This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between Jan. 21 and Jan. 25.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
- Flurry Source 13 stats show mobile shopping up 247 percent, retail apps dominating time
- Storm8 surpasses 10M daily active users
- Find a place to eat with Cibando
- Amazon introduces in-app purchasing API using Amazon accounts
- Why game content is more important than quality, style and social features
- Photo apps from 500px pulled from the Apple App Store over nude photos
- Temple Run 2 rakes in 20 million downloads in four days
- CraftedBattle, Temple Run, Ruzzle and more on this week’s top paid app charts
Wednesday, Jan. 23
- WildTangent enters mobile market with Polar Bowler on iOS
- Share your favorite things with Stuffay
- Apple reports record-breaking quarterly revenue of $54.5B and $13.1B in profit for Q1 2013
- iTunes App Store has now paid out $7B to developers
- New hires in mobile apps: Gloops
- Apple profits in Greater China jump 66% year-over-year to $6.8B, 26% quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2013
- TurboTax, NHL, and Temple Run 2 on this week’s top grossing apps charts
Thursday, Jan. 24
- Scribble a note with Ink for iOS
- Talk to your pictures with Digisocial
- Mobile apps see greater engagement, monetization from Facebook login
- Twitter launches video sharing app Vine
Friday, Jan. 25
- W3i: Google Play featuring boosts SkyVu’s daily new user count up 1900%, 4900% for PlayCoMo
- Make a collage of memories with Momentsia
- Mobile news roundup: Etsy’s mobile play, Firefox’s mobile OS and more
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, Jan. 21
Tuesday, Jan. 22
- Looks like Zynga’s new mobile game is Running With Friends
- Sky Ocean review
- Disney City Girl combines the Disney brand with the lasting appeal of social fashion games
Wednesday, Jan. 23
- WildTangent enters mobile market with Polar Bowler on iOS
- Command and Conquer: Tiberium Alliances review
- The Inside Network Job Board: KIXEYE, Rumble, Spil Games and more
- Underline! (iOS) review
- New hires in social games: Gloops and Plumbee
Thursday, Jan. 24
- Eggies review
- Facebook releases new data on benefits of integrating mobile apps with the social network
Friday, Jan. 25
- QwizShow review
- 5th Planet Games’ Dawn of the Dragons poised to land on iOS soon
- Social games news roundup: Criminal Case, Super Knights and Into the Dead
- The Blockheads (iOS) review
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
- Optimal raises $7M, hires CFO; and more Facebook platform industry hiring news
- Facebook’s frictionless sharing mistake
- Facebook conversion tracking goes live for all ad accounts
- New Facebook homepage module gives advertisers a look at active campaigns
Wednesday, Jan. 23
- Trident, Nestlé Fitness, Lipton and others among this week’s top PTAT gainers for food and beverage
- Facebook continues to test variations of Timeline layout
- Non-social page-Like ads appear on Facebook mobile site but not in app yet
Thursday, Jan. 24
- Facebook platform update: ad image policy, age requirements, developer alerts
- Inside Social Apps San Francisco – Early Registration Ends at Midnight
- Mobile apps see greater engagement, monetization from Facebook login
Friday, Jan. 25
- Facebook hires and departures: public policy manager leaves for Uber
- Facebook careers: Italy policy, community partnerships, PMD infrastructure, more
- Facebook formalizes reciprocity policy and clearly prohibits replicating core features
- Facebook suggests similar pages after users click Like on page’s Timeline
- Facebook roundup: mobile app, lobbying, HQ expansion, mental health and more
Inside Social Commerce
Tracking the convergence of social media and commerce.
- Flurry Source 13 stats show mobile shopping up 247 percent, retail apps dominating time
- Why Groupon cancelling gun coupons is bad business
- New Nielsen map shows desktop, television still dominate American media landscape
- Inside Social Apps San Francisco – Early Registration Ends at Midnight
- ShipStation offers Amazon FBA fulfillment to e-tailers
