This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between June 11 and 16.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, June 11
- NCsoft turns its hand to iOS platformers with Project 83113
- WWDC 2012: iPad-only apps account for 34% of App Store apps
- AirPlay enables Mac-to-iPhone gaming through Game Center
- Join the Inside Network Happy Hour / PageData Launch in San Francisco
- WWDC 2012 Keynote iOS6 roundup: Siri for iPad, Smart app banners and more
- Apple brings deep Facebook integration to iOS 6
- Headlines from Inside Mobile Apps’ WWDC 2012 coverage
Tuesday, June 12
- Nimblebit prepares for takeoff with Pocket Planes
- Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Early Bird Rate Ends Today
- iOS apps to generate over $4B in 2012 sales, overtake iTunes music – Asymco
- Emerging free iOS apps: Bag It!, Songza and Monsters Ate My Condo
Wednesday, June 13
- Activision teams with Flurry for new mobile publishing initiative
- Inside Network Happy Hour / PageData Launch in San Francisco Tonight!
- Take on Euro 2012 in cars with Soccer Rally
- Mopapp measures app value with all-in-one dashboard
- Social music app Roqbot raises $1.2M for streaming music and jukebox service
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: Rage of Bahamut, DragonVale and Original Gangstaz
Thursday, June 14
- Hack and slash to victory with SoulCraft
- Average revenue per download dips to $0.20 in iTunes App Store — Asymco
- Survey finds tablets boost playtime and spending habits among mobile gamers
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: King.com, High 5 Games, Warner Bros. and more
- New hires in mobile: Big Fish Games, KLab and Plumbee
Friday, June 15
- Dungeon crawling with Cardinal Quest
- Emerging popular Android apps: Airport City, Bow Man and Pro Zombie Soccer
- Mobile app news roundup: Android, Tandem and DeNA
Saturday, June 16
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Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, June 11
- Wooga removing games from Google+
- Join the Inside Network Happy Hour / PageData Launch in San Francisco
- Grumpy Goats review
- Headlines from Inside Mobile Apps’ WWDC 2012 coverage
- Facebook tries promoting games with notifications
Tuesday, June 12
- Bubble Safari hits top spot on this week’s fast-growing Facebook games by monthly active users
- Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Early Bird Rate Ends Today
- Boom Town brings Triple Town’s ‘combine 3′ gameplay to the Old West
- Facebook uses random sampling to determine app ratings and avoid manipulation
Wednesday, June 13
- Inside Network Happy Hour / PageData Launch in San Francisco Tonight!
- Bubble Safari floats to the top of fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
- Loot Drop’s Pettington Park launches on Google+ under Zynga umbrella
- Wordox review
Thursday, June 14
- PopCap shutting down Bejeweled Blitz on Google+
- Pot Farm review
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: King.com, High 5 Games, Warner Bros. and more
- IGG launches Moonlight Online as F2P MMO for Facebook
- New hires in social gaming: Bossa Studios, Kixeye and Playtika
Friday, June 15
- Candy Crush Saga and Angry Birds Friends gainer and loser among June’s Top 25 Facebook games
- mein Klub tops this week’s list of emerging Facebook games
- Pettington Park review
- Social games news roundup: Sulake loses investors, Zynga’s failure predicted and Nexon owns a lot of NCsoft
Saturday, June 16
Sunday, June 17
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Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, June 11
- Bubble Safari gets a lift, Song Pop debuts on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
- Apple brings Facebook integration to mobile and desktop OS
- Headlines from Inside Mobile Apps’ WWDC 2012 coverage
- Facebook hires development team from Pieceable Software
- Facebook tries promoting games with notifications
- Facebook adopts new terms of service and data use policy following low voter turnout
Tuesday, June 12
- Facebook releases WordPress plugins to provide social features without coding
- ReverbNation helps artists target ads to users who have listened to similar artists
- The Facebook Marketing Bible: Updates for June 2012
- Facebook uses random sampling to determine app ratings and avoid manipulation
- New Facebook platform industry hires: HYFN, Nanigans, PageLever, Wildfire
Wednesday, June 13
- Inside Network Happy Hour / PageData Launch in San Francisco Tonight!
- Facebook now asks for more details when users report fake or abusive accounts
- Facebook prompts admins to re-engage with neglected pages
- ‘Facebook Exchange’ retargeting system will bring intent-based ads to the site
- Developers can now find out what devices users have to better tailor app content
Thursday, June 14
- Bubble Safari, Wish, social readers, Viddy and more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- Syncapse acquires Clickable to bring ad capabilities to its social marketing platform
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: King.com, High 5 Games, Warner Bros. and more
- Facebook updates search bar to encourage users to search for ‘people, places and things’
- Facebook hires: interns, event marketing, user operations, client partners, analysts, software engineers and more
- Facebook career postings: lawyers, sales, data center technicians, agency relations, network engineering, more
Friday, June 15
- Page management platform Hearsay Social partners with media companies to help marketers with content curation
- BuzzFeed gets permission to use Facebook social plugins for ‘shareable ads’
- Facebook CTO leaving company to build future start-up
- Birthday Reminder, SimCity promotion, Songza, Pot Farm, Opera Mini, more on our top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- Facebook stock above $30, denial of IPO fraud, alliance against ad scams and more on this week’s news roundup
Saturday, June 16


