Links 1/4: Phildelphia's biggest tech stories today probably came from Minneapolis

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2016: The year we see the real cloud leaders emerge (Infoworld)

Zipnosis looks to expand after raising $17 million in venture capital (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Safeguard Scientifics led the round.


Comcast fires back at CenturyLink, US Internet with 2 Gbps launch in Minneapolis
(FierceTelecom)

Charter Merger With Time Warner Cable Delayed at FCC (Bloomberg)

TWC Adds Video Subscribers, First Time Since 2006 (Investor's Business Daily)



GM Invests $500 Million in Lyft (Bloomberg)
$500 million buys GM President a seat on the board. I would hope so.

The media moguls to watch in Europe in 2016 (Politico Europe)

Arris Wraps Up Pace Acquisition (Multichannel News)

VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH ARRIS CEO BOB STANZIONE: PACE ACQUISITION (ARRIS)

Turner Seeks To Become One Big Native Ad Platform (AdAge)

Quality Systems, Inc. Completes HealthFusion Holdings, Inc. Acquisition (Business Wire)

Accenture buys CRMWaypoint to bolster cloud portfolio (ZDNet)

Daily Links 8/6/2012: Report says Google has decided to sell Motorola Home; Vanguard bringing techie back in to lead IT

Google Preps Sale of Motorola Home (Light Reading Cable)
Horsham-based unit might be sold by year end, according to Light Reading's sources, though Google may strip off and retain some IP assets.

For Vanguard CIO, Running IT Comes Second
Vanguard is bringing a true techie back in to lead IT, but his job will be about a lot more than technology. (Information Week)
GE veteran John Marcante becomes CIO, and former CIO Paul Heller becomes head of the retail investor group.


Minneapolis spent millions on no-bid IT contract (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Some questioning city's long term relationship with Unisys.

Viridity receives $15M investment (Philadelphia Inquirer)
From Japanese corporation; values Viridity at $100 million.

Comcast's Brian Roberts: ‘We see these Olympics as a real laboratory’ (Sports Business Daily)

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