This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
Here are all the latest headlines from across Inside Network this past week.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms, and virtual goods.
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
- Tapjoy Expands Incentivized Video Ad Network With New Native Units
- Emerging Top Grossing Apps: Horses, Dragons, Comics and Dark Tales
- Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012, Is Here
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
- 6waves Lolapps Announces $10 Million Social, Mobile Game Developer Fund
- Monsters Ate My Condo Leads Charge of iOS Exclusive Games from Adult Swim
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Wild Needle Games, Majesco, King.com and More
- HTML5-Focused GamesMadeMe Debuts With City Builder Dollar Isle
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
- Mobile Advertising Platform Velti Acquires Air2Web For $19M in Cash
- Facebook Says More Than 350 Million Users Access It On Mobile Devices
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
- New Hires in Mobile: GREE, InMobi, Glu Mobile, Rovio and More
- Top Emerging Android Apps: Virtual Cities, Daisies, Calculators and Cameras
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: 5th Planet Games, Games Cafe, Lolapps and More
- Mobile App Roundup: f8 Review, Profitable Pizza, In-App Purchases and More
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, September 19th, 2011
- SocialVibe Study: Incentivized Brand Ads Work Well in Social Games
- Zynga Launches Second Major FarmVille Expansion, Lighthouse Cove
- Adventure World Debuts in the Top 10 on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- DoubleDown Casino Raises the Stakes in Facebook Gambling Games
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
- Zynga Announces Mafia Wars 2 as Traffic Declines on Classic Original
- Google+ Moves Into Open Beta, Social Features in Games Put to the Test
- Adobe Unveils Flash Player 11, AIR 3 Software for Next Generation of Social Games
- Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012, Is Here
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
- RockYou 3 Blokes Launches Social RTS Game Galactic Allies for Facebook
- 6waves Lolapps Announces $10 million Social, Mobile Game Developer Fund
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Lolapps, King.com, Games Cafe and More
- Adventure World Catching Up to The Sims Social on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
- GameHouse Aims Blast at Facebook’s Top 10 Social Game Developers by DAU
- Zynga Profits Dip in June According to Regulatory Filing
- Open Graph Exposes Specific Social Game Activities to Non-Gamers
- EA & Disney Bullish on the Rise of Social Gaming
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Kabam, ngmoco, Zynga and More
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
- Bubble Atlantis, Dirty Dancing Lead This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Taking Baby Out of Corner, Social Game Universe Puts Dirty Dancing Game on Facebook
- Social Gaming News Roundup: Lots of Zynga, Grasshopper Manufacture, Big Talk from EA and More
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, September 19th, 2011
- Photos, Page Tabs, Phrases, Quizzes and Dating on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Bonobos, Nitto Tires, Zazzle and Visiteurope.com
- Facebook Combining $50 Ad Credits and 3 Simpler Ad Tools to Attract Small Businesses
- Facebook’s Rumored Read, Listened, and Watched Buttons: A Money-Making Fit With Broad Category Ad Targeting
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Vitrue, Brighter Option, Wildfire and More
- Movies, Music, Games, Angry Birds, Rihanna, “The Smurfs,” and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- Platform Update: New Bug System and Platform Live Status Page, Credits Features, Event APIs
- Facebook Combines Most Recent and Top News Into a Single Feed, Adds a Real-Time News Ticker
- Wall Street Journal’s Facebook App WSJ Social Unites Article Suggestions From Editors, Friends, and Likes
- Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of Social Gaming 2012, Is Here
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
- Facebook Increases Character Limit on Posts to 5000, Rolls Out Floating Navigation Bar and More Amid Unrest
- Luck, Love, Page Tabs, Birthdays, Mobile, iPad and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by DAU
- Facebook Allows Users to Comment on Pages Without Liking Them, Adds Friend Activity Tab to Pages
- Strategies to Optimize Facebook Ad Spend, Protect and Boost Brand Reputation, and More Recent Updates at the Facebook Marketing Bible
- Viral Media Site BuzzFeed Launches Facebook App Edition to Gain Exposure
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: TinyCo, TBG Digital, King.com and More
- Facebook Adds Per Post Impression Data to Page Insights Exports to Help Brands Track Their Performance
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
- Facebook Pushes the Hybrid News Feed to its iPhone App, Android App, and Mobile Site
- Live Blog: Facebook’s f8 Developer Conference 2011 Keynote
- Facebook Growth Brings A Half-Billion Users in a Single Day For The First Time
- Facebook Launches New Profile Feature “Timeline” For Showing All Your Important Content on One Page
- Facebook Introduces New Timeline Publishing Permissions Model for Apps
- Four Strategic Changes for the Facebook Platform and Open Graph
- Facebook Launches Integrations With Spotify, Netlfix and More to Populate the Ticker with Playable Content
- What f8 Means for Advertisers: The Ability to Target Users Based on Media Consumption
- Facebook Launches a Recommendations Bar to Keep Users Reading on Sites
- Facebook Says It Now Has 350 Million Mobile Users, Up 100 Million From March
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
- Love, Phrases, Page Tabs, Videos, Cards and More on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Facebook Careers Postings: Engineering, Mobile, Ad Ops, EMEA and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Analysts, Engineering, Recruiting, Engineering and More
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- How to Use the Facebook Timeline: A Complete Walk-Through of the Redesigned Profile
- Facebook Launches Music Dashboard That Shows What Friends Are Listening to Across Services
- Facebook Roundup: Alcohol, Photos, Apps, Pokes Banks, Spam, Dating, Cars and More
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
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