- Kred has issued its list of Most Influential Venture Capitalists in Social Media, highlighting various influencers and outreachers in the social media financial space. For more details on this list please read http://kpbj.com/business_daily/2012-10-09/kred_names_most_influential_venture_capitalists_in_social_media
- HyperTV and Civolution have announced a partnership providing tools for TV broadcasters with the ability to identify, manage and monetize content. For more information on this partnership and the news tools coming out of it please read http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/10/09/hypertv-and-civolution-provide-exciting-social-media-gaming-experience-sky-italia
- As the Major League Baseball playoffs continue, an interesting new app is getting a lot of buzz for its interactivity and pushing of social TV technologies. The app, the Social Dugout, allows people to interact in real-time with the game, as well as collect credits for trivia and interactive gameplay and the credits can then be redeemed for offline prizes. For more information on this and some other new social apps please read http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/12828-new-iphone-apps-worth-downloading-tbs-social-dugout-blue-note-by-groovebug-ipad-re-volt-classic
- Consolidation is rapidly increasing in the crowded social media marketing space with California based Lithium Technologies recently acquiring Social Dynamx in an effort to gain a foothold on the social marketing technology that they developed in 2011. For more information on this story please read http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/morning_call/2012/10/austin-startup-social-dynamx-acquired.html
- Fairsail is readying its new socialCRM platform to be unveiled at an upcoming technology HR trade show. The new release features an enhanced collaboration portal which enables employees from any part of the organization to manage their participation using private social media. For more information on this story please read http://www.personneltoday.com/blogs/press-release-service/2012/10/fairsail-brings-social-hcm-on-a-global-scale.html