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Microsoft isn’t slowing Yammer down: Major update adds Hootsuite integration,...
When Microsoft bought Yammer for $1.2 billion, concerns arose that the enterprise social network might lose some of its innovative spirit. But today Yammer has pushed back on that idea with the...
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Hootsuite debuts a big, shiny, election-tracking tool for Twitter, Facebook
The U.S. presidential election is coming up on Tuesday, and Hootsuite has just unveiled a customized command center to track social media sentiment around the two main candidates. “The command center...
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Buffer’s new Twitter optimization partnership with Moz boosts retweets and...
If a tweet falls in the forest, does anybody hear it? With 555 million Twitter users and 58 million tweets on an average day, good luck. Enter tweet optimization. For almost three years, Buffer has...
View ArticleTwitter adds 5 new Ads API partners to go hard-core social marketing — and...
Twitter’s first five Ads API partners were dominated by hardcore digital advertisers. Its newest five API partners are dominated by hardcore enterprise-focused social media marketing firms. Today...
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HootSuite launches an RSS reader, Syndicator, for social media managers
Adobe, Digg, everyone’s developing RSS readers in anticipation of Google Reader dying next week. But HootSuite’s looks like it could actually be useful, especially for social media managers. HootSuite...
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Hootsuite nabs a massive $165M for ‘marketing and international expansion’
Social media management tool Hootsuite just closed an enormous second round of financing. The $165 million investment was led by Insight Venture Partners, the New York-based venture firm that pumped...
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Hootsuite rival Engagor raises $2.6M, opens U.S. office
Engagor has raised $2.6 million for its social media management tool and announced that it is opening an office in the U.S. The Belgian company monitors conversations on all major social networks and...
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With $165M, will Hootsuite now spend its way into the enterprise?
GUEST: Rod Favaron is the CEO of Spredfast. The news that social media management company Hootsuite just raised a $165 million funding round should come as no surprise to anyone following this space....
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Twitter releases faster tweeting, DM’ing, image previewing, and replying...
Twitter announced new updates for tweeting, direct messaging, image previewing, and more in its pro version of Twitter, TweetDeck. Available in web, Mac, PC, and Chome app versions, TweetDeck shows...
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HootSuite adds enterprise social media security so Weinergate won’t happen to...
In 2011, Chrysler tweeted that “no one in Detroit knows how to f*cking drive.” The same year, New York congressman Anthony Weiner accidentally tweeted a picture of his crotch to all of his followers....
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Hootsuite launches $5 million developer fund
Like many companies, Hootsuite knows that its social media management service isn’t going to be able to address all the needs of its users, especially those in the enterprise. The company has therefore...
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What Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes learned from his own social media fail:...
FEATURE: Hootsuite founder and CEO Ryan Holmes is a passionate advocate on the topic of why executives need to be active on social media. But for a brief moment this year, he became a case study in how...
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Vancouver: Hollywood North’s tech scene is growing, growing, not yet grown
Hollywood North? L.A. with rain? The city that riots whenever its hockey team doesn’t win the Stanley Cup? Americans might think of Vancouver in many ways — but typically not as a tech startup mecca....
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Funding Daily: Hoot hoot
Hootsuite was the big funding story of the day, raising a whopping $165 million round for its social media management platform and adorable owl logo. Mainly for the owl though. Hootsuite nabs a massive...
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Salesforce unleashes an enterprise social juggernaut, Social Studio (watch...
Hello, HootSuite. Or is it goodbye? CRM giant Salesforce, which has aggressively moved into the marketing technology and social spaces in the past three years by buying Pardot, ExactTarget, Radian6,...
View ArticleHootsuite CEO says the valuation tops $500M, but VCs aren’t buying it...
Contrary to rumors, social media startup Hootsuite is not actively raising another round — but if it were, its price tag would be even higher than reported. We had a nice chat yesterday with Hootsuite...
View ArticleHootSuite adds SurveyMonkey, ChartBeat to app directory while passing 7M user...
Social media management utility HootSuite added the most popular online survey tool, SurveyMonkey, to its app directory today, along with real-time visual traffic analysis tool Chartbeat. And, almost...
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Hootsuite taps Proofpoint for AI-powered predictive compliance tool
Social media management platform Hootsuite and enterprise security company Proofpoint want to help companies in heavily regulated industries.Read More
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Zombie apocalypse, meet tech: HootSuite, Zendesk, Pinterest, and more get...
It’s Halloween tonight, and tech is celebrating with treats, freaks, and more than a little dressing up. Well, at least those tech companies that like to have fun. This week, HootSuite and Zendesk...
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Hootsuite acquires Sparkcentral to unify and automate social customer service
Hootsuite has acquired Sparkcentral, a customer engagement platform that offers virtual agents and automated message distribution.Read More
View ArticleFunding daily: small social networks, kid-friendly games, and college search...
At VentureBeat, we come across a lot of funding news every day. In order to bring you the most information possible, we’re rounding up the quick-and-dirty details about the funding deals of the day and...
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