A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between September 26th and October 1st.
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
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:
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