October 2013 Archives

October 31, 2013

Software Updates, 1 November 2013

Recently announced software updates: CyberAlert Manual coding options. Digimind Digimind Social: Sentiment analysis for German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Swedish languages, influence rankings across all media types. Mention Archive, delete, workflow notification emails. Precise Media Platform+: new analytics engine, dashboards and...

October 29, 2013

New Papers, 29 October 2013

Recently released research and white papers: From Data Scientist to Data Artist, Anametrix Global Digital Diplomacy: Social Media & Civil Society, MediaBadger Leveraging Web Intelligence to Enhance Cyber Security (PDF), CTOlabs/Recorded Future 10 Tips for Increasing Brand Engagement on Instagram...

October 24, 2013

BlogMeter Catching the Buzz on Italian TV

BlogMeter introduced socialTVmeter, a specialized SMA platform for television. The new product offers live monitoring of Twitter and Facebook buzz and analysis views focused on programs, episodes, and characters. SMA: BlogMeter blog post blog post...

October 24, 2013

Software Updates, 25 October 2013

Recently announced software updates: Simplify360 Improved Facebook publishing and targeting....

October 23, 2013

HootSuite Integrates Brandwatch Data to Link Analysis, Engagement

Brandwatch and HootSuite announced an integration partnership that will make Brandwatch data available within the HootSuite platform. SMA: Brandwatch, HootSuite press release Brandwatch blog post HootSuite blog post...

October 22, 2013

New Papers, 22 October 2013

Recently released research and white papers: Quanto vale o seu monitoramento?, Brandviewer The Successful Social Media Analyst’s Cookbook, Digimind F.A.V.E. 50 Social Retail Report, Expion Listen Up! The Definitive Guide to Social Listening for Smarter Business, Meltwater...

October 21, 2013

SocialTouch Gets $10 Million in Series C

Social Touch announced that it has received about $10 million in a Series C round led by Sierra Ventures. Legend Capital and GGV Capital also participated in the round. SMA: SocialTouch press release press release (Chinese) advisor blog...

October 17, 2013

Software Updates, 18 October 2013

Recently announced software updates: Brandwatch Twitter Channels (Twitter account activity monitoring). eCairn Filter and sort by audience reach, Neighborhood Mapping, updates to expression scoring and influencer ranking methods. Gnip Data consumption reports and alerts, hard data volume caps. HootSuite Retweet...

October 16, 2013

Expert System Offers Semantic API Through Mashape

Expert System placed its Cogito Intelligence API in the online API marketplace Mashape with a freemium model. Use of the API is free for the first 100 calls per month. SMA: Expert System press release...

October 16, 2013

Bottlenose Releases Free Version of Trend Monitor

Bottlenose introduced Sonar Solo, a real-time trend-monitoring tool based on a component of its enterprise-oriented Nerve Center. Sonar Solo is free for individual, non-commercial use. SMA: Bottlenose blog post...

October 14, 2013

Visibrain Gets First Round Investment

Visibrain announced that it has closed its first external financing round with Bouygues Telecom Initiatives and 3T Capital. The size of the deal was not disclosed. Visibrain's SMA platform focuses on analyzing Twitter data in France. SMA: Visibrain press release...

October 10, 2013

Software Updates, 11 October 2013

Recently announced software updates: Blogmeter New Facebook and Twitter metrics. Buzzdetector Russian language support. Curalate Image tags, UI. Also, improved Instagram reporting. Engagor Personalized mailboxes, smart folders. MediaMiser SNAP 1.5: monitor specific Twitter accounts and Facebook pages, include/exclude specific publications,...

October 8, 2013

Socialgist to Offer Sina Weibo Data

Socialgist announced that is has reached an agreement to be the first official provider of data from Sina Weibo outside China. SMA: Socialgist press release...

October 8, 2013

Brandtology Rolls Out New Listening Platform

iSentia Brandtology introduced Social Express, the company's next-generation social media analysis platform. SMA: Brandtology, iSentia blog post...

October 8, 2013

New Digimind Platform Targets Marketers

Digimind introduced Digimind Social, a social media analysis platform for marketing. The company's existing product for competitive intelligence remains available as Digimind Intelligence. Digimind Social is priced at $499 per month for one topic that includes up to five queries,...

October 8, 2013

New Papers, 8 October 2013

Recently released research and white papers: 8 Social Media Tips for Financial Services and Evaluating Enterprise Social Relationship Platforms, HootSuite Faster than the speed of print: Reconciling ‘big data’ social media analysis and academic scholarship, Axel Bruns...

October 4, 2013

New Comparison Tool for Sentiment Analysis APIs

Sentinel Projects announced an open-source project for evaluating the accuracy of sentiment analysis REST API services against a manually-coded dataset. The python-based tool currently supports AIApplied, AlchemyAPI, Bitext, Chatterbox, Datumbox, Lymbix, Repustate, Semantria, Viralheat, and Sentinel's Skyttle. Sentinel plans to...

October 4, 2013

Bottlenose Launches Trend Tracker for Enterprise

Bottlenose introduced Nerve Center, its enterprise SMA product focused on identifying, tracking, and acting on current trends. SMA: Bottlenose press release blog post...

October 4, 2013

Gnip Picks Hottolink as Rep in Japan

Gnip announced that it has named Hottolink its exclusive sales agent in Japan. As part of the deal, Gnip will also use Hottolink’s Japanese language processing engine to filter Japanese sources. SMA: Gnip, Hottolink Gnip blog Hottolink post (FB)...

October 3, 2013

Software Updates, 4 October 2013

Recently announced software updates: Brand Embassy Social CRM features. Local Measure New Insights view....

October 2, 2013

Salesforce Invests in Introhive

Introhive announced that Salesforce.com has joined its latest funding round. Introhive's team includes multiple veterans of Radian6, which Salesforce acquired in 2011. SMA: Introhive, Salesforce.com press release blog post...

October 1, 2013

New Papers, 1 October 2013

Recently released research and white papers: Information Technology Influence Study, Appinions European Innovation Financing Six-Month Update: H1 2013 (PDF), Clipperton Finance/Digimind The Fortune 500 Instagram Report, TrackMaven How to Track and Measure Social Media Marketing, Vocus...