2/28: Amazon outage breaks large parts of the internet; YouTube to launch pay OTT service

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Roku Got Close to $400 Million Revenue in 2016 (Variety)
Roku is reported to be raising at least $200 million at a $1.5 billion valuation.

Comcast coy about revised DOCSIS 3.1 rollout strategy following Tuscaloosa announcement (FierceCable)

BREAKING: YouTube to launch $35/mo. TV streaming service in a few months, which will carry 40+ channels including major broadcast networks.

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) February 28, 2017

YouTube, the world’s biggest video site, wants to sell you TV for $35 a month (Recode)


Comcast Takes Full Control of Japan Theme Park in Global Push (Bloomberg)

Hersheys to reduce global workforce by 15 percent (Reuters)

https://t.co/Zr40mxJeSc Likely the problem I, others experiencing #AwS

— tom paine (@phillytechnews) February 28, 2017

Amazon outage breaks large parts of the internet (Engadget)

Amazon’s web servers are back online after more than four hours of disruption (The Verge)



Why It’s So Hard to Build the Next Silicon Valley (Bloomberg)

Salesforce Revenue Forecast Falls Short as Cloud Rivals Gain (Bloomberg)




Philadelphia to offer free rent to lure suburban companies: Report
(Philadelphia Business Journal)
Sounds like it might be targeted toward WeWork. Need more info as to how this came about.


Workday's CEO says turmoil with Oracle's acquisition of NetSuite helped bolster a historic quarter (CNBC)
DuPont is a Workday customer, and Workday confirmed yesterday that it is assisting Dow Chemical in anticipation of the merger being completed.


Workday Falls: FYQ4 Beats, Street Annoyed ‘Billings’ View Taken Away
(Barron's Tech Trader Daily)


Changes in Oracle's Report Card
( Bill Kutik/HR Executive Online)


Why eBay’s Former CEO Is Joining This $1.4 Billion Cloud Company (Fortune)
John Donahoe was CEO of eBay when it acquired GSI Commerce in 2011. He left Michael Rubin with what turned out to be its most valuable business - Fanatics. How's Michael Rubin's Fanatics doing? OK.

BizTech@Wharton conference on Friday at Pennsylvania Convention Center

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The 2014 BizTech@Wharton Conference will be held this Friday, November 7th, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Now in its 19th year, BizTech@Wharton is a premier industry conference representing the latest thinking on the business of technology.

Subjects to be featured include Bitcoin, Cloud computing, Internet of Things, and Customer Analytics, among others.

Keynotes will be presented by Ben Galbraith, Vice President, Global Products, Walmart; Dennis Hoffman, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Programs, EMC Corporation; Ben Relles, Head of Comedy, YouTube Originals; and Jonathan Zabusky, President, GrubHub, Inc. The last two are Wharton grads.

In addition to the six panel discussions, there will be a Startup Pavilion featuring apps developed at Penn and a Shark Tank-like competition (QuakerTank), and you'll have a chance to meet some companies that hold informal 30 minute coffee chats.

Here are the Top 10 reasons to attend the BizTech@Wharton Conference (via BizTech@Wharton).

Tickets, which are very reasonable, are still available.

The conference is organized by Wharton students.

Daily Links 5/10/2011: Ally Financial looking to acquire ING Direct

Comcast defends its local rates for cable TV
City’s FCC plea could have minor effect (Boston Globe)

YouTube Finally Opens Up Its Movie Rental Store For Real (Sort Of) (All Things Digital)
To include content from Comcast's Universal.

Comcast Self-Install Kits Let Subs Connect Without Truck Roll
Operator Charging $9.95 Shipping and Handling for Kits (Multichannel News)

DreamIt Ventures Announces Its First Batch Of NYC Startups (TechCrunch)

Ally Financial wants to buy ING Direct, Post reports (Delaware Online: Delaware Inc)

PANL Drops 15%, But Even Bears See Bright LED Future (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Universal Display is based in Ewing, NJ.

NetSuite aims at enterprises with 'unlimited' ERP push (Infoworld)

NetSuite Challenges Salesforce.com Software, Signs Groupon Deal (Bloomberg)

USA Technologies, Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal 2011 Third Quarter
Recurring Revenue - License and Transaction Fees - Up 79%, Total Revenue Up 50% (Business Wire)

Angel Investment Tax Credit Proposed for Pennsylvania (TECHburgher)

Patent Litigation Comes To The Interactive TV Sector (MediaPost)

Rowan University gets grant to do virtual work for Camden and Vineland (Gloucester County Times)



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