Daily Links 3/15/2013: Comcast now nation's second largest advertiser; SAP now Germany's most valuable company

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Comcast now nation's second largest advertiser (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Cablevision Sale Within 18 Months Likely, Says Citi (Investor's Business Daily)
But analyst says Comcast not likely buyer (though I bet there are some little pieces of
Cablevision Comcast might wish to own).

Hulu Names an Acting Chief Executive (New York Times: Media Decoder)
While contemplating changes in ownership structure.

Comcast to Widen World of Addressable Ads
Source: MSO Plans to Have Invidi’s Targeted-Ad System Deployed Across U.S. Footprint by End of 2014 (Multichannel News)

South by Southwest (SXSW): Aereo vs. the Cable Bundle (Time Tech)

Princeton Review Founder’s Startup Noodle Acquires Lore To Build An Education Marketplace Around Search (TechCrunch)
Lore, originally CourseKit, was started by three undergrads at Penn before moving to New York.


SAP Emerges from Changes as Most Valuable German Company (Information Management Online)

Google Elbows Into the Cloud (New York Times)

Exclusive: EMC, IBM eye web hosting company SoftLayer- sources
(Reuters)

Ben Franklin TechVentures to House Lehigh Valley Angel Investors
(Ben Franklin News)




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Daily Links 3/13/2013: Monetete adds COO, CFO

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Monetate Rounds Out Leadership Team to Further Drive Company's Growth and Market Momentum
Additions of John Healy, chief operating officer, and David Stetson, chief financial officer, will help SaaS firm respond to the rising enterprise demand for its personalization technology (PR Newswire)

Why Amazon Prime Could Soon Cost You Next to Nothing (Wired Business)

Comcast will stream on demand shows from HBO, Showtime, and 28 others during free trial week for subscribers (The Verge)

Invidi Strikes Comcast Deal To Extend Addressable TV To 60 Million

Read more: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/195744/invidi-strikes-comcast-deal-to-extend-addressable.html#ixzz2NSDGBKVY">Invidi Strikes Comcast Deal To Extend Addressable TV To 60 Million (MediaPost: Media Daily News)

SAP Opens Singapore-Based Co-Innovation Lab (TechCrunch)

Oracle to acquire cloud management software biz Nimbula (VentureBeat)

Oracle Buys Nimbula For Cloud OS Software, Not OpenStack (TechCrunch)

The Drexel 40 Under 40 (Drexel Magazine)
Some fairly well known names and other interesting people.

ThingWorx Continues to Improve on Developer Efficiency with Version 4.0 (ThingWorx Blog)



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Daily Links 5/10/2011: Ally Financial looking to acquire ING Direct

Comcast defends its local rates for cable TV
City’s FCC plea could have minor effect (Boston Globe)

YouTube Finally Opens Up Its Movie Rental Store For Real (Sort Of) (All Things Digital)
To include content from Comcast's Universal.

Comcast Self-Install Kits Let Subs Connect Without Truck Roll
Operator Charging $9.95 Shipping and Handling for Kits (Multichannel News)

DreamIt Ventures Announces Its First Batch Of NYC Startups (TechCrunch)

Ally Financial wants to buy ING Direct, Post reports (Delaware Online: Delaware Inc)

PANL Drops 15%, But Even Bears See Bright LED Future (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Universal Display is based in Ewing, NJ.

NetSuite aims at enterprises with 'unlimited' ERP push (Infoworld)

NetSuite Challenges Salesforce.com Software, Signs Groupon Deal (Bloomberg)

USA Technologies, Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal 2011 Third Quarter
Recurring Revenue - License and Transaction Fees - Up 79%, Total Revenue Up 50% (Business Wire)

Angel Investment Tax Credit Proposed for Pennsylvania (TECHburgher)

Patent Litigation Comes To The Interactive TV Sector (MediaPost)

Rowan University gets grant to do virtual work for Camden and Vineland (Gloucester County Times)



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Daily Links 4/14/2011: Invidi Banks $49 Million Round With DirecTV Investment

Finally, 100 Mbps Everywhere (If You Have Comcast) (Gigaom)

Comcast: 105 Mbps Now Reaches 40 Million
Highlighting Uselessness of FCC 100Mbps to 100 Million Goal (Broadband Reports)

Seeking to narrow the definitions of 'broadband' (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Invidi Banks $49 Million Round With DirecTV Investment
Other Investors in Addressable TV Ad Tech Company Include Google, GroupM, Motorola (and Comcast, via NBC) (Multichannel News)
Total investment now up to $111.5 million. Invidi, now based in New York, started out in Princton, and still has operations there.

Verizon FiOS TV 1.9 software update adds an HD guide, DVR enhancements (Engadget)

Is the economic rebound leading to SAP spending? (SearchSAP.com)

Oracle integrates its PeopleSoft Enterprise with Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio (Computer Business Review)
Oracle acquired Bala Cynwyd-based Primavera in 2008.

Friendly for apps
Local firm doesn't do apps, but it provides the software that makes apps easier. (Lancaster Sunday News)
On Lancaster-based appMobi.

Empathy Lab Selected to Redesign the Digital Experience at the American Red Cross (PR Web)

Startup Weekend comes to Baltimore: this weekend (Baltimore Sun: BaltTech)



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Daily Links 12/20/2010: FCC expected to approve net neutrality regs

Poptent Hits $1 Million in Video Ad Payouts (MediaPost News)

Qualcomm Shutters FLO TV, Sells AT&T The Spectrum for $1.9 Billion (Gigaom)

Google TV Faces Delays Amid Poor Reviews (New York Times)

FCC expected to pass net neutrality rule (Washington Post: Post Tech)

The FCC's Threat to Internet Freedom (Wall Street Journal)
Opinion piece by Robert M. McDowell, Republican commissioner of the FCC.

Level 3 Escalates Dispute With Comcast, Tries To Block NBCU Merger (paidContent)

DirecTV Enlists SMG To Sell Addressable Ads For 10 Million Subs
Agency Has Committed to Spend Up to $20 Million on Service in 2011 (Multichannel News)

Web Startup AboutOne.com Announces Public Beta Release and Program to Support On-Ramping Mothers (PR Newswire)
Not the same thing as About.Me, which AOL just acquired today.

Vantage Communications Acquires Hosted VoIP Provider Digital Ingenuity (PR Web)

Big Pharma's small voice
Out of fear of federal regulation, drug companies shun social media (Wilmington News Journal)

Why I Started Alphabuyer (Alphabuyer Blog)
Alphhabuyer is a group buying website based in Paoli that just launched.

Daily Links 5/27/2010: InfoLogix to review "Strategic Alternatives"

InfoLogix Announces Independent Committee Formed to Review Strategic Alternatives (PR Newswire)

Icahn may see Lawson as a takeover target (MarketWatch)

Angelakis: More Regulation Could Equal Less Investment
Says Strict Title II Could Impact Cable's Investment "Appetite" (Multichannel News)

Invidi Adds Experian As Investor, Partner (MediaPost: Media Daily News)

TiVo By the Numbers: 800,000 Subscribers Lost in 18 Months (NewTeeVee)

Sprint HTC Evo 4G is fast, but battery life is short (USA Today)

Willow Garage gets robots into researchers' hands (CNET News)
Penn gets one of them.

Viddler preps for expansion after receiving Ben Franklin funding (Keystone Edge)


Timberland Names GSI Commerce Strategic Global E-Commerce Partner (Business Wire)

John Perzel, 8 GOP staffers going to trial on Bonusgate charges (Harrisburg Patriot-News)




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Daily Links 5/5/2010: IBM and NetSuite connect with Cast Iron

Google Ups Its TV Bet, Invests In Invidi (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)
Invidi was headquartered in Princeton and still has significant operations there, although the official headquarters has apparently been moved to New York.
Inside Google's Invidi TV Advertising Deal (MediaPost: Around the Net in Online Media)

Five Cities Get Free Civic Apps Through Code for America (Mashable)
Philadelphia is one of the five.

IBM and NetSuite connect with Cast Iron (ZDNet Blogs)
Important read.

SAP delays local ByDesign cloud offering launch (The Australian)

Sysco Has Selected SAP to Help Transform Its Business (PR Newswire)

Vishay Reports Results for First Quarter 2010 (Business Wire)
Vishay Shares Slip As Q1 Revs Miss; Says Spin-Off On Track (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

BioClinica Announces First Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

USA Technologies, Inc. Commences $3 Million Public Offering (Business Wire)

Cable Show 2010: Motorola Touts 'Medios' Software, VOD Servers
Vendor to Showcase Media-Delivery Platform, On-Demand Servers (Multichanel News)

More 4G in More Places, Says Clearwire (GigaOM)


Comcast: Reports Confirm Benefits Of NBCU Deal
Company says merger would have lack of adverse impact on online video distribution (Broadcasting & Cable)

Cable Gets Its Wrist Slapped For Pretending To Offer Fiber
Better Business Bureau says Cox, Time Warner Cable ads mislead consumers (Broadband Reports)




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Daily Links 3/4/2010: Urban Outfitters' earnings jump 92%

Comcast's thePlatform Posts To Social Nets
Video Management System Provides Hooks into 10 Social Media Sites (Multichannel News)

Analyst talks Comcast-NBC Uni deal
Moffet: 'We don't like the deal, but we do like the stock' (Hollywood Reporter)

4A's: What's Delaying Ad Addressability?
Such platforms allow advertisers to target specific regions, zones, even individual households (Adweek)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Software Development Firm Avencia Incorporated Announces New Company Name – Azavea Inc
(Business Wire)

Urban Outfitters Reports Q4 Earnings Jump 92% (Globe Newswire via CNN Money)

New Customers Fuel BravoSolution Growth in Challenging Year
Spend management vendor outpaces market to reach $71 Million in 2009 revenue (Business
Wire)

Dot-Mobi Gets New Owner, New Life Still In Doubt (MediaPost: MoBlog)
Top level domain acquired by Ireland-based Afilias, which has its US headquarters in Horsham.

DreamIt Recruiting New Class of Startups (Center Networks)

SAP - The Message Back on Target
(ZDNet Blogs)

Semiannual PostgreSQL User Conference - PG East 2010 - Adds Impressive Line-up of Speakers to Conference Roster (PR Newswire)


SunGard adds EMC Data Domain deduplication to Secure2Disk cloud data backup service (SearchDataBackup.com)


Acurian Generates over 50% of Clinical Trial Patient Referrals from Proprietary Relationships with Online Health Networks & Social Media Platforms (Business Wire)

New Lehigh institute will coordinate business efforts (Allentown Morning Call)




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Daily Links 2/17/2010: GigaOM on Philly mobile startup Venmo

Nutter to test two new business-tax policies (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Changes could aid research & development, video game developers and "computer systems design" firms

SAP's 'Timeless' Future (Forbes)

SAP and Open Text Expand Global Reseller Agreement to Include Digital Asset Management (PR Newswire)

CardioNet, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter, Full Year 2009 Financial Results and 2010 Outlook (Business Wire)

A forgotten giant, remembered
Scientist Nikola Tesla's time has returned. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Venmo’s Simple, Loaded Premise: Pay Your Friends From Your Phone (GigaOM)

Upcoming: Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference 2010 (The Green Skeptic)

HBO Go launches for Verizon FiOS customers, streams HBO content over the web (VentureBeat: DigitalBeat)

Comcast Spotlight, Starcom Report Ad Trial Results (Cable360)

FiOS TV Launches Ad Zones In NY, Rhode Island
Verizon Delivering Geotargeted Ads Using Invidi Technologies' System (Multichannel News)

Vanguard leader to build on predecessors' work (Daily Local News)

Portico Systems and SDI Announce Partnership Using Actionable Business Intelligence for Targeted Provider Recruitment, Provider Performance Management, and Member Decision Support (Business Wire)

IntegriChain Launches DNA: Dynamic NextGen Analytics(TM) Platform (PR Newswire)

Metro Philadelphia Newspaper and Calkins Media Incorporated Form Strategic Classified Advertising Alliance (Business Wire)




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Comcast To Use Invidi

Comcast is planning to deploy Invidi's advertising targeting system to 100,000 homes in Baltimore by June. Heavily financed Invidi, based in Princeton, allows television ads to be targeted to individual households, which is kind of scary. It is the first major rollout of Invidi's technology that I am aware of.

MediaBytes