Bob Lederer RBDR

Google can’t look into jurors. Germany investigates Facebook. Ad-blocking increase (RBDR 03.07.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) Attempts by Google and Oracle to investigate potential jurors on the Internet using information collected from a questionnaire was ruled out by a federal judge overseeing a suit over Java application programming interface copyrights.

2) Germany’s cartel office is investigating Facebook’s data collection methods for their openness with users as well as anti-competitiveness.

3) Ad-blocking on a global basis is gaining steam, according to quarter-by-quarter 2015 GlobalWebIndex studies.

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IBM Watson launches 3 new APIs. Social media enhances polling info. (RBDR 02.25.2016)

Today on RBDR: 1) IBM Watson launches three new cognitive APIs.

2) Expert opinions point to social media’s ability to enhance understanding of polling information.

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Harvard alumni study spreads its academic & corporate wings. (RBDR 2.10.2016)

Today on RBDR: Market Strategies’ custom project for Harvard University to learn the success of its alumni proved so successful and interesting that it has obvious potential with any universities and, even in a different way, with major corporations.

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SSI buys Instantly. Budweiser new can strategy. Google Glass: no more? A.I. pioneer passes. (RBDR 01.28.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) SSI is buying Instantly.

2) The strategy behind Budweiser’s new can design.

3) Google Glass is no more.

4) One of the fathers of Artificial Intelligence, Marvin Minsky dies at age 88.

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CPG performance. Leo Shapiro passes. Google on apps and A.I. (RBDR 11.12.2015)

Today on RBDR:

1) New Information Resources, Inc. study reports CPG merchandising is not performing up to snuff. (Study can be downloaded here)

2) A handful of TV and cable networks are cutting back on their number of commercial spots, which has multiple implications on media research.

3) Leo Shapiro died at 94 after decades of research contributions to P&G, Staples, Kimberly-Clark and Coca-Cola in particular.

4) Google news includes recruitment in the coming week for a hush-hush research project involving application developers (you can volunteer here), and Google is open sourcing its artificial intelligence (aka, machine learning) to gain the counsel and expertise of outsiders.

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