A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between September 26th and October 1st.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, September 26th:
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Disney Cleans up, Secrets Sell Well, and Another World Comes to Another System
- Departure of Facebook's iPad Developer Highlights the Company's Slow-Moving Mobile Strategy
Tuesday, September 27th:
- App Search Engine Chomp Takes Next Natural Step: Search Advertising
- Emerging Top-Grossing Apps: Zynga, Big Fish Games and The Magic of Reality
- Glu Refugee Thomson Finds Home at GREE's OpenFeint on Developer Relations
Wednesday, September 28th:
- Backflip Studios Tries a New Breed of Animal-Raising Game on iOS with DragonVale
- User Acquisition Costs on iOS Rise as Consumers Hold Off on Downloads For Next iPhone, Fiksu Says
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: CrowdStar, TinyCo, Wild Needle and More
- Emerging Free iOS Apps: A Mixed Bag of Sweet Treats, Social Networks and Competitive Racing
Thursday, September 29th:
- Kindle Fire Brings First Real Test For Amazon Appstore
- Facebook's Mobile App Platform to Include Seamless Login, Bookmarks, Requests
Friday, September 30th:
- New Hires in Mobile: GameLoft, GREE and King.com
- Madfinger Games Offers a Console Quality Shooter with Shadowgun on iOS and Android
- Top Emerging Android Apps: Photo Editing, Animal Collecting and Contract Killing
- GREE Picks Up Playfish Alum Bergel as SVP of Business Development
Saturday, October 1st:
- Mobile App Roundup: The Rise of Android, Halfbrick Targets China and More
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: TinyCo, Lolapps, King.com and More
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, September 26th:
- EA, Zynga Lead This Week's List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- HTML5-Focused GamesMadeMe Debuts With City Builder Dollar Isle
- CityVille, Global Warfare Launch on Google+
- iOS Hit Baseball Superstars Takes the Field on Facebook
Tuesday, September 27th:
- A Bit Lucky Debuts Second Game, Lucky Space
- Peak Games Raises $11.5M in Funding, Acquires Two Studios and Expands Into South America and Mexico
Wednesday, September 28th:
- CityVille, Bubble Witch Saga Top This Week's List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
- Jungle Jewels Flash Matches Classic Puzzle Gameplay with Power-Ups on Facebook
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Entertainment Games, Lolapps, Storm8 and More
Thursday, September 29th:
- Zynga Launches Enrique Iglesias Campaign in CityVille
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Kabam, King.com and Zynga
- Clicks of the Facebook Games Ticker Now Reveal Popovers That Could Hurt Growth
Friday, September 30th:
- Dirty Dancing Tops This Week's List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Jonathan Knight Leaves RockYou on a High Note, Heading to Zynga
- Sin City Holdem Is Facebook's Latest Poker Star
- Social Gaming News Roundup: Women are Profitable for Papaya, Zynga's Games are Engaging, Tiny Speck Launches Glitch
Saturday, October 1st:
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, September 26th:
- Spotify, Photos, Page Tabs, Friend Quizzes and BeKnown on This Week's Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: "Homeland," Capital One, Zynga, Lufthansa, "Dexter" and Tiger Balm
- Facebook Now Allows Advertisers to Use Tracking Tags and Promote Old Page Posts with Sponsored Stories
- Spotify Gains 1 Million New Facebook Users Following f8
- Departure of Facebook iPad Developer Highlights the Company's Slow-Moving Mobile Strategy
Tuesday, September 27th:
- Community Pages, TV, Movies, Games, Banks and More on This Week's Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: BranchOut, Vitrue, Involver and More
- ZipShare Allows for Sharing of 100MB Worth of Files to Your Facebook Wall, Groups
- Facebook Could Boost Ad Revenue Through New Marketing Education Partnerships With Business Lobbies
- Using the Facebook Like Box On Your Website to Gain Fans for Your Page and Maximize Retention
- Deleted Data, Removed Friends, Log-In Record and More Available to European Facebook Users
Wednesday, September 28th:
- Birthdays, Friend Quizzes, Bing, Spotify, Horoscopes, iPad and More on This Week's Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by DAU
- To Complement Its Search Engine, Facebook Launches People, Pages, and Places Directories
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: King.com, TinyCo, Lolapps and More
- Shoutlet Favors Breadth of Services Over Depth With Its Facebook Page Management Platform
Thursday, September 29th:
- Announcing the 2012 Inside Facebook Election Tracker
- Facebook Careers Postings: Data, Marketing, Engineering and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Engineering, Data, Measurement, Sales and More
- Facebook's Mobile App Platform to Include Seamless Login, Bookmarks, Requests
- Why Only Some Facebook Developers Will Mimic Spotify's "Private Listening" Mode
Friday, September 30th:
- The Guardian, Photos, Page Tabs, Cards and More on This Week's Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps
- Maximizing Conversions From Facebook Ads Through Day- and Week-Parting Strategies
- Facebook Platform Updates: Frictionless Requests 2.0, OAuth 2.0 and HTTPS Deadlines Tomorrow, FMBL Ending June 2012
- Facebook's News Feed Changes May Be Reducing Impressions, Increasing Feedback for Page Posts
- Facebook Will Remove the Discussions Tab App From Pages in One Month
Saturday, October 1st:
- Facebook Roundup: Political Action Committee, Security, Timeline, iPad, eBay, Buddy Media, and More
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Buzz All Stars, Jelli, TinyCo and More
Source: Inside Social Games
Sunday, October 2, 2011