This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you from Jan. 16 to Jan. 21.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Tuesday, January 17
- DeNA Picks NetDragon to Run a Mobile Gaming Joint Venture in China
- Android Game Developer Bionic Panda Raises Seed Round From SoftTech, Norwest, Google Ventures
- Video advertising pushes SponsorPay’s revenues up 125 percent year-on-year
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: Monster Galaxy, Action Movie FX and Run Roo Run
- iPhone Game of the Year award translates into 16,000 new players a day for NimbleBit’s Tiny Tower
- Zombie smartphones and localized malware may be the biggest mobile security threats
Wednesday, January 18
- Robot Entertainment’s Hero Academy is “Combat With Friends” for iOS
- 6Waves-Lolapps acquires Escalation Studios as it pushes into mobile gaming
- Chartboost expands to Asia through partnerships with Animoca, Com2US, Nexon and more
- Inside Social Apps 2012 Is Just Three Weeks Away – Feb 8 & 9 in San Francisco
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Plumbee, Lolapps, IMVU and more
- Greystripe: 50 percent of consumers will watch an entire mobile video ad
- Zynga confirms four mobile game studio acquisitions in late 2011
- Feed That Dragon shows no decline in popularity for the physics-based puzzler
- Emerging free iOS Apps: Charadium II, OnLive Desktop and Tap Buggies
Thursday, January 19
- Animoca, Dream Cortex Apps Pulled From iOS App Store
- Exclusive: Xbox Live games coming to other platforms
- New hires in mobile: Gameloft, GREE and Greystripe
- Triple Town builds its way to Android and iOS
- Analysts predict Android revenue will catch up to iOS
- Emerging top Android Apps: Farm Story, Zombie Dash and Tiki Kart
Friday, January 20
- Camera+’s $5 million lifetime revenue shows earnings gap between games and apps
- Gameloft’s Urban Crime provides freemium spin on popular Gangstar series
- Android reaches 250 million activated devices, 11 billion app downloads
- Mobile app roundup: Windows Phone, Namco Bandai and Minecraft – Pocket Edition
Saturday, January 21
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, January 16
- Hidden Chronicles tops this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Guest post: Vostu’s insights on retention patterns in social vs. casual games
Tuesday, January 17
- Video advertising pushes SponsorPay’s revenues up 125 percent year-on-year
- Happy Harvest developer ELEX ramping up cross-platform, self-publishing
- Golaço – Esporte Interativo kicks off O2 Games’ strong 2012 season
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Lolapps, Plumbee, Jana and more
Wednesday, January 18
- 6Waves-Lolapps acquires Escalation Studios as it pushes into mobile gaming
- Inside Social Apps 2012 Is Just Three Weeks Away – Feb 8 & 9 in San Francisco
- Words With Friends, Hidden Chronicles lead this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
- Shadow Fight developer Nekki breaks into soccer management genre with 11×11
- EA PopCap sunsetting Baking Life after 22 months
- Zynga confirms four mobile game studio acquisitions in late 2011
Thursday, January 19
- Xbox Live games coming to other platforms
- New hires in social gaming: 6wave Lolapps, Booyah and Peak Games
- GameDuell’s edge on cross-platform games for Facebook, mobile and open web
- Google+ up to 90 million users, 60 percent log in daily
Friday, January 20
- Risk: Factions conquers this week’s list of emerging Facebook games
- Caesars Interactive Entertainment launches its own casino game after Slotomania buy
- Social gaming news roundup: Zynga, MegaZebra and Japan
Saturday, January 21
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Tuesday, January 17
- Study: Facebook favors advertisers that stay on-site
- Birthdays, Yahoo, BandPage, Causes, Family Tree, TripAdvisor, Pinterest, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
- Hacking Facebook Pages at the Social Media Marketing Bootcamp, Starting Feb 16
- Lionsgate offers newest release ‘Abduction’ on Facebook
- TBG Digital reveals Facebook ad performance trends
- Inside Social Apps 2012 Is Just Three Weeks Away
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: LolGames, Plumbee, Tapjoy and more
Wednesday, January 18
- Unified launches all-in-one social ad platform
- Predictions for Facebook Credits in 2012
- Facebook updates app install dialog for user clarity
- Greeting cards, dating apps, Grooveshark, Microsoft, photos, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- Facebook approving Open Graph Timeline integrations starting today, announces 60 new app partners
Thursday, January 19
Friday, January 20
- Facebook hires and departures: design, engineering, policy, communications, more
- Facebook career postings: engineering, data center, interns, counsel, more
- Smiles, Amazon, Netflix, MySpace, dating, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- Analysis: What Facebook could gain with Vevo
- Gingrich gains steam this week on Inside Facebook’s Election Tracker
- Facebook roundup: subscribe, SOPA, online video, Koobface, MTV, more
Saturday, January 21
