Synthesio’s Social Data to be featured in the Connection Cafe and Synthesio’s booth /EIN News/ -- NEW YORK, April 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beginning today, Synthesio, the leading global Social Media Intelligence and Social Listening Platform, will be showcasing its updated offerings and growth at the 2018 Social Media Week conference in New York. Synthesio’s industry-leading social data will be on display in multiple locations at the event, including three Synthesio Beam screens at the Connection Cafe. Synthesio Beam is a real-time social media command center that visualizes social KPIs in a multi-screen display suitable for sharing. Beam’s highly configurable interface leverages all of Synthesio’s data enrichment filters to surface KPIs vital to a brand. Beam provides a rolling display of every mention that is pulled into the dataset and combines both qualitative and quantitative data into a single experience. This event appearance comes on … [Read more...] about Social Media Intelligence Leader Synthesio To Be Featured At Social Media Week: New York
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CBS News Logo Why it’s so difficult to counter ISIS on social media
The U.S. is struggling with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on two fronts: on the ground in the Middle East, where it has deployed more troops, and in the virtual world online, which is creating a supply of real-world fighters for its cause. Its abilities online are formidable. The State Department employs a staff of a few dozen to battle ISIS' virtual online army, which is posting videos and messages constantly, from as many as 90,000 twitter accounts around the world. The group has used the web effectively to draw in more than 20,000 foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria for its cause. It paints a compelling image of itself as a force for good - defending Sunni Muslims against a government run by enemy Shiites in Iraq, as well as President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. "The jihadis are figuring out how to use new forms of communication, social media, to not just message broadly, but to do peer to peer recruitment and radicalization, and that's really a game-changer," said CBS … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Why it’s so difficult to counter ISIS on social media
CBS News Logo Israel, Hamas have “psychological” battle on social media
JERUSALEM The hostilities between Israel and Hamas have found a new battleground: social media. The Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas militants have exchanged fiery tweets throughout the fighting in a separate war to influence public opinion. Twitter becomes a battleground amid Israeli strikes Hamas militant chief killed in Israeli airstrikes Signs point to Israeli invasion of Gaza Strip Shortly after it launched its campaign Wednesday by killing Hamas' top military commander Ahmed Jabari, the Israeli military's media office announced a "widespread campaign on terror sites & operatives in the #Gaza Strip" on its Twitter account. It then posted a 10-second black-and-white video of the airstrike on its official YouTube page. Google Inc., which owns YouTube, removed the video for a time early Thursday, but reconsidered and restored it. A tweet from @idfspokesperson said: "We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Israel, Hamas have “psychological” battle on social media
Minneapolis has a new downtown visitor center
For the first time in a decade, Minneapolis now has a visitor center in the heart of downtown. Meet Minneapolis, the city’s marketing and tourism agency, opened its new visitor center and store Monday at the corner of Fifth Street and Nicollet Mall. The 5,000-square-foot facility is located in a corner of the CenterPoint Energy building, across the street from the Nicollet light-rail stop. Officials said this winter that they wanted the new visitor’s center to be a space for musical performances, cooking demonstrations and other events, in addition to a place for people to get information about local happenings and pick up Minneapolis gear. The shop offers clothing, jewelry and art by Minnesota artists, including a display of prints and pint glasses from artist Adam Turman, known for painting several murals around the city. The visitor’s center is also the new home of Move Minneapolis, formerly known as the Commuter Connection. That operations provides … [Read more...] about Minneapolis has a new downtown visitor center
Social media, police cameras credited for crime drop in Sacramento
Crime in Sacramento continued to decrease for a second year in 2017, falling by 5.3 percent compared to 2016, Sacramento Police Department data shows. About 3,365 violent crimes, a category representing homicides, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults, were handled by the Sacramento Police Department last year – 5.4 percent less than the year before. Property crime decreased by 5.3 percent in 2017. The decline continues a decades-long trend of falling crime in Sacramento that was interrupted by a 20 percent spike in 2015. Last year, violent crime ticked down by 1.5 percent and property crime by 7 percent. “A 5 percent decrease in crime overall is a positive step,” police department spokesman Eddie Macaulay said of the recent crime data. “The relationship that we have with the community groups, the citizens, go a long way to reduce crime in the city.” Crime by council district Most neighborhoods in the city of Sacramento saw decreases in crime in … [Read more...] about Social media, police cameras credited for crime drop in Sacramento