Daily Links 5/1/2012: SAP appoints new President for North America

Geraldine McBride Named President of SAP North America (SAP Newsroom)
Rejoins SAP from Dell.

SAP's Sikka Fires Back Against Oracle's 'falsehoods' About HANA (CIO.com)

An Obligation To Help Each Other (Women 2.0)
By Joanne Lang (Founder & CEO, AboutOne).

Update: Philly Is Not A Mirage, But Maybe The Philly Tech Scene Is? (Philebrity)

SunGard Announces First Quarter 2012 Results (Business Wire)

Steve Burke Tells CAA Retreat: ‘Movie Business Is In Steady Decline’ (Exclusive) (The Wrap)

Sony virtual MSO play could hinge on Comcast
Conglom studying Xfinity/Xbox loophole (Variety)

NBC Universal's Style Network and DailyCandy Team Up for StyleCandy
(Ad Age)

Earnings Preview: Comcast to report 1Q earnings tomorrow (AP via Business Week)

FCC delays Verizon bid for spectrum from cable firms
(Washington Post: Post Tech)
Procedural delay.


iBuilding Realty Partners Launches with High-Tech Blueprint for Real Estate Value Creation
(Business Wire)
Will leverage Evolve IP technologies.

Motorola Mobility posts $86 million loss in Q1 on $3.1 billion in revenue, ships 8.9 million phones (The Verge)
Sale to Google still awaits Chinese approval (for which I think they will extract a price); Home segment increases profits.

Heartland Payment profit beats Street on higher volumes (Reuters)
Heartland Payment Systems is based in Princeton.



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