Links 10/14/2013: New York Times on Philly newspaper war

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Philadelphia Newspaper’s Owners at War (New York Times)

Oracle’s hardware business may be worse than we thought (Gigaom)

Red Hat Loves SAP, It's Official (Dr Dobbs)

Unisys launches mobile security solution for enterprises (Computerworld)



Comcast to Offer Netflix on Set-Tops? Three Reasons It Makes Sense (Variety)

How Alibaba Could Underprice Amazon, and Other Things You Should Know (Bloomberg)


Waywire, Cory Booker’s Attempt to Build a Web Video Startup, Sells to Magnify (All Things D)
Just in time before the election.

Yahoo Acquires Bread, Will Shut Down The URL Shortener That Earned You Money (TechCrunch)
Bread was a portfolio company of Wayne Kimmel's SeventySix Capital.


Penn Engineering Intro Class Gets a Power Boost (Penn News)

Links 8/9/2013: Samsung to buy Novaled for next-gen [OLED] displays; Universal Display raises forecast

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EPAM Systems Reports Results for Second Quarter 2013 (Thomson Reuters ONE)

Samsung to buy Novaled for next-gen [OLED] displays (MarketWatch)
My understanding is that Novaled's technology mostly complements that of Universal Display, rather than competing with it.

Universal Display raises forecast on higher LED demand (Reuters via Yahoo News)

Booker's ties to tech start-up raise ethics questions (Bergen Record)

SAP co-founder Plattner to teach online course on in-memory computing (PC World)

Analysis: IBM and Pennsylvania share blame in massive IT train wreck (ZDNet)

Comcast to Expand Usage-Based Internet Trials (Multichannel News)

Daily Links 8/7/2013: New York Times on Cory Booker's WayWire

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SAP outlines plans for Hybris, push into 'omni-commerce' (PC World)

SAP business resource planning customers can now snazz up their user interface (PC World)

IBM Furloughs U.S. Hardware Employees to Reduce Costs Bloomberg)

Amazon Web Services: size, profit, distribution, and efficiency (infographic) (VentureBeat)

Google Cloud Platform Adds Load Balancing To Provide More Scale Out Capability And Control To Developers (TechCrunch)


OpenView, Data Point Capital Betting on Metrics in Fickle VC World (Xconomy Boston)
OpenView is an investor in Philly area startups Monetate, NextDocs and Xtium.

Venture capitalist [Josh Kopelman] counsels cities looking to contend in tech marketplace (Providence Journal)

Tech Magnates Bet on Booker and His Future (New York Times)
Although the Times article doesn't mention it, First Round Capital is also an investor
in WayWire.

Digital incubator at Philly media site gets $345K in funding (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Medical technology firms 'eye' collaboration (Philadelphia Business Journal)



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Daily Links 7/2/2012: Dell says its acquiring Quest; First Round Capital among backers of Cory Booker's startup

Lockheed Martin Selected To Manage Major Defense Information Systems Network Operations (PR Newswire)
$4.6 billion contract to be managed from Lockheed's King of Prussia location.

Mystery Over: Dell Inks $2.4B Buyout of Quest Software (Fox Business)

#waywire, Cory Booker’s Personalized News Startup, Uses Video To Give Youth A Voice (TechCrunch)
First Round Capital among the investors.

WebLinc a success after some tough times (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Steady cash flow helps Comcast warm up to its theme parks (Orlando Sentinel)

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