This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you from Jan. 30 to Feb. 4.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, Jan. 30
- Pocket Gems’ Zombie Takeover for iOS provides undead fun in very short bursts
- Emerging top paid iOS apps: Paper Monsters, Evi and the NFL
- Why Seattle’s 5th Cell returned to mobile development after console success
Tuesday, Jan. 31
- Christmas sends mobile marketing costs to a record, Fiksu says
- Namco Arcade brings quarter-swallowing coin-op action to iOS
- Emerging free iOS apps: Tappily Ever After, Tom’s Love Letters and Card Ace: Casino
- Amazon says its Android Appstore tripled customers in the fourth quarter
Wednesday, Feb. 1
- Inside Social Apps 2012 Is One Week Away – Feb 8 & 9 in San Francisco
- Flurry’s analytics now support HTML5-based apps and games
- Clones, Schmones: Buffalo Studios, Nimblebit’s jabs at Zynga garner publicity and not much more
- Puzzle compilation BrainJewel to tax players’ wisdom on iPad
- Gameloft’s smartphone, tablet revenues climb 64 percent to $25.4M in fourth quarter
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: King.com, GSN, Mobile Deluxe and more
- Emerging top-grossing iOS Apps: Stardom, Smurfs, Snoopy and Valentine’s Day
- GREE reveals first details about new global mobile-social gaming network
- Electronic Arts’ mobile revenue climbs 19% to $70 million in holiday quarter
- Facebook’s platform paid out $1.4 billion to developers in 2011 — less than what Apple did
Thursday, Feb. 2
- Habbo Hotel creators bring innovative platform game action to iOS with Niko
- Zynga officially launches Dream PetHouse but stays quiet on Dream Heights
- Beeline, Capcom’s mobile unit, sees revenues soar 68% to $52.6 million last quarter
- New Hires in Mobile: Funzio, GREE and Glu Mobile
- Two Gameview co-founders check out of DeNA while another starts a Canadian studio
- Zynga’s market cap climbs more than $1B a day after Facebook’s IPO filing
- GREE’s net income climbs threefold to $167M on $545M in revenue during holiday quarter
- Emerging Android Apps: Triple Town, NFL Pro and Sonic the Hedgehog
Friday, Feb. 3
- Capcom’s cult Nintendo DS hit Ghost Trick now haunting iOS devices
- Despite Google’s “Bouncer,” malware is still a threat on Android
- How two-man shop SixHourSoft went from indie to Atari
- Mobile app roundup: DeNA, Take Two Interactive and Steam
Saturday, Feb. 4
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, Jan. 30
- Hidden Chronicles finds the top of this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Top 5 casino-themed Facebook games by popularity, with analysis
- It’s Whammy time as Press Your Luck for Facebook revives 80s gameshow classic
- Build an underwater empire with Kobojo’s Atlantis Fantasy
- 2K is hiring for a new social sports game
- RockYou taps into Facebook’s bingo trend with publishing deal for Bingo by Ryzing
- Facebook tests ‘games only’ activity feed, might drop games ticker
Tuesday, Jan. 31
- Spil Games positions itself as an alternative platform for social games with 170 million monthly unique visitors
- Offer provider TrialPay raises $40M and picks up a new strategic investor with Visa
- WeTopia brings Facebook players together to “Play for Good”
Wednesday, Feb. 1
- King.com shoots for success with its latest Facebook game Hoop De Loop Saga
- Funtactix brings The Hunger Games to Facebook
- Inside Social Apps 2012 Is One Week Away – Feb 8 & 9 in San Francisco
- Clones, Schmones: Buffalo Studios, Nimblebit’s jabs at Zynga garner publicity and not much more
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: XMG, IMVU, Identified, Addmired and more
- Inside Social Games starts scoring game reviews
- EA digital revenue climbs 40% to $274M in holiday quarter
- Zynga made up 12% of Facebook’s revenue in 2011
- Go for the touchdown with ESPN Return Man
Thursday, Feb. 2
- Marvel Avengers Alliance marries turn-based combat to rich comic book IP
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Bossa Studios, Digital Chocolate and Wooga
- Lead the slave revolt with the official Spartacus: Vengeance game from Starz
- Zynga’s market cap climbs more than $1B a day after Facebook’s IPO filing
- Facebook brings back games discovery module
Friday, Feb. 3
- Sailing the high seas of Google+ with Pirates: Tides of Fortune
- GameHouse focused on social, but isn’t betting on real-money Facebook gambling yet
- Social gaming news roundup: Crytek’s GFace, Harmonix and Square Enix
Saturday, Feb. 4
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, Jan. 30
- Page tools dominate on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
- Facebook tests photo viewer designs
- Plink rewards consumers’ offline purchases with Facebook Credits
- Facebook tests ‘games only’ activity feed, might drop games ticker
Tuesday, Jan. 31
- New Facebook platform industry hires: Vitrue, TBG Digital, Wildfire
- Games, mobile, Adele, Adidas, Google, ‘The Simpsons,’ more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages
- Facebook gives users option to hide Ticker
- Facebook promotes Timeline heavily ahead of IPO with apps like Movie Maker
- Inside Social Apps 2012 is in One Week
Wednesday, Feb. 1
- Yahoo, Pinterest, Zynga, greeting cards, birthdays, tabs, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: GREE, Plumbee, Lolapps and more
- Facebook files to raise $5B in initial public offering
- Here’s how Facebook’s ownership splits between Zuckerberg and other early investors
- Facebook reveals it actively increased ad prices in Q4 2011
- Facebook says it has 845M users with 425M on mobile devices
- Zuckerberg will take a $1 annual salary starting next year
- Zynga made up 12% of Facebook’s revenue in 2011
- Facebook addresses threat of Google, other competitors in S-1
- Facebook’s platform paid out $1.4 billion to developers in 2011 — less than what Apple did
- The details: Facebook spent $68 million on acquisitions last year
- Facebook’s net income and revenues: $1 billion on $3.71 billion in 2011
Thursday, Feb. 2
- Facebook groups get Timeline-like cover photos
- Facebook hires and departures: data centers, engineering, legal, interns, more
- Facebook career postings: engineering, communications, policy, legal, sales, more
- Facebook likely to reject traditional mobile ad types in quest to monetize
- Facebook brings back games discovery module
Friday, Feb. 3
- Tabs, Windows, Shufflr, Phrases, Identified, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- Join Us at Inside Social Apps Next Week
- Mobile usage pushes Facebook engagement to new heights
- Facebook roundup: Politics, Super Bowl ads, more
Saturday, Feb. 4
- Facebook hires marketing exec to boost brand image
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Spooky Cool Labs, GREE, Plumbee and more
