A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between May 7 and 13.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, May 7
- Emerging free iOS apps: 100 Floors, GifBoom and Race or Die 2
- Rovio’s revenues jump 963% year-on-year to $ 106.3M in 2011
- Take to the text-based streets in Machine Zone’s Race Or Die 2
- Electronic Arts’ mobile revenue climbs again, up to $ 87M in Q4
Tuesday, May 8
- Dismember yourself across America with Zombro
- How Japan’s social game regulations will impact GREE, DeNA and the U.S.
- GREE’s net income hits a record high of $ 167.6M on $ 578M in sales during Q3
Wednesday, May 9
- Pocket Gems bets on Android with Tap Dragon Park
- Capcom’s grim earnings report boosted by $ 79.2M in mobile revenues
- Take to the skies (and plummet to the ground) with Rocket Fox
- DeNA sets new earnings record with $ 529M in sales and $ 234M in operating income during its fourth quarter
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sojo, Sneaky Games, GameHouse and more
- Google+ mobile app revamped on iOS, Android update “coming soon”
- New Speakers Confirmed for Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit – June 26th in San Francisco
- At $ 5 million a month, Fuzio’s sales show how much mobile devs really earn
- Facebook replaces Apps and Games Dashboard with App Center, introduces paid app model
- Emerging paid iOS apps: Ski Safari, Pandemic 2.5 and Robbery Bob
Thursday, May 10
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: Kingdoms of Camelot, Crime City and Slots Journey
- GREE continues its bid for North American domination with Dino Life
- Tencent looks to boost mobile content with GameSalad partnership
- New hires in mobile: Atari, Square Enix and GREE
- Drawbridge lands $ 6.5M round for mobile ad targeting technology
Friday, May 11
- Emerging popular Android apps: Rage of Bahamut, The Avengers Live Wallpaper and Zombie Smash
- East Side Games evolves NomNom Combo with new version 2.0 update
- GameDuell and Vostu sign up for GetJar Gold in hopes of doubling revenues
- Mobile app news roundup: Google Play, Tapjoy and Rovio
Saturday, May 12
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sojo King.com, Kixeye and more
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, May 7
- Candy Crush Saga still on top of fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Become a ‘big cat burglar’ with 6waves’ Ravenshire Castle
- Electronic Arts sees traffic drop in Q4 2012, bringing more brands to social games platforms
- Rumble Games focuses on both casual and core gamers, skips out on traditional social mechanics
Tuesday, May 8
- Zynga’s Bubble Safari takes aim at Bubble Witch Saga’s success on Facebook
- Get by with a little help from your Tribe in Spellbound City 2
- Zynga sues over PyramidVille’s name 15 months after launch
Wednesday, May 9
- King.com continues to top list of fastest-growing games by DAU
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: King.com, Kixeye, PopCao and more
- EA exploring social game publishing with Insomniac Games
- Make the right life choices in Jay-Z’s social game Empire
- Japanese developers abandon kompu gacha mechanics in social games
- Facebook replaces Apps and Games Dashboard with App Center, introduces paid app model
Thursday, May 10
- Get buff with Self Magazine’s Workout in the Park social game
- New hires in social gaming: Eruptive Games, Mob Science and East Side Games
- Candy Crush Saga and Empires & Allies this week’s gainer and loser among May’s Top 25 Facebook games
Friday, May 11
- 5th Planet Games making $ 10M in revenue between Facebook, Kongregate
- UberStrike developer CMUNE nets first round of funding, goes cross-platform
- Halfbrick’s Jetpack Joyride blasts on to Facebook
- Social games news roundup: Jetpack Joyride, FarmVille’s sequel and McDonald’s
Saturday, May 12
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Ryzing, Nuukster, King.com and more
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, May 7
- Viddy, Instagram, Pinterest, games, Metacafe, Zoosk, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
- How Glancee acquisition fits into Facebook’s strategy of letting users share where they are, were, will be
- Data shows social readers have mixed results, but aren’t ‘collapsing’
Tuesday, May 8
- Mobile, Intel, ‘Titanic,’ Adele, FC Barcelona, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages
- Facebook asks some users ‘Which ad do you prefer?’
- New Facebook platform industry hires: Unified, TBG Digital, Kontagent, more
- ‘Custom user clusters’ feature appears and disappears from Facebook ad tool
- Facebook tries new prompts to encourage users to organize friends into lists
Wednesday, May 9
- Facebook offers suicide prevention information for military, veterans, families
- Socialcam, Zoosk, Pinterest, games, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- Socialcam passes Yahoo, CityVille to become most popular Facebook app by monthly active users
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Lowe’s, Townsquare Media, Sociable Labs and more
- Facebook replaces Apps and Games Dashboard with App Center, introduces paid app model
- Facebook to provide developers with new app ratings metric
- Early Bird Deadline for Social Media Marketing Boot Camp Ends Tomorrow, May 10
- Facebook announces paid app beta program
Thursday, May 10
- Bing expands Facebook integration with new social sidebar on search results pages
- Facebook hires: engineering, design, counsel, more
- Facebook career postings: media solutions, analysts, recruiting, more
- Facebook to give all groups file-sharing capabilities
- Vitrue partners with 7 ad platforms to create loop between paid and owned media
Friday, May 11
- Facebook gauges interest in new way to monetize users: ‘highlighted posts’
- Etsy, Kickstarter, pages, music, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- Inside Facebook’s pre-IPO hype
- Facebook roundup: Optimal, Instagram, TBG Digital, action spec ads
Saturday, May 12
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Lowe’s, Fiveonenine, SponsorPay and more
Source: Inside Social Games
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between April 23 and 28.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, April 30
- EA PopCap hops on the merchandising wagon
- Emerging free iOS apps: Logos Quiz Game, Cannon Cat and Smash Cops
- Become a hero and build a town in Rule the Kingdom
- CrowdStar and iWin bringing Facebook games to GREE’s mobile platform
Tuesday, May 1
- Little Red Riding Hood goes on a grand time-travelling adventure in Elphis
- Emerging paid iOS apps: Ugly Meter, Infinity Blade and Marvel vs. Capcom 2
- EA shutting down Restaurant City on Facebook, iOS
- Google Play doesn’t monetize? It does for free-to-play games that use carrier billing
- Facebook platform sent 160M users to mobile apps in April
- GREE buys Crime City developer Funzio for $ 210 million
Wednesday, May 2
- Heroes and villains clash in Marvel vs. Capcom 2
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sojo, King.com, IMVU and more
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: Slotomania, Castle Age HD and Kingdoms of Camelot
Thursday, May 3
- LifeStreet enters the mobile advertising fray with $ 66 million in new funding
- Rescue the baby birds with Hareep
- Gameloft smartphone, tablet games make up 40% of earnings in Q1
- Behind the scenes of GREE’s latest acquisition: what made Funzio right for the Japanese mobile giant
- New hires in mobile: Big Fish Games, Path and Unity
- Glu Mobile’s smartphone revenues climb 192% to $ 17.4m in Q1
- Emerging popular Android Apps: Rage of Bahamut, Instagram and Shark Dash
Friday, May 4
- Game Insight invites iOS players to rule the Enchanted Realm
- Plumber Cracks and Office Jerks: How Fluik built up an entertainment app empire
- Mobile app news roundup: Google mobile search, Draw Something and WWDC
Saturday, May 5
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: IMVU, Sojo, Kobojo and more
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, April 30
- CrowdStar and iWin bringing Facebook games to GREE’s mobile platform
- Candy Crush Saga continues hot streak among this week’s fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Living the frontiersman’s life once again in Plinga’s Pioneers
- What social games can learn from real money gaming
Tuesday, May 1
- EA shutting down Restaurant City on Facebook, iOS
- Bubble-popping, honey-stealing fun with Buggle
- Zynga turns on Facebook cross-promotion for partner game Woodland Heroes
- Top 25 Facebook games of May 2012
- GREE buys Crime City developer Funzio for $ 210 million
Wednesday, May 2
- Bejeweled Blitz tops this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kixeye, PopCap, Ryzing and more
- Crack cases in the ‘big smoke’ in Hidden Adventures: Shadows of London
Thursday, May 3
- Zynga.com — two months old and 2.8 million MAU
- Mirrorball Slots brings fairy-tale gambling to Facebook
- New hires in social gaming: Idle Games, Kontagent and Nordeus
Friday, May 4
- Chinese language RPG tops this weeks list of emerging Facebook games
- Scavenge, hunt and survive in The Last Stand: Dead Zone
- Ravenshire Castle launches, marks possible end for “Ravenworld”
- Social games news roundup: King.com, Detroit and Jay-Z
Saturday, May 5
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: IMVU, Sojo, Kobojo and more
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, April 30
- Socialcam, Viddy, Instagram, Metacafe, Candy Crush Saga, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages by MAU
- Facebook tests new icon to indicate whether activity will be shared after users click links
Tuesday, May 1
- Facebook for Every Phone, sports, ‘Titanic,’ ‘Twilight,’ more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages
- How social video apps leverage Facebook Open Graph to rapidly gain new users
- New Facebook platform industry hires: Ifeelgoods, Scale Venture Partners, Nanigans, Strutta, more
- Buddy Media acquisition of Brighter Option results in new BuyBuddy ad platform
- Facebook platform sent 160M users to mobile apps in April
- Facebook bug prevents some users from creating event ads
Wednesday, May 2
- Viddy, SocialCam, WashPo, Instagram, quizzes, games, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sociable Labs, Fiveonenine, SponsorPay and more
- What non-profits can take away from Facebook’s organ donation initiative and past activism efforts
Thursday, May 3
- LifeStreet enters the mobile advertising fray with $ 66 million in new funding
- Involver introduces Engagement Optimization API to be used by any Facebook ad provider
- Zuum updates Facebook strategy tool to provide more insight on page content, competitor performance
- Facebook brings back ‘action links’ to give developers more ways to engage users directly from feed stories
- Instagram for feature phones? Facebook adds simple photo filter options to mobile app
- Facebook hires: engineering, recruiting, policy, more
- Facebook career postings: engineering, data center, diversity, more
- Facebook sets $ 28-35 price range for IPO, valuing company at up to $ 96B
- Facebook Offers beta extends to more local businesses in U.S.
Friday, May 4
- Buggle, games, file sharing, Etsy, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- After 6-month run, page tab application no longer tops Facebook apps by MAU
- Walkthrough of how to use Facebook’s updated self-serve ad tool
- Facebook roundup: Messenger, Open Compute Project, IPO, Like button, FBI, Ordr.in. more
- Facebook makes another mobile acquisition: location app Glancee
Saturday, May 5
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sociable Labs, SponsorPay, Kixeye and more
Source: Inside Facebook
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between April 23 and 28.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, April 30
- EA PopCap hops on the merchandising wagon
- Emerging free iOS apps: Logos Quiz Game, Cannon Cat and Smash Cops
- Become a hero and build a town in Rule the Kingdom
- CrowdStar and iWin bringing Facebook games to GREE’s mobile platform
Tuesday, May 1
- Little Red Riding Hood goes on a grand time-travelling adventure in Elphis
- Emerging paid iOS apps: Ugly Meter, Infinity Blade and Marvel vs. Capcom 2
- EA shutting down Restaurant City on Facebook, iOS
- Google Play doesn’t monetize? It does for free-to-play games that use carrier billing
- Facebook platform sent 160M users to mobile apps in April
- GREE buys Crime City developer Funzio for $ 210 million
Wednesday, May 2
- Heroes and villains clash in Marvel vs. Capcom 2
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sojo, King.com, IMVU and more
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: Slotomania, Castle Age HD and Kingdoms of Camelot
Thursday, May 3
- LifeStreet enters the mobile advertising fray with $ 66 million in new funding
- Rescue the baby birds with Hareep
- Gameloft smartphone, tablet games make up 40% of earnings in Q1
- Behind the scenes of GREE’s latest acquisition: what made Funzio right for the Japanese mobile giant
- New hires in mobile: Big Fish Games, Path and Unity
- Glu Mobile’s smartphone revenues climb 192% to $ 17.4m in Q1
- Emerging popular Android Apps: Rage of Bahamut, Instagram and Shark Dash
Friday, May 4
- Game Insight invites iOS players to rule the Enchanted Realm
- Plumber Cracks and Office Jerks: How Fluik built up an entertainment app empire
- Mobile app news roundup: Google mobile search, Draw Something and WWDC
Saturday, May 5
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: IMVU, Sojo, Kobojo and more
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, April 30
- CrowdStar and iWin bringing Facebook games to GREE’s mobile platform
- Candy Crush Saga continues hot streak among this week’s fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Living the frontiersman’s life once again in Plinga’s Pioneers
- What social games can learn from real money gaming
Tuesday, May 1
- EA shutting down Restaurant City on Facebook, iOS
- Bubble-popping, honey-stealing fun with Buggle
- Zynga turns on Facebook cross-promotion for partner game Woodland Heroes
- Top 25 Facebook games of May 2012
- GREE buys Crime City developer Funzio for $ 210 million
Wednesday, May 2
- Bejeweled Blitz tops this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kixeye, PopCap, Ryzing and more
- Crack cases in the ‘big smoke’ in Hidden Adventures: Shadows of London
Thursday, May 3
- Zynga.com — two months old and 2.8 million MAU
- Mirrorball Slots brings fairy-tale gambling to Facebook
- New hires in social gaming: Idle Games, Kontagent and Nordeus
Friday, May 4
- Chinese language RPG tops this weeks list of emerging Facebook games
- Scavenge, hunt and survive in The Last Stand: Dead Zone
- Ravenshire Castle launches, marks possible end for “Ravenworld”
- Social games news roundup: King.com, Detroit and Jay-Z
Saturday, May 5
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: IMVU, Sojo, Kobojo and more
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, April 30
- Socialcam, Viddy, Instagram, Metacafe, Candy Crush Saga, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages by MAU
- Facebook tests new icon to indicate whether activity will be shared after users click links
Tuesday, May 1
- Facebook for Every Phone, sports, ‘Titanic,’ ‘Twilight,’ more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages
- How social video apps leverage Facebook Open Graph to rapidly gain new users
- New Facebook platform industry hires: Ifeelgoods, Scale Venture Partners, Nanigans, Strutta, more
- Buddy Media acquisition of Brighter Option results in new BuyBuddy ad platform
- Facebook platform sent 160M users to mobile apps in April
- Facebook bug prevents some users from creating event ads
Wednesday, May 2
- Viddy, SocialCam, WashPo, Instagram, quizzes, games, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sociable Labs, Fiveonenine, SponsorPay and more
- What non-profits can take away from Facebook’s organ donation initiative and past activism efforts
Thursday, May 3
- LifeStreet enters the mobile advertising fray with $ 66 million in new funding
- Involver introduces Engagement Optimization API to be used by any Facebook ad provider
- Zuum updates Facebook strategy tool to provide more insight on page content, competitor performance
- Facebook brings back ‘action links’ to give developers more ways to engage users directly from feed stories
- Instagram for feature phones? Facebook adds simple photo filter options to mobile app
- Facebook hires: engineering, recruiting, policy, more
- Facebook career postings: engineering, data center, diversity, more
- Facebook sets $ 28-35 price range for IPO, valuing company at up to $ 96B
- Facebook Offers beta extends to more local businesses in U.S.
Friday, May 4
- Buggle, games, file sharing, Etsy, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- After 6-month run, page tab application no longer tops Facebook apps by MAU
- Walkthrough of how to use Facebook’s updated self-serve ad tool
- Facebook roundup: Messenger, Open Compute Project, IPO, Like button, FBI, Ordr.in. more
- Facebook makes another mobile acquisition: location app Glancee
Saturday, May 5
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sociable Labs, SponsorPay, Kixeye and more
Source: Inside Social Games
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between April 23 and 28.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, April 23
- Emerging free iOS apps: Deer Hunter Reloaded, Kingdom Age
- Conquer medieval Japan with Total War Battles
- Facebook updates Android app, adds new shortcuts to take over more of users’ homescreens
- GREE looks to stay profitable in North America with Wizcorp’s Mithril engine
Tuesday, April 24
- Test your South Park knowledge with Who Wants to be a Millionaire Special Editions
- Emerging paid iOS apps: Shark Dash, Hambo and SpellTower
- Outfit7 teams with Disney for animated Talking Friends web series
- Apple profits up 94% year-over-year to $ 39.2 billion
- Native Android apps can now get distribution through Facebook discovery channels
- Bubble Saga pops onto Kindle Fire; Android version in development
Wednesday, April 25
- MoPub: Without UDIDs mobile ad prices could plummet by 24%
- Kabam joins the Mobage stable with new Ngmoco publising deal
- Hunters 2: a solid addition to iOS growing strategy game library
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: DragonVale, Kingdoms of Camelot and Modern War
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: EA, Sneaky Games, King.com and more
Thursday, April 26
- Massive Joe aims for a monstrous hit with Escape from Age of Monsters
- Flick, shoot and explode zombies in Zynga’s ZombieSmash, now on Android
- Emerging popular Android apps: Rage of Bahamut, Ice Age Village, Shark Dash
- New hires in mobile: Big Fish Games, GREE and Scale Ventures Partners
- Zynga reports highest ever bookings for Q1 at $ 329M
- Zynga up to 21M mobile daily active users on strength of Q1 releases
Friday, April 27
- Mobile app downloads fall 30% in March, user acquisition costs stay the same — Fiksu
- Cross-platform lexical strategy with Word Off
- Ngmoco’s Doug Scott on Japan-meets-U.S. mobile games, life after Lionside
- Mobile app news roundup: Android earnings, the Kindle Fire and Viddy
Saturday, April 28
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sneaky Games, Kobojo, EA and more
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, April 23
- Candy Crush Saga dominates this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Get rich or die trying with 50 Cent’s Blackjack
- Facebook estimates 4 percent of Q1 revenue came from ads on Zynga app pages, 11 percent from Zynga directly
Tuesday, April 24
- No more lost pieces with Jigsaw World
- Latest S-1 amendment shows Zynga and Facebook untangling their finances
- How likely is to Facebook lower its 30 percent fee for developers on the platform?
- Bubble Saga pops onto Kindle Fire; Android version in development
Wednesday, April 25
- Candy Crush Saga keeps sweet lead over this week’s fastest growing Facebook games by DAU
- Build a fantasy alliance in Playdom’s Armies of Magic
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kixeye, GameHouse, King.com and more
- Nekki brings free-running to Facebook with Vector
Thursday, April 26
- Bubble Witch Saga and CityVille this week’s gainer and loser among April’s Top 25 games
- New hires in social gaming: East Side Games, Happy Elements and Kixeye
- More shiny gem-matching with Jewel Journey
- Zynga reports highest ever bookings for Q1 at $ 329M
- Zynga up to 21M mobile daily active users on strength of Q1 releases
- New games lead Zynga’s revenue to increase; more titles coming in Q2
Friday, April 27
- Gunny shoots to the top of this week’s emerging games on Facebook
- Prove who is the Top Shot on Facebook
- CrowdStar still building for Facebook, just through mobile
- Social games news roundup: Zynga, Nexon and Friendster
Saturday, April 28
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: IMVU, Sneaky Games, Ryzing and more
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, April 23
- Viddy, Dailymotion, Instagram, games, BranchOut, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
- Facebook updates Android app, adds new shortcuts to take over more of users’ homescreens
- Facebook expands arsenal with 650 patents from Microsoft, license to hundreds more
- Facebook generates $ 1.21 per user on average worldwide in Q1
- Facebook estimates 4 percent of Q1 revenue came from ads on Zynga app pages, 11 percent from Zynga directly
Tuesday, April 24
- Mobile, Converse, Snoop Dogg, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages
- How likely is to Facebook lower its 30 percent fee for developers on the platform?
- Native Android apps can now get distribution through Facebook discovery channels
- Facebook to increase profile picture size for pages
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Nixon Peabody, Courier.com, SponsorPay and more
Wednesday, April 25
- Yahoo, Metacafe, birthdays, games, Spoitfy, BranchOut, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- Facebook partners with anti-virus software makers to provide free computer security
- Facebook updates Locations app, but feature still only available to select pages
Thursday, April 26
- Facebook lowers barriers for developers, users to switch to Open Graph apps
- Facebook platform update: real-time insights, Offers API
- Facebook hires: engineering, data center, legal, more
- Facebook career postings: legal, mobile, data centers and more
- Facebook tries new tactics to get users to rate apps
Friday, April 27
- Facebook tests button that lets page owners skip complicated ad dashboard, promote content directly from their pages
- Facebook platform supports more than 42 million pages and 9 million apps
- Facebook Offers now available to partners through API; no date for wide release
- Facebook roundup: Yahoo, IPO, Windows Phone, security
Saturday, April 28
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Nixon Peabody, Courier.com, SponsorPay and more
Source: Inside Facebook
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between April 23 and 28.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, April 23
- Emerging free iOS apps: Deer Hunter Reloaded, Kingdom Age
- Conquer medieval Japan with Total War Battles
- Facebook updates Android app, adds new shortcuts to take over more of users’ homescreens
- GREE looks to stay profitable in North America with Wizcorp’s Mithril engine
Tuesday, April 24
- Test your South Park knowledge with Who Wants to be a Millionaire Special Editions
- Emerging paid iOS apps: Shark Dash, Hambo and SpellTower
- Outfit7 teams with Disney for animated Talking Friends web series
- Apple profits up 94% year-over-year to $ 39.2 billion
- Native Android apps can now get distribution through Facebook discovery channels
- Bubble Saga pops onto Kindle Fire; Android version in development
Wednesday, April 25
- MoPub: Without UDIDs mobile ad prices could plummet by 24%
- Kabam joins the Mobage stable with new Ngmoco publising deal
- Hunters 2: a solid addition to iOS growing strategy game library
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: DragonVale, Kingdoms of Camelot and Modern War
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: EA, Sneaky Games, King.com and more
Thursday, April 26
- Massive Joe aims for a monstrous hit with Escape from Age of Monsters
- Flick, shoot and explode zombies in Zynga’s ZombieSmash, now on Android
- Emerging popular Android apps: Rage of Bahamut, Ice Age Village, Shark Dash
- New hires in mobile: Big Fish Games, GREE and Scale Ventures Partners
- Zynga reports highest ever bookings for Q1 at $ 329M
- Zynga up to 21M mobile daily active users on strength of Q1 releases
Friday, April 27
- Mobile app downloads fall 30% in March, user acquisition costs stay the same — Fiksu
- Cross-platform lexical strategy with Word Off
- Ngmoco’s Doug Scott on Japan-meets-U.S. mobile games, life after Lionside
- Mobile app news roundup: Android earnings, the Kindle Fire and Viddy
Saturday, April 28
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sneaky Games, Kobojo, EA and more
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, April 23
- Candy Crush Saga dominates this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Get rich or die trying with 50 Cent’s Blackjack
- Facebook estimates 4 percent of Q1 revenue came from ads on Zynga app pages, 11 percent from Zynga directly
Tuesday, April 24
- No more lost pieces with Jigsaw World
- Latest S-1 amendment shows Zynga and Facebook untangling their finances
- How likely is to Facebook lower its 30 percent fee for developers on the platform?
- Bubble Saga pops onto Kindle Fire; Android version in development
Wednesday, April 25
- Candy Crush Saga keeps sweet lead over this week’s fastest growing Facebook games by DAU
- Build a fantasy alliance in Playdom’s Armies of Magic
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kixeye, GameHouse, King.com and more
- Nekki brings free-running to Facebook with Vector
Thursday, April 26
- Bubble Witch Saga and CityVille this week’s gainer and loser among April’s Top 25 games
- New hires in social gaming: East Side Games, Happy Elements and Kixeye
- More shiny gem-matching with Jewel Journey
- Zynga reports highest ever bookings for Q1 at $ 329M
- Zynga up to 21M mobile daily active users on strength of Q1 releases
- New games lead Zynga’s revenue to increase; more titles coming in Q2
Friday, April 27
- Gunny shoots to the top of this week’s emerging games on Facebook
- Prove who is the Top Shot on Facebook
- CrowdStar still building for Facebook, just through mobile
- Social games news roundup: Zynga, Nexon and Friendster
Saturday, April 28
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: IMVU, Sneaky Games, Ryzing and more
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, April 23
- Viddy, Dailymotion, Instagram, games, BranchOut, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
- Facebook updates Android app, adds new shortcuts to take over more of users’ homescreens
- Facebook expands arsenal with 650 patents from Microsoft, license to hundreds more
- Facebook generates $ 1.21 per user on average worldwide in Q1
- Facebook estimates 4 percent of Q1 revenue came from ads on Zynga app pages, 11 percent from Zynga directly
Tuesday, April 24
- Mobile, Converse, Snoop Dogg, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages
- How likely is to Facebook lower its 30 percent fee for developers on the platform?
- Native Android apps can now get distribution through Facebook discovery channels
- Facebook to increase profile picture size for pages
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Nixon Peabody, Courier.com, SponsorPay and more
Wednesday, April 25
- Yahoo, Metacafe, birthdays, games, Spoitfy, BranchOut, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- Facebook partners with anti-virus software makers to provide free computer security
- Facebook updates Locations app, but feature still only available to select pages
Thursday, April 26
- Facebook lowers barriers for developers, users to switch to Open Graph apps
- Facebook platform update: real-time insights, Offers API
- Facebook hires: engineering, data center, legal, more
- Facebook career postings: legal, mobile, data centers and more
- Facebook tries new tactics to get users to rate apps
Friday, April 27
- Facebook tests button that lets page owners skip complicated ad dashboard, promote content directly from their pages
- Facebook platform supports more than 42 million pages and 9 million apps
- Facebook Offers now available to partners through API; no date for wide release
- Facebook roundup: Yahoo, IPO, Windows Phone, security
Saturday, April 28
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Nixon Peabody, Courier.com, SponsorPay and more
Source: Inside Social Games
A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between April 16 and 21.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, April 16
- Reach for the skies with Airport City on Android
- Emerging free iOS Apps: Slide to Unlock, Design this Home and The Lorax HD
- Will $ 30 million in Series B help Path rise to its potential?
- Combining mobile and TV ads can boost recall by 69 percent, study finds
Tuesday, April 17
- Amazon pairs increased in-app purchase limit with new parental controls
- Defender II’s Android-exclusive castle defending sees strong success
- Appcelerator aims to become a complete mobile platform with new cloud services
- Emerging paid iOS apps: Lock My Screen, Angry Birds Space and Spelltower
Wednesday, April 18
- Drag Racing: Bike Edition races up the Top Grossing Android app charts
- Zynga puts its stamp on Draw Something, adds new social features
- Who’s next on Zynga’s acquisition list?
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sojo, Nuukster, Bally and more
- Will South Korea’s Com2uS be the next Asian developer to conquer the west?
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: Zynga Poker, TurboTax and Tap Paradise Cove
Thursday, April 19
- Speed Racer: The Beginning GoGoGoes on iOS
- New hires in mobile: Big Fish Games, GREE and Tapjoy
- The Windows Phone Marketplace and the Amazon Appstore are the fastest growing app stores
- Emerging popular Android apps: Zynga Poker, Crime City and Where’s Waldo Now?
Friday, April 20
- Rage of Bahamut takes Android players on a card-capturing adventure
- USPC jumps into mobile to try its luck with Zeniz Social Casino, but faces stiff competition
- Facebook expands capabilities for feature phones, adds support for pages and places
- Trouncing its rivals on engagement, Banjo leads the social discovery app race
- Mobile app news roundup: Gumi, Android malware and big revenues for TinyCo
Saturday, April 21
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sojo Studios, Kixeye, King.com and more
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, April 16
- Zynga Slingo’s winning streak continues with this week’s fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Zattikka starts trading on public market, returns to social games
- Bubble Bunny brings bubble-popping ‘blitz’ gameplay to Facebook
- Social games have lower costs per click on Facebook than brands do, analysis shows
- Ubisoft’s House M.D. now live on Facebook
Tuesday, April 17
- Tetris Stars digs for victory on Facebook
- Funzio brings Kingdom Age to Facebook after Google+ exclusive
Wednesday, April 18
- GameHouse continues towards top ten position with new GM and new games
- Candy Crush Saga hits sweet spot on this week’s list of fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
- Jewels of the Amazon brings yet more match-3 puzzling to Facebook
- Who’s next on Zynga’s acquisition list?
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Machine Zone, King.com, Nuukster and more
Thursday, April 19
- 6waves partners with BBC for Top Gear, Jane Austen social games
- New hires in social gaming: FiveOneNine Games, Funtactix and FunSockets
- Gold Slots goes for gold in the Facebook slot machine genre
- Zynga Slingo and The Sims Social this week’s gainer and loser among April’s Top 25 games
Friday, April 20
- Pencylvania draws on top of this week’s emerging Facebook games list
- Ubisoft prescribes House M.D. as cure for chronic boredom
- Idle Worship attempts to deliver divine fun with its god simulation
- Social games news roundup: PopCap, Funzio and 50 Cent
Saturday, April 21
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kixeye, GameHouse, Machine Zone and more
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, April 16
- Dailymotion, social readers, Instagram, Viddy, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
- Social games have lower costs per click on Facebook than brands do, analysis shows
Tuesday, April 17
- How Facebook could monetize Instagram
- Converse, ‘Titanic,’ LMFAO, ‘The Simpsons,’ Target, Samsung, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook pages
- Facebook pages for artists now include ‘listen’ button
- New Facebook platform industry hires: TBG Digital, Spruce Media, Kontagent
- Facebook tests ‘trending articles’ feature to encourage users to try social reader apps
Wednesday, April 18
- Facebook becomes No. 1 most visited site in Brazil, according to Experian Hitwise
- Dailymotion, Instagram, Viddy, Rotten Tomatoes, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- Facebook ad reporting change aims to help advertisers optimize campaigns for actions beyond Likes
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Agency Sacks, W3i, SponsorPay and more
- Facebook establishes Preferred Marketing Developer program with 232 companies providing tools and services
Thursday, April 19
- Facebook hires: public policy, engineering, legal, recruiting, more
- Facebook career postings: engineering, D.C., marketing, more
- BranchOut raises additional $ 25M for professional networking app
Friday, April 20
- News, tabs, video, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- Facebook expands capabilities for feature phones, adds support for pages and places
- Facebook bug temporarily brings down apps, social features on third-party sites
- Facebook modifies proposed changes to terms of service, provides explanations in response to user feedback
- Facebook roundup: Instagram, IPO, pages, Google+, Pinterest
Saturday, April 21
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: SponsorPay, Agency Sacks, King.com and more
Source: Inside Social Games
