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Twitter explodes again at birth of Beyonce’s baby!

Posted by Ellen Enrico on January 8, 2012

On August 28th, 2011, Beyonce Knowles announced her pregnancy after her performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards. This announcement set off a tweeting frenzy and apparently set a new Twitter record with 8,868 tweets per second (TPS), surpassing the previous record set by the US Women’s Soccer team game against Japan earlier that summer.

And on Saturday, January 7, 2012, Twitterverse exploded again with the news that Beyonce’s baby was born. Searching Visible Intelligence® the day after the birth, it appears tweets started coming in at 8:00PM (PT), and then once confirmed, the biggest spike occurred at around 11:00 PM (PT). The mostly neutral tweets rushed in as people shared the news. Delighted tweets were expressed along with negative ones—one in particular upset that the couple reportedly paid $1.3 million to reserve an entire hospital floor.

The baby girl’s name was also a hot topic on Twitter. Initial reports, confirmed by the prominent terms listed below, had the baby’s name as Ivy Blue. Read more…

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Visible Technologies Receives $4 Million in Funding

Posted by Kelly Pennock on September 22, 2011

For the third straight quarter, Visible has outpaced market growth and we are continuing to grow thanks to all our new customers, including Walgreens and Y&R. Earlier this morning, we also announced a $4 million round of funding. This will enable us to continue to set the industry standard in social media monitoring and analytics. We plan to use the funding to invest further in engineering and enhance the sCRM capabilities of Visible Intelligence, so that users can get an even better understanding of conversations happening online and cross reference those conversations with other customer and prospect information.

We also announced key partnerships with companies such as SymphonyIRI, to bring new ways of measuring social media; Meteor Solutions, to provide commentary services in social media monitoring and engagement; and we are proud to announce that we are now a Gold level member in the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN).

Buh-bye, #Irene!

Posted by Ellen Enrico on August 29, 2011

Hurricane Irene has weakened and was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday, August 28, at approximately 9 AM. It is now gone with the wind, but not after packing a punch and leaving behind severe damage up and down the East coast. Some of the statistics are astounding:

22 deaths in 8 states
4.5 million without power
Huge backlog of flight cancellations/delays
Over $7 billion in damage

The Latest Edition of V-IQ News is Out!

Posted by Ellen Enrico on April 29, 2011

Our latest eNewsletter is out featuring coverage of the top news stories this week and a recap of key industry events like Forrester Marketing Forum. This edition of the eNewsletter also highlights a few upcoming events and a live webcast. Check it out by clicking the image below. To subscribe to V-IQ News, sign up here.

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