who’s next on Zynga’s acquisition list?
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Machine Zone, King.com, Nuukster and more
Thursday, April 19
- 6waves partners with BBC for Top Gear, Jane Austen social games
- New hires in social gaming: FiveOneNine Games, Funtactix and FunSockets
- Gold Slots goes for gold in the Facebook slot machine genre
- Zynga Slingo and The Sims Social this week’s gainer and loser among April’s Top 25 games
Friday, April 20
- Pencylvania draws on top of this week’s emerging Facebook games list
- Ubisoft prescribes House M.D. as cure for chronic boredom
- Idle Worship attempts to deliver divine fun with its god simulation
- Social games news roundup: PopCap, Funzio and 50 Cent
Saturday, April 21
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, April 16
- Dailymotion, social readers, Instagram, Viddy, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
- Social games have lower costs per click on Facebook than brands do, analysis shows
Tuesday, April 17
- How Facebook could monetize Instagram
- Converse, ‘Titanic,’ LMFAO, ‘The Simpsons,’ Target, Samsung, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages
- Facebook pages for artists now include ‘listen’ button
- New Facebook platform industry hires: TBG Digital, Spruce Media, Kontagent
- Facebook tests ‘trending articles’ feature to encourage users to try social reader apps
Wednesday, April 18
- Facebook becomes No. 1 most visited site in Brazil, according to Experian Hitwise
- Dailymotion, Instagram, Viddy, Rotten Tomatoes, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- Facebook ad reporting change aims to help advertisers optimize campaigns for actions beyond Likes
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Agency Sacks, W3i, SponsorPay and more
- Facebook establishes Preferred Marketing Developer program with 232 companies providing tools and services
Thursday, April 19
- Facebook hires: public policy, engineering, legal, recruiting, more
- Facebook career postings: engineering, D.C., marketing, more
- BranchOut raises additional $25M for professional networking app
Friday, April 20
- News, tabs, video, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- Facebook expands capabilities for feature phones, adds support for pages and places
- Facebook bug temporarily brings down apps, social features on third-party sites
- Facebook modifies proposed changes to terms of service, provides explanations in response to user feedback
- Facebook roundup: Instagram, IPO, pages, Google+, Pinterest
Saturday, April 21
