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.
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Non-Gaming Apps Rise On The Charts
- Protect the Stars on iOS in Celebrity Bodyguard
- Monday Mobile Roundup: RIM, Mobile Payments, Lawsuits, & More
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
- EA to Acquire Australian Mobile Game Developer Firemint
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Any Music Downloader, MMORPGs & Books Rise
- Glu Forsees Slower Revenue Growth on Uncertainty Around Apple Offer Wall Policy
- Ponies: More Violent Than Most Think in Unpleasant Horse on iOS
- King.com Games Gain Growth Through Cross-Platform Play
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
- Wednesday Mobile Roundup: iTunes Competitors, BlackBerry, Google, & More
- Android Revenue Still One-Eighth to One-Tenth of iOS, Glu Says
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Office Jerk, Talking Ben, Planetary HD
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sharkius Games, Idel Games, Loot Drop & More
- Security Specialist Says He Was Able to De-Anonymize Device IDs of OpenFeint Users
- Firemint’s Acquisition Price Was Less Than $25 Million, EA Says
- EA Says iOS Revenues Doubled in The Fourth Quarter From a Year Earlier
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
- Mobile Advertising Network Jumptap Raises $25 Million From Existing Investors
- New Hires in Mobile: Big Blue Bubble, Booyah, Gameloft, & More
- Thursday Mobile Round-Up: Yudu’s Subscription Product, Android Shipments
- Trade Nations Comes To Facebook Following Success on iOS
- Messaging Startup GroupMe Acquires Blackberry Developer Sensobi
Friday, May 6th, 2011
- Friday Mobile Round-Up: Janrain Social Log-In, Visa Mobile Payments
- Developers Still in the Dark About Apple’s Policies on Incentivized Installs, Rankings
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
- Diamond Dash Slowing Down On This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- YouRiding Bodyboarding Battle Hopes For Easy Ride On Facebook With Competitive Play, Future Mobile Apps
- Bubble Saga Captivates Early Crowd, Shows Strong Growth
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
- Kabam Declares Global Warfare on Facebook’s Core Gamers
- King.com Games Gain Growth Through Cross-Platform Play
- N.O.V.A. Elite’s User Figures Blast Into Orbit Thanks to Impressive Graphics and Competitive Gameplay
- Top 25 Facebook Games For May 2011
- Zynga Games Command One Quarter Of This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
- Gourmet Ranch Keeps Growth Fresh With Fishing Expansion, Royal Wedding Campaign
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Loot Drop, Synapse Games, Sharkius Games & More
- EA Looking to Get More “Digital Service” Social Games Onto Facebook
- NBA Dynasty No “Rival” to NBA Legend, Despite Shared License
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Booyah, CrowdStar, Cie Games, & More
- Trade Nations Comes To Facebook Following Success on iOS
- Facebook Deepens Partnership with TrialPay DealSpot to Offer Credits for Watching Videos
- Farkle Pro’s Pay-to-Play Dice Rolling Sees Steady Growth
Friday, May 6th, 2011
- Traditional Video Game Titles And Tie-Ins Top This Week’s List Of Emerging Facebook Games
- Recent Zynga Filing Shows $490 Million in Funding
- Zynga, Other Social Game Developers, Using More Advanced Game-Play Tech
- Social Gaming Roundup: MyFarm Experiment, Social Startups, LOGIN Conference, & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
- Music, Page Tools, Photos, Zoosk and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Frito-Lay, Snickers, American Express, Carnival Cruises and More
- With 44 of the Top 100 Pages Promoting Music, Relaunched “Music on Facebook” Page Shows Site’s Renewed Focus
- Facebook Page Admins Can Offer Pre-Paid Deals Directly With ThruSocial and FaceItPages
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Kontangent, Nanigans, Syncapse, Vitrue and Wildfire
- Enrique Igelsias, Football, TV, Disney, Converse and More on This Week’s Top 15 Growing Facebook Pages
- Facebook Sponsored Stories Ads Have 46% Higher CTR, 18% Lower Cost Per Fan Says TBG Digital Test
- Causes to Bring the Big Donor Communication Experience to All Donors and Facebook Pages
- Facebook for Blackberry PlayBook Includes Core Features but Lags Far Behind iOS and Android
- Facebook Allows Users to Hide Recent Activity Story Types From Their Profile Walls
- Facebook Tech Ops Exec Jonathan Heiliger to Depart by End of Summer
- Top 25 Facebook Games For May 2011
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
- Birthdays, Security, Badges, Mobile and Spotify on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- The 25 Most Liked Pages on Facebook, Spring 2011
- Facebook Ads API Tool Efficient Frontier Acquires Page Management Tool Context Optional
- Facebook’s Sel-Serve Ad Tool Now Includes a Creative Library
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Blue Fang Games, Idle Games, Kabam & More
- Facebook Notifies Admins That Content but Not Members of MOst Old Groups Will Be Migrated
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Recruiting, Ads, Engineering and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Engineering, Recruiting, Mobile, Sales and More
- Facebook Allows @ Mention Tags of Friends to be Shortened
- Facebook Deepens Partnership with TrialPay DealSpot to Offer Credits for Watching Videos
- Early Look: RootMusic Adds Like-Gating, Email Capture and More to BandPage
- Facebook Rolling Out Major Update to Ad Analytics with Audience Funnels and Conversion Data
Friday, May 6th, 2011
- Video, Friends, Chase Community Giving, Bands, Cards and More on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps
- India, Brazil, Egypt Among Countries With Most New Facebook Users in April 2011
- Refreshed Facebook for BlackBerry Improves Integration with Native Contacts App
- Platform Update: Re-Authentication, Raised App Tester Capp
- Facebook Roundup: Govt Requests, Stock, Skype, Tablet Apps, Like & Send Buttons, Syria, Zuckerberg and More
