This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between Nov. 5 and Nov. 10.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, Nov. 5
- Summly brings you the news at a glance
- iPad Mini, fourth generation iPad doubles first weekend sell-through mark for Apple
- Gameloft revenues hit €55.4M, rising 37% Y-o-Y for another record quarter
- Com2uS’ record Q3 revenues up 146% Y-o-Y to $20.5M, net income hits $6.8M
- Kendo UI: 63% of developers actively developing with HTML5
- Extreme Road Trip, Black Friday, Hill Climb Racing apps and more on this week’s top free mobile apps
Tuesday, Nov. 6
- DeNA’s Q2 revenues hit yet another record high, climbing 45% Y-o-Y to $627M
- Frame your photos with Photo Collage
Wednesday, Nov. 7
- Stay in touch with Comm
- Millennial Media narrows losses for third quarter in a row, reports $47.4M in revenue, loss of $1.8M
- Pocket releases “Save for Later” API for app developers
- Low sales and rising development costs push Square Enix to $67.6M loss for first six months of 2012 fiscal year
- DeNA pays $92M for 20% share in Rage of Bahamut developer Cygames
- Guest post: How much does the #1 game on the iOS store earn in a day? $199k (I think)
- The Inside Network Job Board: Games Cafe, Tetris, Velocidi and more
- Battle Sudoku Against Friends review
- New hires in mobile apps: DeNA and Wooga
Thursday, Nov. 8
- Get your priorities right with Clear
- Chartboost: Opportunity for developers on Sundays with low average bid prices, Wednesday is most popular day to launch iOS games
- Execution Labs receives $1.4M to launch hybrid incubator and accelerator for independent mobile game development
- Capcom reports $438.7M in digital sales despite kompu gacha ban
- Nexon reports $304M in revenue, $79.6M in net income for Q3 2012
- TinyCo launches social word game Guess!
- Wreck-It Ralph, Bubble Guppies, Need for Speed and more on this week’s top paid app charts
- Kingdom of Camelot, Comics, Marvel and more on this week’s top grossing apps charts
- Wraithborne launches on Apple App Store, developed by video game industry veterans
- LifeStreet Media pays developers more than $125 million in ad revenues
Friday, Nov. 9
- Get together for some coloring-in with Colorized
- 10 mobile apps featured at the SF AppShow including Blue Kangaroo, BigDay! and Madefire
- Mobile app news roundup: iPhone 5 coming to China, Windows 8 phone releases, DeNA and Yahoo! expand alliance
- The Inside Network Job Board: Kabam, Socialpoint, Alibaba.com and more
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, Nov. 5
- Hellfire (iOS/Android) review
- Hearst Corporation makes equity investment in Spooky Cool Labs
- Ruby Blast Adventures returns to the top of the fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- The Wizard of Oz review
- Swansea City partners with Nexon
- Reminder: Social Gaming & Gambling Summit Happening Next Week in London
Tuesday, Nov. 6
- KingsIsle launches Wizard101 tie-in, Grub Guardian, on iOS and web
- Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube (iOS/Android) review
- CityVille 2 review
- The Grinns Tale officially launches on Facebook and Kongregate
Wednesday, Nov. 7
- Tarrasque Castle review
- Candy Crush saga retakes the lead among fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
- Guest post: How much does the #1 game on the iOS store earn in a day? $199k (I think)
- The Inside Network Job Board: Games Cafe, Tetris, Velocidi and more
- Battle Sudoku Against Friends review
- New hires in social games: GSN, Plumbee and Wooga
- Zynga confirms Vampire Wars’ upcoming closure
Thursday, Nov. 8
- Spil Games launching “Sara” franchise on mobile platforms
- Bubbles IQ review
- TinyCo launches social word game Guess!
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (iOS) review
- Ruby Blast Adventures and Zynga Slingo are this week’s gainer and loser among the Top 25 Facebook games of November 2012
Friday, Nov. 9
- Sushi Mushi (iOS) review
- November Software team working on Zynga’s new mobile mid-core game, Battlestone
- Bubble Bikini review
- Magical Ride is the top emerging Facebook game this week
- Social games news roundup: Dentists love zombies, bunnies come to Dungeon Rampage and Mirroball Slots is already paying out
- The Inside Network Job Board: Kabam, Socialpoint, Alibaba.com and more
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, Nov. 5
- Kenshoo raises $12M in late stage round
- Facebook Ads: Improved E-mail Marketing
- Instagram launches web profiles to give users and brands a destination for all photos
- The Facebook Marketing Bible: Updates for November 2012
- Facebook updates iOS app with Gifts, photo editing, faster access to messages, more
Tuesday, Nov. 6
- Facebook gets out the vote, this time with mobile prompts and a real-time map
- Obama and Romney Facebook stores and donation apps tied for users, but Obama 2012 app beats ‘Commit to Mitt’
Wednesday, Nov. 7
Thursday, Nov. 8
- News Feed, EdgeRank and page posts: what’s really going on with Facebook?
- Facebook converts ‘friendship pages’ to Timeline format with additional features
- Platform industry hires: Adaptly, BranchOut and Nanigans
- Microsoft Live, Pet Rescue Saga, Obama, Huffington Post and more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
Friday, Nov. 9
- Facebook tests threaded comments on some pages
- Facebook hires biz dev director, agency account specialist, head of diversity recruiting, principal writer, more
- Facebook adds job listings for customs and trade manager, Korean language specialist, Internet marketing analysts and more
- Facebook Exchange expands with IgnitionOne and growth outside U.S.
- Facebook roundup: Turn, Optimal, Unmetric and SumAll add new features to platforms
Inside Social Commerce
Tracking the convergence of social media and commerce.
- Discreet Colombian e-commerce hub Globant reinvents big brands from the inside
- Siri will do movie tickets with Apple iOS 6.1 and Fandango
- Giftivo suggests gifts to buy for your Facebook friends
- Find the best deals in the U.K. with HotUKDeals
- E-commerce facilitator Wishpond releases major suite update, emphasizes mobile
- FedEx launches Ship to Friends Facebook app
