Marchex Adds Call-Based Advertising Services to Local Advertising Platform with VoiceStar Acquisition (BusinessWire via Yahoo Finance)

Marchex Pays $20 Million for VoiceStar (The Local Onliner)

There had been rumors about a deal for VoiceStar for a couple of months, so this is not a surprise. I did think the price would be somewhat higher, though, since it was
positioned in such a hot market (local search) with a number of potentially interested buyers. But it appears that it is going to require several million dollars of further investment to get this business to scale, so that may have been one factor keeping the price down. I'm not convinced, though, that the "pay for call" market is going to take off like some people expect, at least in the short term.


Neoware Swings to 4Q Loss As Revenue Slips, Expenses Rise (Associated Press via Yahoo Finance)


Roy Disney returns to Philly (phillyinc/Philadelphia Inquirer)
His activist investment group buys a stake in eResearch Technologies. We'll see what happens next.


Venture Capital Firms Set Their Sights on New Ideas -- Not New Technologies (Knowledge@Wharton)


Value of exploring start-up leaders’ psyches
Leadership is key to start-ups, and psychological testing of prospective CEOs could raise success, some say. It’s a tough sell. (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Ametek buys Paris firm for $112M (Philadelphia Business Journal)


SMB Market Awaits SAP's Web 2.0 Play (internetnews.com)


SL Industries, Inc. Announces Financial Results for Its Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2007 (BusinessWire)


Vyyo Gets Foot in Door at Comcast, Charter (Light Reading's Cable Digital News)


A safe way to learn life skills (phillyBurbs.com)
Bensalem company launches virtual reality software to help teach people with disabilities and special needs to navigate the world better. Interesting concept.

Acsis Achieves Solid Revenue Performance in Q2 2007
Software License Revenue and Pharmaceutical Market Opportunities Drive Growth
(Safeguard-Partner Companies Press Release)


Technology Reveals New Worlds to Map (New York Times)
About careers in GIS.

Blogodelphia
(blinq./Philadelphia Inquirer)
Tracking service ranks Philadelphia as nation's second most bloggiest city.

‘Unlearning’ Makes Headlines at Reuters (Workforce Management)
Mentions Skillsoft of Princeton and Project Management Institute of Newtown


Verizion FiOS TV Rolls out new Media Guide in Massachusetts (Tvover.net)
I guess this will compete with Comcast's new Fancast service. If its anything like my Verizon Email, however, I wouldn't expect much.


Principal Resigns at Phila.'s School of the Future (KWY Newsradio)
I guess Microsoft didn't give her enough options.


Apprise praised for moving closer to 'best and brightest' (Easton Express-Times)


Exempla Healthcare Selects ActiveStrategy Software to Automate Their Performance Management Framework (BusinessWire)


Bucks County is ready for its big-screen closeup (phillyBurbs.com)