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Mind-reading wearables. Social media investments. Microsoft undersea data center. (RBDR 02.29.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) Wearable technology has apparently evolved into technology that can track brain activity. Read the original story here.

2) Marketers acknowledge that they can’t measure social media, yet it won’t stop them from doubling their spending on it over the next five years.

3) Microsoft tests an undersea data center, and explains that it can effectively deal with two critical aspects of such facilities: the power that is needed and controlling the temperature around the facility. You can also read this original story by clicking here.

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4 top criteria for B2B satisfaction surveys. Clay Dethloff on NPD process. (RBDR 02.17.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) You will be surprised at the four top criteria required in a Business-to-Business customer satisfaction survey.

2) New product and service research is probably more important than ever, but doing such work correctly leaves the process open to a company’s expertise. “Imaginator,” from Decision Analyst, has been winning companies over for quite some time.

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RBDR’s Annual Research Look at Super Bowl Commercials. (RBDR 02.04.2016)

Today: RBDR discusses with three advertising research experts what to expect from commercials set to air during Super Bowl 50 this coming Sunday afternoon on CBS.

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Facebook optimizes News Feed. CMO Metrics report. GOP copies Obama ad strategy. (RBDR 02.03.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) Facebook begins to use qualitative feedback to figure out the optimum News Feed for individual members.

2) The CMO Council releases its study that explains the metrics most respected by marketers in assessing their customer engagement efforts.

3) GOP political operatives are copying President Obama’s 2012 TV advertising-buying playbook.

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How close should researchers get? Apple enters VR. IAB tries unifying. (RBDR 02.02.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) Sneak peek at a NewMR presentation from Edward Appleton and Aastha Tiku later this week about how close a researchers can/should get to their subject for the best results. Find a link to this study here.

2) Apple joins the expanding field of technical businesses who are in on the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality field.

3) The Interactive Advertising Bureau releases “Data Segments and Techniques Lexicon,” hoping to get everyone in the data field on the same page.

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