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 22nd, 2011
- Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Ludia’s Apps, Godzilab’s iBlast Moki 2 & More
- Group Messaging Apps Consolidate as Platforms Enter The Ring
- Rovio Picks Up Former Fox Executive Andrew Stalbow as General Manager For North America
- Namco Bandai, DeNA Partner on New Mobile-Social Gaming Unit
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
- ngmoco:) Hires Former Current TV Executive Joanna Drake Earl as COO
- Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Tap Petshop, Trade Nations’ Update & More
- YouWeb Raises $2M, Hires New SVP of Business Development
- Flick Soccer’s Goal: Killing Your Productivity on iOS
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
- With Tap Petshop Launch, Pocket Gems Nabs Three of the Top 15 Grossing Apps on iOS
- PapayaMobile Reaches 25M Registered Users, Takes Jabs At DeNA’s Mobage
- Join Inside Network in Beijing to Talk Mobile Apps, Social Games, and Global Platforms
- Report: Android Impressions Grow 15% Month-Over-Month, Games Increase 35%
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Breaktime, Tagged, Zynga and More
- Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Physics Puzzle Games Fill the iPhone
- CocoaChina Raises $14M From Sequoia China, Steamboat to Foster Local iOS Developer Community
- Strapped Fore Mobile Development Talent? Hire Via API.
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
- Sprinkle Bets on Wet as the Next Big Thing in Physics-Based Puzzle Games
- Top Emerging Android Apps: Tap Fish’s Wallpaper Update, Dragon, Fly!
- Pocket Gems Debuts on Android With Tap Zoo. Can It Repeat Its iOS Success?
- Facebook’s Developer Conference Next Month Could Bring Launch of Mobile HTML5 Platform
- Vote to See Inside Network Panels at SXSW
- New Hires in Mobile: Big Fish Games, Booyah, Foursquare & More
- Booyah Looks to Jumpstart New Momentum in Platforming Genre With Early Bird
- Loss of UDIDs Is OpenFeint’s Gain as it Launches Replacement ID System
Friday, August 26th, 2011
- U.S. Makes Up Slightly More Than 40% of Revenues For iOS Game Developers
- Backed By Star Investors, Red Robot Labs Debuts on Android With RPG Life is Crime
- Mobile App Roundup: Apple, New SDKs, Mobile Payments & More
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
- Sims and Smurfs Still Ahead on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by MAU
- Ecko Code Focuses on Facebook With Showtime Tie-In Games Weeks, Dexter & Borgias
- Gamescom 2011 Roundup: Social & Mobile Highlights
- Google+ Adds Casual Single-Player Games from LabPixies
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
- BeTomorrow’s RocketBird Still Flying High on Facebook
- Vote to See Inside Social Games and Inside Network Panels at SXSW
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
- The Sims Social, Zynga Lead This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
- Zynga Expands Game Cards Into 18 New Countries
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Zynga, Lolapps, Tagged and More
- Journey of Moses for Facebook Is a Social Take on the Old Testament
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
- Kabam Announces The Godfater: Five Families for Facebook Under Paramount Pictures
- New Hires in Social Gaming: 6waves LOLapps, CrowdStar, Digital Chocolate & More
- Facebook’s Sponsored Stories Ads Appear in the New App Ticker
- Facebook Welcomes Social Game Hello Adventure From Free Lunch Design
Friday, August 26th, 2011
- 胡萊三國 Tops This Week's List of Emerging Facebook Games
- Slide Confirms Game Closures, Ending a Long and Wild Journey Building Social Apps
- The Top Fashion Games on Facebook by Traffic
- Social Gaming Roundup: Zynga, Game Developers Choice Awards, Bungie Aerospaces & More
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
- Friend Quizzes, Page Tabs, Photos, Music, Calendar and Dating on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
- Featured Facebook Campaigns: Dunkin’ Nation, UNO, Notruf Deutschland, “The Big Lebowski” and Publishers Clearing House
- “Around The Web” Feature on Facebook Pages Shows Foursquare, Other Location Links
- Facebook Adds Page Admin Bookmarks With Notification Counters to the Home Page
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
- “Titanic,” Rihanna, Real Madrid, YouTube and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages
- New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Wildfire, Work4 Labs, TBG Digital, AdParlor and More
- Facebook Launches Ad Targeting by Topic
- Facebook Overhauls Privacy, Brings Controls In-Line With Content
- Vote to See Inside Facebook and Inside Network Panels at SXSW
- Study: SEO Matters for Facebook Pages as 34% of External Referral Traffic Comes From Search
- Facebook Confirms It Will Scrap the Places Check-In Feed
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
- Bing, Phrases, Pandora, Skype, Zoosk and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by DAU
- Join Inside Network in Beijing to Talk Mobile Apps, Social Games, and Global Platforms
- How to Effectively Manage Critics, Trolls and Spammers on Facebook Pages
- Facebook to Replace Developer Forums With Stack Overflow
- New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: TinyCo, TBG Digital, Tagged and More
- Facebook’s Ad Guidelines Now Permit Offline Gambling, Lotteries, and Dietary Supplements
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
- Facebook Careers Postings: Communications, Sales, Recruiting and More
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Engineering, Credits, Policy, Data Center and More
- Facebook’s 2011 f8 Developer Conference Could Include HTML5, iPad and Music Launches
- Facebook’s Sponsored Stories Ads Appear in the New App Ticker
Friday, August 26th, 2011
- Phrases, Friend Quizzes, Photos, Greeting Cards and More on this Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
- Miramax’s Multi-Title Movie Rental Facebook App: A Model for Content Owners
- Slide Confirms Game Closures, Ending a Long and Wild Journey Building Social Apps
- Facebook Discontinues Deals After Failing to Make Pre-Paid Coupons Social
- Facebook Photos Gets Polish: Whie Background, Bigger Images That Load Faster
- Facebook Roundup: Photo Apps, Video, Movies, AT&T, Pageviews, Places, Credits, Growth and More
Source: Inside Social Games
Sunday, August 28, 2011