Links 7/15/2014: Apple teams up with IBM to go after enterprise; Comcast's customer service misstep on tape?

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Why is tech M&A booming?(Fortune)
Panel discussion including Josh Kopelman.

Microsoft’s Nadella Pokes Google: They Sure Are Great Marketers (Re/code)


Google Smart Lenses Get Boost From Alcon Owner Novartis (Bloomberg)

Apple Teams Up With IBM For Huge, Expansive Enterprise Push
(TechCrunch)

Apple and IBM team up on big enterprise push (Computerworld)


Cohen: Competitive Market Is 'Tipping' In Consumers' Favor
(Multichannel News)
Comcast EVP to pitch Senate panel tomorrow.

The FCC is so swamped with net neutrality comments, it’s extending the deadline (The Washington Post)


Comcast 'Embarrassed' By The Service Call Making Internet Rounds (NPR: All Tech Considered)

SAP, Esri Build Stronger Mapping Ties (Information Week)

Links 2/10/2014: Charter expected to name TWC nominees; Comcast's influence on Olympics

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HVAC Vendor Confirms Link to Target Data Breach (PC Magazine)
A Pennsylvania company confirmed that the Target hackers stole network credentials from its network.

Charter to name nominees for Time Warner Cable board as soon as Monday: source (Reuters)

No Olympics for you: Comcast locks value customers out of Sochi streams (Gigaom)

NBC single-handedly pays for a fifth of all Olympic Games (Washington Post)

Netflix performance on Verizon and Comcast has been dropping for months (Ars Technica)

Verizon drops Home Monitoring and Control service (FierceCable)

Esri To Enable Thousands Of Government Agencies To Open GIS Data To The Public (ReadWrite)

Microsoft Debuts Cloud-Based Power BI (Information Week)

Oracle's 12c database to receive SAP certification faster than usual (PC World)

Rackspace CEO Napier to retire; Q4 solid (ZDNet)

Cornerstone Seen Maintaining Double-Digit Growth Run
(Investor's Business Daily)

Patients may now get lab results without a doctor's help (USA Today)

N.J. company wins global entrepreneur of the year honor from IBM (NJBIZ)

Daily Links 7/9/2013: Perelman sues Milken over educational software deal

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Comcast Expands Prepaid Internet Trial (Multichannel News)
Trial began in Philadelphia area.

Universal Sports Inks Time Warner Cable Carriage, TV Everywhere Pact (Multichannel News)


What’s next for Dish? It’s got a lot of options centered around broadband (Gigaom)

Perelman Sues Old Friend Milken (Not to Worry. It Isn’t Personal.) (New York Times via CNBC)

Why the big city still lures young founders (Philadelphia Business Journal via Upstart)

SAP, Esri Step Up Geospatial Analysis (Information Week)

Ex-Business Objects CEO's startup focuses on workforce analytics
Visier's approach to BI starts from 'a clean sheet of paper,' says CEO John Schwarz
(Computerworld)

Get Ready for More Tech Acquisitions This Year, Just Not Big Ones
(All Things D)
Mentions Radnor-based QlikTech as one of the possible targets.

Magnolia Broadband Secures $3 Million from SCP Partners (Business Wire)
Magnolia Broadband is based in North Jersey; SCP Partners is based outside Philadelphia.

Greenphire and Ernst & Young Announce Strategic Partnership (GreenPhire Press Release)



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