This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between December 12th and 18th.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, December 12th
- Batman: Arkham City Lockdown Brings the Dark Knight to iOS
- Emerging Top Paid iOS Apps: Tweetbot, Batman and Michael Jackson
- How Many Downloads Does an App Need to Reach The Top of The Free Charts on iOS?
Tuesday, December 13th
- Fiksu Finds a Way to Cheaply Acquire Users For Paid Apps
- Emerging Top Grossing Apps: Tap Zoo 2, Chrono Trigger & Six Guns
- Backflip Studios Revamps Classic Time Waster in Paper Toss 2.0 for iOS
- Android Marketplace Adds Review Filters, Helping Developers Avoid Penalties For User Experience on Different Devices
- Android’s Weaker Monetization Means Developers Are Still Choosing iOS in Droves
Wednesday, December 14th
- With 70M Monthly Active Users, Outfit7 Finally Signs Merchandising Deals
- Free-to-Play Pioneer NimbleBit Says to Put Fun and User Experience First, Not Monetization
- Emerging Free iOS Apps: Paper Toss 2.0, Social Girl and Google Currents
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Natural Motion, Social Point, 24 MAS and More
- Springpad’s Social Notes, Data Access Bring it to 2.5M Users
Thursday, December 15th
- Rockstar Releases Classic GTA III for iOS and Android
- New Hires in Mobile: GameHouse, GREE and Tapjoy
- Zynga Lanches New iOS Game ForestVille One Day Ahead of IPO
- Playphone Bets a Mobile-Social Gaming Network Will Help it Shift From a Legacy Feature Phone Business
- Zynga Prices at the Higher End of The Range With $10 a Share
- Emerging Android Apps: Christmas, Air Penguin and Pano
- Sencha Touch 2 Makes Web Apps Into Native Apps in One Line of Code
Friday, December 16th
- Zynga Shares Slip Slightly as Company Raises $1B During IPO
- How Zynga Employees Marked The Company’s IPO at Headquarters
- Google’s New Android Training Site Offers App Design Advice and Tutorials
- Mobile App Roundup: PapayaMobile, iAds and Malware
Saturday, December 17th
Sunday, December 18th
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, December 12th
- Words With Friends Creeping up on CastleVille in This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- Being Human Game Brings Syfy’s Supernatural Drama to Facebook
Tuesday, December 13th
- Watch Sessions from Facebook’s First Ever Games Hack
- Men vs. Women for Facebook Puts a Militaristic Spin on the Battle of the Sexes
Wednesday, December 14th
- Meteor Games Sunsets Neopets: Treasure Keepers, Allegedly Cuts Staff
- Digital Chocolate’s Galaxy Life Debuts on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU
- Report: Tagged Acquires Hi5
- Can Games Still Succeed on Facebook?
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: 50 Cubes, 24 MAS, Game Closure and More
Thursday, December 15th
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Peak Games, Wooga, Kixeye
- Zynga Lanches New iOS Game ForestVille One Day Ahead of IPO
- Zynga Prices at the Higher End of The Range With $10 a Share
- Zynga Shares Flat on Opening Price of $10 as Company Raises $1B During IPO
Friday, December 16th
- Digital Chocolate’s Galaxy Life Leads This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Social Gaming News Roundup: Night Owl Games, Outplay Entertainment and Nexon
Saturday, December 17th
Sunday, December 18th
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, December 12th
- Calendars, Quizzes, Spotify, Christmas, The Independent and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: BeKnown, Starz, Lexus, Starbucks and Gap
- Facebook Testing Private Messages Between People and Pages
- Facebook to Remove App Profile Pages
Tuesday, December 13th
- Football, Muppets, Angry Birds, Subway, Adele, Hyundai and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- LAX is Facebook’s Busiest Airport
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Nanigans, Sociable Labs, Identified, Buddy Media and More
- Facebook Testing New Coupon Posts and Ads
- University-Only Groups Seek to Bring Back Facebook Exclusivity
Wednesday, December 14th
- Calendars, Yahoo, Spotify, Flipboard, SchoolFeed and YouTube on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by DAU
- Zendesk Brings Facebook into its Help Desk Application
- Facebook Asks How Well You Know Your Friends
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kubra, Acquinity Interactive, W3i and More
Thursday, December 15th
- Timeline Goes Live for Users Around the World
- Facebook Careers Postings: Engineering, Fraud, Ads, Marketing and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Engineering, Data Center, Business Ops and More
- Facebook Marketing Showcase: Luxury Car Brands Look To Drive Fans Right To The Showroom
- Facebook Brings Timeline Functionality to Android, Mobile Touch Site
Friday, December 16th
- Musicians Find More Value on Facebook Than Other Networks
- Facebook Gauging Interest in Action-Optimized Campaigns
- Ron Paul Sees Big Fan Growth After Last Debate This Week on Inside Facebook’s Elections Tracker
- Facebook Roundup: Greenpeace, JavaScript, Marketing, Buddy Media and More
Saturday, December 17th
