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Microsoft Copying Apple with Shift to Branded Shows?

January 25th, 2012. Posted by
CES-2012

As the biggest brand in technology for the past few decades, Microsoft have seen it all, done it all and achieved it all. Somehow though, Microsoft are often a few steps behind. »


Brandwatch Experts: 1. Sentiment Analysis & NLP

January 24th, 2012. Posted by
Brandwatch Experts

We’re fortunate to have a team of very smart people behind Brandwatch. As you can imagine, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes here to gather, analyse and present the data data you see in the webapp.

So to fill you in on what some of them are up to and how they are aiding our constant strive to provide the best »


The Most Hyped Gadgets of 2012

January 24th, 2012. Posted by
CES-2012

Held in the adult playground fakery of Las Vegas, the glamorous Consumer Electronics Show is the best indicator of the biggest and best products of the coming year.

We’ve taken a look at three such innovations to see what the world thought of them. »


The Most Amazing TV You’ll See This Year

January 23rd, 2012. Posted by
CES-2012

The world’s biggest and most glamorous electronics trade show concluded a week ago, and we’ve been busy listening to the buzz surrounding some of the most interesting products to come out of the event. BlogCatalog »


Google Tire of Playing With Twitter’s Firehose

January 11th, 2012. Posted by
googleplus-icon

As one of the world’s few truly gargantuan brands, Google have recently been using their hefty muscle to promote their Google+ product everywhere and anywhere. This week has seen them overhaul their search engine in order to promote the service even more. »


Six of the Weirdest Web Browsers You’ll Probably Never Use

December 22nd, 2011. Posted by
3dview

Here at Brandwatch, we have designed our product to be compatible with all of the major browsers. You can use it in Chrome, Firefox, Safari and even everyone’s favourite browser: Internet Explorer.

However, not everyone uses the big players, and there are a few obscure browsers out there that we certainly don’t recommend to use with our lovely app. »


Which Government Agencies are Watching You?

December 13th, 2011. Posted by
Bigbrother

‘Big Brother is watching you.’ With these words, George Orwell created one of the most oft-quoted phrases in the world today. Within the context of the novel 1984, complete surveillance of the nation’s citizens is the way of mass control and oppression. »


Time, Care and Data Centres: For When the Apocalypse Arrives

December 6th, 2011. Posted by
metal

A few short notes on how we do things at Brandwatch with regard to our data centres.

Social media monitoring companies are dependent upon the use of data centres to store all of their data and allow their application to function properly. These expensive but powerful off-site centres provide the grunt for everything we do at Brandwatch. »


10 Data Visualisations of Major News Events

October 10th, 2011. Posted by
dataviz

Big things are happening every day – the last few years have seen major global events that impact across nations. Wars, changes of government, cultural upheaval and the evolving nature of humanity all vie for our attention and consideration. »


UK and US Police Begin Monitoring Social Media

August 19th, 2011. Posted by
NYPD

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 »


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