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September 18th, 2011
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, September 12th, 2011
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Smule, Amanita Design, Kairosoft & More
- DeNA Acquires Punch Entertainment’s Vietnam Studio to Bolster Mobage Network
- Social Sports App Developer Lionside Possibly Acquired by Ngmoco
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
- Zombie Highway Drives up the Charts After Going the Free Way
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Popular Apps Spike With New Content Updates
- Mobile Analytics Provider Apsalar Picks Up $5 Million in Funding
- Ngmoco Confirms Lionside Acquisition
- Last Week to Pre-Order Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
- MindJolt Makes Good on Mobile Aspirations With SGN, Looks to Create Critical Mass of Users
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Paid Apps Go Free and Television Grows on iPad
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: 5th Planet, Wild Needle, Jib Jab and More
- GREE Intl. CEO Replaces OpenFeint Co-Founder Jason Citron as CEO
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
- New Hires in Mobile: EA Mobile, Gameloft, Glu Mobile & More
- Staying Independent, Mobile Ad Network InMobi Raises $200 Million From Softbank
- Top Emerging Android Apps: Tower Defense, Pygmies, Ringtones & More
Friday, September 16th, 2011
- Crimson: Steam Pirates Sails Into Charted Territory on the iPad
- Mobile App Roundup: Google, Big Business, Startups & More
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, September 12th, 2011
- BringIt Updates Skill-Based Facebook Mini-Games Service to Include New Viral Feature
- The Sims Social, Zuma Blitz Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- GameShow Slot Machines Doubles Its Ways to Play on Facebook
- DeNA Acquires Punch Entertainment’s Vietnam Studio to Bolster Mobage Network
- Social Sports App Developer Lionside Acquired by Ngmoco
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
- Last Week to Pre-Order Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012
- Join Us at f8 — Inside Network Happy Hour is Next Wednesday in San Francisco
- Ngmoco Confirms Lionside Acquisition
- BrainJewel from TribePlay is a Facebook Puzzle Game Fit for a Pharaoh
- At f8, Facebook Developers Could Get a Smarter Way to Structure Their News Feed Stories
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
- MindJolt Makes Good on Mobile Aspirations With SGN, Looks to Create Critical Mass of Users
- The Sims Social, Zuma Blitz, and Tetris Battle Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Nubee, TinyCo, Wild Needle and More
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
- New Hires in Social Gaming: CrowdStar, Double Down Interactive, GREE Intl and More
- King.com’s Bubble Witch Saga Joins Facebook Standalone Game Coven
- Google+ APIs Launching Today
- 6waves Lolapps and Electrolab Take Facebook Gamers to Fight Camp
Friday, September 16th, 2011
- Edgeworld, FantaBook Top This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- China’s TribePlay Goes West for Opportunity, Growth
- Social Gaming Roundup: Raptr, Japan, New Launches & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, September 12th, 2011
- Page Tabs, Phrases, Quizzes, Dating and Twitter on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Car Town & Car and Driver, Einstein Bros Bagels, Best Buy & CityVille
- Badgeville’s Social Fabric Gives Any Website a Facebook-Style News Feed
- SurveyMonkey’s Facebook Page Tab App Helps Businesses Gain Feedback From Fans
- Join Us the Night Before f8 — Inside Network Happy Hour Is Next Wednesday in San Francisco
- How to Use Facebook’s Hidden Wall and Other Page Moderation Tools to Protect Brand Reputation
- Facebook Tests Changing User Account Settings to Send Summary Email Notifications
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
- Last Week to Pre-Order Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Work4Labs, Shop.org, Nanigans and More
- Movies, TV, Soccer, Music, Best Buy, Angry Birds, Zynga and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- Facebook Officially Launches Smart Lists, and Special Friend Lists That Influence the News Feed
- At f8, Facebook Developers Could Get a Smarter Way to Structure Their News Feed Stories
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
- Horoscopes, Spotify, Dating, Tabs, Videos, Bing and Yahoo on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by DAU
- Facebook’s New Subscribe Button Allows Assymetrical Following of Non-Friends’ Public Updates
- Facebook Social Ads Are Not a Test: They Appear on a Majority of the Site’s Page Views
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: JibJab, King.com, TBG Digital, TinyCo and More
- Facebook’s Subscribe Button to Come With Personalized “Suggested User” Subscription Recommendations
- “View Shares” Link Shows Who Has Reposted Any Facebook News Feed Story
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Analysts, Engineers, Communications, Client Partners and More
- Facebook Careers Postings: Mobile Apps Analyst, Legal, Tokyo, Recruiting and More
- Facebook Partners With Heroku to Offer Developers Free Sample Application Hosting
- Facebook Locks the Top Navigation Bar in Place as Users Scroll
Friday, September 16th, 2011
- Videos, Dating, Amazon, Friends, Tabs and More on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Ooyala Social: A Quality Customizable Platform for Selling, Renting, and Sharing Video Through Facebook
- How to Get Users to Repost Your Facebook Page’s News Feed Posts Through the Share Button
- Facebook to Disable “Send an Update” that Let Pages Reach Fans Directly Through Messages
- Facebook Roundup: IPO, 3rd Party Apps, FTC, Passwords, Engineering, Skype, Legal and Minors
This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
September 11th, 2011
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.
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: New Releases & Labor Day Sales Fill The Paid Charts
- Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012
- PopCap’s Slow and Steady Investment in Asia May Be Starting to Pay Off
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: PostSecret, Madden, Monster Galaxy & More
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
- Halfbrick Wants to Take iOS Gamers on a Jetpack Joyride
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: More Zombies & More Football Top the Charts
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: 5th Planet Games, TinyCo, Lolapps and More
- Tapjoy Hires Former Sony Marketing SVP as New Chief Marketing Officer
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
- New Hires in Mobile: Alphonso Labs, Beeline Interactive, Gameloft & More
- Outblaze Gets to 30M Installs, Sees 30% Higher ARPU on Android Than on iOS
- Older Players Generate Four-Fifths of Freemium Gaming Revenue, Flurry Finds
Friday, September 9th, 2011
- Top Emerging Android Apps: Baseball, Football & Free-to-Play Games Rise Throughout the Android Top Charts
- Mob Wars Maker Gets Cuddly With Wildlings for iOS
- Tencent Looks to the West for Third-Party Game Developers
- Mobile App Roundup: Unity, Patents, Samsung Galaxy & More
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
- Sims and Smurfs Still Lead, But Newcomers Gain Ground on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012
- PopCap’s Slow and Steady Investment in Asia May Be Starting to Pay Off
- Facebook Streamlines Credits Payflow
- Birds of a Feather Go Together in Fluffy Birds Flash on Facebook
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
- Social Empires Squeezes Past The Sims Social on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU
- Vostu Acquires MP Game Studio, Could Be Getting Into Licensed Games
- Ludia Wants to Know: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Lolapps, King.com, TinyCo and More
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
- Cie Games Open Tokyo Office, Launches Car Town Japan on Mobage
- Older Players Generate Four-Fifths of Freemium Gaming Revenue, Flurry Finds
- Zynga’s Next Game, Kingdoms & Quest, Outed by Support Page
- Mixpanel Adds New Features to Social, Mobile Game Analytics Service
Friday, September 9th, 2011
- FantaBook, Fluffy Birds Flash Top This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- New Hires in Social Gaming 6waves Lolapps, Kabam, Loot Drop & More
- Tencent Looks to the West for Third-Part Game Developers
- Developer Making Fun Takes on the Tale of Noah’s Ark for Facebook
- Social Gaming Roundup: Unity, Tagged, Green Games & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Sunday, September 6th, 2011
Monday, September 5th, 2011
- Page Tabs, Quiz Apps, Dating, Phrases, Skype and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Pacifico Beer, Tillamook Cheese, Tic Tac, Consumer Reports and ING Direct
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
- Community Pages, Music, Movies, Football, Best Buy and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- Facebook Places Pages Show Recommendations From Non-Friends, Prompt Users to Recommend
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Kontagent, Wildfire, Vitrue and More
- Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012
- Facebook Becomes a Competitor and Complement to iTunes as MP3s are Sold for Credits via Pages
- Study: Auto-Posting to Facebook Decreases Likes and Comments by 70%
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
- Friend Quizzes, Page Tabs, Photos, Phrases, Horoscopes, Luck and Mobile on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- Facebook Names Political and Business Leader Erskine Bowles to Board of Directors
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kobojo, W3i, Acquinity Interactive and More
- Facebook for iPhone 3.5 Hitting 50M DAU, Ports Recent Privacy Changes, Still Includes Check-Ins
- Report: Facebook Nears $500M Net Income on $1.6B Revenue in First Half of 2011, Mostly Tracking Projections
- Platform Update: Graph API Additions, App Changes and Insights, Data Export
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Business, Mobile, Engineering, Sales and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Legal, Interns, Engineering and More
- Minimizing Your Facebook Ad CPC Bid Prices by Avoiding Bid Competition
Friday, September 9th, 2011
- School, Video, Dating, Quizzes, Pages and More on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Secret Whitelist Protects Top Facebook Page Management Tools From Having Posts Hidden in News Feeds
- Facebook Smart Lists Automatically Group Friends With Shared Characteristics for Use With Privacy Settings
- Facebook Roundup: Project Spartan, German Privacy, Ceglia, Oprah, BranchOut, Social Commerce and More
This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
September 4th, 2011
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, August 29th, 2011
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: RPGs, Social Games, Physics Puzzles & More
- How Haypi Kingdom Got And Maintained Its Top Grossing Rank
- User Acquisition Costs Decline as Developers Adjust to Offer Wall Alternatives
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
- SPY Mouse Puts a Line Drawing Twist on Secret Agent Stealth
- Life is Lovely and Lumpy in Mokus’ Artful Puzzle-Platformer Contre Jour
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: 5th Planet, TinyCo, FunCom and More
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Puzzles, Arcade Games, Dinosaurs & More
- Vision Hacker Uses Front-Facing Camera to Create Kinect-Like Experiences on iOS
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
- Gaia Online Launches Monster Galaxy for iOS in First Mobile Game Foray
- PlayHaven Launches Way to Quickly Test Different Ad, Monetization Units Through HTML5 Layer
- New Hires in Mobile: Alphonso Labs, EA Mobile, Flurry, SponsorPay & More
- iSwifter Adds Google+ Games to Its Mobile Streaming Service, Seeks Out Developer Parnerships
- Top Emerging Android Apps: Wallpapers, Madden, Electronic Arts & More
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
- Understanding the iOS and Android Market in China
- Mobile App Roundup: BoltJS, Funding, Mergers & More
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, August 29th, 2011
- Sims Social and Smurfs Still Battling it Out on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by MAU
- Announcing Inside Social Apps 2012 — Coming February 8th and 9th in San Francisco
- 6waves Lolapps Births Baby & Me on Facebook
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
- RockYou, Peak Games Partner to Bring Zoo World 2 to Turkey, Middle East, North Africa
- Zynga Readies Adventure World Ahead of IPO
- The Sims Social, Diamond Dash Lead This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
- Stick Run Fills the Stands with Endless running Fans on Facebook
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Tagged, FunCom, Amazon and More
- Imba’s Gladelings for Facebook Whisks Players Away to a Land of Bears and Caves
- Could BioWare Be Preparing a Mass Effect Social Game?
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
- Gaia Online Launches Monster Galaxy for iOS in First Mobile Game Foray
- A Closer Look at Zynga’s Adventure World
- iSwifter Adds Google+ Games to Its Mobile Streaming Service, Seeks Out Developer Partnerships
- New Hires in Social Gaming: 6waves Lolapps, CrowdStar, Digital Chocolate & More
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
- Chinese Language Games Dominate This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Vote to See Inside Social Games and Inside Network Panels at SXSW
- Understanding the iOS and Android Market in China
- Adventure Slots for Facebook Spins a Tale
- The Top 25 Facebook Games for September 2011
- Social Gaming Roundup: New Social Games, Playdom Contest, Unity Awards & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, August 29th, 2011
- Friend Quizzes, Tab Apps, Skype, Calendar, Are You Interested? and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by MAU
- ReverbNation Launches the First Vertical-Specific Self-Serve Facebook Ads API Tool
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Orbitz, Coca-Cola, Kia, Sears and American Express
- RoomSync Leverages Facebook Data to Help Colleges Match Roommates
- Announcing Inside Social Apps 2012 — Coming February 8th and 9th in San Francisco
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Wildfire, Nanigans, Work4 Labs and More
- Movies, Community Pages and Music on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- Facebook Adds “Hide All From [Advertiser]” Feedback Option to Punish Spammers
- New “Choose What You See” Filtering Options Could Be Coming to Facebook News Feeds
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
- Birthdays, Horoscopes, Photos, Tabs, Skype, Yahoo and Windows on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- RootMusic Raises $16 Million Second Round, Following Hit BandPage Facebook App for Musicians
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Identified, Nanigans, Tagged and More
- Another Report Says Facebook Music Service Is Coming at f8
- Facebook Platform Team Formalizes 90-Day Breaking Change Policy, Improves Beta Tier Testing
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Engineering, User Ops, Business and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Interns, Engineering, Sales and More
- Facebook’s Unannounced Like Button Extension fof Chrome Is Live and Waiting for Users
- The Facebook Marketing Bible September 2011 Edition Is Now Available
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
- Islam, Quizzes, Photos, Amazon and Social Networks on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Vote to See Inside Facebook and Inside Network Panels at SXSW
- Microsoft, Yahoo, TripAdvisor, Yelp and VEVO Now Among Largest Facebook Applications
- “Hide All Posts” From Pages No Longer an Option in the Facebook News Feed
- Facebook Is Testing a “Translate” Button for Comments on Pages
- Facebook Roundup: Project Spartan, Lamebook, Privacy Comments, Patents, Bug Bounty, Privacy, Ads and More
This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
August 28th, 2011
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, August 22nd, 2011
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Ludia’s Apps, Godzilab’s iBlast Moki 2 & More
- Group Messaging Apps Consolidate as Platforms Enter The Ring
- Rovio Picks Up Former Fox Executive Andrew Stalbow as General Manager For North America
- Namco Bandai, DeNA Partner on New Mobile-Social Gaming Unit
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
- ngmoco:) Hires Former Current TV Executive Joanna Drake Earl as COO
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Tap Petshop, Trade Nations’ Update & More
- YouWeb Raises $2M, Hires New SVP of Business Development
- Flick Soccer’s Goal: Killing Your Productivity on iOS
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
- With Tap Petshop Launch, Pocket Gems Nabs Three of the Top 15 Grossing Apps on iOS
- PapayaMobile Reaches 25M Registered Users, Takes Jabs At DeNA’s Mobage
- Join Inside Network in Beijing to Talk Mobile Apps, Social Games, and Global Platforms
- Report: Android Impressions Grow 15% Month-Over-Month, Games Increase 35%
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Breaktime, Tagged, Zynga and More
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Physics Puzzle Games Fill the iPhone
- CocoaChina Raises $14M From Sequoia China, Steamboat to Foster Local iOS Developer Community
- Strapped Fore Mobile Development Talent? Hire Via API.
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
- Sprinkle Bets on Wet as the Next Big Thing in Physics-Based Puzzle Games
- Top Emerging Android Apps: Tap Fish’s Wallpaper Update, Dragon, Fly!
- Pocket Gems Debuts on Android With Tap Zoo. Can It Repeat Its iOS Success?
- Facebook’s Developer Conference Next Month Could Bring Launch of Mobile HTML5 Platform
- Vote to See Inside Network Panels at SXSW
- New Hires in Mobile: Big Fish Games, Booyah, Foursquare & More
- Booyah Looks to Jumpstart New Momentum in Platforming Genre With Early Bird
- Loss of UDIDs Is OpenFeint’s Gain as it Launches Replacement ID System
Friday, August 26th, 2011
- U.S. Makes Up Slightly More Than 40% of Revenues For iOS Game Developers
- Backed By Star Investors, Red Robot Labs Debuts on Android With RPG Life is Crime
- Mobile App Roundup: Apple, New SDKs, Mobile Payments & More
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
- Sims and Smurfs Still Ahead on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by MAU
- Ecko Code Focuses on Facebook With Showtime Tie-In Games Weeks, Dexter & Borgias
- Gamescom 2011 Roundup: Social & Mobile Highlights
- Google+ Adds Casual Single-Player Games from LabPixies
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
- BeTomorrow’s RocketBird Still Flying High on Facebook
- Vote to See Inside Social Games and Inside Network Panels at SXSW
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
- The Sims Social, Zynga Lead This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
- Zynga Expands Game Cards Into 18 New Countries
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Zynga, Lolapps, Tagged and More
- Journey of Moses for Facebook Is a Social Take on the Old Testament
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
- Kabam Announces The Godfater: Five Families for Facebook Under Paramount Pictures
- New Hires in Social Gaming: 6waves LOLapps, CrowdStar, Digital Chocolate & More
- Facebook’s Sponsored Stories Ads Appear in the New App Ticker
- Facebook Welcomes Social Game Hello Adventure From Free Lunch Design
Friday, August 26th, 2011
- 胡萊三國 Tops This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Slide Confirms Game Closures, Ending a Long and Wild Journey Building Social Apps
- The Top Fashion Games on Facebook by Traffic
- Social Gaming Roundup: Zynga, Game Developers Choice Awards, Bungie Aerospaces & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
- Friend Quizzes, Page Tabs, Photos, Music, Calendar and Dating on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Dunkin’ Nation, UNO, Notruf Deutschland, “The Big Lebowski” and Publishers Clearing House
- “Around The Web” Feature on Facebook Pages Shows Foursquare, Other Location Links
- Facebook Adds Page Admin Bookmarks With Notification Counters to the Home Page
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
- “Titanic,” Rihanna, Real Madrid, YouTube and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Wildfire, Work4 Labs, TBG Digital, AdParlor and More
- Facebook Launches Ad Targeting by Topic
- Facebook Overhauls Privacy, Brings Controls In-Line With Content
- Vote to See Inside Facebook and Inside Network Panels at SXSW
- Study: SEO Matters for Facebook Pages as 34% of External Referral Traffic Comes From Search
- Facebook Confirms It Will Scrap the Places Check-In Feed
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
- Bing, Phrases, Pandora, Skype, Zoosk and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by DAU
- Join Inside Network in Beijing to Talk Mobile Apps, Social Games, and Global Platforms
- How to Effectively Manage Critics, Trolls and Spammers on Facebook Pages
- Facebook to Replace Developer Forums With Stack Overflow
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: TinyCo, TBG Digital, Tagged and More
- Facebook’s Ad Guidelines Now Permit Offline Gambling, Lotteries, and Dietary Supplements
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Communications, Sales, Recruiting and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Engineering, Credits, Policy, Data Center and More
- Facebook’s 2011 f8 Developer Conference Could Include HTML5, iPad and Music Launches
- Facebook’s Sponsored Stories Ads Appear in the New App Ticker
Friday, August 26th, 2011
- Phrases, Friend Quizzes, Photos, Greeting Cards and More on this Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Miramax’s Multi-Title Movie Rental Facebook App: A Model for Content Owners
- Slide Confirms Game Closures, Ending a Long and Wild Journey Building Social Apps
- Facebook Discontinues Deals After Failing to Make Pre-Paid Coupons Social
- Facebook Photos Gets Polish: Whie Background, Bigger Images That Load Faster
- Facebook Roundup: Photo Apps, Video, Movies, AT&T, Pageviews, Places, Credits, Growth and More
This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
July 31st, 2011
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, July 25th, 2011
- Flurry: Whales Help Push Up Average In-App Purchases in Freemium Mobile Games
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Zombies, Pirates & Captain America Rise Over the Weekend
- See New Perspectives on the Zombie Apocalypse in Zombie Gunship on iPhone
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
- Twilio’s New SDK Lets Developers Add Skype-Like Calling to Their Apps
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Updates Push Addmired, Gameview Titles Higher
- Electronic Arts’ Mobile Revenue Climbs 10% Year-Over-Year to $57M in First Quarter
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
- Total Revenue From Top 200 Grossing iOS Games Climbs 79% Year-Over-Year, Distimo Says
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Music, Television, Learning, & Beauty
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: EA, Pontiflex, Kabam, PopCap and More
- The ngmoco:)-DeNA Deal Gets its First Real Test With Mobage Launch on Android
- Deadlock: Online Proves Great in Theory, But Disappoints in Connectivity
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
- Q&A: Fiksu CEO Micah Adler on How Acquiring iOS Users Has Changed After Offer Walls
- How Much Has The Cost of Acquiring a Quality iOS User Changed This Spring?
- New Hires in Mobile: Big Fish Games, EA Mobile, Foursquare, & More
- BulkyPix Wins the Hill With New WWII Strategy Game for iOS
Friday, July 29th, 2011
- Outfit7 CEO Nabergoj Steps Down, Founder Login Steps Up As Temporary Replacement
- Mobile Roundup: RIM, Funding, iPhone 5, Samsung & More
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, July 25th, 2011
- Mahjong Saga, Gourmet Ranch, Global Warfare Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- Clash of the Dragons Deals Collectible Card Combat on Facebook
- Playfirst Sunsets Diner Dash as Traffic Declines
- Zynga and Tencent Announce Partnership, Launch of CityVille Chine Expansion “Zynga City”
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
- Roman Taxi: Royal Era Puts a Spin on City-Building Fare
- Total Domination: Nuclear Strategy Assembles an Impressive Army of Users on Facebook
- EA Claims Social Game Revenues in Q1 2012 Rise Despite Year-on-Year Drop in MAU
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: PopCap, MegaZebra, Tagged and More
- Zoo World 2, The Pokerist Club, Battle Pirates Lead This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU
- Clone Wars: What Copycats Really Do To The Social Games Industry
- Digital Chocolate’s Millionaire Boss is Moving Up in the Business World on Facebook
- MapleStory Adventures Launches on Facebook Today
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
- The A-List Gives Facebook Users a Brush with Fame on Facebook
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Claritics, Happy Elements, IMVU, & More
- Super Rewards Founder, Pot Farm Creators Net Angel Funding for New Social Game Studio
Friday, July 29th, 2011
- International Releases Top This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- GnomeTown Invites Residents to Party, Pillage and Pummel
- What Do Facebook’s Developer Traffic Targets Really Mean for Zynga (and Everyone Else)?
- Social Gaming Roundup: Electronic Arts, Mobage, Layoffs, & More.
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, July 25th, 2011
- 60 Photos, Quizzes, Pages, Mobile, Bandsintown and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Craftsman, Unilever & Zynga, American Express and El Pollo Loco
- Acceptly Uses Social Contacts to Help Students Get Into College
- Facebook for iPad: Our Feature Breakdown of the Leaked Official App
- Video Privacy Protection Act Delays US Launch of Netflix Facebook Integration
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Buddy Media, Syncapse, North Social, 140 Proof and More
- Amy Winehouse, Jesus, Dior, Domo, “Captain America,” and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- BrightWhistle Raises $1.1 Million to Offer Facebook Ad and Landing Page Optimization to Health Care
- Facebook vs Twitter — How Smart Marketers Use Both Differently
- ComScore Report: 27% of Facebook Browsing on News Feed, Just 10% on Apps
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
- PicBadges, Mobile, Horoscopes, Cupid and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- “Facebook for Business” Resource Center Eases Onboarding for Marketers and Advertisers
- Facebook Users Can Now List That They Are Expecting a Child in Their Profiles
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Boards: Context Optional, Lolapps, Ngmoco
, PopCap Games and More - Platform News: Facebook Lets Developers Create Test Users Through the Developer App GUI
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Research, Engineering, Communications, Credits and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Engineering, Business, Communications, Recruiting, Sales and More
- Hearsay Social Raises $18 Million, Can Now Run Facebook Ads for Corporate/Local Pages
- Facebook for BlackBerry v2.0 Adds Chat, BBM Support, and More Beta Tested Features
Friday, July 29th, 2011
- Hulu, Profile Banners, BeKnown, Friends and Twibbons on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Webtrends Expands From Apps and Analytics to Full Facebook Page Management Suite
- Facebook Test Lets Users Tag Family Members by Typing How They’re Related
- Facebook White Hat Program Now Offers Bounty for Disclosing Security Bugs
- Facebook Roundup: Prineville, Ceglia, Seattle, Ads, Credits, Mobile and More
This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
July 24th, 2011
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, July 18th, 2011
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: iPad Charts Prove More Active Than iPhone
- Monday Mobile Roundup: Fiscal Reports, Metrics, Digital Payments & More
- Glu Mobile Moves Up Vesting For Execs in The Event of an Acquisition, SEC Filing Shows
- Hothead Games & Magic Creator Richard Garfield Launch Kard Combat for iOS
- Facebook for Android 1.6.1 Lets You Post to, Search For, and Tag Pages
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
- Apple Sells 20.34M iPhones, 9.25M iPads in Third Quarter
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Harry Potter & Top Paid Apps Grow
- Zynga-Facebook Agreement Included Targets For Mobile Users Growth
- Wooga Moves Into Mobile Gaming With Forthcoming iOS Version of Diamond Dash
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
- PopCap’s Games to Come Pre-Installed on Sony Ericsson Xperia Devices
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Glu Mobile, Kabam, Ubisoft and More
- Heyzap Launches Personalized Game Recommendations on Android
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Google+, Older Games Flourish
- Wednesday Mobile Roundup: Google+, App Launches, Partnerships, & More
- Shake Spears! Brings Fresh Gameplay to iOS
- Game Insight Says it is Netting $1M in Revenue From Top-Grossing Android Game Paradise Island
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
- New Hires in Mobile: EA Mobile, Game Insight, Gameloft, & More
- PopCap’s 4th and Battery Studio Turns a 9-Year-Old Leukemia Patient’s Dream Game Into Reality
- Sid Meier’s Pirates Makes a Splash on The iPad
- Android Market Now Supports Multiple APKs, Letting Developers Reach More Devices
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
- Friday Mobile Roundup: Lawsuits, Android Launches, iPhone Activations, & More
- As Mobile Gaming Acquisitions Heat Up, Is Storm8 Next?
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, July 18th, 2011
- Lolapps Merges With 6waves, Seeks Out Funding
- Global Warfare, Mahjong Saga Lead This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- Animal Party Picks Up Speed on Facebook Under 6waves Publishing
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
- New Zynga S-1 Docs: Traffic Guarantees From Facebook, but No Canvas Ad Revenue
- Upcoming Facebook API Changes Bring Back Virality By Sorting Game Genres
- Bingo Blitz Grows on Facebook Through Focus on the Game’s Fundamentals
- Wooga Moves Into Mobile Gaming With Forthcoming iOS Version of Diamond Dash
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
- Mad Respect for Mahjong on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
- Lisa Marino on RockYou’s Publishing Partners, Ad Platform Growth in Gourmet Ranch And Zoo World
- Wooga: Building a Successful Social Game by Combining Metrics With Emotion
- Inside Network Cocktail Party — Today in Seattle
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Spooky Cool Labs, Ubisoft, Kabam and More
- Game Insight Shuns iOS for Android, Prepares to Tell Facebook Crime Story
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Digital Chocolate, iWin, Kabam, & More
- ESPN Sports Bar & Grill Serves Up Team Spirit
- KlickNation Grows Futuristic Wild West Social Game Six Gun Galaxy
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
- Animal Party, Digital Chocolate’s Millionaire Boss Top This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Kixeye’s Next RTS, War Commander, Due Out in August
- Google+ and Social Games: What We Know So Far
- StreetRally Rolls Off of the Assembly Line Onto Facebook
- Social Gaming Roundup: Mergers, Funding, Azure Toolkit, PlayPhone, & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, July 18th, 2011
- 60 Photos, Mobile, Pages, MyCalendar and Bandintown on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: HP, Stella Artois, Stoli Vodka, Lady Gaga, Monster Galaxy and More
- Facebook Opens Viral Growth Channel for Pages, Delivering Invites to Like as Notifications
- Platform Update: Graph API Management of Pages, Send Button Referral Parameter
- Facebook for Android 1.6.1 Lets You Post to, Search For, and Tag Pages
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Vitrue, Efficient Frontier, Tealium, Hearsay and More
- New Zynga S-1 Docs: Traffic Guarantees From Facebook, but Now Canvas Ad Revenue
- Report: Facebook Advertising by Brands For Their Pages Increased 1900% Year Over Year
- Vitrue Acquires GamesThatGive So Clients Can Engage Via Charity Donation Apps
- Bringing Video Ads to Games: Supersonic Raises $4.2M and Crowdstar Partners with Jun Group
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
- Horoscopes, Friends, Mobile and Dating on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- The 25 Most Liked Pages on Facebook, Summer 2011
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Context Optional, Spooky Cool Labs, Ubisoft and More
- Facebook Asks Users to Help It Get Local Business Owners to Claim Their Places
- Gekko Pulls in Prices and Lets Users Request Deals to Differentiate From Other Facebook Travel Apps
- How Facebook Pages Can Use “Invite Friends” to Gain Fans
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Interns, Engineering, Mobile, Communications and More
- Facebook careers Postings: Engineering, Dublin, Counsel and More
- Facebook Comments Can Now Display Photos, Play Videos, and Preview Websites
- Facebook Hires Engineers, Licenses Patents From Scrapped Facebook Browser Client Wowd
- Facebook Releases OAuth 2.0-Ready JavaScript SDK, Extends Migration Deadline to October 1st
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
July 17th, 2011
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, July 11th, 2011
- Monday Mobile Roundup: Mobile Job Growth, Smartphone Tech, Tablet Declines & More
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: New iPhone Apps Slow While HD Versions Rise
- Andreessen Horowitz-Backed TinyCo’s Co-Founder Spivey Leaves
- Outblaze’s Six-Month Foray Into Mobile Games Pays Off With 21M Downloads for Pretty Pet Salon & Other Apps
- Katango Could Solve Facebook Friend List Creation Problems, But For Now It’s Just Group Messaging
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
- Russia’s Kama Games Acquires IP Behind Mall Party, City Friends and Epic Gladiator
- Team Behind Postagram Launches PopBooth, a Photobooth-Like Experience on iOS
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Past Top Paid & Top Free Apps Rise
- New “Facebook for Every Phone” App Brings Photo Uploading and More to 2500 Different Feature Phones
- Tapjoy Hires New CFO as It Hints at IPO Prospects
- EA Buys PopCap Games in Deal Worth Up to $1.3 Billion
- Mopub on Its $6.5 Million Round From Accel Partners
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
- Android Market Makes Its New Grossing, Trending Charts Available on Devices
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Glu Mobile, Pontiflex, TinyCo, Kabam and More
- Pocket Gems Passes 40M Downloads After Pair of Hits Tap Zoo, Tap Pet Hotel
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Songify, Happy Theme Park Rise Up
- In a Boon For Enterprise Apps, Apple Introduces Bulk App Purchases For Businesses
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
- New Hires in Mobile: EA Mobile, Gameloft, Z2Live & More
- Evil Dead for iOS Looks Good, but Struggles to Match Franchise’s History
- iPad2, Verizon iPhone Help Apple Eat Into Android’s Share Among Developers Building New Apps
- Google CEO Larry Page Says There ARe 550,000 Android Device Activations A Day
- Android Apps Surpassed 6 Billion Cumulative Downloads Second Quarter
- Android and iOS’s Total App Downloads Per Month May Be Near Parity
Friday, July 15th, 2011
- Bravo Launches Xtreme Wheels on iOS
- Applifier Announces Mobile Cross-Promotion Platform for iOS, Android
- CrowdStar, Incubator YouWeb Get on The Mobile Fund Bandwagon With $10 Million StarFund
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, July 11th, 2011
- Empires & Allies Battles Global Warfare on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- My Country Lets Players Build Nations, Game Builds Impressive User Base
- Perfect Getaway Sets Sail on Facebook With Service Industry Sim
- Pet Tales Makes Caring for PUppies and Kittens a Walk in the Park on Facebook
- Social Point’s Flying Dog Gets by on Bare Bones Gameplay
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
- Trip Hawkins Talks Feudal System, Forging a “Republic of Gaming” Through Browsers
- EA Buys PopCap Games in Deal Worth Up to $1.3 Billion
- Martial Arts Masters Challenges Players to Take on the World and Risk Experience Points
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
- Animal Party Gaining Ground on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU
- Investors on Where the Smart Money Will Go in Social Games
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kabam, A Bit Lucky, Pontiflex and More
- Inside Network Cocktail Party — Join Us Next Week in Seattle
- Camelot: The Game Mixes Swords and Strategy, Strong Despite Show’s Renewal Prospects
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Arkadium, CrowdStar, GameHouse, & More
- Bejeweled Clone Biotronic sees a Resurgence of Players as Developer Moves onto Mobile
Friday, July 15th, 2011
- Arabic Farming Sim and Pet Games Top This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Dreamland Conjures a Unique Board Game Adventure
- Applifier Announces Mobile Cross-Promotion Platform for iOS, Android
- Social Gaming Roundup: Acquisitions, Game Updates, Zynga Japan, & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, July 11th, 2011
- 60 Photos, Page Tabs, Videos, Mobile, Zoosk and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: New Jersey Lottery, Tretorn, Toys “R” US & Craftsman Tools
- Facebook Launching Corporate-Local Parent-Child Places Structure for Businesses With Multiple Locations
- Hulu Relaunches Facebook Integration. Can a Free Month of Hulu Plus Offset Privacy Issues?
- Katango Could Solve Facebook Friend List Creation Problems, but for Now It’s Just Group Messaging
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Buddy Media, Efficient Frontier, Wildfire and More
- Report: Percentage of Companies Recruiting on Facebook Stagnates, Growing Just 0.7% This Year
- New “Facebook for Every Phone” App Brings Photo Uploading and More to 2500 Different Feature Phones
- Facebook Testing Location-Based Check-In Deals API for Businesses With Many Locations
- Facebook Scraps Little-Used App Directory, Simplifies App Submission to Search Index
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
- Yahoo, Photos, Mobile, Quizzes, Yelp and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Context Optional, W3i, Kabam, Glu Mobile and More
- Facebook Asking Users to Reengage With Groups, Possibly to Box Out Google+
- Inside Network Cocktail Party — Join Us Next Week in Seattle
- Facebook’s Study of Journalist Page Engagement Reveals Page Post Best Practices
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Sales, Dublin, Data Center and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Stocky, Feinberg, Engineering, Africa, Asia and More
- Spotify Launches in the US With Facebook Connect but No Deeper Integration Yet
- How to Sync Your Facebook Page Updates With Twitter — and Why You Shouldn’t
Friday, July 15th, 2011
This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
July 3rd, 2011
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, June 27th, 2011
- Monday Mobile Roundup: RIM, iPhone Rumors & More
- Android Market Adds App Rating Distributions
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Movie-Based Games, Tower Defense, & Stealth Appear This Week
- Looking to Break Into Hollywood, Rovio Adds Former Chairman of Marvel as an Advisor
- Mobile App Discovery Is a Developer Problem, Not a Consumer Problem
- Crowdstar’s Top Girl Passes 1 Million Downloads, Becomes Top-Grossing App
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
- Android Now Seeing 500,000 Device Activations Per Day, 4.4% Week-Over-Week Growth
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Cars 2, TeamLava Updates, Cooking & More
- Sonic Rises Up The Grossing Charts with Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
- Tuesday Mobile Round-Up: Fiksu Steps In, 183B App Downloads in 2015
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
- South Korea’s Gamevil Launches $10 Million Fund to Find Game Developer Partners
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Atari, Voxer, Wild Needle, Seismic, SolutionSet and More
- As The Chinese Smartphone Gaming Market Blossoms, PapayaMobile Offers Localization
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Line Games, Lite Versions & Pranks Grow
- Zynga Signs Deal With AT&T for Custom Android Content
- Ionocraft Racing Shows Good Ideas, But Gameplay is a Bit Dull
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
- Boku’s SDK For One-Tap Mobile Payments on Android Comes Out of Beta
- New Hires in Mobile: Alphonso Labs, Big Fish Games, Foursquare & More
- Hold the Line in Trenches: Generals on iPad
- Thursday Mobile Roundup: Upcoming Games, Franchise Expansion, Patents & More
Friday, July 1st, 2011
- Zynga Paid $53.3 Million in Cash and Stock for Newtoy, IPO Filing Shows
- Zynga Shows Off Strong Financials but Questions Remain Around Impact of Credits, Off-Facebook Revenue
- Zynga Files S-1 Ahead of Initial Public Offering — Our Coverage
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
Monday, June 27th, 2011
- Zoo World 2 Climbing This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- A List of Current Options for Buying Facebook Credits Around the World
- Adknowledge Launches Social2Web Integrated Monetization Solution for Off-Facebook Social Games
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
- CNBC Report: Zynga to File IPO as Soon as Tomorrow, Will Raise up to $2B
- FishHunt Explores Under-Developed Fishing Genre, Focuses on Expansion According to Player Feedback
- AltEgo Set to Sell Cross-Platform Avatar Solution to Social Game Devs
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
- Gardens of Time Growing Again on This Week’s List of Fastests-Growing Facebook Games by DAU
- IP Aggregators Aim to Connect Brands and Developers
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Seismic, Atakama Labs, Spooky Cool Labs, Atari, Wild Needle and More
- Zynga Signs Deal With AT&T for Custom Android Content
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
- LOLapps Acquires Fliso Engine & Creator, Enters Licensing Business
- Virtual World Smeet Sees Fluctuations in Users as Summer Vacation Starts
- New Hires in Social Gaming: CrowdStar, Digital Chocolate, iWin, & More
- GSN Plans Mobile Expansion, Looks for Games to License on Facebook Portal App
- Google Plus Source Code Hints at Social Games Future for the Platform
Friday, July 1st, 2011
- inFamous Anarchy Tops This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Zynga Files S-1, Plans to Go Public and Raise $1 Billion, Overcoming Credits Costs
- MindJolt’s Kamikaze Race Takes the Minimalist Approach to Graphics, Social Features and Monetization
- Pincus Sold $109 Million in Stock Back to Zynga in March 2011
- Zynga Reveals Actual Uniques at 148 Million Unique Users
- The Top 25 Facebook Games for July 2011 Welcomes Empires & Allies
- Zynga Shows Off Strong Financials but Questions Remain Around Impact of Credits, Off-Facebook Revenue
- Social Gaming Roundup: Bungie Aerospace, FamilyVille, Funding, & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, June 27th, 2011
- Quotes, Badoo, BranchOut, Photos, VEVO, Videos, Horoscopes and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Coca-Cola, Qatar Airways, Clearasil and Esurance
- Facebook Disables Numerous Apps That Have Negative User Feedback, May Need to Improve Enforcement Communications
- Without Proper Recruiter Search, Monster’s BeKnown Facebook Professional Networking App Lacks Value
- Platform Update: FQL Page_Admin Table Access, Uploading Videos, App Feedback Insights
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Work4Labs, Nanigans, Wildfire and Efficient Frontier
- Just Bieber, “Harry Potter,” CNN, American Express and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- HP Preps Facebook App for Its Palm WebOS TouchPad Tablet With Flipboard-Style News Feed
- How to Get Facebook Users to Like Your Page: The First Step to Engagement
- As Demand for Facebook Credits Increases, Microincentive Provider Ifeelgoods Positions Itself With $6.5 Million First Round
- DLA Piper Stops Representing Paul Ceglia in Controversial Facebook Ownership Claim
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
- Horoscopes, Luck, Zoosk, Mobile, Pages and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- RockMelt Raises $30 Million Following Facebook Partnership
- Facebook Launches Graph API Explorer for Testing and Revamps Developer App for Speed
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Acquinity Interactive, SolutionSet, Seismic Games, Atakama Labs and More
- Facebook Partners With American Express to Get Small Businesses Hooked on Buying Ads
- Facebook Adds Reverse Chronological Sorting to Comments Box Plugin, Now on 300,000 Sites
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Hong Kong, Recruiting, IP, Interns, Data Centers and More
- Facebook Careers Postings: Finance, Communications, Brazil, Singapore and More
- Facebook for iPhone 3.4.3 Can Display Menu in Landscape Mode to Its 45 Million Daily Users
- How Top Brands Conduct Ecommerce on Facebook: Best Practices
Friday, July 1st, 2011
- Dating, Photos, Chat and More on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Facebook Asks Users to Clean Up Its Location Database with Places Editor and Favorite Places
- Gamers Can Now Buy Facebook Credits in 32 More Currencies, Including the Chinese Yuan
- Zynga Shows Off Strong Financials but Questions Remain Around Impact of Credits, Off-Facebook Revenue
- Zynga Files to Go Public — Our Coverage
- Facebook Roundup: Credits, Deals, Hacker Hire, TV, Hulu, Lawsuits, and Thailand
This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
June 19th, 2011
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, June 13th, 2011
- Monday Mobile Roundup: Controllers, YouTube Marketing, GEE & More
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Hanging With Friends, Doodle Jump & Smoothies Show Growth This Week
- New app dream:scape Comes Off Interesting, But Falls Short of Expectations
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
- Facebook Social Game Dev MetroGames Partners With Chillingo for iOS Games
- Tuesday Mobile Round-Up: Nokia-Apple Patent Dispute, Square Hires
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Updates Support TeamLava, Bolt, PopCap
- Rovio’s Angry Birds Taps NFC to Let Players Unlock Virtual Goods in The Real World
- Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social Gaming Audience 2011, Is Here
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
- Facebook Appears to Be Finally moving Away From Its All-in-One Mobile App Strategy
- Android Apps Nearly Even With iOS In Mobile Advertising Revenue Share, Millennial Says
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Atari, Wild Needle, Voxer, Peak Games and More
- Wednesday Mobile Roundup: More Lodsys Advice, Mobile Ad Retargeting
- With Three Titles in iOS’ Top Grossing 15, Is Zynga Starting to Get Mobile Right
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Hanging With Friends, Rip Off, Pandor’s IPO Bump
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
- Facebook’s Unreleased Mobile Photos App: How We Think It Works
- Tapjoy Launches $5 Million Fund to Port Games to Android
- New Hires in Mobile: Gameloft, Glu Mobile, Millennial Media & More
- CrowdStar Tries Again on iOS With Top Girl. And This Time, There’s No Facebook Connection
Friday, June 17th, 2011
- Rip Off, From Vietnam’s Colorbox, Brings Challenge, Color & Chaos to iPhone
- Friday Mobile Roundup: WildChords, Pulse, AppRedeem & More
- Facebook’s HTML5 Mobile Platform Strategy Has Risks, But It Has No Other Choice
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, June 13th, 2011
- Empires & Allies Conquers This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- Empires & Allies Launches Strong Thanks to CityVille’s Influence
- inFamous Anarchy Looks for Life on Facebook Beyond Console Game’s Launch
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
- Facebook Social Game Dev MetroGames Partners With Chillingo for iOS Games
- PyramidVille on Facebook Sees Strong Growth After Round of Funding
- The Maturing Market For Brand Integration With Social Games: Medium Integration
- Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social Gaming Audience 2011, Is Here
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
- Strategy and Card Games Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Peak Games, Xtranormal, Atari, Wild Needle, Voxer and More
- Zynga Launches CityVille on iOS With Hometown, Android Version Expected
- Tetris Battle Reimagines Puzzle Classic with Quick-Fire Multiplayer Action
- With Three Titles in iOS’ Top Grossing 15, Is Zynga Starting to Get Mobile Right?
- Facebook Adds Alternative Payment Options for Facebook Credits in 13 Countries
- Inside Virtual Goods: Facebook Credits Gaining in Popularity, But Still New to Many Users
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Digital Chocolate, GSN, Happy Elements, & More
- Battle Cards: A Customizable Card Game for the Facebook Generation
- Facebook Expands Credits Offers to Europe Via SupersonicAds and Deal United
- BringIt’s Skill-Based Gaming Could Be the Best Place for Facebook Credits
- HotShot Takes Notes From PopCap to Bring Pachinko-Flavored Fun to Facebook
Friday, June 17th, 2011
- The Real Pac-Man Eat Up This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Zoo World 2 Aims to Maintain RockYou’s Leadership of Facebook While Innovating in Zoo Genre
- Social Gaming Roundup: Zynga Lawsuits, MapleStory, War Games, & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Monday, June 13th, 2011
- BandPage, VEVO, Pages, Friends, Zoosk and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- New Facebook Places Features Could Give Local Business Pages a Viral Boost, Help Complete Listings
- Available Data Shows Facebook User Numbers Growing Quickly, or Slowly, or Falling
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: T.G.I. Friday’s, State Farm, Spring, NASCAR, and Honda
- Platform Update: Insights Shows App Load Times, Iframe Dialog Permission Changes
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Buddy Media, Context Optional, Involver, Wildfire and Work4 Labs
- Facebook’s Relaunched Comment View for Photo Albums Helps Page Moderators
- Martin Lawrence, Katy Perry, YouTube, Coca-Cola and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- Facebook Partners With RockMelt to Outsource Development of Social Web Browser
- Facebook Allows More Descriptive Page Tab App Names by Extending Character Limit to 100
- Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social Gaming Audience 2011, Is Here
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
- Facebook Hires Veteran Political Staffer Joe Lockhart as New VP of Global Communications
- Badoo, Friend Quizzes, Profile Statistics, Norton, Yahoo and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- Facebook Appears to Be Finally Moving Away From Its All-in-One Mobile App Strategy
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Context Optional, Daglow Entertainment, Wild Needle, Voxer and More
- More Measurement Firms Show Stronger May US Facebook Growth, Following Slower Start to 2011
- Facebook Alerting Users to Facial Recognition Privacy Setting With Home Page Ads
- Facebook’s Unreleased Mobile Photos App: How We Think It Works
- How Businesses Can Use Facebook’s “Recommend This Place” to Gain Exposure and Likes
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
- Facebook Expands Credits Offers to Europe Via SupersonicAds and Deal United
- Facebook Careers Postings: Credits, Austin, Recruiting, Monetization and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Lockhart, Odio, and Interns, Sales, Ad Ops and More
- Facebook Launches Send Dialog So Apps and Sites Can Prompt Users to Microshare
Friday, June 17th, 2011
- Friend Quizzes, Videos, BranchOut, Photos, Bumper Stickers and More on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Last Day to Register — Inside Facebook’s Josh Constine at the Social Media Marketing Bootcamp Next Week
- Facebook Readying Official iPad App: What It Means for Third-Party Facebook Clients
- Facebook Roundup: IPO, Political Ads, Well Being, Apple, Copious, and Iceland’s Constitution
This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
June 12th, 2011
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.
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
Monday, June 6th, 2011
- Monday Mobile Roundup: Games, Clinical Trials, Marketing & More
- What Does A Top-Grossing Android Game Make? $640,000 A Month, Says Game Insight
- Apple Says It Has Paid $2.5 Billion to Developers Seen 14 Billion iOS App Downloads
- Apple’s iOS 5 Includes New Notifications, Game Center Upgrades — Good for Apps?
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Sports, Puzzles & Classics Show Growth This Week
- ZyngaBrings Hanging With Friends to iOS
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
- Feed Me Oil Shows Off Its Fluidity in Physics on iOS
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Feed Me Oil, X-Men, Adventure Games, & More
- RIM Buys Scoreloop as a Streak of Mobile Gaming Network Acquisitions Continues
- OpenFeint Adds Newsfeed-Like Features to Its Mobile-Social Gaming Network
- No iOS 5 Integration, No Credits Deal — The Facebook-Apple Relationship Cools
- Last Week to Pre-Order Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social Gaming Audience 2011
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
- Wednesday Mobile Roundup: Infinity Blade, iOS 5, Trademarks & More
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: King.com, Kixeye, Tagged and More
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Lite Version Games, Sports & News Grow
- CrowdMob’s Mafia Location Game Harnesses Facebook Places to Drive Downloads
- Q&A: Storm8′s Perry Tam on Cracking $1 Million in Revenue in a Single Day
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
- New Hires in Mobile: Bottle Rocket Apps, EA Mobile, Foursquare, & More
- Take Aim at Devious Rabbits in High Ranked iPhone Game, Bunny Shooter
- Facebook Social Game Developer TheBroth Getting Into Mobile Games
- Icebreaker Hockey Skates Up the Top iPhone Charts
- Craneballs on Its iOS Hit Overkill, Losing Incentivized Installs & Upcoming Game Super Rope
Friday, June 10th, 2011
- Friday Mobile Roundup: Activision, RIM, Messaging & More
- Apple Moves to Intervene, Assist iOS Developers in Lodsys Patent Case
- Twilio Halves SMS Rates as Apple’s iMessage, Other Rivals Raise The Heat in Group Messaging
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, June 6th, 2011
- Army Themed Strategy Games Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- Tecmo Koei Gets Into Facebook Games With Cute but Conventional JollyWood
- EA’s Sims Studio & Playfish Bring The Sims to Facebook in The Sims Social
- ZyngaAnnounces Hanging With Friends for iOS
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
- Rivet Games Challenges Copycats With Pet Tales
- RIM Buys Scoreloop as a Streak of Mobile Gaming Network Acquisitions Continues
- TinierCafe Grows on Facebook Through “One Character, Multiple Games” Approach
- Last Week to Pre-Order Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social Gaming Audience 2011
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
- ‘Villes Bedevil This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
- Pac-Man for Facebook Provides Virtual Quarter-Swallowing Experience for Retro Arcade Game Fans
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Tagged, Lolapps, King.com, Kixeye and More
- DNA Games Sunsets Casino City, Bar World and Slot City on Facebook Following Zynga Acquisition
- CrowdMob’s Mafia Location Game Harnesses Facebook Places to Drive Downloads
- Infinite Realms Aims to Cater to Hardcore Gamer Crowd with Realistic Graphics and Strong Story
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Cie Games, CrowdStar, Digital Chocolate, & More
- TheBroth’s Planet Domo Gains Growth Through Grind and PvP Mini-Games
- TheBroth Open to Funding for Facebook and MObile Social Games, but Happy to Do Its Own Domo Thing
- Pop Rocket Games Marries Social Sports to Text RPG Genre on Facebook in CopaSocca
Friday, June 10th, 2011
- Planet Domo Tops This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Digital Chocolate’s Marc Metis Explains Army Attack Strategy
- Shadow Fight Brings Stylized Martial Arts Combat to Social Games on Facebook
- Social Gaming Roundup: E3, Zynga, Health, & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, June 6th, 2011
- BandPage, VEVO, Friends, Videos, IQ and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Hot Wheels, New Belgium Brewing, Men’s Health and Women’s Health, Dogs, Callaway Golf and 7-Eleven
- Platform Update: Facebook Removes Pre-Filled Stream Stories, Like Box Configurator Gets Border Color
- Exclusive: Target Facebook Fans for 44% Cheaper Registrations Says TBG Digital Test
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
- YouTube, Tom Cruise, Harry Potter, Katy Perry and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Buddy Media, Involver, Syncapse, Vitrue, Wildfire and More
- Core Strategies From Facebook and BrightEdge’s Facebook Page SEO Whitepaper
- Facebook Rolling Out Facial Recognition With Opt Out Privacy Setting That Could Irk Governments
- No iOS 5 Integration, No Credits Deal — The Facebook-Apple Relationship Cools
- WordPress Challenges the Facebook Comments Box by Adding Facebook, Twitter Logins to its Comments Widget
- Last Week to Pre-Order Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social Gaming Audience 2011
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
- Badoo, Zoosk, Phrases, Horoscopes and Luck on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- European Privacy Authorities to Investigate Facebook’s Opt Out Facial Recognition
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Acquinity Interactive, A Bit Lucky, King.com, Tagged and More
- Musicians Test Charging Facebook Credits for Pay-Per-View Concert Streams
- CrowdMob’s Mafia Locations Game Harnesses Facebook Places to Drive Downloads
- Relevvant and Constant Contact Bring TextualAds SMS Signup and Publishing App to Facebook Pages
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Singapore, São Paulo, Engineering, Marketing, Communication and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Interns, Global Brand Partnerships, Operations and More
- How to Build a Customized Facebook Landing Page Using Iframes
- Sequoia-Backed Taykey Mines Trends in Real-Time to Power Cost Per Action Ad Targeting
- MerchantCircle Survey Indicates Plenty of Runway for Facebook Ads Among Local Businesses
- Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet v1.0.5 Adds Video Uploads, Still No Events
- Facebook Hires Team From Sofa, a Dutch Development and Design Company
Friday, June 10th, 2011
- Daily Luck, Videos, Turkey and Profile Statistics on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Facebook Now Reaches 687 Million User — Traffic Trends and Data at Inside Facebook Gold, June 2011 Edition
- Facebook Testing “Happening Now” Column That Could Reduce Home Page Bounces
- Facebook Account Groups Let Agencies Access Multiple Ads Accounts Simultaneously
- Join Inside Facebook’s Josh Constine at the Social Media Marketing Bootcamp
- Facebook Roundup: Sharing, AT&T, Buddy Media, Fusion-io, iOS5, Bing Mobile, Iran, Jobs, The White House, and Iran
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