This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between May 7 and 13.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, May 7
- Emerging free iOS apps: 100 Floors, GifBoom and Race or Die 2
- Rovio’s revenues jump 963% year-on-year to $106.3M in 2011
- Take to the text-based streets in Machine Zone’s Race Or Die 2
- Electronic Arts’ mobile revenue climbs again, up to $87M in Q4
Tuesday, May 8
- Dismember yourself across America with Zombro
- How Japan’s social game regulations will impact GREE, DeNA and the U.S.
- GREE’s net income hits a record high of $167.6M on $578M in sales during Q3
Wednesday, May 9
- Pocket Gems bets on Android with Tap Dragon Park
- Capcom’s grim earnings report boosted by $79.2M in mobile revenues
- Take to the skies (and plummet to the ground) with Rocket Fox
- DeNA sets new earnings record with $529M in sales and $234M in operating income during its fourth quarter
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sojo, Sneaky Games, GameHouse and more
- Google+ mobile app revamped on iOS, Android update “coming soon”
- New Speakers Confirmed for Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit – June 26th in San Francisco
- At $5 million a month, Fuzio’s sales show how much mobile devs really earn
- Facebook replaces Apps and Games Dashboard with App Center, introduces paid app model
- Emerging paid iOS apps: Ski Safari, Pandemic 2.5 and Robbery Bob
Thursday, May 10
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: Kingdoms of Camelot, Crime City and Slots Journey
- GREE continues its bid for North American domination with Dino Life
- Tencent looks to boost mobile content with GameSalad partnership
- New hires in mobile: Atari, Square Enix and GREE
- Drawbridge lands $6.5M round for mobile ad targeting technology
Friday, May 11
- Emerging popular Android apps: Rage of Bahamut, The Avengers Live Wallpaper and Zombie Smash
- East Side Games evolves NomNom Combo with new version 2.0 update
- GameDuell and Vostu sign up for GetJar Gold in hopes of doubling revenues
- Mobile app news roundup: Google Play, Tapjoy and Rovio
Saturday, May 12
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, May 7
- Candy Crush Saga still on top of fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Become a ‘big cat burglar’ with 6waves’ Ravenshire Castle
- Electronic Arts sees traffic drop in Q4 2012, bringing more brands to social games platforms
- Rumble Games focuses on both casual and core gamers, skips out on traditional social mechanics
Tuesday, May 8
- Zynga’s Bubble Safari takes aim at Bubble Witch Saga’s success on Facebook
- Get by with a little help from your Tribe in Spellbound City 2
- Zynga sues over PyramidVille’s name 15 months after launch
Wednesday, May 9
- King.com continues to top list of fastest-growing games by DAU
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: King.com, Kixeye, PopCao and more
- EA exploring social game publishing with Insomniac Games
- Make the right life choices in Jay-Z’s social game Empire
- Japanese developers abandon kompu gacha mechanics in social games
- Facebook replaces Apps and Games Dashboard with App Center, introduces paid app model
Thursday, May 10
- Get buff with Self Magazine’s Workout in the Park social game
- New hires in social gaming: Eruptive Games, Mob Science and East Side Games
- Candy Crush Saga and Empires & Allies this week’s gainer and loser among May’s Top 25 Facebook games
Friday, May 11
- 5th Planet Games making $10M in revenue between Facebook, Kongregate
- UberStrike developer CMUNE nets first round of funding, goes cross-platform
- Halfbrick’s Jetpack Joyride blasts on to Facebook
- Social games news roundup: Jetpack Joyride, FarmVille’s sequel and McDonald’s
Saturday, May 12
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, May 7
- Viddy, Instagram, Pinterest, games, Metacafe, Zoosk, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
- How Glancee acquisition fits into Facebook’s strategy of letting users share where they are, were, will be
- Data shows social readers have mixed results, but aren’t ‘collapsing’
Tuesday, May 8
- Mobile, Intel, ‘Titanic,’ Adele, FC Barcelona, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages
- Facebook asks some users ‘Which ad do you prefer?’
- New Facebook platform industry hires: Unified, TBG Digital, Kontagent, more
- ‘Custom user clusters’ feature appears and disappears from Facebook ad tool
- Facebook tries new prompts to encourage users to organize friends into lists
Wednesday, May 9
- Facebook offers suicide prevention information for military, veterans, families
- Socialcam, Zoosk, Pinterest, games, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- Socialcam passes Yahoo, CityVille to become most popular Facebook app by monthly active users
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Lowe’s, Townsquare Media, Sociable Labs and more
- Facebook replaces Apps and Games Dashboard with App Center, introduces paid app model
- Facebook to provide developers with new app ratings metric
- Early Bird Deadline for Social Media Marketing Boot Camp Ends Tomorrow, May 10
- Facebook announces paid app beta program
Thursday, May 10
- Bing expands Facebook integration with new social sidebar on search results pages
- Facebook hires: engineering, design, counsel, more
- Facebook career postings: media solutions, analysts, recruiting, more
- Facebook to give all groups file-sharing capabilities
- Vitrue partners with 7 ad platforms to create loop between paid and owned media
Friday, May 11
- Facebook gauges interest in new way to monetize users: ‘highlighted posts’
- Etsy, Kickstarter, pages, music, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- Inside Facebook’s pre-IPO hype
- Facebook roundup: Optimal, Instagram, TBG Digital, action spec ads
Saturday, May 12
