Recently released research and white papers:

• 2010 Top Media Outlets: Newspapers, Blogs, Consumer Magazines, and Social Networks, BurrellesLuce

• The Impact of Social Computing on the EU Information Society and Economy (PDF), JRC-IPTS (via PostRank)

• European Political Web: A Study of EU Politics on the Social Web, Linkfluence

Recently announced software updates:

• Alterian
  SM2 4.3: Performance improvements, work flow features.

• ContextVoice
  Coverage of Identi.ca and Propeller.

• Silverbakk
  Updated report format, threshold alerts.

• Trackur
  RSS monitoring.

3 December - Attensity is presenting a free webinar, The Changing Face of Customer Experience: How Gen Y and Social Media are Impacting All of Your Customers' Expectations, 3:00 PM EST (GMT -5).

9 December (London) - MeasurementCamp, 3:30 PM at GolinHarris.

23–26 May (Washington, DC) - ICWSM 2010 (Call for papers)

25–26 May (Boston) - 6th annual Text Analytics Summit

16–18 June (Barcelona) - AMEC & IPR's 2nd European Summit on Measurement

Attentio has raised €525,000 in its first institutional round of funding. SRIB, the regional investment company of Brussels, provided an equity investment of €400,000 and a loan of €125,000. The company was initially funded by its founders and angel investors.

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Recently announced software updates:

• Janya (PDF)
  Semantex 4.5: Enanced for social media analysis and sentiment.

• Radian6
  Google Sidewiki, Portugese language support, dashboard sharing, automatic widget repositioning.

• Synthesio
  SynthesioRank.

• Sysomos
  Heartbeat 2.0: UI updates, Facebook integration.
  

3 December - Attensity is presenting a free webinar, Using Customer Conversations As A Business Asset, 3:00 PM EST (GMT -5).

9 December (London) - MeasurementCamp, 3:00 PM.

23–26 May (Washington, DC) - ICWSM 2010 (Call for papers)

25–26 May (Boston) - 6th annual Text Analytics Summit

16–18 June (Barcelona) - AMEC & IPR's 2nd European Summit on Measurement

Recently released research and white papers:

• Asia Pacific Digital Brand Index, Brandtology and Edelman

• Using Engagement to Find Opinion Makers for The Atlantic 50 (PDF), PostRank

JamiQ launched its monitoring and analysis tool today. The Singapore-based company adds influence, sentiment, geolocation and media type segmentation to a meta-search-based monitoring approach.

Pricing starts at $55/month for a single query, with multi-topic accounts for business at $500 and up.

Recently announced software updates:

• eCairn
  Topic targeting, community mapping.
  

16 November (Beijing) - The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and the American Chamber of Commerce in China are presenting a Media and Marketing Forum Seminar, Find Your Voice on the Chinese Internet, 4:00 PM at the Kerry Centre Hotel.

16 November - eCairn is presenting a free webinar, Mastering the art of Community and Influencer Marketing, 3:00 PM EST (GMT -5) and repeated on 18 November.

16 November (Toronto) - Monitoring & Measurement Mondays, 6:00 PM at Pantages Martini Bar.

17 November (London) - Monitoring Social Media

17 November - GasPedal is presenting a free conference call, Social media for the analytic marketer, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). The session features Sean Cheyney, VP of Marketing and Business Development at AccuQuote.

18–20 November (Las Vegas) - WOMMA Summit

18 November - eCairn, Mastering the art of Community and Influencer Marketing, Noon EST (GMT -5).

3 December - Attensity is presenting a free webinar, Using Customer Conversations As A Business Asset, 3:00 PM EST (GMT -5).

9 December (London) - MeasurementCamp, 3:00 PM.

23–26 May (Washington, DC) - ICWSM 2010 (Call for papers)

16–18 June (Barcelona) - AMEC & IPR's 2nd European Summit on Measurement

Dow Jones & Company has announced Dow Jones Media Relations Manager, a contact management tool that incorporates current media content (including social media) and source profiles for better targeting and tracking of media relations efforts.

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Attensity and Vovici have announced a partnership to deliver a customer feedback offering that combines Attensity's text analytics and Vovici's survey software capabilities.

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Recently announced software updates:

• Attensity
  Attensity Analyze for VOC 5.2: NLP improvements, sentiment scoring, BI/CRM integration, pre-built reports.
  

10–12 November (Seville) - 1st International Workshop on Mining Social Media (CFP)

10 November - Attensity and Vovici are presenting a free webinar, Social Media and Surveys: Mining Sentiment & Attitudes to Understand the New Breed of Customer, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5).

11 November - Visible Technologies and SiriusDecisions are presenting a free webinar, Determining the Value of Social Media for B2B Companies, 1:00 PM EST (GMT -5).

11 November (Stamford, CT) - Combined chapter meeting of SCIP Connecticut and AMA Fairfield County, Tapping Social Media for Market Analysis, 5:30 PM at UConn Stamford.

16 November (Toronto) - Monitoring & Measurement Mondays, 6:00 PM at Pantages Martini Bar.

17 November (London) - Monitoring Social Media

17 November - GasPedal is presenting a free conference call, Social media for the analytic marketer, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). The session features Sean Cheyney, VP of Marketing and Business Development at AccuQuote.

18–20 November (Las Vegas) - WOMMA Summit

23–26 May (Washington, DC) - ICWSM 2010 (Call for papers)

16–18 June (Barcelona) - AMEC & IPR's 2nd European Summit on Measurement

Recently released research and white papers:

• Listening 101 (PDF), dna13

• Age Groups and Social Media Usage Patterns: October 2009, MediaBadger