February 2009 Archives

February 28, 2009

Inventure Invests in Whitevector

The Helsinki-based venture capital firm Inventure announced that it has made an early-stage investment in Whitevector and will join the company's board of directors. With the new investment, Whitevector plans to expand its presence in the Nordic and UK markets,...

February 27, 2009

Software Updates, 27 February 2009

Recently announced software updates: LexalyticsEntity toolkit. Visible TechnologiesTruCast 2.5: Summary views, redesigned UI, dashboard performance, full-text search, improved data cleaning....

February 23, 2009

Free Economic News from FirstRain

FirstRain is now providing updated economic news on the company web site.

February 20, 2009

Software Updates, 20 February 2009

Recently announced software updates: BuzzGainSetup, boolean search, dashboard metrics, RSS output, data export. LexalyticsSentiment concepts, model-based sentiment. MoreoverLanguage detection, language tagging, Harvest Date field....

February 18, 2009

Collective Intellect and Iconoculture Share Insight, Tech

Collective Intellect and Iconoculture announced a partnership that combines CI's SMA capabilities with Iconoculture's specialization in understanding consumer trends. The companies plan to introduce a series of syndicated reports on current topics for marketers. press release...

February 18, 2009

BrandsEye Alerts via Twitter

Quirk eMarketing's BrandsEye online reputation monitoring service now offers alerts sent through direct messages on Twitter, in addition to the existing email and text message options. BrandsEye's filtering options allow users to receive alerts immediately, daily and weekly, with different...

February 18, 2009

Scout Labs Launched

Scout Labs launched today after six months in private beta with over 200 clients and 3,000 more on the waiting list. The new SMA platform emphasizes collaboration, encouraging use by an unlimited number of people at every price level. Introductory...

February 17, 2009

Filtrbox Launches Filtrbox G2

Filtrbox launched its second-generation SMA service, Filtrbox G2 today. The new version features revised pricing, improved search and new sharing capabilities for workgroups. A free, entry-level account remains available. press release product sheet (PDF) Additional coverage from Rocky Radar...

February 16, 2009

Welcome to the First Draft

Welcome to SMA, where we'll report on the companies and people of the social media listening business. This site picks up from the weekly news digest that appeared on The Net-Savvy Executive from June 2007 until February 2009. In the...