This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between September 3 and 7.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, September 3
- GREE’s Eiji Araki on monetization, Japanese vs. Western players, and what makes a successful social game
- Political mobile games roundup
Tuesday, September 4
- Well invites users to get things done with friends
- Nordstrom, Draw, and What’s My IQ? and more on this week’s top free iOS apps
- Gameloft increases full year sales guidance to €205M
- Activision, Warner Brothers, Electronic Arts and more on this week’s top paid iOS app charts
- AntiSec releases 1M+ UDIDs it claims are from FBI hack
- Apple smartphone market share continues to rise
Wednesday, September 5
- Marvel gears up to launch Avengers Initiative for iOS and Android
- Double Fine’s iOS game Middle Manager of Justice hits the App Store
- Bingo Bash, Wipeout, The Simpsons and more on this week’s top grossing iOS app charts
- New hires in mobile apps: NaturalMotion, Apple and more
- The Inside Network Job Board: Ubisoft, Storm8, AdColony and more
Thursday, September 6
- Build a social photo story with WeHeartPics
- Facebook-Instagram deal officially closes
- Zynga announces Gems With Friends
- Android surges as iOS slows — comparing the growth of Android to iOS
- Amazon revamps Kindle with cheaper 7” version, $299 9” HD Model
- Emerging popular Android apps: Blood Brothers, N.O.V.A 3, SwiftKey3 and more
- HULK SMASH in Avengers Initiative
Friday, September 7
- Asynchronous multiplayer puzzling in Zynga’s Gems With Friends
- App Annie: Newsstand revenues up 400% since launch
- Guest Post: For Surface to succeed, app development will be key
- More social sharing with Via.Me, now on Android
- Mobile app news roundup: Apple, Android malware, Big Fish Games and more
Saturday, September 8
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, September 3
Tuesday, September 4
Wednesday, September 5
- RocketPlay and Zynga team up, bring social sports-betting to Facebook and Zynga.com
- Marvel gears up to launch Avengers Initiative for iOS and Android
- PlaySpace secures $1.9M in funding
- Here’s the skinny on FarmVille 2
- New hires is social games: Wooga, Zynga and more
- Bingo Blingo review
- The Inside Network Job Board: Ubisoft, Storm8, AdColony and more
Thursday, September 6
- Ubisoft opens new case file with CSI Miami: Heat Wave
- Zynga announces Gems With Friends
- FarmVille 2 review
- Dungeon Rampage gets major update, officially launches across the web
- Zynga gains nine publishing partners, launches four new games on Zynga.com
Friday, September 7
- Guest post: How Zynga can turn its fate around in the next 6 months
- Social games news roundup: Digital Chocolate’s got a new slots title, Renren’s got a new game plan and the Food Network’s whipping up a social game
Saturday, September 8
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, September 3
Wednesday, September 5
- Facebook updates mobile fan pages to include pinned posts, store locator, popular songs, activity log, other Timeline features
- Email, phone number and user ID targeting: how Facebook is helping businesses reach the right audiences
Thursday, September 6
- Facebook-Instagram deal officially closes
- How to get more value out of Facebook promotions by integrating Open Graph
- Pretty Little Liars, American Horror Story, Dexter and more on this week’s top 10 gainers among TV show pages
- Facebook hires: account managers, media solutions, recruiters, growth manager, more
- Facebook career postings: ad product designers, illustrator, PMD sales liaison, privacy counsel, e-commerce partner, more
Friday, September 7
- Zynga Slingo, Yahoo, Shazam, Birthday Calendar and more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- The Facebook Marketing Bible: Updates for September 2012
- Photo apps, welcome tabs, international apps and more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- Facebook platform industry hires: Kenshoo Social, Nanigans, Shoutlet, Spruce Media, Socially Bright, Syncapse
- Facebook roundup: stock back up after dipping below $18, China on hold, Twitter beats Facebook mobile revenues, and more
