Here are all the latest headlines from around Inside Network this past week.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms, and virtual goods.
Monday, July 25th, 2011
- Flurry: Whales Help Push Up Average In-App Purchases in Freemium Mobile Games
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Zombies, Pirates & Captain America Rise Over the Weekend
- See New Perspectives on the Zombie Apocalypse in Zombie Gunship on iPhone
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
- Twilio’s New SDK Lets Developers Add Skype-Like Calling to Their Apps
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Updates Push Addmired, Gameview Titles Higher
- Electronic Arts’ Mobile Revenue Climbs 10% Year-Over-Year to $57M in First Quarter
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
- Total Revenue From Top 200 Grossing iOS Games Climbs 79% Year-Over-Year, Distimo Says
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Music, Television, Learning, & Beauty
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: EA, Pontiflex, Kabam, PopCap and More
- The ngmoco:)-DeNA Deal Gets its First Real Test With Mobage Launch on Android
- Deadlock: Online Proves Great in Theory, But Disappoints in Connectivity
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
- Q&A: Fiksu CEO Micah Adler on How Acquiring iOS Users Has Changed After Offer Walls
- How Much Has The Cost of Acquiring a Quality iOS User Changed This Spring?
- New Hires in Mobile: Big Fish Games, EA Mobile, Foursquare, & More
- BulkyPix Wins the Hill With New WWII Strategy Game for iOS
Friday, July 29th, 2011
- Outfit7 CEO Nabergoj Steps Down, Founder Login Steps Up As Temporary Replacement
- Mobile Roundup: RIM, Funding, iPhone 5, Samsung & More
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, July 25th, 2011
- Mahjong Saga, Gourmet Ranch, Global Warfare Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- Clash of the Dragons Deals Collectible Card Combat on Facebook
- Playfirst Sunsets Diner Dash as Traffic Declines
- Zynga and Tencent Announce Partnership, Launch of CityVille Chine Expansion “Zynga City”
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
- Roman Taxi: Royal Era Puts a Spin on City-Building Fare
- Total Domination: Nuclear Strategy Assembles an Impressive Army of Users on Facebook
- EA Claims Social Game Revenues in Q1 2012 Rise Despite Year-on-Year Drop in MAU
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: PopCap, MegaZebra, Tagged and More
- Zoo World 2, The Pokerist Club, Battle Pirates Lead This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU
- Clone Wars: What Copycats Really Do To The Social Games Industry
- Digital Chocolate’s Millionaire Boss is Moving Up in the Business World on Facebook
- MapleStory Adventures Launches on Facebook Today
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
- The A-List Gives Facebook Users a Brush with Fame on Facebook
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Claritics, Happy Elements, IMVU, & More
- Super Rewards Founder, Pot Farm Creators Net Angel Funding for New Social Game Studio
Friday, July 29th, 2011
- International Releases Top This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- GnomeTown Invites Residents to Party, Pillage and Pummel
- What Do Facebook’s Developer Traffic Targets Really Mean for Zynga (and Everyone Else)?
- Social Gaming Roundup: Electronic Arts, Mobage, Layoffs, & More.
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, July 25th, 2011
- 60 Photos, Quizzes, Pages, Mobile, Bandsintown and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Craftsman, Unilever & Zynga, American Express and El Pollo Loco
- Acceptly Uses Social Contacts to Help Students Get Into College
- Facebook for iPad: Our Feature Breakdown of the Leaked Official App
- Video Privacy Protection Act Delays US Launch of Netflix Facebook Integration
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Buddy Media, Syncapse, North Social, 140 Proof and More
- Amy Winehouse, Jesus, Dior, Domo, “Captain America,” and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- BrightWhistle Raises $1.1 Million to Offer Facebook Ad and Landing Page Optimization to Health Care
- Facebook vs Twitter — How Smart Marketers Use Both Differently
- ComScore Report: 27% of Facebook Browsing on News Feed, Just 10% on Apps
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
- PicBadges, Mobile, Horoscopes, Cupid and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- “Facebook for Business” Resource Center Eases Onboarding for Marketers and Advertisers
- Facebook Users Can Now List That They Are Expecting a Child in Their Profiles
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Boards: Context Optional, Lolapps, Ngmoco
, PopCap Games and More
- Platform News: Facebook Lets Developers Create Test Users Through the Developer App GUI
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Research, Engineering, Communications, Credits and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Engineering, Business, Communications, Recruiting, Sales and More
- Hearsay Social Raises $18 Million, Can Now Run Facebook Ads for Corporate/Local Pages
- Facebook for BlackBerry v2.0 Adds Chat, BBM Support, and More Beta Tested Features
Friday, July 29th, 2011
- Hulu, Profile Banners, BeKnown, Friends and Twibbons on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Webtrends Expands From Apps and Analytics to Full Facebook Page Management Suite
- Facebook Test Lets Users Tag Family Members by Typing How They’re Related
- Facebook White Hat Program Now Offers Bounty for Disclosing Security Bugs
- Facebook Roundup: Prineville, Ceglia, Seattle, Ads, Credits, Mobile and More
Source: Inside Social Games
Sunday, July 31, 2011