TruePosition

About a week ago I posted this article on a decision by the DC Appeals Court to stay a ruling by the FCC requiring more stringent accuracy requirements for mobile phone E911 services. I suggested that this position might not be beneficial to Berwyn-based TruePosition, since its cell tower triangulation methodology seemed to most closely adhere to the standards the FCC was trying to impose.
Anyway, TruePosition today issued a press release to coincide with CTIA in Las Vegas announcing its new "hybrid" solution to E911, involving the use of both cell tower triangulation and GPS identification, sometimes in the same area, if I understand it correctly. It sounds as if they are positioning the hybrid solution as going far beyond E911, toward more sophisticated commercial location-based services (LBS).
TruePosition also announced some significant promotions, and released its "Seven Key Drivers for LBS Success" .

Typefi Moving to Area

Reports from the Australian media say that Australian publishing software firm Typefi is moving its international headquarters from California to the Philadelphia area, partly because of incentives and tax breaks and also to be closer to major customers. Where exactly it will be located is not known.

Safeguard Scientifics Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2007 Financial Results (BusinessWire)

Treasury wants 'heart monitor' tech link to financial services firms
Big changes, big spending possible (Computerworld)
Could be a big opportunity for Sungard, perhaps some other area firms.

EDC & IMAGING COMBINATION
Bio-Imaging, PDS Seek More Size (ClinPage)

Ulticom's nSignia ePASS Unites Carriers and Content Providers with the Long Tail of Wireless Web Services (PRNewswire via FoxBusiness)

Waste Management versus SAP: Allegations and details (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com)


BlueCat Networks Announces Continued Expansion into the U.S. Market; Looks to Build Local Sales, Engineering and Professional Services Expertise (BusinessWire)
Canadian firm opens new US headquarters in Allentown.

Developers Benefit from New Release of XBinder (PRNewswire)

MapQuest Debuts Traffic Data Features (Mashable)

Gloucester County, NJ puts wireless plans on hold (MuniWireless)

Temple Fox School’s Eighth Annual IT Awards Honor Cristóbal Conde of SunGard, Matthew Mullenweg of Automattic, Inc. and Joe Weiss of Electronic Ink (BusinessWire)

College Fanz Sports Network Announces Successful Close of Series A Round Private Placement
ESPN Founder making waves with his sports social network (BusinessWire)

mindSHIFT Expands Market Reach with the Acquisition of Collaboration Online, Limited Company (PRNewswire)

Coates Analytics Goes with Altosoft as Platform for Advanced Financial Analytics Service (BusinessWire)

Altosoft Introduces Altosoft Insight 3.0, Unveiling New Reporting Module, New Process Analysis Features, and Industry’s First Second-Generation In-Memory Business Intelligence Architecture (BusinessWire)

Franklin Update (PRNewswire)
Franklin extends agreement with Seiko.