Links 1/15/2014: Charter makes new approach to Comcast on Time Warner (Reuters)

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Exclusive: Charter makes new approach to Comcast on Time Warner Cable bid - sources (Reuters)

New Jersey Says Internet Betting Generated $8.4 Million
(Bloomberg)

Artisan Unveils New Features and Capabilities for Mobile Experience Management in Winter ‘14 Release (Business Wire)

PC Helps Changes Name to Vitalyst and Expands Service Offering (Business Wire)

Plum Analytics Becomes Part of EBSCO Information Services (PR Web)

Blackboard makes another acquisition, says it will make good on past acquisitions (PandoDaily)

AOL Finds a Home – Off Its Books – for Patch (Re/code)

Links 10/1/2013: LLR invests $50mm in Cigital; Heartland Payment invests $20mm in Leaf

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Cigital Secures $50M Investment from LLR Partners (LLR Partners)

Square Competitor Leaf Scores $20 Million Investment From Payments Giant Heartland (All Things D)
First question: What does this mean for Heartland's relationship with LevelUp?

After Raising $20M from Heartland, Aron Schwarzkopf's Vision for Leaf Grows (VentureFizz)


Artisan Adds Two New Products to Its Mobile Experience Management Platform (Business Wire)

AT&T attempts to out-Google Google in Austin fiber race (CNET News)

CableLabs Exec Joins Apple (Multichannel News)

Comcast forms VIPER team to deliver IP video to Apple, Microsoft, Samsung devices (FierceCable)

NBC Digital Hit With Layoffs (Variety)

Intel boss joins Hulu CEO contenders (NY Post)

Intel and Sony Ambitions for Internet TV Services Meet Skepticism (New York Times)



Merck reorg reimagines sales force (Medical Marketing & Media)

Salesforce Is A Platform Company. Period. (TechCrunch)

Daily Links 8/6/2013: SAP merging Hana with Hybris to boost commerce offering

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SAP merging Hana with Hybris to boost commerce offering (V3.co.uk)

Focus is key: 6 cloud startups kicking ass by going narrow (VentureBeat)

SAP’s Brand, Product Lines and Channel Partners- Reconciliation Needed (Brian Sommer/ZDNet)

VMware brain gain? SAP vet Sanjay Poonen enters to head up end-user computing (Gigaom)

Oracle Loses Top North American Sales Guy Anthony Fernicola To Salesforce.com
(Business Insider)

What the CIA Private Cloud Really Says About Amazon Web Services (Computerworld)


Liberty Interactive Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2013 Financial Results (Business Wire)
QVC US revenue up 3%; 30% of eCommerce orders globally from mobile devices.

Social-Commerce Channel Coming to QVC.com (Ad Week)

Artisan Mobile Experience Management Platform Powers Mobile App Growth for A View From My Seat (Business Wire)



Comcast’s plan to turn pirates into customers: breakthrough or bogus? (Gigaom)

Post-Newsweek Group, Cable One Not Part of Washington Post Sale (Broadcasting & Cable)

Charter Reports Second-Quarter Loss as Video Losses
Accumulate (Bloomberg)

Dish Posts $11M Net Loss, Sheds 78,000 Net Video Subs in Q2
Multichannel News)

UPDATE: DISH Chairman not interested in DIRECTV merger for now (SNL)

Daily Links 6/25/2013: Artisan Mobile raises $5.5 million; Veeva Systems acquires Ft Washington-based AdvantageMS

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Veeva Systems Acquires AdvantageMS, a Leading Healthcare Data Provider with a Database of More Than Seven Million Active Healthcare Providers in the U.S. (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance)
Veeva Systems has sales, marketing and customer service functions in Radnor; AdvantageMS is based in Fort Washington.

Artisan Mobile Secures $5.5 Million in Series A Financing
FirstMark Capital Leads Artisan Funding to Pioneer Mobile Experience Management (Business Wire)
Announcement comes on same day as Artisan's open house this evening at its new offices on Market Street.

Artisan Mobile raises $5.5M to update your mobile app’s design on the fly (VentureBeat)

Yowza: Salesforce commits to Oracle hardware (!) (Gigaom)

Oracle, Salesforce.com ink nine-year technology partnership (PC World)

Oracle cloud computing strives for relevancy with Salesforce.com deal (SearchOracle)

Comcast should root for Aereo's legality, analyst says (LA Times: Company Town)

Comcast leads cable's push for cut of $13B home security and automation market
ADT says it's not feeling heat from Time Warner Cable, Comcast, AT&T, Cox, Mediacom
(Steve Donohue/FierceCable)

Los Angeles shocks Uber, Sidecar, and Lyft with Cease & Desist orders despite state authorization (PandoDaily)

MeetMe Expects Second Quarter Revenue of Approximately $9.0 Million (Business Wire)

Vertex Takes Lead in Developing Regional Talent
(Business Wire)

Life Sciences Companies Undergoing Major Technology Shift
(PR Newswire)
NextDocs releases survey results at DIA.

G3 Global completes Q1 with record growth following acquisition of Diagonal Consulting, Inc. from 2e2 (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 6/21/2013: Ernst & Young names Philly Entrepreneurs of the Year

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The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year
2013 Greater Philadelphia award recipients (E & Y Website)

Oracle's Ellison Spills Beans on Upcoming SAP HANA Competitor and Database 12c Plans (CIO.com)

Oracle’s Ellison Leaks New Alliances, Including With Microsoft
(Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Oracle Sales Miss Estimates in Cloud Shift; Dividend Doubled (Bloomberg)

Oracle in transition, just like SAP – only different (Dennis Howlett/Diginomica)

SAP Falls to 8-Month Low on Oracle Sales Miss: Frankfurt Mover (Bloomberg)

Oracle and Salesforce: a Data-Sharing Deal (New York Times: Bits)

Artisan: Functional tools for mobile apps (Philadelphia Daily News)

Startup office space provider (Benjamin's Desk) raises $150k, will expand (Philadelphia Businss Journal)

Comcast’s Big Data Perspective in Prep for NBC Streaming (Multichannel News)



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Daily Links 4/2/2013: Tableau Software, Marketo file for IPOs

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A Start-Up Fund That Lets College Students Make the Decisions (New York Times)

Wolff: Someone at NBC should be fired (USA Today)

Vodafone Jumps on Report AT&T and Verizon Mulling Joint Bid (Bloomberg)

Tableau files for $150M IPO (TechFlash)
One of QlikTech's strongest competitors; strength in data visualization.

Marketo Files For $75M IPO To Grow SaaS Marketing Platform
(TechCrunch)

Dell CEO Says Business Unit Is Making Progress Amid LBO Talks (Bloomberg)

PHD Virtual Acquires VirtualSharp Software
Acquisition Provides the Industry’s Best Value in Virtual Backup and Disaster Recovery Assurance Solutions (Business Wire)

Financial Transaction Services Rebrands as CardConnect, Relocates Headquarters to Philadelphia
Payment processor changes name, brings its growing workforce to Philadelphia region
(Business Wire)

The genie is out of the bottle: Aereo’s court victory and what it means for the TV business (Gigaom)

Aereo Wins a Court Battle, Dismaying Broadcasters (New York Times)

Artisan Research Indicates that Native Mobile Apps are a Top Priority for Most Retailers (Business Wire)

ElectNext Raises $1.3M To Provide Contextual Political Data To News Sites (TechCrunch)

MeetMe® Launches Native Feed Advertising Powered by Flurry (Marketwire)

Newsbyte: SAP Plans Delivery of Accelerated Reporting and Real-Time Information for Supply Chain Customers (PR Newswire)




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