This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you from Mar. 12 to Mar. 17.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, Mar. 12
- Hand-drawn platformer Fancy Pants leaps on to iOS
- Game Insight’s upcoming Rule the Kingdom and Tribez lead on tablet before mobile, Facebook
- Unity revenues up 130 percent, more than 50 percent of business is now mobile
- Appy Entertainment’s free-to-play move boosted revenues by 150 percent
- Mobile app news roundup: Apple, Kontagent and Capcom
Tuesday, Mar. 13
- Emerging free iOS apps: Draw Something, Khan Academy and Gardens of Time
- Last Week to Pre-Order Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social and Mobile Gaming Audience 2012
- PopCap officially brings Zuma to iOS with Zuma’s Revenge
- Exclusive look at Vampire Season, Brainz Games tower defense title with a twist
Wednesday, Mar. 14
- Chartboost expands offerings with public Kiosk program
- Retro blaster Gridrunner from Llamasoft’s Jeff “Yak the Hairy” Minter hits iOS
- Emerging paid iOS apps: Draw Somthing, Camera+ and Coco Loco
- Confirmed: Zynga proposes secondary offering
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: King.com, BrightRoll, Addmired and more
- GREE: We’re not threatened by Game Center or Google+
Thursday, Mar. 15
- GREE unwraps its first North American title, Zombie Jombie
- As the Amazon Appstore turns one, the Kindle Fire appears to be leading growth
- Take back the forest with Plants War
- Emerging top grossing iOS Apps: Draw Something, Tiny Zoo Friends and March Madness Live
- New hires in mobile: Big Fish Games, Glu Mobile and NaturalMotion
- Scramble With Friends (with a widget) comes to Google Play
Friday, Mar. 16
- Zombie Jombie’s card battling is GREE’s first strike at the American market
- Draw Something largest mobile game on Facebook by DAU, Zynga still leads canvas game pack
- Emerging popular Android Apps: Airport City, Ninja Chicken and They Need to be Fed
- Cellufun combines HTML5 transition with user-driven renaming contest
- Delve into a rabbit’s deluded nightmares with Dream Master
- Ben Cousins on Ngmoco’s Japanese monetization for Western players
- Mobile app news roundup: Oink, Charadium and Bethesda
Saturday, Mar. 17
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, Mar. 12
- Draw Something scribbles atop this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Become a fishing legend with Tight Lines Fishing
- Social gaming news roundup: Zynga, Wooga and Digital Chocolate
Tuesday, Mar. 13
- The Walking Dead lurching onto Facebook in April
- Funzio’s Kingdom Age brings competitive hardcore strategy to Google+
- Last Week to Pre-Order Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social and Mobile Gaming Audience 2012
- Retro football game Gridiron Heroes raises funding via Kickstarer
Wednesday, Mar. 14
- Confirmed: Zynga proposes secondary offering
- Playing God and evangelizing virals in Idle Worship, launching today
- Angry Birds continues to top the list of fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: CheckPoint, TinyCo, Addmired and more
- Eastside Games’ Zombinis: a game with legs… and arms, eyes, and brains
Thursday, Mar. 15
- The hunt for hidden clues on Facebook begins again with Blackwood & Bell Mysteries
- New hires in social gaming: Disney Playdom, Kabam and Plumbee
Friday, Mar. 16
- Galaxy Online II warps to the lead of this week’s emerging Facebook games
- Gotta catch ‘em all in Syfy Monster Island
- Retro World takes players back in time on several old-school adventures
- Draw Something largest mobile game on Facebook by DAU, Zynga still leads canvas game pack
- Social gaming news roundup: Popcap, Kixeye and Digital Chocolate
Saturday, Mar. 17
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, Mar. 12
- Draw Something, Yahoo, Causes, BranchOut, quizzes, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook app by MAU
- Facebook redesigns mobile feed to make liking, commenting easier
- Facebook event ads now have simpler RSVP, allow users to invite friends
- New Facebook platform industry hires: Buddy Media, Clickable, Pagelever, more
- Facebook surveys users about Timeline, duplicate profiles, more
- Yahoo sues Facebook for infringing 10 patents related to advertising, social networking, messaging, more
Tuesday, Mar. 13
- Invisible Children, Louis Vuitton, Nike, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages
- Last Week to Pre-Order Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social and Mobile Gaming Audience 2012
Wednesday, Mar. 14
- Draw Something, birthdays, Formspring, Microsoft, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- 8M pages switch to Timeline; Facebook offers education tools to ease transition
- Facebook adds recommendations box to Timeline pages associated with locations
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Offerpop, BrightRoll, PowerReviews and more
- Facebook simplifies event creation, makes event pages more like groups
Thursday, Mar. 15
- Tab applications for musicians look to innovate after Facebook removes default landing function
- Facebook hires and departures: interns, engineers, sales, more
- Facebook adds new APIs for pages to manage Timeline, messages
- Facebook career postings: D.C., counsel, engineering, data, speechwriter, more
- Facebook platform update: page tabs, payments, fan gates, more
Friday, Mar. 16
- Conversocial adds Facebook pages’ direct messages to customer service tool
- Santorum sees post-primary gain; Romney switches to Timeline this week on our Inside Facebook Election Tracker
- Facebook reaches 10M in Japan, doubles users in 6 months
- Friends, Solitaire Blitz, calendars, Amazon, greetings, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- Facebook roundup: Gowalla, Walmart, GLAAD, Menlo Park and more
Saturday, Mar. 17
