Daily Links 3/30/2012: Sale of Philly papers expected to be announced on Monday

Philadelphia Newspapers Set to Be Sold to Local Leaders (New York Times: Media Decoder)

Announcement of sale of newspapers, website expected Monday (Philadelphia Inquirer)


New Jersey comptroller details waste by Delaware River Port Authority (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Norcross sounds like just the guy we need owning the Inquirer.


10 Questions for Scala CFO Anthony Maddalone (PC World)
Interesting interview with CFO of Exton-based Scala. He says his previous experiences with the IPO process was one thing that interested Scala, but he joined the company five years ago and I don't know if that's in the plans today (although its certainly not inconceivable).

Verizon plans wireless video service: report
CEO says offering could be ready as soon as this holiday season (Reuters via MSNBC)
From this article, still not quite sure what this is about; will find out more. (Here is a little more of an explanation), although details are still unclear.

Apple Doesn’t Need To Make the TV of the Future
The revolution is already here—and it’s called the Xbox. (Slate)

SunGard (Ellucian) Still Suing Cajana and NSCC (The Higher Ed CIO)

Server Flash Memory Craze Buoys Violin, Attracts SAP (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Stroll Achieves New Revenue Milestones in 2011 (Business Wire)
Philly-based Stroll says 2011 revenue was $40 million, up from $17 million in 2010.

Fisker's Project Nina exposed ahead of New York Auto Show debut (Engadget)
Does it actually operate, or is it just a brick?

Exton-based HIT Application Solutions Secures $2.75 Million in Funding (PR Newswire)

Look at that DuckDuckGo! Daily search traffic is ballooning, up 227% in 3 months (The Next Web)

Inhabi Begins Business Incubation with Novotorium (PR Web)

A Few Early Observations On Xfinity Live! (The 700 Level)



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Daily Links 3/9/2012: Bloomberg on Wayne-based SkillSurvey; SAP looks to partner with startups on HANA

Cloud Integration in 2012: Dell Boomi, Taleo Focus on End-to-End Business Processes (Integration Developer News)

Working In ‘HANA Time,’ SAP Looks To Build Ties With Start-Ups (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)


Google May Be Ready to Sell Part of Motorola, but Who Will Buy? (Mari Silbey/Zatz Not Funny!)

SkillSurvey Helps Employers Get ’Honest’ References for Potential Hires (Bloomberg)
SkillSurvey is based in Wayne.

Philadelphia advertising community hands out ADDY award (Philadelphia Business Journal)

South Philly's entertainment venue Xfinity Live! set to open at sports complex (Philadelphia Daily News)

Bad Karma: Our Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid breaks down (Consumer Reports)
Any new model (particularly from a totally new company) is going to have issues, though you wonder if they are pushing cars out too quickly because of financial pressures and the need to show they can be viable. Fisker is going to need a lot of financial help, and the prospect of getting that Delaware production line going seems further and further away.



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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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