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 30th, 2011
- Monday Mobile Roundup: Mergers, Samsung Galaxy S II & More
- Z2Live’s MetalStorm: Online Racks Up At Least 2.3 Million Players in Two Weeks
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Memorial Day Sales & Grilling Rise Over the Weekend
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: The Heist, Talking Tom Cat 2, & Weber’s On the Grill Rise
- Robbery Pays Off For tap tap tap’s The Heist on iPhone
- Outfit7′s Talking Tom Cat 2 Saw More Than 1 Million Downloads in a Single Day
- Chillingo Goes Platforming with New App Red Ball 3 on iOS
- Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social Gaming Audience 2011
- Lodsys Begins Suing Mobile Developers, Disputes Apple’s Claims About Licensing
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
- iSwifter Brings Flash-Based Social Games, Massive Multiplayers to iPad Under Subscription Model
- Rovio Acquires Finnish Animation Studio Kombo For Cash and Stock
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Digital Chocolate, EA, Atari and More
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Fragger, Talking Tom Cat, Skee-Ball & More
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
- Loss of Incentivized Installs Crimps Profit Margins for Developers, Tapjoy Argues
- Thursday Mobile Roundup: Gameloft, TapLynx Acquisition, Malware, & More
- Nitako Lets Players Save Toshi, Again, on iOS
- NewHires in Mobile: Big Fish Games, Gameloft, InMobi & More
- Another Game Developer Crosses The 100 Million Download Mark: Backflip Studios
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, May 30th, 2011
- As Zynga Looks to IPO, Its Traffic on Facebook Stays High
- Digital Chocolate’s Army Attack Marches up This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- Army Attack Blends Real Time Strategy, Treasure Hunting Genres to Create Deep Singleplayer Experience
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
- Wooga Nets $24 Million Investment, Starts Hiring Spree
- Zynga Launches Strategy Citybuilder Empires & Allies for Facebook
- Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social Gaming Audience 2011
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
- Hero City Layers the Super Hero Genre on City-Building Gameplay, Developer Aiming to Build Distinctive Brand
- Army Attack Leads This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
- Social Game Publisher Portalarium Scores $2.4 Million Second Round of Funding
- RockYou Acquires Australian Social Strategy Game Developer 3 Blokes
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Ubisoft, Daglow Entertainment, Tagged and More
- Top 25 Facebook Games For June 2011
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
- New Hires in Social Gaming: CrowdStar, Digital Chocolate, GSN, & More
- D9: Disney’s Iger Says More Original IP Titles Coming From Playdom
- A Better World Social Game Encourages Real World Good Deeds, Punishes Lazy Players
- Jolt Online Brings Famed Championship Manager Series to Facebook with Balance Between Realism and Accessibility
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
- Planet Domo Appears in Our Orbit on This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Video: Disney CEO Iger Talks Playdom at D9 (And Zynga Went MIA Ahead of Reported IPO)
- Atari Brings Dungeons & Dragons to Facebook this Summer in Heroes of Neverwinter
- Social Gaming Roundup: SAVA Transmedia, Brands, World Records, & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
Monday, May 30th, 2011
- Photos, BandPage, Videos, Pages, Chase Community Giving and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Subway, Samsung Televisions, Stoli Vodka, NBC & Bravo and More
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Deal United, Shoutlet, Votigo and More
- Shakira, Beyoncé Linkin Park, YouTube, The Simpsons and Coca-Cola on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and Usage Patterns of the Social Gaming Audience 2011
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
- Friends, Horoscopes, Music, Videos and Foursquare on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by DAU
- How Your Business Should Reply to Comments on Facebook Pages
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Atari, EA, Peak Games, Digital Chocolate and More
- Advocacy Group, Facebook and Other Companies Launch Privacy Info Site for App Developers
- Top 25 Facebook Games For June 2011
- The Facebook Marketing Bible June 2011 Edition Is Now Available
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Chinese, Mobile, Engineering, Construction and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Antonio Garcia-Martinez, Interns, Recruiting, Games, Singapore and More
- Facebook Details Ceglia Fraud, Pushes for Expedited Discovery in Ownership Case
- Facebook for Blackberry v2.0 Beta 3 Adds Wi-Fi and Deletion Options for Professionals
- Facebook Recommends HTTPS Secure Browsing Via Home Page Prompts
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
