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This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network Posted: 07 Aug 2011 08:51 AM PDT 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 1st, 2011 Emerging Paid iOS Apps: iPad Charts Show Greater Activity Further Down Even as Android Eclipses iOS in U.S. Mobile Subscribers, It Still Lags in Facebook Mobile’s Footprint Zynga Brings Words With Friends to Facebook With iOS Cross-Platform Play DeNA’s Net Income Climbs 45% in First Quarter to $121.3M Glu Mobile Gets a Foothold in Chinese Market Through Partnership With Hong Kong’s TOM Group Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 New Free-to-Download Platformer, Cordy, Comes to iOS from Android Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Older Titles Get a Boost From New Quests, Social Features Glu Mobile Acquires Griptonite, Blammo Games for Stock, Earnouts Worth More Than $50M Glu Mobile’s Net Loss Narrows as Smartphone Revenues Rise by 58% in Challenging Second Quarter Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Skype, Mahjong, & AOL Grow on iPad New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Glu Mobile, Kabam, EA, Tagged and More Flurry Adds Age, Gender Demographics in Revamp of Analytics Product Storm8 May Veer Down the Funding Route, But A $1 Billion Valuation Would Be Pricey Thursday, August 4th, 2011 The Marbians Touch Down on iOS Diversifying Beyond Games, Tapjoy Boasts of Driving 10M Conversions for Brands in July Glu Mobile Restructures With Departures For Several Marketing, Creative Executives Facebook Promotes Mobile Network Operator Partners on the Login Screen Electronic Arts Moves Moore Up to COO; Cottle to Oversee Mobile, Social Gaming Capcom’s Mobile and Social Gaming Business Brings in $15.5 Million in First Quarter Friday, August 5th, 2011 New Hires in Mobile: Big Fish Games, Gameloft, Glu Mobile, & More Konami Goes with Disturbingly Cute Concepts in Gesundheit! On iOS Q&A: Glu Mobile CEO De Masi on Acquisitions, Third-Quarter Forecast Inside Social Games Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms. Monday, August 1st, 2011 Zoo World 2, Mahjong Saga, Forest Adventure Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU Zynga Brings Words With Friends to Facebook With iOS Cross-Platform Play A Closer Look at King’s Bounty for Facebook, by Russia’s Nival 6waves Lolapps Raises $35 Million Post-Merger The Top 25 Facebook Games for August 2011 Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 Collapse! Blast for Facebook Is A Chip Off An Old Block Monster Fusion Brings a Twist to the Facebook Collection Genre Social/Mobile Game Developer Service Provider Nextive Acquired by Globant Texas HoldEm Poker, 開心水族箱, Ninja Saga Top This Week's List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: FunCom, Tagged, Pocket Gems, EA and More Megaband Gets Players to Tune in, Hits the Charts Kixeye Raises $18M Third Round, Brings Zynga Co-Founder Trader to Board Thursday, August 4th, 2011 6waves Lolapps Confirms Funding From Nexon, Insight Venture Partners Visa’s PlaySpan Finds Life After Facebook Credits Profitable, Educational for Social Game Developers New Hires in Social Gaming: 6waves LOLapps, Breaktime Studios, Gamzee, & More Updating Discovery for Social Games on Facebook With Algorithms, Better New User Experience Electronic Arts Moves EA Sports’ Moore Up to COO, Cottle to Oversee Mobile, Social Gaming The Island: Castaway on Facebook Makes Life a Beach Friday, August 5th, 2011 森の物語, Megacity, Collapse! Blast Top This Week's List of Emerging Facebook Games An Early Look at Words With Friends for Facebook The Sims Social Steps Up EA’s IP Presence on Facebook Social Gaming Roundup: Patent Lawsuits, Virtual Goods, Game Updates, & More Inside Facebook Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers. Monday, August 1st, 2011 Page Apps, Dating, Mobile, Calendars, Photos, Badges, Video and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU Facebook, Vodafone, Alcatel Lucent Developer $100 Facebook Phone Featured Facebook Campaigns: Alamo Rent A Car, National Geographic Channel and Fox Roost Local Scorecard Helps Businesses See If Their Facebook Fans Live Nearby Even as Android Eclipses iOS in U.S. Mobile Subscribers, It Still Lags in Facebook Mobile’s Footprint Facebook Officially Launches Ads API, Opening Efficient Ad Management Tool Development The Top 25 Facebook Games for August 2011 Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Claritics, Sharethrough, BranchOut, TBG Digital, Wildfire and More Amy Winehouse, “Captain America,” Food Network, Walmart and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages Facebook Allows Duplicate Pages to Be Merged Into Official Pages Facebook Buys Digital Book Creator Push Pop Press for “the Ideas and Technology” Page Management Industry Interest in Ecommerce Grows as Vitrue Partners with Milyoni Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 PageLever Launches Deep Analytics Tool for Facebook Pages Katango’s Web App Auto-Creates Friend Lists and Exports Them to Facebook Spotify, Photos, Calendars, Horoscopes, Profile Banners and More on This Week’s List of Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by DAU New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: King.com, FunCom, Tagged, EA and More The Facebook Marketing Bible August 2011 Edition Is Now Available How to Use Facebook’s “Merge Duplicate Pages” Feature to Gain Fans Thursday, August 4th, 2011 Facebook Careers Postings: Data Centers, Security, Measurement, Engineering and More Facebook Hires and Departures: Zuckerberg, Deals, Data Centers, Sales, Interns and More Platform Update: Social Plugin Performance, App and Website Insights, Notifications, Requests Facebook Promotes Mobile Network Operator Partners on the Login Screen Friday, August 5th, 2011 Profile Banners, Calendars, Dropbox, Quizzes, Photos and More on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU Facebook’s “Locations” App Lets Corporate Pages Display a Store Finder and Links to Their Local Branch Pages Quixey’s Keyword-Based Facebook App Search Engine Could Become a Powerful Discovery Tool Facebook Roundup: London, Pages, School, Spam, Foursquare, Zuckerberg and More

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