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Oracle buys Maxymizer. Google Glass returning. (RBDR 8.31.2015)

Today on RBDR:

1) Oracle enters an agreement to buy Maxymizer, boosting its Web viewing measurement and analysis.

2) New statistics reveal companies are shifting their focus and spending from customer channels to tracking the full customer journey and new evidence of the TV-Twitter connection, and its benefits.

3) Multiple reports says Google Glass is coming back, boasting additions and improvements.

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Impact on MR interests from GOP Senate. Biz finding social media use. (RBDR 11.4.2014)

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On today’s RBDR: 1) On Election Day in the U.S., MRA’s Howard Fienberg speculates about what Republican control of the U.S. Senate and House could lead to with respect to research’s legislative interests. (Link: http://www.marketingresearch.org/news/2014/10/27/election-2014-and-mr-what-the-results-may-bring-for-the-survey-opinion-and-marketing)
2) Former WMMB Director of MR Margaret Welke died last week. 3) A Harris Poll for Hootsuite’s Social Business Benchmark reports remarkably high percentages for corporations and what social media can do for them.

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IBM Watson tackles Twitter data. Steve Needel: gamification not survey remedy (RBDR 11.3.2014)

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On today’s RBDR: 1) IBM announces it will use Watson to help marketers “crack the code” and enable it use. 2) Chase’s Trish Doran’s visit to RBDR last week elicits a reaction for Advanced Simulations’ Steve Needel about what needs to change in survey research to attract participation.

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Watson Analytics could revolutionize. Scottish polling skittish (RBDR 9/18/2014)

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Today on RBDR:

1) IBM launched what it called its biggest analytics launch in a decade, Watson Analytics.
(http://www.pcworld.com/article/2684532/ibm-watson-analytics-preps-the-data-so-you-dont-have-to.html)
(http://www.pcworld.com/article/2684332/ibm-wants-to-replace-the-spreadsheet-with-watson-analytics.html)
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibm-introduces-powerful-analytics-for-everyone-2014-09-16-12183310)
2) As Scottish voters went to the polls to vote on independence from England, pollsters are hoping to dodge a bullet as they face uncharacteristic uncertainty about their work. 3) McDonald’s is testing “build-your-own-burger” and paying special attention to data capture, providing consumers a tablet to order their burger, in the four test stores.

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Online Brits not impacting brands. IBM Watson unleashed on research (RBDR 9/3/2014)

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Today on RBDR: 1) Kantar Media TGI’s study of British online users shows a very low correlation between their online presence and brand activity. 2) The 7th annual UMass Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research focused on Fortune 500 use of social media shows huge buy-in of new social media platforms. 3) IBM’s Watson is being unleashed in the scientific world to show possibilities between chemical compounds and help scientists sift through tends of thousands of daily releases of papers.