PhindMe Acquired by Movitas Mobile?

Found this partial post (ed: in a Google Alert) from a PhindMe blog that since seems to have been wiped out:

PhindMe completes a strategic deal and has been acquired by ...
6 hours ago by Chuck Sacco
Dear PhindMe and Everywhereigo.com Customer,. We am very happy to announce that PhindMe has completed a strategic deal and has been acquired by Movitas LLC. Movitas (www.movitas.com) is a leading provider of mobile marketing solutions ...

Still waiting for more confirmation.

Movitas Mobile is a recently launched operation targeted at the hospitality industry and based in Collegeville.




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Towerstream new ISP on Philadelphia blocks (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

HP Upgrades Thin Clients In Wake Of Windows 7
HP is consolidating VMware and Citrix Systems desktop virtualization approaches with its own management software, and offering refreshed thin client devices. (Information Week)

Emtec, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2009 Results
Services and consulting revenue increased by 171.5%; Earnings per share increased by 33.3% (PR Newswire)

I-many Opens New Worldwide Corporate Headquarters and Center of Excellence (Marketwire)
See my previous article on I-many moving to Philadelphia.




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Comcast Deal Announced

Comcast to buy controlling stake in NBC Universal (Associated Press via Washington Post)

Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company (Joint GE & Comcast Press Release)

David Cohen Memo on Merger and Public Committments (pdf)


Following Comcast press conference. The main message, repeated over and over again by all, is "Cable Channels".

Comcast Increases Dividend 40%; Intends to Complete Current $3.6 Billion Stock Repurchase Plan Within 36 Months (Business Wire)

Philadelphia Inquirer:

"Roberts said a Comcast-NBC Universal merger would make the Philadelphia company 'strategically complete' and that investors should view Comcast as two distinct companies: cable-TV and broadband distribution, and entertainment."

I think that comment reflects an inherent conflict in logic.

NBC: Hulu Subscriptions Being Considered (PC
Magazine)

Comcast Could Drop the NBC Name (New York Times: Media Decoder)

Comcast Deal For NBCU Is All About Cable
No big changes for Hulu (Broadcasting & Cable)


Immelt, Roberts Discuss NBCU Deal (CNBC)






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For Steve Burke, Comcast job is the role of his life
The Comcast chief operating officer's resume and bloodlines prepare him for the task of making a union with NBC Universal work. (LA Times)

Many possibilities for Comcast and NBC (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast Said to Plan No Asset Sales to Smooth NBC Venture (Bloomberg)





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