Software you'll need for intelligence updates in Paris—or any other location—depends on the kind of information you're looking for. Here are some categories of software tools commonly used for gathering intelligence:
News Aggregators
1. Feedly: Allows you to organize, read and share the content from your favorite sites.
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Google News: Aggregates news from multiple sources and allows you to customize feeds.
Social Media Monitoring Tools
1. Hootsuite: Allows you to monitor multiple social media streams in one dashboard.
2. TweetDeck: Useful for real-time tracking, organizing, and engagement on Twitter.
Security & Threat Intelligence
1. OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) Tools: Such as Shodan, Censys, etc. used for gathering data from publicly available sources.
2. CrowdStrike: Provides endpoint security, threat intelligence, and incident response services.
Market and Business Intelligence
1.
Tableau: A data visualization tool that can be used for making sense of market trends.
2. Sisense: Focuses on making large data sets actionable for business intelligence.
Location-Specific Intelligence
1. Local News Apps: Often have the most current information on events in a particular area.
2. Google Alerts: You can set up alerts for specific queries like "Paris updates" or "Paris security news."
Geopolitical and Economic Analysis
1. Stratfor: Provides geopolitical intelligence and analyses.
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The Economist Intelligence Unit: Offers in-depth research, analysis and forecasts on geopolitical and economic conditions.
Miscellaneous
1. RSS Feeds: Many websites offer RSS feeds which can be aggregated to get the latest updates.
2. IFTTT (If This Then That): Allows you to set up customized automated actions based on a set of criteria.
We have also used
Veritas for Intelligence and Investigations whilst in Monaco.
Note that while some of these tools and services offer free tiers, others may be paid or require a subscription.