Daily Links 4/30/2012: Comcast Sports Group and Philly-based OneTwoSee Partner to Launch App to Enhance Local MLB Broadcast Coverage

Comcast Sports Group and Philly-based OneTwoSee Partner to Launch a Second Screen Application to Enhance Local Broadcast Coverage of MLB Games (PR Newswire)

In Search of Apps for Television (New York Times)

TV in real dime
Hulu, networks to change model of free streaming (Claire Atkinson/New York Post)

Canoe NYC Office To Shut Its Doors May 23
Operator-Owned Advanced Advertising Venture Refocusing Efforts on VOD Ads (Multichannel News)

Comcast/Verizon Combo Steers Clear of FiOS (Light Reading Cable)

Microsoft buys stake in Nook, college textbook business (Ars Technica)

At last: Violin to push out HANA appliance
It's why SAP invested (The Register)

Teradata Debuts In-Memory System for SAS Analytics (Enterprise Apps Today)


42Floors’ PDA: The War For Talent Among Startups Needs A New Approach. Here’s Why (TechCrunch)

Allscripts names new chairman amid turmoil (AP via Chicago Sun-Times)

Saatchi Healthcare Embraces ‘Science’ (MediaBistro: AgencySpy)
Yardley-based Saatchi & Saatchi Healthcare Innovations is now Saatchi & Saatchi Science.



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Daily Links 3/1/2012: Is Leo Apotheker launching comeback?; Datatel+SGHE partners with Blackboard

Advanced Advertising: Comcast's Jenckes Sees Plenty of ITV Ad Opportunities
Exec Also Bullish on VOD Mid-Roll Dynamic Ad Insertion (Multichannel News)

No More Free Ride with Comcast Video on Demand (Zatz Not Funny!)

'Battleship' shows a big course change at Universal Pictures (LA Times)

Universal keeps peace with Redbox, spurning Warner Bros. (LA Times: Company Town)

FiOS Installed Throughout Most of Mt. Airy (Mt. Airy Patch)

Q&A with LiftDNA Founder & CEO Vadim Telyatnikov (OpenX Blog)

Datatel+SGHE and Blackboard Partner to Integrate Colleague and the Blackboard Learn Platform Through the Intelligent Learning Platform (PR Newswire)

Is Leo Apotheker launching a comeback? (Gigaom)

The King is Dead, Long Live the King: The end of ERP and the birth of the Hybrid Enterprise
(Josh Greenbaum/Enterprise Irregulars)

5 Reasons Why Multicast Video Probably Won’t Save Bandwidth in an IP World – Part 1 (Motorola Mobility Home Blog)



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Daily Links 2/22/2012: Cable syndicate scuttles much of Canoe Ventures

Auction plot thickens (Philadelphia Daily News)

A cloud-based cap table for startups (ZDNet Blogs)
TicketLeap's CFO creates cool product for startups.

Canoe Ventures Pulls the Plug on Interactive TV Commercials Business (Ad Age)
Cable TV-backed venture cuts 120 employees and closes New York office.

Tableau thinking IPO next year (Dan Primack/Fortune: Term Sheet)
Rapidly growing competitor to QlikTech.

SAP and SuccessFactors Accelerate Unified Product Direction (PR Newswire)

SAP lays out product direction post-SuccessFactors deal
Analyst: SAP's plans reflect competition from the likes of Workday for cloud-based HR software (Computerworld)

Samsung and SAP to Push Corporate Use of Android (Bloomberg)

Dell Falls After Forecast Misses Estimates: San Francisco Mover (Bloomberg)

Halfpenny Technologies Secures $2.25 Million in Capital Investment
Funding Will Support Halfpenny’s Continued Accelerated Growth as It Expands Its Lab and EHR Integration Offering for Hospitals, Labs, Physicians, Payors, HIEs, and Regional Extension Centers (Business Wire)
Halfpenny Technologies is based in Blue Bell.

Safeguard Scientifics Leads $2.5M Series A Financing for Lumesis
Financial Technology Company Supports Market Participants during Transformation of Municipal Bond Market (Business Wire)
NextStage Capital also invests in Connecticut-based startup.

T-Mobile, MetroPCS Try to Block Verizon-MSO Deal (Light Reading Cable)

Comcast's Avgiris: Verizon Wireless Adds Muscle To Triple Play
Q&A With MSO's EVP for Data and Communications (Multichannel News)

Gartner BI And Data Warehouse Quadrants: More Science, Less 'Magic' ( Doug Henschen/Information Week)

Who are Vibrant Media, WPP and PointRoll? (Washington Post)
PointRoll was named as one of the companies going around Safari's privacy settings, but Rob Gatto, CEO of the King of Prussia-based online advertising firm, said in a blog post that it was a limited test that ended on February 8.

Gannett Touts Digital Growth Plans, Partners With MLB (ClickZ)

Gannett’s Big Paywall Play: Will It Work? (paidContent)
First noticed this yesterday on Wilmington News Journal site.

Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Universal Surveillance Systems, Paving Way for Antitrust Lawsuit Against Checkpoint Systems (PR Web)

Checkpoint Systems Launches Broad Portfolio of Solutions for Large-Scale RFID Deployments in Apparel Retail (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 9/27/2011: Google, Dish top Hulu bidding, but bids may be too low for owners

InterDigital Up 4%: Considering Whole Or Partial Sale Of Co. (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
InterDigital Press Release

PANL: No LG Deal Imminent, Says Canaccord (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Google and Dish top bids for Hulu (Reuters)

Google, Intel Consider Ultra-Fast Broadband for University Towns (Bloomberg)
Article says Comcast is also considering project, though I'm not sure exactly what that means.

Comcast: Not Just Bigger — Better
Smit’s Comcast Powered By Innovation, Communication (Multichannel News)

Cable ad plan fizzles (New York Post)
On Canoe Ventures, partially backed by Comcast.

Seamless, Fresh Out of Corporate Fetters, Buys MenuPages for $15 M. as GrubHub Comes Nipping (Betabeat)
Philly-based Aramark sold a $50 million stake in Seamless in June and spun it off as a separate company, although it apparently retains a partial stake in it.

Lessons From Britain’s Health Information Technology Fiasco (New York Times: Bits)

Cognizant to Strengthen Retail Industry Capabilities with Acquisition of Princeton-based Zaffera, a Leading SAP Retail Consulting and Solutions Firm (PR Newswire)



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Philly Tech People News 9/18/2011

Scala Names Tom Nix as New CEO (PR Web)

Voxware Appoints Keith Phillips as CEO (Business Wire)

Canoe Names GMs For Interactive And VOD, Hires Marketing VP
Bokor Heading ITV Solutions; Pizzurro Upped to GM of VOD; Patel In Charge of Marketing Efforts (Multichannel News)

Dish Taps Comcast's Schlichting To Head Media Sales
Exec to Be Responsible for All Ad Sales and Set-Top Data Initiatives (Multichannel News)

LifeShield Security Hires Interactive Expert Evan Kramer to Drive Online Marketing Efforts (PR Newswire)

AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions Adds to Executive Team with the Addition of Jay Roberts and Mike Youmans
Roberts named as Chief Financial Officer, while Youmans will head sales and marketing (Business Wire)

Polycom’s Steve Pattison Joins ProtonMedia’s Executive Advisory Board (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 8/26/2011: Class action suit against Comcast can proceed, Circuit Court rules

Class Can Proceed in Comcast Antitrust Case (Courthouse News Service)

Clearwire denies report of debt restructuring (Bloomberg via Kansas City Star)

Canoe Ventures revamps senior mgmt team; new role for Orduña (CED Magazine)

InterDigital Case Against ZTE, Huawei Gets Trade Agency Review (Bloomberg)

QVC to open studio at L.A. Live (LA Times)

SAP Co-CEO Bill McDermott Appears on CNBC’s Mad Money with Jim Cramer (Video: SAP News)
McDermott: "SAP is all about the Cloud". Perhaps a bit of an overstatement, but a very entertaining interview to watch. You can see why McDermott has a reputation for being a legendary salesperson.

HP’s Chief Communications Officer Put on “Special Assignment
(All Things Digital)
Bill Wohl, who was brought over to HP by Léo Apotheker from SAP, is an area native who attended the University of Delaware and served as a volunteer fireman in Chester County for many years.

For Seamless Transitions at the Top, Don’t Consult H.P. (New York Times)

Salesforce.com Backs Cloud Solution Company Appirio’s World Domination Plans (TechCrunch)

Next Gen Strategic HR Software (Enterprise Irregulars)

Boarding the SevOne Rocket Ship (SevOne Blog)
Brian Harvell on joining SevOne as Vice President of Product Engineering from Comcast.

LaunchDM Designs iPad App for Salesforce.com Users (PR Web)
LaunchDM is based in Wyomissing.



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Daily Links 7/18/2011: CNN goes to "TV Everywhere" for streaming

Where Canoe Goes From Here
With Exit of CEO Verklin, Industry Reasseses Cable’s Advanced-Ad Venture (Multichannel News)

Rovi Confirms DigiForge Acquisition
Deal Closed June 1, Bringing 45 Employees to Rovi (Multichannel News)

Why Time Warner’s “TV Everywhere” Means “Except For Time Warner Cable” (All Things Digital)

Cisco signs over Mexico manufacturing facility to Foxconn (ZDNet Blogs)
Manufactures set-top boxes and other equipment for the cable industry.

Cisco Slashes Workforce By 11,500, Including 15% Of Execs
(Silicon Alley Insider)


Publicis Adds Big Fuel to Vivaki Wing (ClickZ)

Photonic neuron may compute a billion times faster than brain circuits (News at Princeton)

The succession malaise at Big Enterprise Vendors (ZDNet Blogs)

The elephants not in the SaaS room (ZDNet Blogs)

Blackboard Buyer Providence Equity Acquires Personalized Online Learning Platform From PrepMe (TechCrunch)

Daily Links 7/12/2011: Workday enters market for Higher Ed administrative systems

Octagon Research Solutions, Inc. Advances Regulatory Cloud Strategy, Expands Internationally (Business Wire)

Cigna adding Conn. jobs, stirring concerns about Phila. staffing
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
Update: Cigna announces its moving corporate headquarters from Philadelphia to Connecticut


Verklin Out At Canoe, Timko Named Interim CEO
MSO-Owned Advertising Venture Has Yet to Show Traction (Multichannel News)

Philadelphia newspapers unveil plans to deliver subsidized Android tablets to subscribers (Liliputing)
Includes video of yesterday's press conference.

Workday Delivers First Unified Higher Education Administrative Solution in the Cloud (Workday Press Release)
Sounds as if Workday is going right after SunGard Higher Ed and Oracle Peoplesoft.

SunGard Higher Education Launches Integration Certification Program for Collaborative Member Solutions (SunGard Press Release)

MyYearbook chases engagement, games and mobile for social networking success (Gigaom)
Story totally misses the fact that myYearbook is geared towards teens.

Turntable.fm Has Lots Of Buzz, But Will The Labels Crush It? (paidContent)

Google Hand Holding Brings Pharma to YouTube (ClickZ)

Janney Montgomery Scott settles SEC charges (AP via Business Week)

Dealtalk: Barnes & Noble won't get better bid than Malone's (Reuters)



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Daily Links 3/7/2011: Comcast launches Spanish version of Xfinity TV

Comcast seeks edge in Hispanic market with website (Reuters)

EXCLUSIVE: NBC and Versus Join To Make History for NHL
Ad campaign to promote Stanley Cup playoffs to air on both networks (Broadcasting & Cable)

Comcast Explores Network DVRs (Light Reading Cable)

Canoe Docks With Donovan
Donovan Data Systems to Integrate Canoe's Interactive TV Response Data (Multichannel News)

NetSuite embarks on richer reseller program (ZDNet Blogs)

Salesforce.com, The Next Oracle?: Careful What You Wish For. (Wall Street Journal: MarketBeat)

A Beginner’s Guide to SAPanese (ASUG News)


Time for a results-oriented city budget (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Op Ed column by Philly City Councilman Bill Green.

Instem Acquires Cambridge-Based BioWisdom; Leader in Delivering Healthcare Intelligence Solutions (Business Wire)
Price of $1.5 to $2.4 million, according to British press reports. Instem's US headquarters is in Conshohocken.

This time, human beats computer (Philadelphia Inquirer)



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Daily Links 2/11/2011: Lockheed Advanced Technology Laboratories' software helps predict unrest

Are Nokia And Microsoft Hoping Two Wrongs Make A Right? (Gigaom)

Pentagon’s Prediction Software Didn’t Spot Egypt Unrest (Wired: Danger Room)
Article says most promising work is being done at Lockheed's Advanced Technology Laboratories in Cherry Hill.

Snag great angel investors at OAF Philly - deadline next Friday (Gabriel Weinberg's Bog)
Great list of Angels attending.

New 24-hour traffic channel on TV here finding viewers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

CANOE, ANA ANNOUNCE INITIAL PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR CEE MEE INITIATIVE TO STUDY INTERACTIVE TV ADS (Interactive TV Today)

New look, new faces emerge at NECN
After ownership change, news network retools to appeal to younger viewers (Boston Globe)

FCC Chiefs to Testify at GOP Net Neutrality Hearing (Wireless Week)

Cisco: 'We Are Not Exclusively in the Set-Top Box Business' (Multichannel News: BIT RATE)

SAP’s business intelligence roadmap still a mystery to most (SAP Watch)

SNBL USA Purchases Provantis Preclinical Solution Suite; 500 Users to be Deployed (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 9/28/2010: Venmo introduces Gifi

The Wall Street Journal today has a story on the difficulties SAP has faced in getting Business byDesign off the ground (subscription required).
Also, the SAP acquisition rumor de jour centers on British-based Sage Group, which provides Financial and CRM software to the SME market.
MARKET REPORT: Sage chief looks to a future fight
(Mail Online)


Gifi lets you hide money for your friends to encourage Foursquare check-ins (VentureBeat)
Venmo's new app introduced at TechCrunch Disrupt.

TechCrunch Scooped Up By AOL
(Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

NBC Universal-Comcast prep Olympic bid (Hollywood Reporter via Reuters)

FCC denies delays in Comcast-NBC Uni review
Tells THR: 'We have not announced a timetable' (Hollywood Reporter)

Comcast Shakes Up Speed Tiers
16 Mbps users get 20 Mbps upgrade, 22 Mbps tier goes away (Broadband Reports)

Canoe's Verklin: National ITV Ads Are Here Now
MSO Ad Venture Targeting 25 Million Households By End Of 2010 (Multichannel News)

HDNET Coming To New Comcast Markets This Week? (Zatz Not Funny!)

The Long Goodbye: Xmarks Tried to Sell Twice, Before Closing Down With Class (All Things Digital: BoomTown)
Xmarks had been backed by Mitch Kapor; First Round Capital was also an early seed investor.

Evidently IBM bought Cast Iron Systems for $190 million (DBMS2)
I wonder what this implies for the valuation of Cast Iron competitor Boomi of Berwyn.

SDI plans on high job growth over time (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Connectify Releases Version 2.1 - Extends Wi-Fi Sharing to Major Gaming Systems (PR Newswire)




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Daily Links 9/15/2010: InstaMed raises $6 million

New auction set for Philadelphia newspapers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Air Products Nominees Win Three Seats on Airgas Board (Bloomberg Business Week)

InstaMed Raises $6 Million in Growth Capital
Capital will support InstaMed’s triple digit growth and enhance its bi-coastal data centers (Business Wire)


The World According to Dick Ebersol
The 2010 Broadcaster of the Year reflects on his accomplishments, a successful 2010 and what lies ahead (Broadcasting & Cable)

Comcast CFO warns that programming costs will continue to go up (LA Times: Company Town)

Canoe CTO: 'T-Commerce' Coming in 2011 (Light Reading Cable)

Main Line tech stock keeps rising (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
On QlikTech.

Microsoft Questions Salesforce.com Cloud Computing Growth Prospects (Intelligent Enterprise)

The making of the Technology Park deal (Philadelphia Business Journal: Real Estate Blog)

Google Health--Rumors of its death have been somewhat exaggerated (The Health Care Blog)

WPCS Reports FY2011 First Quarter Financial Results (PR Newswire)

C&D Technologies Reaches Agreement in Principle with Group of Major Noteholders on Financial Restructuring Plan (PR Newswire)



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Daily Links 6/28/2010: Conshohocken's CardioNet sees shares fall on Medicare reimbursement news

Qlik Technologies Sets IPO Terms (PE Hub)
Planned pricing would put market cap in $600-700 million range.

CardioNet Shares Down; Push For Broader Medicare Coverage Fails (Dow Jones Newswires via Fox Business)
Down 15% for the day.

Kenexa Puts Its Pieces Together (Human Resource Executive Online)

Canoe Launches Clickable 30-Second Ads With Comcast, TWC
Cable Joint Venture Debuts RFI Overlays With Unnamed Networks, Advertisers (Multichannel News)

Phila. tours? There's now an app for that (Philadelphia Inquirer)

The Supreme Court Punts On Business Method Patents (TechCrunch)
Decision in Bilski case.

Clearwire Expands 4G Wireless Service (Information Week)

Infor buddies up with Microsoft (IDG via Bloomberg Business Week)

ExpertPlan Expands Into 401(k) Retirement Plan Consulting (PR Web)

News from The Cable Show: 5/11/2010

Cable worries about Web video as fee disputes grow (Reuters)


Canoe Floats VOD, Interactive Demos (Multichannel News)

Comcast Expands On-Demand Movie Offerings (New York Times: Media Decoder)

Live-Blogging Comcast CEO Roberts on Cable TV’s Future (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Itaas Spiffs Comcast's Cisco Boxes for EBIF (Light Reading Cable)

Cable Show 2010: Motorola Unboxes Digital-Only Multiroom DVR (Multichannel News)




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Daily Links 3/16/2010: InterDigital raises Q1 revenue view

FCC's national broadband plan now online; getting the rest of the country to follow is the next challenge (LA Times)

FCC Broadband Plan: Reactions Pour In
Comcast's Roberts Commends Plan (Multichannel News)


InterDigital raises Q1 revenue view (Reuters)

Comcast to Deliver The Masters in 3D (Zatz Not Funny!)

Canoe Moving To Bigger Digs, Plans To Double Staff In 2010
Advanced-Ad Venture Expects Headcount to Grow From 68 to 135 (Multichannel News)

SAP Chiefs: Change Underway
Co-CEOs Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe promise a significant advance in on-demand applications this year. (Information Week)
SAP makes 'on-demand' move
(San Jose Mercury News)

Boomi Brings Brokering to the Cloud (CTO Edge)

Voxware Adds IBM WebSphere and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Support to Popular Voxware 3 Software Product (Business Wire)

Big Quiz Thing coming to Philly in April (PhillyBurbs.com)




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