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, 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
