This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between August 6 and 11.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, August 6
- Get organized with Springpad
- DeNA unveils Marvel themed card-battle game Marvel: War of Heroes
- Finger Olympic, NASA Television, Fix-it Felix Jr. and more on this week’s top free iOS apps
Tuesday, August 7
- Feed the greedy penguins in Seabirds
- The New Yorker launches iPhone app
- Where’s My Perry?, Spy vs Spy, Jeynote and more on this week’s top paid iOS app charts
- Weak sales, mixed mobile performance see Square Enix post $26.2M Q1 loss
- Spotify released on Amazon’s Kindle Fire
Wednesday, August 8
- Arcade-style quiz fun with Trivia Harvest
- inneractive raises $3.5M B round
- The Inside Network Job Board: Tapjoy, Unified, DoubleDown Casino and more
- Square partners with Starbucks, gets $25M in funding, major distribution deal
- DragonVale, Rage of Bahamut, Ice Age Village and more on this week’s top grossing iOS app charts
- Com2uS posts record quarter, sees smartphone sales increase 325% Y-o-Y to $17.6M
- New hires in mobile apps: Gameloft, App Annie and more
Thursday, August 9
- Sneak and roll with Fat Cat Bandit
- Unaffected yet by kompu gacha ban, DeNA revenues climb to new record, hitting $609 million in Q1 2012
- Google Translate app updated to translate text from photos
- DeNA is seeing ARPDAU near $1 in its North American games
- Gameloft unveils its first Unreal powered game, Wild Blood
- Millennial Media narrows loss to $2.2M in Q2
- iOS 6’s Wi-Fi Plus Cellular feature allows apps to switch to 3G when Wi-Fi fails
- Emerging popular Android apps: Dark Summoner, Angry Birds and Marvel Comics
Friday, August 10
- Galaxy Life goes pocket-sized
- Facebook looks to drive app installs with ‘send to mobile’ button in News Feed
- Epic Games opens Impossible Studios, working on Infinity Blade: Dungeons
- Nexon revenues dip quarter-over-quarter to $290.8 million in Q2
- Google, Compete: apparel shoppers using phones to research purchases spend more
- Mobile app news roundup: Activision, Smule, Nexage and Gems With Friends
Saturday, August 11
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, August 6
- Zynga on top of this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games
- ChefVille combines restaurant management sims with real world food
- myVegas now live on Facebook
- Chateau review
- Amazon launches its first game Living Classics, officially introduces Amazon Game Studios
Tuesday, August 7
- Worms Facebook now in closed beta
- Real-money gaming arrives on Facebook with Bingo Friendzy
- Living Classics review
Wednesday, August 8
- Facebook subscription payments come out of beta, now available for all app developers
- Five-O Poker review
- The Inside Network Job Board: Tapjoy, Unified, DoubleDown Casino and more
- COO John Schappert leaves Zynga
- FarmVille beats out city slickers for this week’s fastest-growing games by DAU
- New hires in social games: Nanigans, wooga and more
Thursday, August 9
- The Walking Dead Social Game’s open beta lurches onto Facebook
- ChefVille review
- Two months after child safety scandal, Habbo Hotel is nearly back at full strength
Friday, August 10
- Chateau on top of this week’s list of emerging Facebook games
- The Walking Dead Social Game review
- Social games news roundup: Disney’s planning 10 social games, Epic forms a new mobile studio and Solitaire Blitz goes PvP
Saturday, August 11
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, August 6
- Facebook prompts users to Like pages they check into; could it foreshadow a new location-based ad type?
- Yahoo, Instagram, YouTube, WashPo and more on this week’s top 20 non-game Facebook apps growing by MAU
- Facebook to push new code twice a day on web, update Android every 4-6 weeks
- Facebook introduces payments reporting API, ending email reports
Tuesday, August 7
- Facebook pushes users to add location to more photos with News Feed and sidebar prompts
- Facebook allows U.K. developer to launch real-money gambling app on platform
Wednesday, August 8
- Facebook mobile app ads give developers new opportunities for growth
- Facebook subscription payments come out of beta, now available for all app developers
- Facebook design manager leaving to help lead angel fund for designers
- New Facebook platform industry hires: FreshBuzz, Kenshoo Social, Nanigans, Offerpop, Shoutlet, TBG Digital
Thursday, August 9
- Facebook redesigns self-serve ad tool to simplify creation and build in best practices
- Facebook looks to drive app installs with ‘send to mobile’ button in News Feed
- Facebook policy now clearly bans exporting user data to competing social networks
- P&G, Walmart, Target and others in this week’s top PTAT gainers in retail and consumer merchandise
- Facebook hires: revenue analyst, recruiter, account managers and more
- Facebook looking to hire account managers for FBX and PMD programs, data guardian, agency relations manager and more
- Astrology, SongPop, Shufflr, Klout, Pinterest, Bing and more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
Friday, August 10
- Don’t like Facebook ads? Facebook wants to know what you do like
- Facebook now reports fan impressions so page owners can better understand their audience
- Report: Gannett to acquire Facebook ad optimization company BLiNQ Media
- Sweepstakes, Olympic Game City, Puzzle Chasers and more on this week’s emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- Facebook privacy settlement approved, Netflix CEO buys FB shares, and more on this week’s news roundup
