Daily Links 3/29/2011: Comcast, NBCU Preparing Consolidated Media Review

EBay’s $2.4B GSI Buy May Be Another Win For Rue La La Investors (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

GSI: Needham Says Higher Bid Still Possible (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Comcast, NBCU Preparing Consolidated Media Review
Winner Could Emerge With Accounts Worth $1.2 Billion in Spending (Ad Age)

Journal Register Taps Jim Brady For ‘Digital Transformation’ (paidContent)

Philadelphia Media Network Joins Three Media Companies in Introducing Savings Spree! Extended Reach Program (PR Newswire)

Qlik Technologies: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (Motley Fool)

Microsoft forges ahead in healthcare, while Google said to pull back (ZDNet Blogs)

Will Oracle Make A Bid For Lawson? (Forbes: The Tech Trade)

NBCU International Loses Top Exec in Comcast Reshuffling (The Wrap)

I Want My iPad TV: The Slogan For A New Generation (Gigaom)

iMANY Expands West Coast Presence to Meet Growing Customer Demand
New Facility Reflects Commitment to Research & Development and Customer Satisfaction (Marketwire)

Razorfish Health moves to new headquarters in Wanamaker Building (Philly Ad Club News)



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Daily Links 3/14/2011: Franken: "The real end for Comcast is to put Netflix out of business entirely"

HP’s New CEO Has a Big Day Planned, and a Bigger Job Ahead (All Things Digital: NewEnterprise)

Leo Apotheker lays out his strategy for first time as HP CEO (VentureBeat)

Executive hopes to stop losses.
Putting focus on Comcast customers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

AT&T to introduce data caps on DSL (CNET News)

AT&T’s New Bandwidth Cap Is Bad News for Netflix (Gigaom: NewTeeVee)

Al Franken: ‘They're coming after the Internet’ (Politico)
Franken: "The real end for Comcast is to put Netflix out of business entirely".


Green LEEDs to platinum: SAP America earns distinction for utilizing environmental sources for newest building (Delco Times)

Infor's Offer for Lawson Could Spark Bidding War (PC World)

WorldGate denied loan, running out of cash (phillyBurbs.com)
Is WorldGate on the last of its nine lives? Just not sure where its product stands in today's world of smartphones and tablets. But it is a company with a fascinating history.

USA Technologies To Raise $10.7 Million In Common Stock Private Placement (Business Wire)

Report: Proposed bill to deregulate telephone service would raise prices, hurt consumers (NJ.com)

Q&A: Rob Walters, SunGard Availability Services (Web Hosting Industry News)



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Daily Links 3/10/2011: SCVNGR launches Groupon competitor in Boston and Philly

SCVNGR Launches LevelUp to Compete With Groupon (Gigaom)
Pilot program begins today in Philadelphia and Boston.

Is Lawson Software in the hunt for a buyer? (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
SAP mentioned among a list of possible acquirers.

SAP CFO: Big Software Deals Are Back (MarketWatch)

SAP's HANA roadmap: does it convince? (ZDNet Blogs)

Steve Ballmer Helps Open Philadelphia Microsoft Technology Center (Official Microsoft Blog)

StumbleUpon Double-Dippers Reap Major Rewards (Mashable)
Early backer First Round Capital, which saw it exit to eBay, reinvests in once-again independent company.

DreamIt Adds VCs (as advisors) to its NY Accelerator (New York Observer)

Clearwire CEO Steps Down For Personal Reasons; CIO Out (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Xfinity TV app enticing but limited (Boston Globe)

House panel votes to invalidate net neutrality rules (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Daily Links 5/25/2010: StarCite teams up with iMeet

IBM makes first acquisition play in five-year plan
Commentary: $20 billion burning a hole in its pocket (MarketWatch)

Sybase CEO Chen Held Out for SAP Offer He ‘Couldn’t Turn Down’ (Bloomberg Business Week)


Icahn Discloses Stake in Lawson Software (DailyFinance)


QlikTech Launches QlikView Labs
Creativity Center Helps Transform Innovative Ideas into Solutions (PR Newswire)

StarCite Announces Online Community Powered by i-Meet (Business Wire)

Farewell to prime time (The Deal)

TiVo Starts Thinking Outside the Box (Light Reading Cable)

Three Give Comcast/NBCU Gubernatorial Thumbs Up
Schwarzenegger, Rendel, Paterson Offer Homestate Support For Union (Multichannel News)

Bloomberg Announces Funding, Calls For Startups in NYC (Read Write Web)

Wi-Fi may be Coming to Phila. Government Operations (KYW Newsradio)

Spyware Installed on Student Laptops Has More Security Problems (Wired: Threat Level)




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