Personal devices hurt mktg, MR effort; New Web tracker: “Canvass Fingerprints” (RBDR–7/23/2014)

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Making news on RBDR today: 1) A Yahoo Canada-inspired study says that consumers’ intensive use of hi-tech devices like cell phones, tablet, PCs and more to store their personal information is damaging marketing and MR efforts. 2) Normal brand marketing communications and consumer messaging relies on tapping into different human emotions than similar work conducted to build sustainable messaging. 3) Few individuals like cookies; now they need to pay attention to “Canvass Fingerprints,” the latest Web tracking tool.