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Power Track for Twitter

It works! In less than 48 hours, the GNIP-enabled Power track for Twitter has pulled in more than a quarter million Tweets for the rule “Google”: 257, 284 to be precise, but that number changes faster than I can keep … Continue reading

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DiscoverText + GNIP + Klout = Analytic Power

On October 1st, Texifter staff will begin testing the GNIP Firehose for Twitter, which delivers 100% of the Tweets you want, based on the criteria which users provide. This is a remarkable tool and will greatly contribute to the evolution … Continue reading

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22,348 bin Laden Tweets: Coded!

It took all of three days for 27 individuals from around the country (and maybe the world) to collectively code 22,348 Tweets that mentioned Osama bin Laden, following his assassination. This crowdsourcing feat, sponsored by the Qualitative Data Analysis Program … Continue reading

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GOP Twitter Benchmarks

PRE-DEBATE (September 1st – September 7th) It’s September again, summer vacations have ended, schools are back in session, and the presidential primary election campaign is in full swing. While Zogby International and Gallup polling may tell you that Perry and Romney … Continue reading

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PowerTrack for Twitter

DiscoverText is preparing to launch a short and exclusive beta test period using “PowerTrack for Twitter Firehose Filtering” a service provided by GNIP. Compared to the “rate limited” service offered by DiscoverText through the public Twitter API, the “Full Firehose” … Continue reading

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Shaky News Coverage of Libya

This weekend, opposition forces in Libya fought a ground war to oust long-standing dictator Col. Gaddafi. Simultaneously, a global news war also waged, as news sources sought to be the shining star in broadcasting the latest from Tripoli. Some of … Continue reading

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Rate Limits on Twitter

The evolution of the API opens the door for third-party developers to access information on social media networks. In the best case, this provides a healthy, democratic flow of information. Yesterday, DiscoverText had “rate limits” imposed in terms of its … Continue reading

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Presenting Actionable Insights

Everyday, users of social media miss out on potentially important pieces of information which they seek to find. This problem, which everyone encounters, illustrates a larger conundrum which confronts users of social media; information overload. For those who are not … Continue reading

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DiscoverText Webinar

Learn to Use DiscoverText – Free Tutorial Webinar Tuesday August 16 at 1:00 PM EST Webinar Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/750225288 This free, live Webinar introduces DiscoverText and key features used to ingest, filter, search & code text. We take your questions and … Continue reading

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Klout Marketing by Spotify

In Q1 of this year, serious internet chatter surfaced about the possibility of popular Swedish online streaming music service Spotify launching in the U.S. Spotify is a tantalizing proposition for the American media consumer. While there are costs incurred, the service … Continue reading

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Hurtigruten: A Norwegian Social Media Phenomenon

Here at Texifter, we are regularly impressed by the many ways in which our increasing number of end-users discover new ways to apply DiscoverText’s capabilities to their own research. With each new success story, we are – once again – … Continue reading

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Bin Laden, Oil & Foreign Policy

Immediately following President Obama’s speech on the evening of May 1 confirming the execution of Osama bin Laden, the DiscoverText team began collecting all twitter posts which contained the key words “Osama,” and “Bin Laden.”  The bin Laden project collected … Continue reading

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FB Graph API Revisited

Following the blog post about oddities in the Facebook importing that Stu was experiencing while visiting the DMI summer school, I put on my detective hat and went looking for possible reasons why things that should be available from the … Continue reading

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Capturing Social Media Dissent

Immediately after the judge read the not guilty verdict in the high profile Casey Anthony criminal case, total internet traffic to major news outlets doubled, and most importantly, outsiders took to social media outlets to display their emotions and opinions. … Continue reading

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Top #GameofThrones Tweeters

Below is another in our series of training videos. In this episode, we introduce you to a great new feature for peaking into the list of top values in a particular meta data field. In the example here, I show … Continue reading

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