DataSift announced Historics, which offers the full set of Twitter data going back to January 2010. Historics is available to existing customers today and is expected to be generally available in April.

• SMA: DataSift
  
• press release
  
• blog post

Recently announced software updates:

• Actionly
  LinkedIn Groups coverage.

• BrandChats
  Topic builder.

• BuzzStream
  Email integration, Do Not Contact flag, UI.

• Livebuzz
  Language filter for Facebook, rule-based automation improvements, tag reuse.

• mBLAST
  mPACT API: UI. mPACT MediaSearch: performance improvements.

• MutualMind
  MutualMind 1.8.0: simplified channel management, RSS/Atom feed coverage, engagement metrics, unified channel view.

• Recorded Future
  Google Earth overlap, KML & CSV export, source treemaps, UI.

• Sprout Social
  Enhanced Facebook reporting, task notifications.

• uberVU
  Yahoo Answers coverage.

25 February (Chapel Hill, NC) - AnalyticsCamp

29 February–1 March (Hong Kong) - AMEC Asia Pacific PR Summit on Measurement

1 March - NetBase webinar, Social Analytics for the PR Function, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Brian Solis.

1 March - Radian6 webinar, Viral Technologies Case Study, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Steve Reeves.

27 March (San Francisco) - BlogWell

11 April - NetBase webinar, Social Media Analytics, 2:00 PM EDT (GMT -4). With Nathan Gilliatt.

17–18 April (San Francisco) - Social Media Analytics Summit (Save $300 with discount code NATHAN300)

26 April (Frankfurt) - Social CRM 2012

2 May - NetBase webinar, Social Intelligence, 2:00 PM EDT (GMT -4). With Ray Wang.

8 May (New York) - Sentiment Analysis Symposium

10 May (Austin, TX) - Word of Mouth Crash Course

4–8 June (Dublin) - ICWSM 12

9–12 June (Dalian, China) - Sentiment Analysis for Asian Languages

Polecat announced that it has received €850,000 in an investment round by The AIB Seed Capital Fund (co-managed by Enterprise Equity), Enterprise Ireland and existing private investors.

• SMA: Polecat
  
• blog post

BrandsEye introduced BrandsEye Crowd, a new service that adds crowdsourced sentiment analysis to the company's SMA platform.

via Quirk (2)

Recently released research and white papers:

• Plugging In: 9 Best Practices for Becoming a Successful Social Brand, Brandwatch

• Variance in the Social Brand Experience, CMO Council

Gnip announced 30-Day Replay, which adds a rolling 30-day window of historical data to the company's Twitter data feeds.

• SMA: Gnip
  
• press release
  
• blog post

Tracx announced the close of a $4.4 million round in Series B funding led by Flybridge Capital Partners and Revel Partners. The company also announced the launch of its social media management platform.

• press release

Recently announced software updates:

• Engage121
  Engage121 2.1: Facebook ad tool, SocialFlow and Traackr integration, access controls, UI.

• FullContact
  Twitter user lookup.

• Livebuzz
  Access controls, syntax checker.

• MomentFeed
  MomentFeed 1.1: real-time Twitter, Klout integration, valuation model, venue-management tools, custom location groups, Foursquare tip ranking, sentiment.

• MutualMind
  MutualMind 1.7.10: LinkedIn integration.

23 February - Crimson Hexagon webinar, Demystifying the ROI of Social Media, 1:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Natalie Petouhoff.

23 February - Awareness webinar, Championship Social Media: Lessons from the Super Bowl XLVI Host Committee Social Media Command Center, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5).

23 February - Radian6 webinar, The Evolution of Social Media Monitoring: Integrating Deeper Intelligence into Listening Solutions, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5).

23 February - Kana webinar, Measure the Effectiveness of Social Media Monitoring, 2:30 PM EST (GMT -5). With Natalie Petouhoff.

25 February (Chapel Hill, NC) - AnalyticsCamp

29 February–1 March (Hong Kong) - AMEC Asia Pacific PR Summit on Measurement

1 March - NetBase webinar, Social Analytics for the PR Function, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Brian Solis.

1 March - Radian6 webinar, Viral Technologies Case Study, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Steve Reeves.

27 March (San Francisco) - BlogWell

11 April - NetBase webinar, Social Media Analytics, 2:00 PM EDT (GMT -4). With Nathan Gilliatt.

17–18 April (San Francisco) - Social Media Analytics Summit (Save $300 with discount code NATHAN300)

26 April (Frankfurt) - Social CRM 2012

2 May - NetBase webinar, Social Intelligence, 2:00 PM EDT (GMT -4). With Ray Wang.

8 May (New York) - Sentiment Analysis Symposium

10 May (Austin, TX) - Word of Mouth Crash Course

4–8 June (Dublin) - ICWSM 12

9–12 June (Dalian, China) - Sentiment Analysis for Asian Languages

Lenz launched a rebranded and updated version of its bilingual (Japanese/English) monitoring and analysis platform for Japanese social media, formerly known as Press Army.

• blog post

Recently released research and white papers:

• Social Commerce Lessons: The 6 Social Principles that Increase Sales, Awareness

• What Management Should Know About Social Business Intelligence, ListenLogic

• Global Web Index - GWI.6 trends, Trendstream

Recently announced software updates:

• Livebuzz
  Hourly volume chart, pop-up data points.

• mBLAST
  mPACT API.

• Netbreeze
  ComMonitor 4.3.1: new UI, setup wizard, workgroup sharing.

• Spredfast
  Facebook tab management.

• Vitrue
  Improved analytics.
  

15 February - NetBase webinar, Social Media Market Research Panel, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Ray Poynter, Leonard Murphy, and Tom Anderson.

23 February - Crimson Hexagon webinar, Demystifying the ROI of Social Media, 1:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Natalie Petouhoff.

25 February (Chapel Hill, NC) - AnalyticsCamp

1 March - NetBase webinar, Social Analytics for the PR Function, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Brian Solis.

27 March (San Francisco) - BlogWell

11 April - NetBase webinar, Social Media Analytics, 2:00 PM EDT (GMT -4). With Nathan Gilliatt.

17–18 April (San Francisco) - Social Media Analytics Summit (Save $300 with discount code NATHAN300)

26 April (Frankfurt) - Social CRM 2012

2 May - NetBase webinar, Social Intelligence, 2:00 PM EDT (GMT -4). With Ray Wang.

8 May (New York) - Sentiment Analysis Symposium

10 May (Austin, TX) - Word of Mouth Crash Course

4–8 June (Dublin) - ICWSM 12

9–12 June (Dalian, China) - Sentiment Analysis for Asian Languages

An earlier post reported that thismoment is acquiring Position². In fact, the transaction includes the platform, technology and team of the Brand Monitor business. The Marketing Services group of Position² continues as an independent company, which will retain the Position² name.

Position² CEO Rajiv Parikh will join thismoment as SVP of Business Development, while also remaining involved with Position² as Chairman.

Dassault Systèmes, a developer of 3D design and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, announced that it has acquired Netvibes. In its announcement, the company emphasized the value of incorporating consumer reaction into the innovation process.

• SMA's acquisitions scorecard
  
• Dassault Systèmes announcement
  
• press release
  
• Netvibes blog post

thismoment announced that it has acquired the platform, technology, and team associated with Position² Brand Monitor. The product will be rebranded as thismoment Brand Monitor.

Correction: The original version of this post described the transaction as an acquisition of the company. In fact, the Marketing Services group of Position² continues as an independent company, which retains the Position² name.

via TechCrunch

• SMA's acquisitions scorecard
  
• press release
  
• thismoment announcement
  
• Position2 blog
  

Recently released research and white papers:

• Análisis Semántico Automatizado sobre las Telcos para el mes completo de Enero de 2012 (PDF), Bitext

• Q4 2011 Global Brands Report, General Sentiment

• Make Every Ad Perform Like a Super Bowl Ad, Networked Insights

• Win Over Your Industry’s Social Media Influencers, Radian6
  

Satmetrix announced Satmetrix SparkScore (PDF), a social media measurement product based on the Net Promoter methodology. SparkScore is expected to launch with a free edition later this month.

via Susan Etlinger

• press release

Recently announced software updates:

• Brandwatch
  Horizontal bar charts, increased review site coverage, French rules-based classifier, UI.

• FullContact
  API v2: influence topics, Klout scores, standardized field names across networks.

• Gnip
  PowerTrack: OR and nesting in filters, 1024-character rules.

• Livebuzz
  Facebook pages: sort comments by tags and sentiment, new charts, Excel/PDF export.

• MomentFeed
  Foursquare Merchant Platform integration: claim and manage venues, view venue analytics, manage check-in campaigns.

• PeerIndex
  Topical PeerIndex scores.
  

8 February (Nashville, TN) - Murmuration

9 February - Radian6 webinar, Become a Social Media Strategist, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Christopher Barger.

15 February - NetBase webinar, Social Media Market Research Panel, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Ray Poynter, Leonard Murphy, and Tom Anderson.

23 February - Crimson Hexagon webinar, Demystifying the ROI of Social Media, 1:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Natalie Petouhoff.

25 February (Chapel Hill, NC) - AnalyticsCamp

1 March - NetBase webinar, Social Analytics for the PR Function, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Brian Solis.

11 April - NetBase webinar, Social Media Analytics, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Nathan Gilliatt.

17–18 April (San Francisco) - Social Media Analytics Summit

26 April (Frankfurt) - Social CRM 2012

8 May (New York) - Sentiment Analysis Symposium

4–8 June (Dublin) - ICWSM 12

9–12 June (Dalian, China) - Sentiment Analysis for Asian Languages