Philadelphia's WiFi Program Off to Shaky Start (NPR Audio)


Microsoft's Class Action (Fast Company)
Feature on Philadelphia's High School of the Future


SunGard, TIAA-CREF IT Slammed by Developers (eWeek.com)


Sprint Keeps Its Cable Partners Waiting
A venture with Comcast, Time Warner and other cable companies to offer wireless service under the Pivot brand is off to a slow start (Business Week)



Cisco Sees Growth As More Hospitals Go High-Tech (Information Week)


Workday unveils Financials and Work Tags (ZDNet Blogs)
New competitor to SAP, Oracle, in the small/medium enterprise market.


A Step Up From Working In PJ's (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Alex Hillman, co-working, and Independents Hall.


BioWizard: The start of ‘Digg for Medical Literature’? (davidrothman.net)


Comcast said to be thwarting Torrent sessions: Good, I say. You? (ZDNet Blogs)

Comcast seeks firm
PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation is currently conducting an agency search for corporate communications support, PRWeek has learned. (PRWeek)
"looking for an agency to provide support for 'consumer media relations outreach surrounding three key projects,' scheduled to kick off this fall, 'as well as ongoing consumer, technology, and entertainment media relations support.' "


VoIP may soon be a staple of cellphones (NorthJersey.com)
Interview with Dick Lynch, CTO of Verizon.


A coast-to-coast vision
Drexel's Papadakis has driven growth. Some have found the ride too brisk.
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

You can be a Groupie!
(Viddler.com Development Blog)
Viddler introduces Groups.

A tour of Podcamp Philly (Viddler.com Development Blog)
Podcamp Philly will be held September 7 through September 9 at Drexel.

Leaving Philadelphia... (Search Marketing Thoughts)
Chris Boggs leaves Avenue A /Razorfish. Makes you wonder if there is going to be a post-acquisition "brain drain" there.


Motorola Completes Acquisition of Leapstone Systems (PR Newswire)
Leapstone becomes part of Motorola's Home & Network Mobility business, which is based in Horsham

A Challenger: The ClinPhone CTMS (ClinPage)
Interview with Michael Smyth of ClinPhone, a leading Clinical Trial Management Systems provider. ClinPhone's US headquarters is in East Windsor, NJ and it also has offices in West Conshohocken.

Another Proposal Floated for Philly Area Movie Studio (Associated Press via 6ABC)
Phillywood? This proposal for a Norristown site is entirely separate
from a proposal recently made by a California company. My guess is only one of them will move forward.


Mackler, Fisher, and Alta Communications Acquire HMP Communications (BusinessWire)


This item on SmarterAgent, the Camden-based real estate locator for mobile phones:

Director of Mobile Software Development

Job Description:

Smarter Agent is one of the few firms launching on-deck mobile GPS applications on multiple carriers in the US and abroad. We just closed a funding round and are expanding. Looking for a key person to manage the development of all of our mobile applications. You have to be a great programmer (JAVA, BREW), and can demonstrate you have managed the launch and quality improvement of carrier grade applications. You’ll hire your team, and you must be wonderful.

http://www.computerwork.com/jobsearch/rssjob.cfm?job_id=1529280

Don't know yet who funded them, and for how much.