Social Media Analysis News, 30 May 2008

News from the companies of social media analysis.

Companies and services

• 28 May - Visible Technologies launched TruCast 2.0, along with a sample of their corporate client list.

• 29 May - Dow Jones & Company introduced alert widgets, incorporating news items from Dow Jones Factiva into internal or external websites.

• Brian Cavoli joined Digital Influence Group as VP Agency Marketing. Cavoli was previously Director of Marketing at Cymfony.

• Dow Jones Insight released Global Trends in the Automotive Industry and an archived webinar on the topic.

• CIC posted a special report on Internet word of mouth following the recent earthquake in China's Sichuan province. Slideshare

• 12 May - Scarborough Research released Understanding the Digital Savvy Consumer (PDF). via Sarah Perez

• Videos from ICWSM '08 are now online. via Matt Hurst

• Akshay Java started a list of social media research conferences.

• 4 June (London) - MeasurementCamp III, 10:00 AM, Coach & Horses, Greek Street. The wiki is showing signs of progress from the previous meetings.

• 16–17 June (Boston) - 4th annual Text Analytics Summit. Social media analysis is prominent in the agenda, which also covers other applications of data mining and text analytics in business.

• Web Software Developer, Neighborhood America (Naples, FL)
  
• Web Architect, Neighborhood America (Naples, FL)
  
• GUI Web Developer, Neighborhood America (Naples, FL)
  
• Peer Media Manager, Text 100 (New York)