Twitter #music iPhone app falls down the App Store charts, dropping to 126th overall + MORE

Facebook today announced the global rollout of “Promoted Page Likes,” a feature similar to Promoted Posts but aimed at helping page owners get new fans without having to use the more complicated ad dashboard.
All pages with a location and profile picture will now have the “promote page” option in their admin panel…

Less than two weeks after launch, the new Twitter #music iPhone app has fallen into a downward slide on the US App Store charts, dropping to 126th overall and 11th in the Music category.
The app debuted at number one in the music category and fifth overall on April 18th. It managed to hold fairly steady for about a week before starting to plunge…

After two years, the creators of the social shopping site Fab have announced a five-part plan to transition the company from a flash-sale retailer to its own unique brand. One reason, explained founder and CEO Jason Goldberg, is that less than 40 percent of the company’s revenue comes from flash sales…

Netflix’s streaming catalog is about to lose nearly 2000 movies.
As of May 1, 2013, Netflix will officially have 1794 fewer titles in its streaming repository. Now, before you freak out too much, this isn’t as bad as the Great Netflix Starzageddon of 2012. After Netflix and Starz were unable to renew their streaming agreements with one another, more than a 1,000 films — including many of the newer films in Netflix’s streaming catalog — disappeared from the service…

Influence is like the Simpsons.
Meaning, whether you love it or hate it, influencer marketing is the social media topic that will never die.
Why?
Because it is a mythical, wonderful, tool that many of us view as a magical shortcut to dollars and cents.
Influence marketing is cool. It is fun. It is sexy…

Online is playground for wiseasses. Twitter knows this (how could it not?) and now, by extension or osmosis or what have you, so does Vine.
And the six-second video maker just released an update that demonstrates its complete ninja-like mastery of this knowledge. Yep, this feature is going to make you stop and try Vine right this second, if you haven’t already…

Facebook Preferred Marketing Developers ShopIgniter, Shoutlet and Stuzo announced a number of high-level hires this week.
Social commerce and promotion platform ShopIgniter recently brought on two senior directors. Social media management platform Shoutlet chose a VP of Application Development and two new board members…

Today Facebook announced the global rollout of Promoted Page Likes. Introduced in December, this ad unit is designed to drive new traffic to your Facebook Page, unlike Promoted Posts which target existing fans.
Previously in beta, all pages with a location and profile picture will now see the “Promote Page” option in their Admin Panel…

Facebook today shared a recap and several videos from its event at the Game Developers Conference last month. The key takeaways from the presentations were Facebook’s commitment to the desktop gaming platform, its emerging focus on core and mid-core games, and its support for cross-platform games.
These are the three main areas to look at over the course of the year to understand the company’s progress as a gaming platform — something many are beginning to doubt or write off completely…

TORONTO–If YouTube is for video, Pinterest is for images, Twitter is for news, and Tumblr is for blogs, Wattpad is for stories.
At least, that’s founder and CEO Allen Lau’s vision. But even with three billion minutes spent on Wattpad last month, 15 million monthly uniques, and 1.5 million monthly story uploads, he thinks he’s barely begun…

If email is first in line for disruption, messaging has to be second. A new company launching out of TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 has a fresh take on our most favoritest form of communication.
Talkz asks you to stop typing and start talking. Or type. Or doodle. Or share music. Really, anything you want…