The Factal team is gearing up for the annual GSX conference on Sept. 8-12 at McCormick Place in Chicago. This year we’ve doubled our booth space…
Eight years ago, a man in Abbottabad, Pakistan, tweeted about the US special forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The moment was instrumental in…
If you rely on Esri in your organization, you can now bring Factal’s breaking news data into ArcGIS maps and apps. We unveiled our integration…
We’re excited to head to San Diego to present at the largest geolocation event of its kind in the world, the Esri User Conference. The…
Several years ago, the term “active shooter” was strictly the domain of law enforcement. Today it’s become ingrained in American lexicon, a frequent fixture on social media and breaking news coverage….
On the evening of Feb. 6, Central Washington University police in Ellensburg, Wash., raced to a report of shots fired on campus. The university published a campus-wide alert at 5:35 pm…
More than one thousand private security professionals packed the State Department last week for the Overseas Security Advisory Council’s (OSAC) annual briefing.
The wait is over! After more than a year of testing with some the largest corporations in the world, Factal has launched around-the-clock coverage. With more than half of Factal’s team coming from Breaking News…
The popular planning newsletter we once published at Breaking News is BACK with a new name. The Factal Forecast is a new (and free!) weekly newsletter that looks ahead at the global news planned for the week.
It’s been 21 months since the closure of Breaking News, and Factal is poised to launch 24/7 with a freshly-hired team. With newsrooms in Seattle and London…