Links 1/16/2014: Hershey's to make 3D chocolate printer

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Merger To Create Leading Provider Of Specialty Outsourced Clinical Services
CCBR-SYNARC and BioClinica Announce Agreement to Merge; Jeffrey McMullen Appointed Chairman (PR Newswire)
BioClinica is based in Newtown.

Comcast sues onetime employee over TV-viewership tracking software
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

Netflix exposed as net neutrality rules gutted (USA Today)

Verizon's NYC FiOS drive becomes bigger threat to TWC, others (FierceTelecom)

Hershey's to make 3-D chocolate printer (CNN Money)
Seriously.



Amazon workers at Delaware facility reject unionization push in 21-6 vote (GeekWire)

9,000 heads to roll at Dell? Tosh. It'll all go down in Feb and it's THOUSANDS more - insiders (The Register)

Oracle's Quixotic Quest To Beat Amazon At The Commodity Game (ReadWrite)

Oracle Loses Bid to Have D&O Insurer Beazley Pay $20M in Claims Over Acquisition (Bloomberg via Insurance Journal)


Philly Fed manufacturing index improves in January (MarketWatch)

Clear Channel Launches Philly Airport Digital Signage Network (MediaPost News)

Links 11/21/2013: Comcast opens digital storefront, offers X2 previews

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Comcast Previews ‘X2’ (Again) (Multichannel News)

Comcast Opens Digital Storefront to Sell Movies and TV Shows (Variety)

Salesforce: Canaccord, Barclays Offer ‘Dreamforce’ Tidbits (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Salesforce.com says developer base almost doubled in a year
(PC World)

Making sense of Salesforce R&D (Den Howlett/Diginomica)

China Telecom and SAP to jointly deliver cloud services in China (Business Cloud News)

California sues SAP over payroll system failures (LA Times)


With its Healthcare Cloud, Veeva Shows the Power of Industry Clouds (Data Center Knowledge)



Apprenda, Helping Big Companies Embrace the Cloud, Lands $16 Million (All Things D)
Safeguard Scientifics led $16mm round.

Brace yourself for a mobile acquisition feeding frenzy (VentureBeat)

Violin Plunges 25%: FYQ3 Loss Much Deeper Than Expected, Q4 Rev View Misses by a Mile (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)


Soft Philly Fed survey raises manufacturing doubts (MarketWatch)

IPhone Maker Foxconn Said to Plan Pennsylvania Investment
(Bloomberg)

Links 8/15/2013: Comcast, Time Warner Cable form joint venture for RDK project

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Comcast, TWC to Co-Manage Set-Top-Focused RDK Project
MSOs Form RDK Management LLC Joint Venture (Multichannel News)

Chambers: Cisco must 'fix set-top box business and migrate it to the cloud' (FierceCable)

Google reveals Fiber plans coming to Provo this year, including free 5 Mbps Internet after $30 construction fee (The Next Web)
Meanwhile, Broadband Reports cites a Comcast internal memo as indicating that Comcast will introduce new pricing in Provo prior to the launch of Google Fiber there.

Philly Fed Manufacturing Index Shows Sharply Slower Expansion (Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics)

Bipin's investors cash out of JetPay (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

VMware takes another whack at the cloud (Infoworld)

Bowing to the inevitable, Rackspace embraces hybrid cloud tech
(VentureBeat)

Lawmakers, SAP pointing fingers over failed payroll project (PC World)

Dell’s Profit Falls on Slowing PC Sales
(New York Times: Bits)

Apollo’s Harris and Blackstone’s Blitzer Strike Deal for Devils
(New York Times: DealBook)

Daily Links 7/18/2013: Dell postpones buyout vote: SAP software sales soft on China concerns

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SAP warns China's slowdown is hurting software sales (Reuters)

SAP Second-Quarter Software License Sales Miss Estimates (Bloomberg)

SAP’s Q2 shows core weakness (Dennis Howlettt/Diginomica)

Dell Buyout Vote Delayed (All Things D)

Verizon Shares Fall After Wireless Demand Boosts Expenses (Bloomberg)

Verizon Crosses 5M Video Subscribers
FiOS, Wireless Fuel Strong Q2 (Multichannel News)

Pushing the Right Buttons
Apple’s Move Into TV Relies on Cooperation With Industry Leaders (New York Times)

TOA raises $66M to eliminate hours spent waiting on the cable guy (VentureBeat)


Ebay Marketing Arm Unites Companies, Rebrands (Ad Week)

Quality Systems, activist firm reach settlement on board nominees (Reuters)
Quality Systems' primary business unit is Horsham-based NextGen Healthcare.

Philly manufacturing index surges to two-year high (MarketWatch)

Daily Links 4/18/2013: Zonoff raises $3.8 million; Mashery looks like good exit for First Round, others

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[Malvern-based]Zonoff gets $3.8M to connect the smart home with super software (Gigaom)

Mashery Sale Looks Promising for First Round, Formative, OpenView, Others (PE Hub)

Arris Unveils New Leadership Team
Former Head of Motorola Home Marwan Fawaz to Exit; Robinson and McClelland Tapped to Lead New Home Devices and Network & Cloud Units (Multichannel News)

Verizon posts gains on mobile, Fios growth (PC World)

Verizon Continues to Build FiOS TV, Internet Subs in Q1
Telco Adds 169,000 Video, 188,000 Broadband Customers in Period (Multichannel News)

Citing security concerns, Dish claims it's a better buyer for Sprint than Japanese carrier Softbank (The Verge)

SAP's first quarter: The key questions (PC World)

Philly Fed Disappoints as Indicators Point to Economic Rut (Reuters via CNBC)

Visit Philly Lets Locals Create Content (ClickZ)




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Daily Links 3/21/2013: LevelUp partners with Heartland Payment Systems; PlaySay acquired

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Steve Jobs' death clears way for Adobe CTO defection
WTF: Why The Flash did Macromedia bloke join Apple (The Register)

Oracle blames sales force for Q3 miss, stock drops (Reuters)

SAP Plans to Convert Legal Form to European Company (Dow Jones Newswires via Fox Business)


Microsoft going after enterprises with Dynamics AX ERP
Dynamics AX is starting to land global deployments with large enterprises, including Revlon (IT World)

Comcast's Brian Roberts Plays Down NBC Woes Says network will fare better under his management than GE (Adweek)

T-Mobile-MetroPCS merger: Now all that’s left is shareholder approval (Gigaom)

Philadelphia Area Manufacturing Unexpectedly Expanded in March (Bloomberg)
Philly Fed March 2013 Business Outlook Survey

LevelUp Partners With Processor Heartland Payment Systems to Expand Its Sales Force (Bostinno)

Cloud, BDR and DaaS Provider Xtium Launches Partner Program (MSPmentor)

German Language Learning Startup Babbel Buys Disrupt Finalist PlaySay To Target The U.S. Market (TechCrunch)
Started in Philly, moved to DC, then San Francisco. PlaySay apps to be shut down. PlaySay founder & CEO Ryan Meinzer will be working full-time for Heroku, and advising Babbel.

Calling All Developers: Enterprises Need Your Help
With $100,000 in prizes and the promise of incubation, the Philly Enterprise Hackathon is bringing together―for the first time in Philadelphia―the community of software developers and enterprise companies (Business Wire)


Intel: Our OTT Service Will Expand the Pay-TV Pie (Light Reading Cable)



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Daily Links 2/21/2013: VCE intros new product line including specialized HANA box

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VCE collective takes integrated systems battle down to the midrange
Cisco-EMC-sometimes-VMware converged boxes take on the tier ones (The Register)
Product line will include specialized appliances to run SAP's HANA in-memory database.

VCE adds two new converged infrastructure models, SAP certification (Computerworld)


Amazon gets (more) serious about the enterprise. No kidding (Gigaom)

San Jose Sharks' controlling owner Hasso Plattner can be hands-off and hands-on (San Jose Mercury News)


Comcast launches app store for biz customers (Gigaom)

Comcast Gets Bizzy With Apps (Light Reading Cable)

Cable TV work caused K.C. gas leak; body found in rubble (USA Today)

Nielsen changing the way it measures television consumption (LA Times: Company Town)

February 2013 Business Outlook Survey (Philly Fed)
Below expectations.

Manufacturing in the Philadelphia Region Unexpectedly Shrinks (Bloomberg)

InterDigital Announces Fourth Quarter 2012 Financial Results (Business Wire)

InterDigital Halted, Rises 4%: Q4 Results Crush Estimates; Anticipates Higher Q1 Revenue (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

ICG Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results--Correcting & Replacing (Globe Newswire)

Google reportedly in talks with Warby Parker to make its Google Glass specs look cool (The Next Web)




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Daily Links 1/17/2013: More on SevOne; Philly Fed Index declines unexpectedly

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Pike Creek's SevOne makes Bain investment deal to expand (Wilmington News Journal)

27-Year-Old Box CEO Plans To Hire 300 More People, IPO In 2014 (Bloomberg via Business Indsider)

Manufacturing in the Philadelphia Area Unexpectedly Shrinks (Bloomberg)

January 2013 Business Outlook Survey (Philly Fed)

Google: TWC Is 'Withholding' Metro Sports RSN in Kansas City (Multichannel News)

Comcast upgrades core network with Ciena (CED Magazine)

OpenX Raises $22.5 Million in Round Led by Samsung Venture Unit (All Things D)
QpenX investors include First Round Capital and SAP Ventures. OpenX acquired King of Prussia-based supply side ad platform LiftDNA last year.

Ten New Ventures Join the Ranks of the Wharton Venture Initiation Program (Wharton Entrepreneurship Blog)

Union agrees to bargain to help save Philly papers (AP via phillyBurbs.com)

New Survey Shows Health Information Exchanges Growing in Pennsylvania (PR Newswire)




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Daily Links 11/15/2012: Report discusses Apple TV, Arris involvement, & potential impact on Comcast network

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Over the top: the new war for TV is just beginning (The Verge)

Arris: Jefferies Gauges Apple Television, Google ‘Home’ Prospects (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Projected purchase price of Motorola Home keeps shrinking; Arris technology could show up in Apple TV. Possible impact of Apple TV launch on Comcast's (largest Arris customer) net examined.

Advanced Video Ad Startup Banks VC Cash (Light Reading Cable)
Comcast a customer.


Billtrust Funded to Help Move Business Transactions Into the Digital Age (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

Negative November Philly, New York factory gauges
(MarketWatch)
Philly Fed November Business Outlook Survey.

SAP unveils more than 30 new apps for HANA (ZDNet)

20 startups said to buy SAP HANA in-memory database
SAP hopes grassroots approach can help seed a robust HANA ecosystem (Computerworld)

Higher ed's high-tech headache (Robert L. Mitchell/Computerworld Blogs)

Enterprise Technology Parks Partners with Recovery Networks to Provide IT Disaster Recovery to Customers Affected by Hurricane Sandy (Business Wire)

Corbett Administration Accelerates Technology Commercialization, Helps Grow Industry Statewide (PR Newswire)

Pennsylvania's eHealth Collaborative exceeds federal goal for participants (Pittsburgh Business Times)



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Daily Links 10/18/2012: Philly Fed report suggests modest improvement

Verizon Profitability Surges as Bills Rise on IPhone
(Bloomberg)

Verizon's FiOS TV Subscriber Growth Slows in Third Quarter (Hollywood Reporter)

Clearwire Drops as Sprint Makes its Move (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)

Cable-Tec Expo: DOCSIS 3.1 to Blaze Trail Toward 10 Gig Speeds
CableLabs: Spec Won’t Require Plant Upgrades, Will Be Backward-Compatible With 3.0 (Multichannel News)

October 2012 Business Outlook Survey: Indicators Suggest Modest Improvement (Philly Fed)


Lehigh Valley hosting its first Startup Weekend in Bethlehem (Easton Express-Times)

SAP to give business tools a consumer-app makeover (Computerworld)

QlikTech and Teradata Partner To Deliver QlikView Direct Discovery for Big Data Analytics (Business Wire)

Perelman invests in new Philly newspaper: UPDATE (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Philly Newspaper Guild Files Grievance Over Inquirer Reassignments (Philadelphia Magazine: The Philly Post)

Placed launches Panels to help companies gather and analyze location data (PandoDaily)
No surprise: WaWa most popular location in Philly.

New frontiers for Wharton Entrepreneurship: VIP expands to Wharton SF (Wharton Entrepreneurship Blog)



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Daily Links 8/16/2012: Verizon-Cable Agreement Wins DOJ Approval Today (With Some Restrictions)

Verizon, Comcast Airwaves Accord Wins Antitrust Approval (Bloomberg)

Comcast Statement Regarding U.S. Department of Justice Verizon Wireless-SpectrumCo Commercial Agreements Consent Decree (Comcast Voices/Official Comcast Blog)

Critics Slam SpectrumCo Approval
Say Conditions Not Enough to Protect Consumers (Multichannel News)


NBCUniversal can count its sprawling, multi-platform Olympics coverage as a win (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Is Apple's iTV television plan in trouble? (Computerworld Blogs)

Philly Fed factory activity shrinks for fourth month in August (Reuters)
But slightly improved from last month.
Philly Fed Press Release

Braintree expands mobile payment ambitions; acquires Venmo (Gigaom)
Venmo started in Philly, received backing from Accel Ventures, and moved to New York last year. Braintree is paying $26.2 million for it. Accel is also an investor in Braintree.

IMS Health Acquires Philly-based TTC, Strengthening Pharma R&D Services Capabilities
Delivers Industry-Leading Clinical Trial Cost Benchmarking Solutions (Business Wire)
This is the second deal IMS Health has announced this week, the first being UK-based PharmaVentures Ltd, which maintains a database of Pharma industry transactions. While IMS Health's global headquarters are in Parsippany NJ, its US unit is based in Collegeville.

A New Day at Quewey (Quewey Blog)
Philly-based Q&A site pivots.

Peco suspends smart-meter installations after Bucks fire (Philadelphia Inquirer)



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Daily Links 7/19/2012: Five Below raises $163 million in IPO; shares jump 56% after offering

Oracle Buys Skire to Boost Its Primavera Project Management Software (PC World)
I haven't heard too much out of Oracle Primavera recently, but I believe it is still primarily based in the Philly area. Oracle acquired the project management software pioneer founded by Joel Koppelman, which at the time was based in Bala Cynwyd, in 2008. Koppelman, who has since left Oracle, is now listed as "Chief Sculptor at JMK Adventures" on his LinkedIn profile.

Five Below prices IPO at $17.00, at high end of the range (Renaissance Capital)
Philly-based retalier raises $163 million.

Five Below's shares soar in initial trading (AP via Philadelphia Inquirer)
Shares jumped 54% after offering. Update: Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE) closed the day up 56%.


Philly Fed Firms Continue to Report Weak Business Conditions (Business Wire)

Philly Fed factory activity shrinks for third month in July (Reuters)

Burke Creates NBCU News Group to Oversee NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC
NBCU EVP Fili-Krushel to Serve as Chairman (Multichannel News)

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Daily Links 6/21/2012: Philly Fed Survey "Suggests Weaker Business Conditions"

Survey Suggests Weaker Business Conditions (Philly Fed)

Philly Fed factory gauge plunges in June (MarketWatch)

TC Mini Meetup Philly: The Recap (TechCrunch)

Ditch Your Hackathon, Have A Napkin Pitch Contest Like Today’s Uncubed Philadelphia Talent Fair (TechCrunch)

Philly publisher Bob Hall to staff: ‘We will probably experience another substantial loss this year’ (Poynter)
Advertising revenue down "in excess of 10%" so far this year.

First Round's Morgan on VC Investing, Strategy (Bloomberg via Washington Post)


Healthcare IT M&A 2011 (Healthcare Informatics)

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Daily Links 5/17/2012: Philly Fed Index in sharp downturn; Comcast experiments with tiered broadband pricing

Comcast tries tiered data pricing, continues fight with Netflix (LA Times: Company Town)

Comcast answers data cap questions
"We're out of the cap business," Comcast says. (Ars Technica)

What's Comcast cooking for The Cable Show? (FierceCable)

Facebook To Start Trading At 11 A.m. Friday, Nasdaq Says
(Fox Business)

Philly Fed factory index turns negative in May
Manufacturing activity shrinks in May for first time since September (MarketWatch)
Rather dramatic change.

Philly Fed Undercuts the Growth Picture (Wall Street Journal: MarketBeat)

May 2012 Philly Fed Business Outlook Survey

The cult of code-writers, and no-bid contracts
(Dave Davies/Newsworks)

Verizon plans price hikes for Fios, wireless users (CNET News)

Salesforce.Com Tops Estimates As Corporate Deal Sizes Increase (Bloomberg)
Seems to defy some recent reports suggesting slower momentum in Salesforce's partner ecosystem.



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Daily Links 4/19/2012: Workday taps managers for IPO, enhances products aimed at SAP, Oracle

Amazon launches cloud app store (and eats ecosystem?) (Gigaom)

Workday taps Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley for IPO (Reuters)

Workday Update Pushes It Deeper Into Oracle, SAP's Turf (PC World)

Workday launches mobile HTML5 apps to help HR pros on the go (Venturebeat)

Startup America Lands in PA to Galvanize State's Entrepreneurs (Keystone Edge)

Startup utilizes Philadelphia roots, taps into Penn network
Quewey founders looking for Penn students to intern at the startup (Daily Pennsylvanian)

Verizon Sees Sales, Profits Climb from Year-ago Levels on Wireless Growth (All Things D)
Added 193,000 net new FiOS Internet connections and 180,000 net new FiOS Video connections in quarter.

Verizon FiOS Gains In Q1 Offset Chronic DSL, Phone Declines
Telco Nets 180,000 Video and 193,000 FiOS Internet Subs (Multichannel News)

Philadelphia City Council To Hold Hearing On Verizon’s Alleged FiOS Delays (CBS Philly)


Philly Fed manufacturing index falls in April
Companies in region still expanding but at slower pace; hiring is up (MarketWatch)
April 2012 Business Outlook Survey (Philly Fed)

Monetate’s Record Growth in Q1 Fueled by Drive for the Ultimate Online Experience (PR Web)
Few specifics.



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Daily Links 3/15/2012: Layoffs expected at Philadelphia Media Network this week, in midst of criticism

Report: Cisco Looking To Buy Interactive TV And Security Specialist NDS In $5B Deal (TechCrunch)

Cisco Bets $5B More on Video With NDS (Light Reading Cable)

Cloud player Appirio looks towards global expansion after $60 million VC round (ZDNet Blogs)

Salesforce Is Up And Running With Rypple Only Six Weeks After Buying It (Silicon Alley Insider: Enterprise)

Salesforce Unveils Human Resources Software Amid Oracle Contest (Bloomberg)


Kohl reveals witness list for Verizon-cable hearing (The Hill)

Comcast's Strategy Chief Calls a Power Play (Light Reading Cable)

March 2012 Business Outlook Survey (Philadelphia Fed)
Continued growth, optimism reported.

Philadelphia-Area Factory Index Increases to an 11-Month High (Bloomberg)

Phorum 2012 National Cloud Conference Announces Full Line-Up (PR Web)

Layoffs at Philadelphia papers to come this week (Poynter)
Updated: Guild letter rips into Osberg.
"Perhaps instead of killing stories he didn’t like about the sale of the company and trying to be seen as some sort of digital visionary by holding press conferences at the Academy of Natural Sciences, giving free rent to start-up companies who play ping pong on the 5th floor at 400 N. Broad, creating a poorly-launched tablet and worrying about apps that make a few dollars, Osberg should be focused on properly staffing the newspapers in a manner that will allow more copies to be sold. The duplication of stories in both papers and the ongoing push to dump more and more content onto Philly.com will not solve any revenue problems."

Verizon Wireless Continues to Aggressively Expand 4G LTE Network In Philadelphia Region (PR Newswire)
The timing of this release is obviously intended to coincide with the iPad 3 release; Verizon Wireless says 4G LTE now available to more than 60% of region's population.

ValueVision (ShopNBC) reports bigger loss, lower revenue in 4Q (St Paul Pioneer Press)
Comcast owns a stake in ValueVision.



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Daily Links 2/16/2012: QlikTech revenue up 42% for 2011; ICG Commerce renamed Procurian

SuccessFactors Partners Applaud SAP Acquisition (PR Newswire via MarketWatch)
Deal closes.

SAP Gets Set to Embrace HTML5 (IT Business Edge)

Rebrand or Remake? ICG Commerce Becomes Procurian, Introduces "The New Procurement" (Spend Matters)

HIStalk Interviews John Glaser, CEO Health Services Business, Siemens Healthcare (HIStalk)
A must read if you follow Healthcare IT.

QlikTech Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Revenue increases 33% in Q4 and 42% for 2011; somewhat slower growth forecasted for 2012. Small GAAP net profit for full year.

Duck Duck Go Passed 1mm Searches Per Day (A VC)

YOU SHOULDN’T LIE TO DAVID CARR AND NYT (JimRomenesko.com)

Philly Fed index hits four-month high in February (MarketWatch)
Software spending index particularly strong.
February 2012 Business Outlook Survey (Philly Fed)

Retrans ammo: Aereo could help cable operators bring broadcasters to their knees (FierceCable)

Barry Diller's OTT Service Aereo Is Dead On Arrival (StreamingMediaBlog.com)

MSG, Time Warner meet as demand for Knicks games grows (Claire Atkinson/New York Post)



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Daily Links 1/19/2012: iPipeline Receives "Significant" Investment from Technology Crossover Ventures

iPipeline Announces "Significant" Investment by Technology Crossover Ventures (Business Wire)
iPipline raised $18 million in 2008 and $15 million in 2009, mostly from NewSpring Capital of Radnor and Fidelity Ventures of Boston (or Volition Capital LLC as its successor is known). Technology Crossover Ventures usually invests in big chunks, so it would not be surprising if this investment was also in the eight digits (Crunchbase shows the size of several recent rounds it has been involved in) . That means iPipeline's valuation must be getting pretty steep.

EBay Sales Exceed Estimates on PayPal, Holiday Shopping (Bloomberg)

eBay Marketplaces GMV up 10 Percent, New Products in Pipeline (EcommerceBytes.com)
Some more detail on GSI Commerce.

Apple announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author to "reinvent textbooks" (Ars Technica)

Comcast's Web-Slinging Set-Top Visits the FCC (Light Reading Cable)

Comcast patents technology for recommending alternative TV programming to subscribers (FierceCable)

Sprint, DirecTV ask FCC for Verizon cable deal info (Reuters via Yahoo Finance)

Bloomberg jabs at Comcast on anniversary of NBC deal approval (LA Times: Company Town)

EU to decide on Google, Motorola Mobility deal Feb 13 (Reuters)

Tech Giants Join Forces To Fight Amazon's Cloud (Silicon Alley Insider: Enterprise)
SAP is one of them.

Philadelphia-Area Manufacturing Increases (Bloomberg)
Below economists' expectations, though.
Philly Fed Press Release.

Former GTSI CEO Friedlander makes deal (along with Philly's LLR Partners) for new company (Washington Technology)

Citi Ventures Backs Gift Card Exchange Plastic Jungle (TechCrunch)
First Round Capital was early backer.

Philadelphia’s Computer Methods Corporation Purchased by Atlanta-Based Premier Logic (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 12/15/2011: Comcast's priorities: Philly Live! now Xfinity Live!

Philly Fed Manufacturers See Improvement in Business Activity (Business Wire)
Outlook suggests modest expansion, but growing cost/pricing pressures.

Philadelphia-Area Manufacturing Increased to 10.3 in December (Bloomberg)

Philly Live!? No, Xfinity Live!
(Philly.com: The Insider)

NFL signs TV rights deals with Fox, NBC and CBS
The broadcast networks will pay a total of nearly $28 billion in fees over nine years under the new contracts, which take effect after the NFL's 2013 season. (LA Times)

mHealth: Seemingly Stuck in Neutral (Chilmark Research)

Microsoft Bows Out of the Clinical Market (Chilmark Research)

SAP Business ByDesign takes on two-tier ERP (SearchSAP)

University accuses Oracle of extortion, lies, 'rigged' demo in lawsuit
Montclair State has elaborated on its case against Oracle over an ERP project gone wrong (Techworld)

First Take: IBM Acquires Emptoris (Spend Matters)


FinTech 2012 (A VC)
Could be of interest to some Philly area FinTech people.

SAY Media Acquires Tech Blog ReadWriteWeb Dan Frommer joins as editor (Ad Week)
First Round Capital owns a stake in SAY Media.

CardioNet, Inc. Reaches Preliminary Agreement on Shareholders Litigation (Business Wire)

CardioNet, Inc. Announces the Launch of its Next Generation MCOT™ Device (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 11/17/2011: SAP co-CEO Snabe's comments reignite acquisition speculation

SAP Aims to Enter New Product Categories, Snabe Says (Bloomberg)
Comments spur new round of acquisition speculation. My recollection is that the last time Snabe started talking about big acquisitions, Sybase was announced shortly thereafter.

SAP co-CEO talks new product areas, in-memory computing (Computerworld)

Localisation is not the problem facing SAP - boosting take-up is
(Dennis Howlett/CloudPro)

Salesforce Drops 6% After Hours On Earnings Miss (Silicon Alley Insider)


Starz and Liberty Capital merged (Variety)
Liberty Capital's holdings include TruePosition of Berwyn and the Atlanta Braves.

Philly Fed Manufacturing Index Slips (Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics)
Philly Fed's Press Release

Connexin Software, Inc. Receives Strategic Investment from Bluff Point Associates; Deal Will Accelerate Growth and Leadership Position of Pediatric EHR Software Provider (Business Wire)

Safeguard Scientifics Leads $7M Series a Financing for Medivo
New York-based Healthcare IT Company Leverages Clinical Data to Improve Health Through Faster, Easier Access to Lab Testing and Actionable Information (Business Wire)

ICW Announces Improved Networking Solutions for Patient Identification and Data Sharing (Marketwire)

Monetate Launches National Search for Top Engineering Talent
Philadelphia Technology Company Offers $2,000 Referral Bonus for Hired Engineers (PR Web)

AppLabs founder Reddi back on startup scene in Phila. (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Please Turn On Your Cell Phone: Comcast's Fandango Embraces Mobile Movie Tickets (Mashable)

Philadelphia Media Network goes to Saxotech for 400-seat deployment (News & Tech)