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This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network Posted: 21 Aug 2011 10:21 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 15th, 2011 Emerging Paid iOS Apps: Faux Security, Free Music & New Games What Could the Google-Motorola Mobility Deal Mean for Developers? OMGPOP Unleashes Cross-Promotion Power With Puppy World on iOS Cross-Promotion For iOS, Android, Off-Facebook Sites OK Under Facebook’s Updated Platform Policies Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 Majority of Spending in Mobile Games is on Consumable Items, Flurry Says Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Social Games, PC Ports & Writing Apps Grow Zynga Reportedly Buys Astro Ape Studios for New York Office Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 Electronic Arts Acquires Bight Games, One of the Developers Behind Trade Nations The9, OpenFeint’s Partner in China, Narrows First Half Net Loss by 47% to $11.7M Anomaly Warzone Earth Comes to iOS New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: TinyCo, Gree, Aarki and More GDC Europe Roundup: Social, Mobile, and Wooga’s Message to the Masses Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Crime Pays & The iPhone Gets Strange Postagram Maker Sincerely Launches a Way for iOS Developers to Earn Revenue From Printing Photos Thursday, August 18th, 2011 New Hires in Mobile: Atari, Backflip Studios, EA Mobile & More Top Emerging Android Apps: Security, Music & Games Appear Friday, August 19th, 2011 High Noon Transforms China’s Happylatte Into a Gaming Company — And Makes $1M A Month To Boot Greek Mythology takes flight in Chillingo’s NyxQuest for iOS Mobile App Roundup: Lawsuits, Foursquare Updates, Android Statistics & More As Apple Sets Out to Deprecate UDIDs, Developers Look for Alternatives Inside Social Games Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms. Monday, August 15th, 2011 Smurfs and Sims Lead This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU A Quick Walkthrough of the Google+ Games Payflow Deal of No Deal Cashes in on Facebook’s TV Game Show Genre Cross-Promotion For iOS, Android, Off-Facebook Sites OK Under Facebook’s Updated Platform Policies Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 Empire Avenue Nets $1.2 Million in Funding Zynga Reportedly Buys Astro Ape Studios for New York Office Angry Birds as a Social Game on Google+ Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 The Sims Social Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by DAU Zynga’s Pioneer Trail Fast Approaching Manifest Destiny New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Tagged, Breaktime Studios, Tetris and More GDC Europe Roundup: Social, Mobile, and Wooga’s Message to the Masses Wooga’s Magic Land Mixes Kingdom Building and Monster Slaying Thursday, August 18th, 2011 Ubisoft Smurfs up “& Co.” Growth on Facebook New Hires in Social Gaming: 5th Planet Games, CrowdStar, Gaia Interactive & More Cheating in The Sims Social — An Odd Twist to the Social Graph Parking Wars 2 Puts Majesco on the Sequel Bandwagon Friday, August 19th, 2011 Slot Machines and Sports See Growth on This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games Zynga Experimenting With New “Frictionless” Game Requests on Facebook ‘Mid-Core’ Aviator from LandShark Takes Flight on Facebook Ubisoft Looking to Build on Brands, Original IP With Ghost Recon Commander, Smurfs, More Social Gaming Roundup: Game Awards, Acquisitions, Lawsuits & More Inside Facebook Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers. Monday, August 15th, 2011 Mobile, Pages, Calendars, Quizzes, Dating and More on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by MAU Buddy Media Raises $54 Million Fourth Round That Could Further Fuel Facebook Marketing Consolidation Featured Facebook Campaigns: Pizza Hut, Domino’s Pizza, Super 8, Cost Plus and Clearasil Platform Update: Credits Insights, Platform Policies, App to User Request Messages Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 Music, More Music, TV and Movies on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: TBG Digital, Wildfire, Efficient Frontier and More Nielsen’s Online Campaign Ratings Track Facebook User Demographics Across the Web Facebook’s New Zip Code Ad Targeting Nearly Doubles Click Through Rates Says Blinq Media 500 Startups Demo Day: Top Facebook Integrations Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 Friend Quizzes, Yahoo, Photos, Videos, Horoscopes and Tabs on This Week’s Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by DAU New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Acquinity Interactive, Aarki, King.com and More Facebook Redesigns Developer App Navigation for Simplicity Integrated Facebook Marketing: Combing Pages, Apps, Ads and Sponsored Stories to Gain Fans Thursday, August 18th, 2011 Facebook Hires and Departures: Data Center, Marketing, Communications and More Facebook Careers Postings: Recruiting, Legal, Marketing, Operations and More Outside Lands Music Festival: A Facebook Marketing Case Study for Live Events Bookmarklet Lets Facebook Users View the “Friends Rankings” List of Those They Interact With Most Facebook Adds 14 Day Restoration Window to the Page Deletion Process Friday, August 19th, 2011 Friend Quizes, Korea.com, Photos, Phrases and Comics on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU Facebook Tries Replacing “Most Recent” with a “Ticker” Real-Time Feed Atop the Chat Sidebar Milyoni’s Facebook credits for Video Rentals App Ups Virality With Live Commenting and Scene Sharing Facebook Roundup: Germany, Ceglia, Comments Box, Stock, Social Experiments and More

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