Weekend Highlights: Comcast Beat P&G As Top Ad Spender; GSK signs Al deal



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The great warehouse boom in Lehigh Valley and beyond (Philly.com)

Founder of failed Fyre Festival faces federal fraud charges (CNN)

Comcast Beat P&G As Top Ad Spender (Ad Exchanger)

U.S. cable companies' wireless entry paves way for 'quad' play (Reuters)

Big pharma turns to AI to speed drug discovery, GSK signs deal (Reuters)


Apple Should Buy IBM (George Colony / Forrester Blogs)

How Steve Case became Washington's tech whisperer (Politico)


6/29: Comcast loves Trump's new FCC choice; SAP: Blockchain is not a zero-sum game



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President Indicates Intention to Nominate Brendan Carr to FCC (Broadcasting & Cable)
Pai's lieutenant.

Meal-kit maker Blue Apron goes public, demand underwhelms as Amazon looms (Reuters)

SAP's chief strategy officer thinks blockchain is not a zero-sum game (CNBC)

iPhone hits 10 years: A look back at its launch in Philly, and Mayor Street's infamous purchase (Philly.com)





6/28: Blue Apron takes pre-IPO haircut, but First Round Capital makes out great



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Meal-kit maker Blue Apron slashes valuation expectations by a third (Reuters)
another Amazon victim. First Round Capital owned 10.5% pre-IPO. But its entry price was $.082.





Has IBM Watson’s AI Technology Fallen Victim to Hype? Nah! (Fortune)

Sprint Acquisition by Comcast, Charter Deemed Unlikely (Variety)

This 1,400% Fund Manager Stays Faithful to Active Investing (Bloomberg)
Co-founder of Aberdeen Asset Management, which has US base in Philadelphia.

Cloud ERP impact is about data visibility – FinancialForce customers weigh in (Diginomica)
LiquidHub is one of them.





6/27: Report: Sprint in wireless talks with Comcast, Charter; LiquidHub acquires Eveo to form new health offering



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Report: Sprint in wireless talks with Comcast, Charter (USA Today)

Comcast and Charter could invest in Sprint’s network, resell Sprint data (Ars Technica)


LiquidHub acquires Eveo to form new health offering (Medical Marketing & Media)

The Ariba Legacy- Built-to-Last (KeithKrach / Medium)

Salesforce, Hubspot and Other ‘Verbs’ That Are Cloud Winners, Per SunTrust (Barron's Tech Trader Daily)


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Dell Boomi Announces Boomi World 2017, Inaugural Customer Conference Inaugural San Francisco-based event features tracks and sessions to inspire CIOs and IT leaders to accelerate innovation


Dell Boomi Announces Boomi World 2017, Inaugural Customer Conference
Inaugural San Francisco-based event features tracks and sessions to inspire CIOs and IT leaders to accelerate innovation

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ROUND ROCK, Texas, June 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell Boomi™ (Boomi), the number one integration cloud provider, announced that its inaugural customer conference will take place at The Westin St Francis hotel in San Francisco from September 20-22 2017. Boomi World will bring together the global Boomi community to learn, network and share best practices on using Boomi's #1 integration platform as a service (iPaaS) to build a connected business.

"We are excited to bring our expansive global community together for the first time," said Chris McNabb, CEO of Dell Boomi. "From the beginning, the Boomi community has played a powerful role in both the company's and our customer's success. We look forward to celebrating alongside our customers and partners and empowering them with the knowledge they need to really drive their business forward."

Boomi World 2017 is the inaugural celebration of Boomi customers and partners who build remarkable businesses through the power of Boomi technology. The event includes three days of informative breakout sessions, illuminating keynotes, case study presentations and hands-on training, starting with certified Pre-Conference Training on Tuesday, September 19. Conference tracks are designed to give attendees the resources and information they need to fully leverage the Boomi in order to digitally transform their organizations. The full 2017 agenda will be available in late July. To purchase tickets and register, visit https://boomiworld.com. Early bird pricing ends July 28, 2017.

With more than 5,800 customers around the world, organizations across every industry relies on Boomi for agile, scalable data and application integration involving both cloud and on-premise applications. iPaaS has overtaken on-premise middleware as the fastest-growing segment of the integration market as organizations seek to connect disparate systems and meet digital transformation goals of greater business agility and customer centricity.

Boomi World offers attendees a front-row seat and an unmatched opportunity to:

Learn best-practice techniques and the latest integration and application development innovations
Network with peers, analysts and Boomi executives, technologists and partners
Hear about the Boomi product roadmap and customer case studies
Share insights, successes and feedback on the Boomi platform
For more information about 2017 Boomi World, visit the Boomi World website or follow #BoomiWorld17 to learn more.

About Boomi
Dell Boomi (Boomi), an independent business unit of Dell, accelerates business agility by integrating the information organizations need whenever and however they need it. The Boomi integration platform dramatically transforms the way organizations connect, create, manage and govern all their applications and data. As a result, more than 5,800 organizations of all sizes use the Boomi platform to run smarter, faster, and better. Boomi also helps customers drastically reduce implementation times over traditional integration, API management, MDM and workflow automation solutions. Visit http://www.boomi.com for more information.

© Dell, Dell Boomi and Boomi World are trademarks of Dell Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.






Learfield, controlled by Comcast-backed $4B Atairos firm, buys Comcast ticketing business (Philly.com)

Post IPO, What Does Altice USA Acquire Next? (Light Reading)
Perhaps buy Comcast's Connecticut subs.


Weekend Highlights: Why Amazon could push more pharmacies into offering lab tests; Law keeps PA from collecting sales tax from many online retailers



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Why Amazon could push more pharmacies into offering lab tests (MarketWatch)

AS UBER FLAILS, ITS SELF-DRIVING TECH ROLLS ON
(Wired)

Law keeps Pennsylvania from collecting sales tax from many online retailers (Morning Call)

​Oracle re-spins legacy software into cloud growth game (ZDNet)




6/22: Foxconn talking big US plant again; Altice USA's big IPO



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Foxconn Dangles $10 Billion Tech Investment to Create U.S. Jobs (Bloomberg)

PA less prominently mentioned than previously, but who knows what Foxconn will do?

Altice USA Rises in Debut After Second-Biggest 2017 U.S. IPO (Bloomberg)

Cable giants in talks for yet another high profile merger (NY Post)

Would Comcast have interest?

Maybe this will spur SAP? (Enterprise Irregulars)





First Round Capital among investors that sought Kalanick's ouster

Tom Paine





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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigned today, after receiving a letter from five leading Uber investors requesting (demanding) it.

One of those investors was First Round Capital, an early seed investor that was involved with Uber from almost its beginning. First Round Capital had not previously publicly criticized Uber, as far I can determine.

Garret Camp / Wikipedia
The concept of Uber was first presented to First Round by founder and Chairman Garrett Camp, who First Round's Josh Kopelman had helped fund at StumbleUpon. First Round co-led a $1.25M Angel round in Uber in 2010.



First Round's stake in Uber is likely worth billions.

Don't count out Kalanick making a return at some point. He retains a board seat and a substantial stake.

A court filing made public Wednesday revealed that Kalanick knew of files Anthony Levandowski had taken from Google, though he told him not to bring those with him to Uber.




Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Quits Under Pressure From Investors (Bloomberg)

Oracle shares jump as much as 9 percent after earnings top estimates (CNBC)



Philly investor LLR buys Malvern anti-theft firm 3SI (Philly.com)


Watch Out for Comcast in Network Virtualization, Says TBR
(SDX CENTRAL)


To PhillyTechNews Readers & Followers

I've been sick for much of the last two months, which is why I haven't been able to follow up on some things.

I am recovering and slowly getting back to work.

Thanks.


Comcast's Roberts on Going From Cable Installer to CEO (Bloomberg Video)