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, August 8th, 2011
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Zeptolab’s New Cut The Rope Title, Lockify
- Gamevil’s Smartphone Revenues Climb 259% to $5.6M In Second Quarter
- A Review of Quarterly Earnings for iOS, Android Gaming Companies
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Limbic, Storm8, ZeptoLab, Garmin & More
- OpenFeint’s Partnership With The9 Brings 60 Games From The West to China
- Facebook Messenger: A New Standalone Group Messaging Mobile App Built Off Beluga
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
- Top Emerging Android Apps: LevelUp, Marvel, Skype, Dragonplay, Com2uS
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kabam, Metamoki, Lolapps, Playfish and More
- Tencent’s Mobile Revenues Rise 2% Quarter-Over-Quarter to $123.7M
- Russia’s Game Insight Aims For Another Top-Grossing Android Hit With My Country
Thursday, August 1th, 2011
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Facebook Messenger, Glee, and Jamie Oliver Appear
- Zynga’s New $1 Billion Credit Line Could Double its Acquisition Warchest, Or Give It Time Amid Market Volatility
- New Hires in Mobile: Backflip Studios, Beeline Interactive, Big Fish GAmes, & More
- How Beluga Metamorphosed Into Facebook Messenger
Friday, August 12th, 2011
- Mobile App Roundup: New Launches, iOS 5, Rovio Funding & More
- W3i Launches Games Program to Set-Up Servers, Analytics & Storefronts for Developers
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Monday, August 8th, 2011
- Ubisoft, RockYou Games Lead This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
- When to Sunset and When to Stay With Social Games on Facebook
- Divinitiz: The Offerings Rush Demands a Sacrifice of Time on Facebook
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
- EA Playfish Signs With Nanigans Ad Platform, Moves Toward Sims Social Launch
- 1 vs 100 Puts Facebook Players on the Spot For Virtual Cash
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
- The Smurfs & Co Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Lolapps, Playfish, Kabam, EA and More
- Facebook’s Gamer Status API Lets Developers Track High Monetizing Users
Thursday, August 1th, 2011
- Fashion Designer For Facebook Models Franchise Expansion
- New Hires in Social Gaming: Digital Chocolate, Gaia Interactive, iWin, & More
- Zynga May Borrow Up To $1 Billion in New Revolving Credit Agreement, Revised IPO Filing Says
- Google+ Announces Games, Launches With Zynga, Playdom, PopCap Games, Wooga, Rovio, Kabam, More
- Kabam Officially Announces Edgeworld for Facebook Following Google+ Launch
- Facebook Updates APIs, Canvas, Home Page to Improve Discovery, Retention, and the Games Experience
Friday, August 12th, 2011
- Premier League Fantasy Football and ESPN Sports Bar & Grill Top This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Zynga Launches Pioneer Trail Expansion for FrontierVille Today, Migrates Base Game to New App ID
- Facebook Adds Game Stories to the News Feed, Privacy Settings to Limit Them
- Creara Gets a Big Response From Its S.O.S. on Facebook
- Social Gaming Roundup: Zynga, FIFA Superstars, OpenFeint, & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, August 8th, 2011
- Mobile, Calendar, Photos, Quizzes, Pages, Dating, Music and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Facebook’s News Feed Links Status Updates to Pages Even If Users Don’t
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Sears Latino, Aeropostale, DirecTV and Food Network
- Platform Update: OAuth 2.0 Spec Migration Required by November 5th, PHP SDK, Video
- Facebook’s Relevance-Filtered Chat Buddy List, or, Why Users Don’t Know Who’s Online
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Involver, BranchOut, Wildfire and More
- Facebook Mobile to Thwart Hackers and Cyberbullies with Password Reset and Social Reporting
- Facebook Messenger: a New Standalone Group Messaging Mobile App Built Off Beluga
- Rihanna, “Harry Potter,” Zynga, YouTube, TV and Cristiano Ronaldo on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- Improving Your Facebook Page with Customized Tab Applications: 10 Examples
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
- Mobile, Horoscopes, Pages, Phrases, Calendar, BandPage and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
- With Voice Calling, Facebook’s Skype Partnership Wil Offer Alternatives to Traditional Carrier Plans
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Context Optional, EA, Lolapps, Amazon and More
- Facebook Developer Groups Make App Role Assignment More Efficient, Could Increase Groups Usage
Thursday, August 1th, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Recruiting, IT, Dublin, Operations and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Interns, Engineering, Account Management and More
- Facebook Adds “More Online Friends” to Chat, Returning the Complete Buddy List
- Facebook to Migrate the Ads API to the Graph API, Releases Ads Power Editor Source Code
- Facebook’s New Zip Code Ad Targeting Could Boost Local Advertising Revenue
- Facebook Updates APIs, Canvas, Home Page to Improve the Games Experience
Friday, August 12th, 2011
- Calendars, Pages, Quizzes, Happiness, Photos, and Korea on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by MAU
- Facebook Users Can Now Opt Into Letting Friends Export Their Email Addresses via Download Your Information
- How Beluga Metamorphosed Into Facebook Messenger
- Facebook Adds Game Stories to the News Feed, Privacy Settings to Limit Them
- Facebook Prohibits Promotion of Apps on Competing Social Platforms, Unapproved Soft Offers
- Facebook Roundup: UK Gov, Police, Netlog, Ceglia, Narcissism, Google+ and More
Source: Inside Social Games
Sunday, August 14, 2011