This week’s headlines from across Inside Network
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between Feb. 18 and Feb. 22.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Tuesday, Feb. 19
- NIS America takes to iOS to promote new PlayStation 3 game
- Fireproof Games announces The Room sequel, free prequel content and Android version
- Ping lets you say it with… squares?
- Puzzle & Dragons estimated to generate between $54M to $75M a month in Japan, says Japanese press
- The Inside Network Job Board: Machine Zone, KIXEYE, Kongregate more
- Gaia Interactive launches RumbleKitten on iOS
- Haze, Adventure Time, The Amazing Spider-Man and more on this week’s top paid app charts
Wednesday, Feb. 20
- Show off your social metrics with Social Tiles
- Distimo: 2% of top iPhone publishers are new, 3% on Google Play
- Text with Instagram in Messagegram
- What’s the Word?, Modern War, The Simpsons on this week’s top grossing apps charts
Thursday, Feb. 21
- New hires in mobile apps: PlayHaven, Wooga and more
- Mobile productivity app CloudOn comes to Android smartphones
- Build your own personal newspaper with Thirst
- Share between your iOS and OS X devices with Instashare
- Join Us for the first Inside Social Apps Tech Job Fair
Friday, Feb. 22
- Change the way the world sees you with iMadeFace
- Apple and Samsung remain top device manufacturers on Millennial Media’s platform
- Pledge on the go with the official Kickstarter app
- Wooga announces 3 new mobile games, reveals that it was profitable in 2012
- Mobile apps news roundup
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms. Tuesday, Feb. 19
- Questionary review
- CMUNE receives DCM funding to build “the next billion dollar gaming brand”
- Plarium finds success with core games on Facebook, adding mobile titles to its future catalog
- Puzzle & Dragons estimated to generate between $54M to $75M a month in Japan, says Japanese press
- The Inside Network Job Board: Machine Zone, KIXEYE, Kongregate more
- Gaia Interactive launches RumbleKitten on iOS
- 94 Seconds (iOS/Android) review
Wednesday, Feb. 20
- Playnomics closes $5M Series B round of funding
- 4 Pics 1 Word (iOS/Android) review
- Criminal Case leads fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
- Sony entering the post-Facebook world with PS4
- Bubble Pop Battle review
- New hires in social games: gloops and Wooga
Thursday, Feb. 21
- King.com moves into Asia with localized games
- Game of Thrones Ascent now playable on Facebook
- Slot Buster review
- Join us for the first Inside Social Apps Tech Job Fair
- Wooga entering mid-core market, aims to change storytelling with newest social games
- Worm Run (iOS) review
Friday, Feb. 22
- Game of Thrones Ascent review
- FarmVille 2 is this week’s fastest-growing Facebook game by MAU
- Dragon Storm (iOS) review
- Social games news roundup
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, Feb. 18
Tuesday, Feb. 19
- Case study: FBX ads result in more sales when combined with Facebook Ads API
- Malicious Chrome extension promising business version of Flash can take over users’ Facebook accounts
- Facebook platform industry news and hires: We Are Social
Wednesday, Feb. 20
Thursday, Feb. 21
- Facebook page posts now support realtime updates
- Facebook lets developers know how often their app is found through search
- FBX has lower CPCs and CPMs but web retargeting has other benefits, AdRoll finds
Friday, Feb. 22
- Facebook events get cover photos
- Facebook bugs led page reach and impressions to be misreported
- Facebook updates iOS app with free calls in the U.S., Canada
- Report: Facebook to match user profiles with offline purchases for ad targeting
- Zuckerberg, Twitter, Yahoo and more in this week’s Facebook news roundup
Inside Social Commerce
Tracking the convergence of social media and commerce.
- Interview: Curalate’s Apu Gupta on adding Instagram to image analytics service
- Squarespace Commerce platform features WYSIWYG interface, built-in storefronts
- Join us for the first Inside Social Apps Tech Job Fair
- Real-world retail analytics service Euclid gets 17.3M in funding
- comScore: Online travel spending breaks $100B, not including mobile
