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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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Smartphones as monitoring tools. Class action research suit. IoT and data leaks. (RBDR 01.25.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) We touch on the growing, remarkable, and important value of smartphones as a monitoring tool.

2) Global Marketing Research Services of Melbourne, FL is the target of a class action lawsuit by plaintiffs in 48 states.

3) Internet of Things devices are under attack for their data leakage. Read the story here.

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2015 salaries for MRx pros. New IoT definition. Former MRweb reporter passes. (RBDR 01.20.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) Burtch Works Executive Recruiting releases its 2015 salary report for market researchers, including a review of trends in the client- and supplier-side research marketplace. Find the study and read it for yourself here.

2) YouEye Marketing Director Elina Lipkin provides a different definition for the Internet of Things (IoT).

3) MRWeb announces the passing of of a familiar research industry reporter, Michael Kenyon, its U.S. Director of Operations from 2003 – 2008.

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Ad-blocking prevalence & cost. How IoT is fitting in already. (RBDR 8 12 2015)

Today on RBDR: 1) How costly is ad-blocking software to the marketing industry AND how prevalent is ad blocking. Some answers from PageFair and Adobe research. 2) Another growing data area is that emanating from the Internet of Things. There are indications of what IoT is already being used for in its very early days. 3) There are revealing statistics from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising Touchpoints about the intense use of young people with their mobile phones. 4) 35-year market research veteran Michael A. Heft died at age 71.

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