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Product Update: Export Charts as Images

August 30th, 2011. Posted by
Product Update

This week we have released another new feature into Brandwatch: Export Charts as Images.

Until this release it was only possible to export the data from charts, in either Excel or comma separated format; images of the charts themselves were not available for export. »


The Friday#: Gaddafi could learn a lot from Jedward

August 26th, 2011. Posted by


Welcome to the Friday#
This week in The Sizzle: Galaxy 2 banned in Apple legal fight. In The Fri-Up, Gaddafi could learn a lot from Jedward. Less from Tara Reid. The Sauce: Careful when you put that tiny chainsaw back in your trousers.
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Influence Isn’t Just Online: The Perils of Ignoring The Less Followed

August 24th, 2011. Posted by
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Did you ever hear someone make the claim (very wittily), that “the more friends you have on MySpace the fewer friends you have in real life”?

Whilst this may have been grossly and unfairly oversimplifying things, it carried a sentiment that sort of seemed to make sense at the time: if you spend all »


Product Update: New Top Tweeters Component

August 22nd, 2011. Posted by
Product Update

We’re very excited about this week’s update to Brandwatch – as well as a very snappy redesign of the Mentions component, we have also launched a whole new shiny component.

Top Tweeters
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UK and US Police Begin Monitoring Social Media

August 19th, 2011. Posted by
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Last week, the NY Daily News reported that the NYPD have started to “mine” social media for information about “troublesome house parties, gang showdowns and other potential mayhem”.

The Sunday Times newspaper also revealed later that week in the UK that Hampshire Police had been using Social Mention, a popular free social media monitoring tool, to hunt down people who appeared to be using »


The Friday# Football: Jose Mourinho – he’s only human! Gary Neville – he’s not.

August 19th, 2011. Posted by


Welcome to the Friday#
This week in The Sizzle: HP buys Autonomy in £7bn deal. In The Fri-Up, Jose Mourinho vs Gary Neville: A poke in the eye vs technical failure The Sauce: Sam Cooke gets his A-Levels
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The Friday#: Soundtrack to the #ukriots

August 12th, 2011. Posted by

Welcome to the Friday#

This week in The Sizzle: UK arrests for misuse of social media. In The Fri-Up, We check the soundtrack to the UK Riots. In The Sauce: Pick up lines for your weekend…

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The London riots: #riotcleanup – the social media hero

August 9th, 2011. Posted by

Social media and particularly BlackBerry Messenger has, to some extent, been blamed for fuelling the London riots since Saturday. This morning, however, social media is being hailed a hero. »


Why doesn’t Twitter advertise on TV?

August 8th, 2011. Posted by
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A friend asked me this a few weeks ago. He said that he was aware that it sounded like a silly question and expected me to have an instant answer. I didn’t.

Some people might be simply thinking: “it doesn’t need to”. »


The Friday#: British Gas fined £2.5m for customer service, but are they the worst?

August 5th, 2011. Posted by

Welcome to the Friday#

This week in The Sizzle: LinkedIn’s IPO is a watershed moment for social media. In The Fri-Up, British Gas fined £2.5m for customer service, but are they the worst? In The Sauce: How not to argue on the internets…

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