Posts Tagged ‘networks’

Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: Tracking the US Virtual Goods Market 2011 – 2012

With an up-to-$2 billion IPO that Zynga may file in the coming weeks to fund its continued global expansion, Facebook’s migration to Credits, Google’s launch of Google+, and the continued rapid growth of in-app purchase-based businesses on the iOS and Android mobile platforms, virtual goods are impacting businesses across the media landscape. Virtual goods, and the companies that distribute them, are continuing to bring about one of the largest disruptions entertainment, communication, and e-commerce infrastructure businesses have seen in years. Inside Network is proud to announce a new original research report by Charles Hudson and Justin Smith that presents a comprehensive examination of the size and future of the virtual goods market in the United States, entitled Inside Virtual Goods: The US Virtual Goods Market 2011 – 2012 .

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Facebook Roundup: Project Spartan, Lamebook, Privacy Comments, Patents, Bug Bounty, Privacy, Ads and More

More Info on Facebook’s Spartan – TechCrunch reported more information about BoltJS, a UI framework designed by Facebook and written in JavaScript that runs in the browser. Apparently it’s part of Facebook’s Project Spartan, which may not be fully revealed until f8. Facebook Settles With Lamebook – Lamebook, a humor site publishing funny Facebook posts, and Facebook settled this week.

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Vote to See Inside Facebook and Inside Network Panels at SXSW

The Inside Network editorial team has proposed several panels for this year’s South By Southwest Interactive and Music Conferences, but we need your votes to get them on the program. The panels look at: Why brands need third-party Facebook service providers such as Page management and Ads API companies How Facebook Credits can power digital media sales and be used as ecommerce purchase incentives How musicians can best market themselves using Facebook The ways film and TV studios are integrating with social games Here’s a closer look at the four panels we’ve proposed

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BandPage, VEVO, Pages, Friends, Zoosk and More on This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Apps by MAU

Most of the list of the top 20 growing Facebook applications by monthly active users this week allowed users to somehow interact with their networks of friends. There were also a few music-related apps, a few Page administrator apps and a handful of other types of titles. Overall, the apps on our list grew from between 433,000 and 9 million MAU, based on AppData , our data tracking service covering traffic growth for apps on Facebook.

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USA Network’s Chatter Aggregates Conversations About TV Shows From Facebook and More

Cable television’s USA Network recently launched an app called Chatter that allows a specific TV show’s viewers to converse with fellow fans and engage with a streams of official content aggregated from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. Flickr, live chat and forums

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Facebook Roundup: Sandberg, Syria, Underage Users, Promotion Guidelines, LinkedIn, Winklevoss Twins and More

Facebook COO Sandberg Profiled – Facebook’s Chief Operating Office Sheryl Sandberg is profiled this week in Bloomberg Business week. The article describes how her steady leadership has helped Facebook monetize.

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Featured Facebook Campaigns: PetSmart, Virgin America, Warner Music, New Zealand, Film and Banking

Photo and video contests were popular on our roundup of featured Facebook campaigns this week. Virgin America, PetSmart and Tourism New Zealand each used a variation on that theme

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Highlights This Week From the Inside Network Job Board: Digital Chocolate, Jagex Games, & More

The  Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities in the Facebook Platform and social gaming ecosystem. Here are this week’s highlights from the  Inside Network Job Board , including positions at  Digital Chocolate ,  Jagex Games ,  MTV Networks , and  MXP4 . VP Product Management (San Mateo, CA) Lead Game Designer (San Mateo, CA) Head of Studio/ Vice President of Product (Cambridge, UK) Head of Acquisition Marketing (Cambridge, UK) Game Developer, Social Games (San Francisco, CA) Senior Game Artist – Social Music Game s (Paris, London, San Francisco) Social Music Game Designer (Paris, London, San Francisco) Senior Community Manager – Social Music Games (Paris, London, San Francisco) Listings on the  Inside Network Job Board are distributed to readers of Inside Facebook and Inside Social Games through regular posts and widgets on the sites

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Highlights This Week from the Inside Network Job Board: MXP4, MTV Networks, & More

The  Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities in the Facebook Platform and social gaming ecosystem. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board , including positions at MXP4 , MTV Networks , Jagex Games , and Digital Chocolate . Senior Game Artist – Social Music Game s (Paris, London, San Francisco) Social Music Game Designer (Paris, London, San Francisco) Senior Community Manager – Social Music Games (Paris, London, San Francisco) Game Developer, Social Games (San Francisco, CA) Head of Studio/ Vice President of Product (Cambridge, UK) Head of Acquisition Marketing (Cambridge, UK) VP Product Management (San Mateo, CA) Lead Game Designer (San Mateo, CA) Listings on the  Inside Network Job Board are distributed to readers of Inside Facebook and Inside Social Games through regular posts and widgets on the sites.

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Formspring, Profile Stats, Cars and Dating on the Top 20 Growing Facebook Apps by DAU

Mixed in with games on our list of top 20 growing Facebook applications this week were apps for luck, photos, profile statistics, browser and mobile apps and for dating. Data in this post comes via  AppData , our data tracking service covering traffic growth for apps on Facebook.

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