Why Apple bought Topsy; Lightspeed & SPAR CEO hires; L’Oreal CMO Promotion (RBDR–12/04/2013)

Today: 1) Social media experts are scratching their heads, trying to make sense of Apple Computer’s purchase of Twitter partner Topsy. 2) RBDR News Notes: David Shanker (Lightspeed Research), Jill Blanchard (SPAR Group), Mark Speichert (L’Oreal), Penn Schoen Berland opens Middle East office, Transparency Market Research projects extent of Predictive Analytics market growth.

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