This week’s headlines from across Inside Network

A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between Feb. 11 and Feb. 15.

Inside Mobile Apps

Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.

Monday, Feb. 11

• Never forget a face with Evernote Hello
• Please Stop Copying Instagram
• Couple provides a private way for partners to stay in touch
• iMadeFace, Galaxy on Fire 2, and Angry Birds on this week’s top free apps charts

Tuesday, Feb. 12

• Apple pays $8B to developers, up $1B in a month
• Minimalist task-tracking with BiteHippo
• Put a positive spin on the day with Happier
• Firemonkeys on Real Racing 3 going free-to-play
• Clear Vision 2, The Room, After Burner Climax and more on this week’s top paid app charts

Wednesday, Feb. 13

• WildTangent expands mobile presence, launches games for Xperia phones and tablets
• Make your feelings known with Moodeet
• The Inside Network Job Board: Big Fish Games, Kongregate, Wooga and more
• Nexon reports 39% year-over-year increase in revenues to $331.4M
• Find new friends in your area with Minus
• Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2013, Slots, and What’s the Word on this week’s top grossing apps charts
• Applifier reveals Everyplay data, new FaceCam feature

Thursday, Feb. 14

• Share some inspirational quotes with Quipio
• Ben Cousins on DeNA’s upcoming core FPS The Drowning
• CocoaChina hires Kai Zhao as its U.S. VP of Engineering, plans to launch social gaming platform in 2013
• New hires in mobile apps: Tapjoy, Flipboard and more
• Share a moment with the press of a button in Qwiki
• Join Inside Network and KIXEYE for Gaming Panel and Networking Event on Feb. 28

Friday, Feb. 15

• Enjoy some jazz with It’s Showtime!
• Animoca’s David Kim on his company’s 7-Eleven business approach, South Korea as trendsetters and Silicon Valley’s myopia
• Amazon Coins: good idea, awful execution
• Mobile apps news roundup: Opera mobile acquisition, Samsung’s cheap smartphone and more

 

Inside Social Games

Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.

Monday, Feb. 11

• Mars Frontier review
• Vector comes to Android
• Zuko Monsters (iOS) review
• Pet Rescue Saga snags top spot among this week’s fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
• Alice’s Mad Tea Party (iOS) review

Tuesday, Feb. 12

• SponsorPay reveals new social/mobile demographics
• Wartune review
• CoasterVille dethrones FarmVille 2 as top Facebook game by MAU, falls off with DAU
• Cordy 2 (iOS) review

Wednesday, Feb. 13

• WildTangent expands mobile presence, launches games for Xperia phones and tablets
• Fishdom (iOS) review
• 2 months in the theme park: A CoasterVille deep dive
• The Inside Network Job Board: Big Fish Games, Kongregate, Wooga and more
• Criminal case leads fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
• Dawn of the Dragons available on iOS
• Big 2 Bonanza review

Thursday, Feb. 14

• Race Track Rivals review
• Join Inside Network and KIXEYE for Gaming Panel and Networking Event on Feb. 28
• Dawn of the Dragons (iOS) review
• Game Closure launches mobile development suite for free, makes it open source
• Zombie Minesweeper arrives on Android

Friday, Feb. 15

• Hidden Agenda review
  
• PerBlue launching Parallel Kingdom “Age of Ascension” update
• Birdopolis again tops this week’s list of emerging Facebook games
• City Conquest (iOS) review
• Social games news roundup: FarmVille on TV, Scarecrow in Oz and Robo5

Inside Facebook

Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.

• Facebook tries ‘buy tickets’ button on events, but links offsite
• Facebook News Feed ads aren’t always clear who’s paying for them

• ‘Facebook for Every Phone’ page hits 200M Likes, more than double No. 2 page on site
• Facebook PMD industry hires: Glow and Unified

Wednesday, Feb. 13

• Facebook temporarily closes PMD program to new applicants due to demand
• The Walking Dead, Today Show, Game of Thrones and others among this week’s top PTAT gainers for TV show pages
• Judge dismisses 4 IPO-related lawsuits against Facebook

Thursday, Feb. 14

• Facebook prompts users to buy their Valentine a gift, offers limited-time $1 gifts
• Q&A with Facebook Head of Measurement Research Development and Partnerships Sean Bruich
• Facebook allows users to pay to promote their friends’ posts
• Case study: Domain Sponsored Stories and Custom Audiences drive daily deal sales for LivingSocial

Friday, Feb. 15

•  Facebook gift-givers see new Gifts dashboard
• Guest Post: In 2013, Many Businesses Are Still Running Illegal Contests on Facebook
• Facebook reveals it was hacked, but says no user data compromised
• Facebook hires: marketing communications manager, gaming client partner and more
• Facebook careers: data visualization, India growth, tech communications and more
• FBX, Eventbrite, Marin Software and more in this week’s Facebook news roundup

Inside Social Commerce

Tracking the convergence of social media and commerce.

• Yardsellr closing, team launching new ecommerce service CompoundM
• Study: Most consumers want SMS and displayable coupons, not scannables 
• shopkick fourth most used shopping app via Nielsen, hits 1B product views in version 3.0
• AmEx launches Twitter purchasing, bypasses Chirpify
• comScore: e-commerce has increased to about $300B, mobile capturing one-third of media audience

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