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Amazon Data Center Project in Virginia Stumbles Over Power Line Opposition (Data Center Knowledge)
Similar to what happened to Delaware project.

Why is a digital marketing firm based in Fort Mill, SC valued at more than $1 billion? Find out here.

Software firm SiteSpect takes $13M investment [from NewSpring Capital] for first time in 10 years (Boston Business Journal)

NBC Says Super Bowl Is 95% Sold Out (Broadcasting & Cable)

FCC Grants Waiver for Bloomberg TV Positioning (Multichannel News)

Tom Wheeler says FCC will vote on net neutrality on February 26th (The Verge)


Charter Thinks Outside the 'Worldbox'
(Light Reading)

CES: Philly-based Stream TV Networks Touts Glasses-Free 3DTV (Multichannel News)


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)



Comcast's Cohen: What I clearly said on Wednesday was taken out of context (or is now inoperative)



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On Wednesday, Comcast EVP David Cohen told a MoffettNathanson Communications Summit in New York that he expected "usage-based billing" - data caps with overage fees - to reach all Comcast customers (which by that time might be virtually all cable customers) within five years. Comcast is currently testing varying limits in several trials around the nation; In 2012 it suspended its 250 GB data cap.

Specifically, Cohen said, "I would predict that in five years Comcast at least would have a usage-based billing model rolled out across its footprint." See transcript (pdf).

The next day Cohen posted this on the Comcast corporate blog, "CLARIFYING DATA CAPS & PRIORITIZATION", saying that "some of my comments have been picked up out of context and misinterpreted in a number of places." While discussing Comcast's ongoing tests, Cohen adds, "to be clear, we have no plans to announce a new data usage policy." But he offered no absolute denial that such a plan might be implemented at some point in the future.


Daily Links 11/10/2011: Comcast CFO Michael Angelakis: "We have no desire to own a wireless network".

Is SAP finally getting its money's worth from Sybase? (Computer Weekly Development Network)

Cisco's Chambers: 'We Got Very Lucky That Motorola Got Purchased By Google'
CEO Reiterates Commitment to Cable Set-Top Market
(Multichannel News)

Senate Declines To Vote On Net Neutrality-Blocking Maneuver (Multichannel News)

Comcast CFO: No plans to go outside footprint with video (SNL Blog)
There is no way the major cable companies would ever invade each other's footprint, at least not in the forseeable future, in my view.
CFO Michael Angelakis also said, "We have no desire to own a wireless network."

Adaptly, A 23-Year-Old's Fast Growing Startup, Hires A Googler To Take On Europe (Silicon Alley Insider)
Adaptly, now based in New York, was in DreamIt Ventures' 2010 Philadelphia class, and raised $2.7 million in VC funding led by First Round Capital. Paul Turner, former Head of EMEA for Invite Media (backed by First Round and acquired by Google), has joined Adaptly in the same role.

Quepasa and myYearbook Announce Completion of Merger (Marketwire)

WVT Communications Group Reports Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results (Marketwire)
First earnings report reflecting inclusion of Alteva results for part of quarter.

SunGard Availability Services and University of Texas at Austin Partner to Create Cloud Computing Research Center (PR Newswire)

PayChoice Moves to a Private Cloud Infrastructure That Delivers Performance, Advanced Business Continuity Capabilities, and Anytime, Anywhere Accessibility (Business Wire)


Ben Franklin (Northeastern Pennsylvania) announces investments in area companies (Allentown Morning Call)

Rx For Growth: Havas Forms Strategic Alliance With China's MedMed (MediaPost: Media Daily News)

Google teams up with Startup Weekend, provides trainings on Google technology (VentureBeat)
Google planning Bootcamps, but none scheduled for Philly yet.

The time for healthcare tech startups is now (Gigaom)



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Daily Links 11/9/2011: Comcast begins rollout of IPv6 network

SAP Pumps up Its In-memory, Mobile and Cloud Strategies (PC World)

Universal Display posts Q3 profit, shares rise (Reuters)

Comcast begins rollout of IPv6 production network (Network World)
Comcast Blog Post.

Comcast and the Multiscreen Play (Pipeline Magazine)

Lazarus: NBC Sports Network Changes Will Be 'Done Well, Not Fast'
NBC Sports Group Chairman Says Network Will Look To Build Trust With Viewers, Advertisers, Distributors
(Multichannel News)

The children are our future, and they’re not paying for TV (Gigaom)

Senate Debates Net Neutrality Regs
Sens. Hutchison and Rockefeller square off on joint resolution to nullify rules
(Broadcasting & Cable)

U.S. web sales grow 16% for QVC in Q3 (Internet Retailer)

Fan (Richmond) tech firm expands in NoVa, Philly (Richmond BizSense)

Unisys Strengthens Enterprise-Class Cloud Offerings with New Version of Secure Private Cloud Solution (PR Newswire)

SunGard Availability Services Announces Managed Recovery Program to Deliver Expert Management of Recovery Lifecycle (PR Newswire)

A more grown-up CRM for BusinessOne users (SAP Watch)

The Lawmakers Sponsoring a Very Facebook-Friendly Bill (The Atlantic Wire)
Toomey, Carper cite Wawa, W. L. Gore as possible beneficiaries.

Hey, Siri, send Jenn $5 (VentureBeat)
Venmo's app for Siri.

BioClinica Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 6/27/2011: Comcast may want NFL Thursday Night package

SBJ: NFL Shopping Eight-Game Thursday Night TV Package, Turner, Comcast Interested (MediaBistro)
While Comcast is definitely trying to upgrade Versus, I don't think they want to go head to head with ESPN right now, as some are writing.

Report: Hulu courting a 'range' of potential suitors (CNET News)

Ron Meyer's contract as Universal Studios president extended through 2015 (LA Times: Company Town)

FCC’s net neutrality rules about to be official, and invite lawsuits (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Safeguard Scientifics Leads $35 Million Financing for NovaSom (Business Wire)

Penn Students Leave School to Launch CourseKit With $1 Million Seed Round (TechCrunch)
Will be based out of New York, though.

Growing Philly software firm asks: Where are the engineers?
(Philly.com: Philly Deals)


ICG Commerce Acquires Neuwing Energy Ventures -- Unlocking the Many Sides of Green (Spend Matters)

Oracle Fusion Applications Pricing Revealed (PC World)

Why Google Health Really Failed—It’s About The Money (TechCrunch)

McKesson Buys Portico To Gain ACO Financial Tools (Information Week)

Marimow quits Philly Inquirer for ASU Cronkite School post (Poynter)

Bell and Howell Finalizes Sale to Versa Capital (Business Wire)
Versa Capital is a Philly-based turnaround specialist.



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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 2/28/2011: Bel Fuse makes $246 million bid for Philly's Pulse Electronics

Comcast, NBC deal opens door for online video (AP via USA Today)

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Calls Netflix Streaming Service a Positive (Hollywood Reporter)
Roberts: "What Used To Be Called 'Reruns' On Television Is Now Called Netflix".


Hogging Bandwidth Could Crack Netflix’s Piggy Bank (paidContent)

Boehner Says Vote To Invalidate Net Rules Could Come In March
House Speaker Says Chamber Will Act Because FCC Has Yet To 'Explain The Need For This Intrusion'
(Multichannel News)

Comcast: The Next Big Capital Allocation Story, Says Goldman (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Liberty Media Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)
QVC Q4 revenue up 4%.

QVC, Starz Drive Liberty Q4 (Multichannel News)


Deborah M. Gage Named President and CEO of MEDecision
Experienced Senior Executive Brings Wide-Ranging Health IT Background to Leadership Role
(Business Wire)

Bel Fuse makes $246M offer for (Philly-based) Pulse Electronics
(AP via Forbes)
A few years ago it was the other way around, but Pulse (then named Technitrol) was the larger player at that time in terms of market value.

Motorola’s Xoom Tablet Sales Have Started ‘Relatively Well’ (Bloomberg)

Larry's Long Reach (Forbes)
On Larry Ellison-backed NetSuite.

Salesforce.com Falls; WSJ Reveals “The Truth Behind…The Hype”
(Forbes: The Tech Trade)

PPUG Spring 2011 reviews wrap-up (ZDNet Blogs)



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Daily Links 2/11/2011: Lockheed Advanced Technology Laboratories' software helps predict unrest

Are Nokia And Microsoft Hoping Two Wrongs Make A Right? (Gigaom)

Pentagon’s Prediction Software Didn’t Spot Egypt Unrest (Wired: Danger Room)
Article says most promising work is being done at Lockheed's Advanced Technology Laboratories in Cherry Hill.

Snag great angel investors at OAF Philly - deadline next Friday (Gabriel Weinberg's Bog)
Great list of Angels attending.

New 24-hour traffic channel on TV here finding viewers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

CANOE, ANA ANNOUNCE INITIAL PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR CEE MEE INITIATIVE TO STUDY INTERACTIVE TV ADS (Interactive TV Today)

New look, new faces emerge at NECN
After ownership change, news network retools to appeal to younger viewers
(Boston Globe)

FCC Chiefs to Testify at GOP Net Neutrality Hearing (Wireless Week)

Cisco: 'We Are Not Exclusively in the Set-Top Box Business' (Multichannel News: BIT RATE)

SAP’s business intelligence roadmap still a mystery to most (SAP Watch)

SNBL USA Purchases Provantis Preclinical Solution Suite; 500 Users to be Deployed (Business Wire)



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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 12/14/2010: Comcast testing new way to navigate TV shows

Comcast tests new way to navigate TV shows (LA Times: Company Town)

Moffett Upgrades Comcast On Expectation of NBCU Meld
Bernstein Research analyst expects deal to close in early 2011
(Broadcasting & Cable)

Upton urges FCC to finish Comcast-NBC merger review (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Genachowski: Dec. 21 Net Neutrality Vote "Essential"
Discusses "seizing the opportunities" of broadband at Generation Mobile forum
(Broadcasting & Cable)

Comcast rolls out interactive ads for its customers (Harrisburg Patriot-News)

Jeremy Bloom-led startup raises venture capital (Fortune: The Term Sheet)
Bloom, who was briefly an Eagle, credits class he took at Wharton.

SAP's Not-So-Secret Weapon: Its Own CIO (CIO.com)

Lavante raises $8M in 3rd round (San Jose Business Journal)
Round led by SAP Ventures.

NetSuite: The quiet momentum (Enterprise Irregulars)

QlikView’s Free Personal Edition Up to 10,900 New Users in One Month (Business Wire)

Brightpoint pays Grahams $80M for Touchstone of Hatfield (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Airgas Judge: See You Next Year (New York Times: DealBook)

C&D’s restructuring plan stalls (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)




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Daily Links 12/10/2010: Unisys introduces hosted 'Private Cloud'

Two Wharton Pals Take Same Road To Riches (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)
Nate Turner (Invite Media) and Jack Abraham (Milo Inc.)

End near? Comcast, NBC meet with FCC, Justice on proposed Internet video conditions (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Internet issues bog down Comcast-NBC merger (LA Times)

Verizon, DirecTV Testing LTE-Based Home Broadband
As our leaked photos from September suggested...
(Broadband Reports)

Netflix Unworried About Broadband Caps
Though maybe they should be...
(Broadband Reports)

Net Neutrality and the Academics Who Love It (The Atlantic)

Salesforce and SAP: an obvious comparison (ZDNet Blogs)

Did Salesforce Just Announce Support for Client/Server Computing? (Software As A Service)

Unisys Offers 'hosted Private Cloud' (PC World)

How do you select an energy provider for your datacenter? (ZDNet Blogs)
With a Pennsylvania perspective.


Daily Links 12/9/2010: Edison Ventures increasing New England presence

SERS to cut private funds, buy stocks and bonds (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
Could have an impact upon some area PE and VC firms.

Edison Ventures growing Boston investment deals (Mass High Tech)

The Real Mobile News from the SAP Influencer Summit (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Cloud Platform, App Store Set For 2011
(Information Week)

What’s Next for NBC’s Jeff Zucker? Maybe Private Equity (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)

Kerry Asks Copps, Clyburn To Back Net Neutrality Compromise
The chairman of the Senate Communications Subcommittee says item may not be perfect but is good enough
(Multichannel News)

InterComponentWare Enterprise Master Patient Index Achieves First Milestone at New York State HIE (PR Newswire)

Air Products Makes Best and Final Offer for Airgas; Increases All-Cash Offer to $70 Per Share (PR Newswire)

Tyco Electronics Completes Acquisition of ADC (PR Newswire)

Larry Ellison Vows To 'Go After' HP; Is Alliance Dead? (Information Week: Global CIO)

Wolters Kluwer Health Announces the Acquisition of iCare Educational Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Software (PR Newswire)

AdMob Founder Omar Hamoui Is Already Working On A Secret New Project (Silicon Alley Insider)
Hamoui founded AdMob while at Wharton.




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Daily Links 12/1/2010: Verizon LTE available in Philly on December 5

Google Cuts Off AppNexus, and the Ad Tech World Shudders (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)
AppNexus is a First Round Capital portfolio company. Google, of course, acquired another demand-side platform (DSP) for display advertising, Invite Media, which was also backed by First Round.

A Reflection On Boomi (Just Getting Started)
Amish Jani of VC firm FirstMark Capital reflects on its successful investment in Berwyn's Boomi, recently acquired by Dell. One thing Jani reveals is that FirstMark apparently made a second investment in Boomi after its initial $4 million investment in 2008, although no specifics about how much and when.

Why Does Everyone Hate Comcast?
(Gigaom: NewTeeVee)

The Real Story Behind the Comcast-Level 3 Battle (Gigaom)

F.C.C. Chairman Outlines Broadband Framework (New York Times)

The Perfect, the Good, and the FCC (Werblog)
By Wharton prof Kevin Werbach.

FCC chief backs some rationing of Internet traffic (Reuters)

FCC chair's net neutrality push faces uphill battle (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Verizon to launch 4G wireless network December 5 (CNET News)
Philadelphia will be one of those areas covered as of December 5, according to Verizon's press release.

SAP Launches HANA for In-memory Analytics (PC World)

Motorola to break into 2 on Jan. 4 (AP via Google News)

U.S. Federal Reserve Beige Book: Philadelphia District (Bloomberg)




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Daily Links 8/9/2010: Google, Verizon Propose Open vs Paid Internets

FCC readies Comcast net neutrality trap (New York Post)

Comcast Takes VOD to ‘Infinity’
First Phase of Content-Distribution Buildout Wraps In Philadelphia, D.C. Regions
(Multichannel News)

Outside the Echo Chamber: Growing A Startup In New Hope, PA (TechCrunch)
By myYearbook cofounder Geoff Cook.

Google, Verizon Propose Open vs Paid Internets (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)
There is probably going to be an uproar over this proposal.

Liberty Media posts Q2 gain at QVC (The Hollywood Reporter)

Sybase Launching CRM, ERP For Mobile Devices
(Information Week)

'Defects' delay Clearwire transition to Amdocs billing software (FierceWireless)


Universal Display Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Lockheed software tapped for smart-grid demonstration project (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

CRF Health Launches Inventory Management Program and Opens New Logistics Facility (Business Wire)




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