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, July 18th, 2011

• Emerging Paid iOS Apps: iPad Charts Prove More Active Than iPhone
• Monday Mobile Roundup: Fiscal Reports, Metrics, Digital Payments & More
• Glu Mobile Moves Up Vesting For Execs in The Event of an Acquisition, SEC Filing Shows
• Hothead Games & Magic Creator Richard Garfield Launch Kard Combat for iOS
• Facebook for Android 1.6.1 Lets You Post to, Search For, and Tag Pages

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

• Apple Sells 20.34M iPhones, 9.25M iPads in Third Quarter
• Emerging Top-Grossing iOS Apps: Harry Potter & Top Paid Apps Grow
• Zynga-Facebook Agreement Included Targets For Mobile Users Growth
• Wooga Moves Into Mobile Gaming With Forthcoming iOS Version of Diamond Dash

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

• PopCap’s Games to Come Pre-Installed on Sony Ericsson Xperia Devices
• New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Glu Mobile, Kabam, Ubisoft and More
• Heyzap Launches Personalized Game Recommendations on Android
• Emerging Top Free Apps on iOS: Google+, Older Games Flourish
• Wednesday Mobile Roundup: Google+, App Launches, Partnerships, & More
• Shake Spears! Brings Fresh Gameplay to iOS
• Game Insight Says it is Netting $1M in Revenue From Top-Grossing Android Game Paradise Island

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

• New Hires in Mobile: EA Mobile, Game Insight, Gameloft, & More
• PopCap’s 4th and Battery Studio Turns a 9-Year-Old Leukemia Patient’s Dream Game Into Reality
• Sid Meier’s Pirates Makes a Splash on The iPad
• Android Market Now Supports Multiple APKs, Letting Developers Reach More Devices

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

• Friday Mobile Roundup: Lawsuits, Android Launches, iPhone Activations, & More
• As Mobile Gaming Acquisitions Heat Up, Is Storm8 Next?

Inside Social Games

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

Monday, July 18th, 2011

• Lolapps Merges With 6waves, Seeks Out Funding
• Global Warfare, Mahjong Saga Lead This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
• Animal Party Picks Up Speed on Facebook Under 6waves Publishing

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

• New Zynga S-1 Docs: Traffic Guarantees From Facebook, but No Canvas Ad Revenue
• Upcoming Facebook API Changes Bring Back Virality By Sorting Game Genres
• Bingo Blitz Grows on Facebook Through Focus on the Game’s Fundamentals
• Wooga Moves Into Mobile Gaming With Forthcoming iOS Version of Diamond Dash

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

• Mad Respect for Mahjong on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
• Lisa Marino on RockYou’s Publishing Partners, Ad Platform Growth in Gourmet Ranch And Zoo World
• Wooga: Building a Successful Social Game by Combining Metrics With Emotion
• Inside Network Cocktail Party — Today in Seattle
• New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Spooky Cool Labs, Ubisoft, Kabam and More
• Game Insight Shuns iOS for Android, Prepares to Tell Facebook Crime Story

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

• New Hires in Social Gaming: Digital Chocolate, iWin, Kabam, & More
• ESPN Sports Bar & Grill Serves Up Team Spirit
• KlickNation Grows Futuristic Wild West Social Game Six Gun Galaxy

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

• Animal Party, Digital Chocolate’s Millionaire Boss Top This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Games
• Kixeye’s Next RTS, War Commander, Due Out in August
• Google+ and Social Games: What We Know So Far
• StreetRally Rolls Off of the Assembly Line Onto Facebook
• Social Gaming Roundup: Mergers, Funding, Azure Toolkit, PlayPhone, & More

Inside Facebook

Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.

Monday, July 18th, 2011

• 60 Photos, Mobile, Pages, MyCalendar and Bandintown on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU
• Featured Facebook Campaigns: HP, Stella Artois, Stoli Vodka, Lady Gaga, Monster Galaxy and More
• Facebook Opens Viral Growth Channel for Pages, Delivering Invites to Like as Notifications
• Platform Update: Graph API Management of Pages, Send Button Referral Parameter
• Facebook for Android 1.6.1 Lets You Post to, Search For, and Tag Pages

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

• New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Vitrue, Efficient Frontier, Tealium, Hearsay and More
• New Zynga S-1 Docs: Traffic Guarantees From Facebook, but Now Canvas Ad Revenue
• Report: Facebook Advertising by Brands For Their Pages Increased 1900% Year Over Year
• Vitrue Acquires GamesThatGive So Clients Can Engage Via Charity Donation Apps
• Bringing Video Ads to Games: Supersonic Raises $4.2M and Crowdstar Partners with Jun Group

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

• Horoscopes, Friends, Mobile and Dating on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by DAU
• The 25 Most Liked Pages on Facebook, Summer 2011
• New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Context Optional, Spooky Cool Labs, Ubisoft and More
• Facebook Asks Users to Help It Get Local Business Owners to Claim Their Places
• Gekko Pulls in Prices and Lets Users Request Deals to Differentiate From Other Facebook Travel Apps
• How Facebook Pages Can Use “Invite Friends” to Gain Fans

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

• Facebook Hires and Departures: Interns, Engineering, Mobile, Communications and More
• Facebook careers Postings: Engineering, Dublin, Counsel and More
• Facebook Comments Can Now Display Photos, Play Videos, and Preview Websites
• Facebook Hires Engineers, Licenses Patents From Scrapped Facebook Browser Client Wowd
• Facebook Releases OAuth 2.0-Ready JavaScript SDK, Extends Migration Deadline to October 1st

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

• Hulu, BeKnown, MySpace, Dating and More on This Week’s Top 20 Emerging Facebook Apps by MAU
• Facebook Deals, Three Months In: Product Testing and More Cities
• Facebook Shows Event Wall Photos in RSVP News Feed Stories
• Facebook Roundup: Lobbying, Mobile, Google+, Winklevoss and More