Ryan Holmes: HootSuite on the same user growth curve as Evernote, Zendesk

"We're kinda matching Zendesk and Evernote in user growth curve," Holmes said. "Our progressive cycle to each additional million is getting shorter and shorter, which is a good thing."

HootSuite unveils swanky new digs, complete with yoga studio, pup tent offices, and nap room (gallery)

Dogs, stumps, pup tents and bikes, the new HootSuite offices in Vancouver has them all. And then some.

Yammer executive Dee Anna McPherson jumps on the HootSuite bus as VP of Marketing

HootSuite announced a significant hire this morning: former Yammer vice president of marketing Dee Anna McPherson.

Twitter announces Ads API, first five partners, and a big leap to making more money

Advertising on Twitter just got easier, and Twitter just took a giant leap to making more money.

HootSuite + Twitter: The top social media dashboard integrates Twitter’s promoted products

Twitter and HootSuite announced a new way of selling and managing promoted tweets, promoted trends, and promoted accounts: right in HootSuite's social media management dashboard.

Buffer relaunches today as a sharing platform — a conduit, not a destination — with benefits

Social engagement tool Buffer is relaunching today as a sharing platform ... with big benefits. And analytics, and a great user experience, and some cool new features that HootSuite should start getting worried about.

HootSuite adds 5 more power tools to manage blogs, videos … and Pinterest

This morning HootSuite users will find five more apps in the social media power tool's app directory: Vimeo, Wordpress.org, Via.me, Reachli, and Scripted.

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 is meant to offer viewers a sense of how …

HootSuite Command Center: take a little Bond, add social, throw in enterprise (shaken, not stirred)

In the movies, corporate barons and evil geniuses have command and control centers with giant screens displaying the disposition of their empires. A new product from HootSuite may not make you James Bond or Dr. Evil ... but it will give you the ability to see and showcase your social media status in a very big way.

SproutSocial grows revenue 750% as social media bursts out of the marketing department

Most two-year-olds are growing fast. But few are growing as quickly as social media management service SproutSocial, which is riding the wave of social media escaping the marketing department and penetrating the entire enterprise.

Exclusive: Buffer partners with “#1 Twitter client” TweetCaster to make you more popular

Social engagement tool Buffer will be announcing an integration with top Twitter web and mobile client TweetCaster tonight.

HootSuite takes social media management into Yammer territory with Conversations

HootSuite announced an new update to its popular social media management utility today, adding functionality that veers into intranet-light territory similar to a Yammer or a Chatter.

HootSuite’s Ryan Holmes on Seesmic: Price will vary; Loic staying, maybe; expect more acquisitions

Last night we broke the news that HootSuite, the social media management solution for companies, acquired Loic Le Meur's often-pivoting Seesmic. Today I spoke with Ryan Holmes about the acquisition and about the future of the social media management space.

HootSuite acquires Seesmic and is transitioning those customers to HootSuite

HootSuite announced today that it has acquired social media tool maker Seesmic.

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.

Microsoft isn’t slowing Yammer down: Major update adds Hootsuite integration, IM, & more

When Microsoft bought Yammer for $1.2 billion, concerns arose it might lose some of innovative spirit. But today Yammer has pushed back with several big updates, including a new "inbox" that prioritizes conversations, a real-time messaging interface, and integrations with Hootsuite and seven other services.

HootSuite digs deeper into enterprise via integrations with Zendesk, Storify, and Evernote

Today HootSuite is announcing three new integrations with Zendesk, Storify, and Evernote. In addition, the company is now officially saying that “nearly five million” people are using its social media management tools globally.

Integrating with Zendesk will enable users to …

Hootsuite CEO says the valuation tops $500M, but VCs aren’t buying it [exclusive]

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 CEO and founder Ryan Holmes. …

HootSuite adds AutoSchedule to the world’s most popular social media management toolbox (watch out, Buffer)

HootSuite is adding an autoschedule capability to its social media management platform, meaning that four million users will soon be able to schedule tweets according to fans’ schedules, optimizing brand messaging for maximum social impact.

“Instead of our users manually …

HootSuite and HubSpot chase Guinness world record for largest webinar, ever

In seven days, HootSuite and HubSpot are teaming up to make history, and it’s not about how many interCaps the two partNers can jam into their names.

Rather, the social media management company and the inbound marketing firm are holding …