Weekly News Brief: August 6, 2012

• Track your iOS app’s progress in the App Store charts with AppsFire’s newest release [PocketGamer]
• AppTrace enters the ring of services tracking app performance on the App Store [TechCrunch]
• Social Gaming veteran King.com coming to mobile [PocketGamer]
• Mobile Downloads and User Acquisition Cost rose in June [Inside Mobile Apps]
• Google tightens data privacy and content restrictions on Google Play apps [Inside Mobile Apps]
• ngmoco:) founder estimates social-mobile gaming could be a $30 billion market [Inside Mobile Apps]
• 6 gaming trends bound for the west from Asia [PocketGamer]
• The Playforge acquired by Saban Brands [Inside Mobile Apps]
• Apps outside the top 100 will soon make most of the revenue on mobile [Inside Mobile Apps]

Image courtesy of Flurry via Inside Mobile Apps