October 2014 Archives

October 30, 2014

Software Updates, 31 October 2014

Recently announced software updates: Decooda Bazaarvoice API integration. Locowise Twitter Analytics import. OBI4wan Broadcast media coverage. Socedo Date range in reports, Google Analytics integration. VinTank Custom searches, old platform retirement. webLyzard Brand Reputation Radar integrated with WYSDOM Success metric....

October 30, 2014

Brillio Gets SMA with Marketelligent Acquisition

Brillio announced that it has acquired Marketelligent, an analytics specialist firm and developer of the Social Fellas social media analysis platform. Brillio, a technology consultancy that spun off last year from the IT staffing firm Collabera, says it will integrate...

October 28, 2014

New Papers, 28 October 2014

Recently released research and white papers: From Battlefield To Boardroom: Applying Internet Intelligence Across the Framework of Military Business Operations Or Seeing What’s Over the Other Side of the Hill, AMI...

October 23, 2014

Software Updates, 24 October 2014

Recently announced software updates: AlchemyAPI Spanish language sentiment analysis, structured entities, type hierarchies, link extraction, Twitter hashtag and username decomposition, new Authors Extraction endpoint, Cleaned+Xpath mode. Appinions New features for content marketing. BrandViewer Facebook results included in geolocation-based monitoring. eCairn...

October 23, 2014

Zignal Labs Raises $10.7 Million

Zignal Labs announced that it has received $10.7 million in its Series B funding round, which it plans to use for continued expansion in leadership, sales, and engineering functions. The round was led by existing investors Andy Ballard of Figtree...

October 22, 2014

Venuelabs Launches Freemium Version for Small Business

Venuelabs introduced AboutLocal, a location-based social media monitoring platform for small businesses. blog post...

October 22, 2014

New Cision Adds Gorkana to Growing Group

Closely following its merger with Vocus and acquisition of Visible , Cision announced that it has acquired Gorkana Group , the media intelligence group formed from Durrants, Metrica and Gorkana in 2011. Cison says it will maintain the Gorkana brand,...

October 21, 2014

LexisNexis Acquires Moreover

LexisNexis Legal & Professional announced that it has acquired Moreover and intends to create a single suite, LexisNexis Newsdesk, which will include the combined companies' information products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. LexisNexis is a Reed Elsevier Group...

October 21, 2014

New Papers, 21 October 2014

Recently released research and white papers: Consumer Technology 2014, Brandwatch The State of the Customer Journey 2014, Kitewheel A Quick Guide to Advanced Twitter Analyses, Simply Measured...

October 16, 2014

Software Updates, 17 October 2014

Recently announced software updates: Brandwatch New Query Builder and Sample Queries. Buzzcapture Instagram coverage. Coosto Blendle coverage (Dutch print media). Expion Redesigned UI. Measured Voice Moderate Facebook pages. MutualMind Platform 2.0: redesigned UI, new infrastructure, Instagram coverage, Mention Type filter,...

October 15, 2014

Geofeedia Raises $3.5 Million

Geofeedia announced that it has raised $3.5 million in a Series A financing round led by Hyde Park Venture Partners. Blue Vista Ventures and Glade Brook Capital also participated in the investment along with angel investors Tim Kopp, David Gupta...

October 14, 2014

Cision + Vocus = Cision

Cision announced its merger with Vocus and the decision to retain the Cision name for the combined company, which will be headquarted in Chicago. The company's acquired iContact, PRWeb, Help a Reporter Out (HARO) and Visible brands will continue. announcement...

October 14, 2014

New Papers, 14 October 2014

Recently released research and white papers: From Social Business to Big Data: Insights from Kantar Media CIC’s 2013-2014 China Enterprise Social Business Survey, CIC 9 Social Media Guidelines for Wealth Management Firms, Hootsuite A Quick Guide to Basic Twitter Analyses,...

October 9, 2014

Software Updates, 10 October 2014

Recently announced software updates: Actiance Socialite: edit/review profiles, bulk upload. Digimind Digimind Social: new influencer metrics chart. Hootsuite Flipboard integration. Netvibes New Hierarchical Dashboarding. Olery New Hotel Review Data API. SocialFlow New Listen module, Instagram integration. Spredfast Conversations: major redesign....

October 7, 2014

New Papers, 7 October 2014

Recently released research and white papers: The Definitive Guide to In-House Paid Social, Sprinklr Automotive Industry Trends Revealed through Social Conversations and Industry Trends Revealed through Social Conversations: Travel & Hospitality Edition, uberVU...

October 2, 2014

Software Updates, 3 October 2014

Recently announced software updates: Brandwatch Vizia: redesigned Admin section. Conversocial Cirrus (contact center) integration. HootSuite Updated Synaptive YouTube app: bulk upload and schedule videos, increased search/monitor streams, UI. IQBuzz New HTML UI replaces Flash. Locowise User-defined dashboards. Also, hashtag analytics....

October 1, 2014

Rollup in DACH: blueReport Acquires net-clipping

cognita AG, the developer of the issue and social media monitoring service blueReport , announced that it acquired net-clipping, a Dresden-based company with a similar product and attractive customer base, in August. While the company has continued to operate the...

October 1, 2014

Akio Acquires Spotter

Akio Software announced that it has acquired Spotter to add web and social media monitoring and analysis to its multi-channel customer experience suite. Spotter also contributes an international presence to the combined company with its offices in Europe, the US...