Mynewsdesk 
announced that it has acquired Mention to add web and social media monitoring to its integrated communications and PR platform for SMBs. The existing Mention service will remain available for now. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Launched in 2003, Mynewsdesk joined NHST Media Group in 2008 and is currently active in the Nordics, UK, Germany, and USA. Mention claims 650,000 active business users in more than 125 countries.
6–7 September - Brandwatch webinar, Driving strategic decisions with instant insights, 11:00 AM EDT / 15:00 GMT, 2:00 PM EDT / 18:00 GMT, 14:00 SGT / 16:00 AEST. With April Flores (Penguin).
13 September (San Francisco) - Meltwater Social Summit
19 September - Meltwater webinar, PR + Social: Faster, Stronger, Smarter: Navigate Brand Opportunity and Risk, 2:00 PM EDT / 18:00 GMT. With Karen Uyenco (Oath).
SOCi announced that it has received $10.5 million series B funding round led by Vertical Venture Partners. Grayhawk Capital, Blossom Street Ventures and Tallwave Capital also participated. The company plans to focus on its product, development and customer success teams as it applies the investment to continued growth.
SOCi offers a marketing platform supporting social media and reputation management for multi-location brands.
Gen Z: The TotalSocial Generation, Engagement Labs
This is what filter bubbles actually look like, Graphika
Agencies + Top Tier Brands: A Social Review, Infegy
New Strategies in Media Relations, Meltwater
Wie Netzwerkanalysen das Online Marketing revolutionieren and Schadet die Beitrags-Kennzeichung dem Influencer Marketing, Network Insight
eClincher
Facebook publishing, inbox workflow, Instagram hashtag analytics, chart & report options, Yelp notifications.
Lexalytics
Regional data processing, Romanian language support.
Manzama
Sqoop public records integration.
Scraawl
Updated bot detection.
SentiOne
Influence score, Messenger Chatbot integration, simplified project creation, reopen threads, performance improvements.
Social Report
Increased language support/localization.
Zoomph
Instagram API changes.
28 August - TrendKite webinar, Rebuild Consumers' Trust Through the Rise of Digital PR, 1:00 PM EDT / 15:00 GMT. With Tiffaney Fox Quintana (Hellosign).
29 August - GlobalWebIndex webinar, How powerful is influencer marketing, 11:00 AM EDT / 15:00 GMT.
6–7 September - Brandwatch webinar, Driving strategic decisions with instant insights, 11:00 AM EDT / 15:00 GMT, 2:00 PM EDT / 18:00 GMT, 14:00 SGT / 16:00 AEST. With April Flores (Penguin).
13 September (San Francisco) - Meltwater Social Summit
Engagement Labs announced that it has closed a pair of previously announced private placement offerings, raising approximately CAD$2.96 million. The company plans to apply proceeds of the investment toward sales and marketing, product development, and working capital.
Meltwater announced the opening of the company's own data science platform as Fairhair.ai, a service for developers and data scientists. The new service combines a knowledge graph, a collection of existing models, and the ability to train new models in a system designed to help clients generate insights from outside data.
Fairhair.ai will launch later this year; Meltwater is accepting early-access inquiries now.
Mention
Facebook influence metric, improved bulk editing, select tags for charts, comparison reports.
14 August - PublicRelay webinar, Media Measurement Best Practices for Next Generation Communicators, 3:00 PM EDT / 19:00 GMT.
15 & 16 August - Brandwatch webinar, Optimize your marketing spend on sponsorships using social intelligence, 15 Aug at 11:00 AM EDT / 15:00 GMT and 2:00 PM EDT / 18:00 GMT; 16 Aug at 14:00 SGT / 16:00 AEST.
16 August - Sprout Social webinar, The Evolution of Marketing in Social, 12:00 Noon EDT / 16:00 GMT.
28 August - TrendKite webinar, Rebuild Consumers' Trust Through the Rise of Digital PR, 1:00 PM EDT / 15:00 GMT. With Tiffaney Fox Quintana (Hellosign).
13 September (San Francisco) - Meltwater Social Summit
Trackur announced that its dashboard product will be retired on November 12 as the company refocuses on its API business.
InfluencerDB
Age distribution of followers.
Mavrck
Follower Fraud and Engagement Fraud indicators.
Social Report
ZenDesk integration, hashtag templates, multiple image uploading.
Swat.io
Twitter Enterprise API, Facebook @-tagging, Facebook targeting options, manual sentiment scoring of user comments, Facebook video preview in composer.
8 August - NewsWhip webinar, The 2018 Guide to Social Publishing, 11:00 AM EDT / 15:00 GMT.
8 August - PublicRelay webinar, Media Measurement Best Practices for Next Generation Communicators, 1:00 PM EDT / 17:00 GMT.
14 August - PublicRelay webinar, Media Measurement Best Practices for Next Generation Communicators, 3:00 PM EDT / 19:00 GMT.
15 & 16 August - Brandwatch webinar, Optimize your marketing spend on sponsorships using social intelligence, 15 Aug at 11:00 AM EDT / 15:00 GMT and 2:00 PM EDT / 18:00 GMT; 16 Aug at 14:00 SGT / 16:00 AEST.
13 September (San Francisco) - Meltwater Social Summit
Crowd Analyzer announced that it has received $1.1 million in a series A investment round led by Wamda Capital. Arzan Capital, Faith Capital, and Raed VC also participated. Crowd Analyzer, based in Dubai, specializes in analyzing Arabic-language social media. The company plans to use the investment to grow its business in Saudi Arabia and the MENA region.
