“New Study Reveals Socially Conscious Brands Have An Edge With Consumers” reads the headline from social media management vendor Sprout Social.

Still not convinced all this matters? A study reported in this Marketing Land article found that Amazon Echo owners spend $400 more per year than run-of-the-mill Amazon Prime subscribers. (I couldn’t find the study itself.) And here’s a look from Wired at Amazon’s world domination lab, a.k.a. Alexa Voice Services. Get ready for voice-enabled lightbulbs.

Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation.  The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.