Highlights: Last week on Philly Tech News (6/18/2012 to 6/24/2012)

A little late on last week's highlights, but here goes:

I reported that the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue issued a letter indicating cloud software is subject to a sales or use tax, as long as the user(s) are located in Pennsylvania. There's no escaping the tax man.

West Chester-based Hoopla Software, which I reported on at the beginning of the year, announced it had closed on its $ 2.8 Series A Round, led by Safeguard Scientifics with Salesforce.com also participating.

King of Prussia-based InterDigital sold a whole bunch of 3G, LTE, and Wi-Fi patents to Intel for $375 million, but they have plenty left over. In a less publicized move, a Warren, New Jersey-based firm, Magnolia Broadband, sold over 50 mobile patents to Google for an undisclosed price. Magnolia's largest shareholder is Wayne, PA-based SCP Partners.

DIA 2012, the annual meeting of the Horsham-based Drug Information Association, opened at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Sunday and runs through tomorrow. Among other things, it draws many companies from the Philly area's large Clinical IT industry.

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phillytechnews twitter feed 6/23 to 6/24/2012

phillytechnews: @deborahyao But what about those unfortunate souls who don't (won't) get FiOS? Oh, I guess they buy from Verizon's cable partners #nochoice Posted: 24 Jun 2012 09:42 AM PDT phillytechnews: @deborahyao But what about those unfortunate souls who don't (won't) get FiOS? Oh, I guess they buy from Verizon's cable partners #nochoice

phillytechnews: At University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson claimed by all parties in presidency fight - Campus Overload / Washington … http://t.co/42tDTPGx Posted: 24 Jun 2012 08:06 AM PDT phillytechnews: At University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson claimed by all parties in presidency fight - Campus Overload / Washington … http://t.co/42tDTPGx

phillytechnews: So I guess Rubio and Romney could give each other the secret LDS handshake Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:36 AM PDT phillytechnews: So I guess Rubio and Romney could give each other the secret LDS handshake

phillytechnews: Marco Rubio was briefly LDS Church member as youth Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:23 AM PDT phillytechnews: Marco Rubio was briefly LDS Church member as youth

phillytechnews: NY Times article on eCommerce customization focuses on Monetate http://t.co/W4WO63Hp Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:01 AM PDT phillytechnews: NY Times article on eCommerce customization focuses on Monetate http://t.co/W4WO63Hp

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Daily Links 6/27/2012: Proxy battle at USA Technologies board meeting tomorrow

Google's Nexus 7 could force Apple's hand on 'iPad Mini' (Computerworld)

Greenwich investor activists go after USA Tech on Thursday (Connecticut Post)

Unisys Gets Homeland Security Job Worth Up To $3B; Shrs Spike (Forbes)

Unisys Reaches for the Clouds with New IT Service Management Solutions to Help Organizations Improve End-User Experience (PR Newswire)

SAP Systems and Big Data: Big Deal or No Biggee? (Thomas Wailgum/ASUG News)

NBC's Ebersol adviser for Olympics telecasts (AP via NECN)

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