Daily Links 2/6/2013: Liberty Global to Acquire U.K.'s Virgin Media

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Liberty Global to Acquire U.K.'s Virgin Media
Deal will expand LG's footprint to 25 million customers in 14 countries (Broadcasting & Cable)

Comcast takes $11M swing at fantasy sports (Crain's New York Business)

Comcast expands head count and fiber network in Chicago
Company increases focus on Business Class products (FierceCable)



Hoopla’s Focus on Fun Delivers Serious Sales Results (Business Wire)
Hoopla has moved its headquarter to Silicon Valley, but its R&D is still based in West
Chester.

Safeguard Scientifics Deploys $1.33 Million into Sotera Wireless (Business Wire)
As part of a $14.8 million financing.

Revitas Flex 7.6 Achieves SAP Certification as Powered by SAP NetWeaver (Business Wire)

Have an idea for a health care startup?
DreamIt, UPenn, and IBC offer you an unfair advantage (O'Reilly Radar)
Post describes Gryphon Cafe in Wayne as "East coast hub of health care business networking" (only slightly tongue in cheek, writer says.)



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Comcast, GE Seen Fast-Tracking NBCU In $16 Bil Deal
(Investor's Business Daily)

Comcast (and Others) Urged Arris to Buy Moto Home (Multichannel News)

Cox Enterprises Invests $250 Million With Board Member Rackley (Bloomberg)

SAP earnings fall short of expectations (Reuters via Yahoo News)


Salesforce Partners Stir Pot (Denis Pombriant/Enterprise Irregulars)

Hoopla Establishes New Silicon Valley Headquarters
Leading provider of business gamification solutions expands operations to meet demand (Business Wire)
Hoopla was originally founded in West Chester. Hoopla CEO Michael Smalls tells me by email: "We are doing all software development in West Chester and will continue to expand that office in the coming year." Hoopla investors include Safeguard Scientifics and Salesforce.com

Doug Pelletier/Founder, Trifecta Technologies (Keystone Edge)

CRM Slips on SEC Note; Nothing to Worry About, Says Morgan Stanley (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania Announces Third Class of Project Liberty Digital Incubator (Ben Franklin Press Release)

EHRs Continue To Take A Beating (Information Week Healthcare)

Up in the Cloud: Hype and High Expectations for Cloud Computing (Knowledge@Wharton)
Knowledge@Wharton and SAP team up on survey.




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