Links 12/2/2013: Comcast testing new ad tech; Luukko resigns from Comcast-Spectacor

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Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren’t selling you gigabit Internet (Ars Technica)

Comcast tests new ad tech to help networks capture binge viewers (Reuters via Chicago Tribune)

Luukko out as president of Comcast-Spectacor (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Luukko resigns from Flyers, Comcast-Spectacor (CSN Philly)


QVC chief bullish about Cyber Monday (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Digital wallets: Paypal, Amazon, and credit cards are top contenders (not Apple, Google) (VentureBeat)

QlikView.Next rollout is around the corner (Ovum)
New release critical to Radnor company's future.

Bentley Systems embraces the cloud (AEC Magazine)


Cognizant to Hire 10,000 U.S. Workers (Bloomberg)

Fund Helps Student Start-Up Test 'Blue Books' of the Future (Chronicle of Higher Education)
A First Round Capital Dorm Room Fund venture at Penn.

E La Carte Scores Deal With Applebee’s, Bringing 100,000 Tableside Tablets To All U.S. Locations By Year-End 2014 (TechCrunch)




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Links 9/5/2013: Court declines to review Comcast/Tennis Channel ruling

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Comcast: Court Declines To Review Tennis Channel Call (Multichannel News)

Zuora Lands $50 Million Series E on Back of “Subscription Economy” (All Things D)
Zuora competes with Aria Systems, which has its R&D center in Broomall.

First Round’s Student-Run Dorm Room Fund Has Backed 20 Startups; Adds Entrepreneur ‘RAs’ As Advisors (TechCrunch)

Sorry, Jeff Bezos, the news bundle isn’t coming back (Timothy B. Lee/Washington Post)

New SAP-Accenture partnership will give customers one throat to choke (PC World)

Salesforce.com, Workday Keep Cloud Momentum Rolling (Information Week)

Salesforce invents a telephone book for corporate data (The Register)


Philadelphia CIOs Reveal Fourth-Quarter Hiring Plans
(PR Newswire)

Daily Links 4/29/2013: Will Fox compete with Comcast for Phillies rights?

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10 Degrees: Phillies next in line for Dodgers-esque TV deal that'll keep them among MLB's big boys (Yahoo Sports)

Powell in PA—Programming Costs, Net Neutrality & Cable's Need to Get Flashy (Cable360)


Their used-car start-up site is a winner (Philly.com: Philly Inc)
Results of Wharton Business Plan Competition.

More fun facts about AWS usage, this time from Cloudyn (Gigaom)

Amazon doesn’t reveal what it makes on cloud computing, but here’s the number, anyway (Quartz)

PRINCETON: 2 university students are venture capitalists (Princeton Packet)
Princeton students in First Round Capital's Dorm Room Fund.

Nokia and SAP team up on TwoGo ride-sharing platform (Gigaom)

evoke interaction Rebrands as Evoke Health (Marketwire)




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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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Daily Links 2/25/2013: Christie expected to sign Internet gambling bill tomorrow; Warby Parker raises $41.5 mm

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$30 million Bethlehem project targets tech companies (Lehigh Valley Business)

First Round Capital Funds Another $500K Student-Run Venture Fund in New York (All Things D)

Warby Parker Grabs New Investment From American Express & J. Crew CEO, Closing $41.5M Round (TechCrunch)
Founded at Wharton; First Round Capital was an early investor.

Workday competitor SilkRoad selects banks for IPO -sources (Reuters)

FCC Roughed Up in D.C. Circuit
Judges have lots of issues with statute of limitations on carriage complaint and First Amendment implications of remedy (Broadcasting & Cable)
On Comcast/Tennis Channel dispute.

Awaiting the Dimming of G.E. at 30 Rock (New York Times: City Room)

Motorola Brings ITV to Older Set-Tops With ActiveVideo Software (Multichannel News)

Gov. Chris Christie expected to sign bill allowing Internet gambling on Tuesday (Press of Atlantic City)

Wharton and Cisco Show Off the Telepresence Classroom of Tomorrow (Time Tech)


SideCar Says Three Philadelphia Drivers Caught In ‘Sting’, But It Plans to Continue Operations (TechCrunch)

Xtium Expands Partnership with YASH Technologies
Partnership brings increased deployment velocity, economic benefit to managed cloud hosting market (PR Web)

MeetMe® Launches in Chinese, Russian and Japanese
(Marketwire)




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Daily Links 9/24/2012: First Round Capital launches "Dorm Room Fund" in Philadelphia

The Dorm Room Fund (Redeye VC)

For Students, By Students: First Round Capital Announces Dorm Room Fund in Philly (PandoDaily)

Mobile Services and Cable TV Are Unexpected Allies (New York Times)

Verizon to Pay More Than $510 Million to TiVo, ActiveVide (Bloomberg)

What caused New York’s startup boom?
A few early and broad questions in our exploration of NYC's startup community.
(O'Reilly Radar)

Ad Tech Company eXelate Raises $12M C Round Led By NewSpring Capital (TechCrunch)


Cable deal awaits verdict
City board has spent 2 years in negotiations (Wilmington News Journal)

AppMobi Unveils Mobile Cloud Platform For Businesses
(CRN)

Why Software-As-A-Service Could Be A Dead End
If enterprise apps all become SaaS, your software investment will have a very precise lifespan and return. (Information Week)

Salesforce.com's Next Steps To Become The Next Oracle (Information Week)

SAP Bundles Analytic Apps with IQ Database (CIO.com)

Tech sector hopes Princeton president's replacement continues to partner with business (NJBiz.com)

MedRisk and Acrometis Partner to Maximize Network Penetration and Effectiveness for Physical Medicine Management (Business Wire)
Both firms are based in Malvern.



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