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An In-Depth Look at the Social Gaming Industry’s Performance and Prospects on Facebook

Facebook, and social gaming, appears to be a vastly different place for game developers today versus just a year ago. While social gaming visibly grew at astounding rates through 2009 and into early 2010, producing massive successes like Zynga, growth seemed to suddenly stop in the spring of 2010 as Facebook began limiting the viral… »

Facebook Launches Page Citing Statistics and New Incentives for Adopting Credits

Facebook has launched a new Credits page on its developers site aimed at convincing game and application companies to implement Facebook Credits as a payment option. Facebook announced earlier today that Credits will become the exclusive payment method for all canvas games and apps starting July 1st, 2011. The page explains that Credits help developers… »

Badoo, RootMusic, LivingSocial Top Among Applications That Grew the Most This Past Week

While social games often top our weekly list of the the Facebook applications that gained the most new monthly active users in the past seven days, we’re seeing a broader range today, including dating site Badoo, music Page management company Rootmusic, and deals site LivingSocial.
First, the latest numbers from our AppData weekly gainers leaderboard:
Top Gainers… »

Facebook Sets July, 1, 2011 Deadline to Make Credits Sole Canvas Game Payment Option

Facebook has been saying that Credits will be the only payment option in social games based on the site since its developer conference last April. It had originally slated all developers to have completely made the switch by the end of 2010. And while that has mostly happened, there are still many games not using… »

Facebook’s North American Ad Rates Rose in December 2010, Traffic Stayed Flat

The following article presents data from Inside Facebook Gold, our research service presenting stats and insights on Facebook’s growth around the world.
No service to date has managed to dislodge Facebook’s dominance in North America since the site overtook MySpace in early 2009; our most recent data corroborates the site’s strength in the region.
Ad Rates Strong… »

Facebook Agrees to Change Friend Finder in Response to German Privacy Complaint

In response to official complaints from German officials concerned about protecting user data, Facebook will change its Friend Finder tool to increase transparency about how the site uses imported contacts. However, it appears that many of the requested changes are already live, and it’s unclear whether any additional changes will only apply to German users… »

This Week’s Headlines on Inside Social Games

Check out the top headlines and insights this week from Inside Social Games – tracking all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, January 17th, 2011

Train City Adds Another Rail Line to Facebook Gaming
Farming Games Break Through on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Games by MAU
Totally Be a Spy on… »

Ecwid Ecommerce App Lets Businesses Sell on the Web, Mobile, and Facebook

Facebook Pages aren’t just for communicating. Thanks to tab applications, they can serve as ecommerce storefronts as well. Russian ecommerce widget startup Ecwid allows businesses to set up a single store that can be embedded on Facebook Pages, blogs, websites, and mobile sites. All Pages should consider monetizing their fan base through an ecommerce app like… »

Highlights This Week from the Inside Network Job Board: NaturalMotion, Meteor 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 NaturalMotion, Meteor Games, King of the Web, Speeddate, and MdotM.

Digital Marketing Analyst (Oxford, UK)

Game Designer (Beverly Hills, CA)

Ruby on Rails Software Developer (Seattle, WA)

Lead Product Manager/ Director… »

Facebook Roundup: Goldman Sachs, Security, HTML5, MySpace, NPR, Cuba and Teens

Facebook Accused of Negligent Security – Sophos security firm and BitDefender have both taken Facebook to task for not providing adequate security and protecting user privacy. Most recently Sophos found that 40% of social network users were sent malware, up from the year before — Facebook’s rebuttal is that the report… »