Daily Links 4/12/2013: DOJ Clears Arris/Motorola Home deal

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Comcast to IPv6-enable commercial broadband service
Trial expected to start in May in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco areas (Network World)

DoJ Clears Arris/Motorola Home Deal
Arris Expects to Close Proposed $2.35 Billion Transaction on or about April 17 (Multichannel News)
Comcast will own a small stake of Arris, along with Google.

Broadcasters counter Aereo with aerial dongles (CED Magazine)

Dish Said to Have Approached Deutsche Telekom About T-Mobile Bid (Bloomberg)

One year later, SAP hasn't blown it with SuccessFactors (Fortune Tech)

UBS Hires SAP’s Oliver Bussmann as Chief Information Officer (Bloomberg)

Oracle's Mark Hurd talks Fusion Applications, customer satisfaction and SAP's HANA (PC World)

eBay Hires A VP Of Data To Focus On Personalization Across The Marketplace And Other Properties (TechCrunch)

Intel releases Web-based app programming kit (CNET News)
Based on app development platform it acquired from Lancaster-based appMobi in February.

Rockmelt says goodbye to its social web browser, says hello to Rockmelt for Web (Engadget)
RockMelt is a First Round Capital portfolio company.

Lockheed Martin completes design review in GPS III program (phillyBurbs.com)

Back home in PA, at least for now, FastFig enjoys exponential growth (Keystone Edge)




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Intel acquires Lancaster-based AppMobi's HTML5 tools business

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Intel has acquired Lancaster-based AppMobi's HTML5 developer tools platform and hired several of appMobi's related personnel, AppMobi announced yesterday. Those individuals moving to Intel will continue to be based in Lancaster, the company said. Terms were not disclosed.


AppMobi said in October it had more than 130,000 active developers working on mobile and desktop apps using HTML5. Existing and new users will have to register at Intel's website to gain access to the tools, which require no usage or licensing fees.

Meanwhile, AppMobi will position itself as a cloud services company that is focused on delivering mobile app engagement and monetization services across numerous platforms. AppMobi's cloud service are fee-based to developers. Those operations will also be based in Lancaster.

TechCrunch posted a copy of AppMobi's letter to its developers explaining the deal.



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Daily Links 9/24/2012: First Round Capital launches "Dorm Room Fund" in Philadelphia

The Dorm Room Fund (Redeye VC)

For Students, By Students: First Round Capital Announces Dorm Room Fund in Philly (PandoDaily)

Mobile Services and Cable TV Are Unexpected Allies (New York Times)

Verizon to Pay More Than $510 Million to TiVo, ActiveVide (Bloomberg)

What caused New York’s startup boom?
A few early and broad questions in our exploration of NYC's startup community.
(O'Reilly Radar)

Ad Tech Company eXelate Raises $12M C Round Led By NewSpring Capital (TechCrunch)


Cable deal awaits verdict
City board has spent 2 years in negotiations (Wilmington News Journal)

AppMobi Unveils Mobile Cloud Platform For Businesses
(CRN)

Why Software-As-A-Service Could Be A Dead End
If enterprise apps all become SaaS, your software investment will have a very precise lifespan and return. (Information Week)

Salesforce.com's Next Steps To Become The Next Oracle (Information Week)

SAP Bundles Analytic Apps with IQ Database (CIO.com)

Tech sector hopes Princeton president's replacement continues to partner with business (NJBiz.com)

MedRisk and Acrometis Partner to Maximize Network Penetration and Effectiveness for Physical Medicine Management (Business Wire)
Both firms are based in Malvern.



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Daily Links 3/6/2012: SAP rolling out multitenant version of Business One; also targets collaboration software

PhillyInc: New Edison Ventures fund to invest in Philadelphia-area tech firms (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Servigistics Merges with Philly-based software firm MCA Solutions (PE Hub)

SAP rolling out cloud-savvy version of Business One
Partners will now be able to sell a multitenant version of the ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for small companies (IT World)

SAP's Snabe: Next Target, Collaboration Software (Eric Savitz/Forbes)
Start up the rumor mill again about whether SAP will make an acquisition in this area.

Interview with SAP co-CEO Snabe at CeBIT (Reuters Video)

SAP Offers Share-Based Pay to All Staff as Stock Nears Highest in 11 Years (Bloomberg)

FCC Seeks Cell Phone-Jammer Input
(Yidio)

AppMobi Accelerates Android HTML5 Performance With new directCanvas SDK (Read Write Web)

Temple University Establishes a Presence at the University City Science Center (Globe Newswire)

Verizon challenges cable MSOs, AT&T with HomeFusion wireless broadband service (FierceCable)

AT&T May Sell Off Many DSL Markets
Upgrades Schmupgrades (Broadband Reports)

Rivals Try to Freeze Verizon-MSO Spectrum Buy (Light Reading Cable)

Exclusive: Netflix in talks for cable partnership (Reuters)

Daily Links 2/13/2012: DOJ, EU approve Google/Motorola Mobility deal

Can Fisker keep its promise?
It started with good feelings and a pledge to bring thousands of jobs to Delaware (Wilmington News Journal)

Comcast's new Xfinity stores aim for an Apple Store experience — and Katy's the first test market (CultureMap Houston)

Comcast intros free text messaging; integrates Twitter, Facebook in Xfinity Connect portal (FierceCable)

Triple play for your 'smart' home
Systems combine security, automation, energy control (Wilmington News Journal)


Cox-to-Time Warner Cable Firms Hit Phone Grip on Hospitals (Bloomberg)

Justice Dept, EU Approve Google’s Motorola Purchase (mocoNews)

Why Oracle May Really Be Doomed This Time (PandoDaily)

Workday’s Financials: Maturing (Ventana Research)

Information is beautiful: Lars Björk of QlikTech (Ernst & Young)

Baltimore files $9M suit against Unisys over tax system (Baltimore Business Journal)

AppMobi Bets on Monetizing the Mobile HTML5 Apps Ecosystem With playMobi (ReadWriteWeb)
AppMobi is based in Lancaster.

DreamIt Ventures Formalizes Focus on Minority-Owned Startups With DreamIt Access NYC (BetaBeat)

ULL, Drexel planning research center (The Advocate of Baton Rouge)

ARI to Implement SAP HANA to Slash Fleet Report Processing Time (Marketwire)



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Daily Links 12/19/2011: AT&T drops T-Mobile bid

AT&T Pulls $39 Billion T-Mobile Bid After Regulator Opposition (Bloomberg)

Deal means more SAP cloud changes (Computerworld)

Oracle's 2Q to provide snapshot of tech spending (AP via Business Week)

Tech Startup AboutOne Announces Additional Participation in Oversubscribed Series A Funding (PR Newswire)

myYearbook Launches iPad App (Business Wire)

The Franklin Institute Announces the 2012 Franklin Institute Laureates (PR Newswire)

More Low-Key Than His Predecessor, NBC Sports Chief Still Aims High (New York Times)

Charter Communications Names Thomas M. Rutledge as President and CEO (PR Newswire)

AppMobi Solves HTML5 Audio Problems, Accelerates Animation with directCanvas (ReadWriteWeb)

UniTek Global Services Awarded 3-Year Contract With Leading Wireless Carrier (Globe Newswire)

Sprint Sues Time Warner, Comcast Over Digital Phone Technology (Bloomberg)

Exclusive: Falcone's wireless company running out of cash (Reuters)

Don’t cut that fiber just yet (CED Magazine)



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Daily Links 12/5/2011: ReadWriteWeb names Lancaster-based appMobi its "most promising company for 2012"

Lancaster-based appMobi is ReadWriteWeb's Most Promising Company For 2012 (ReadWriteWeb)

Taleo, Kenexa Spike On SAP/Success Factors Deal; Who Is Next? (Forbes: Tech Musings)

SAP Overpaying For SuccessFactors, S&P Analyst Says (Forbes: Tech Musings)

SAP splashes out in cloud-computing frenzy (Reuters)

Kenexa's Growing HR Footprint (ZDNet Blogs)

IBM Rachets Up Acquisition Machine (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)

PhillyInc: Venture capital still on the upswing (Philadelphia Inquirer)

CMCSA, TWC: Stifel Ups To Buy On Wireless Deal (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Comcast to start selling Verizon mobile early 2012 (Reuters)

Comcast CFO: NBCUniversal Integration Continues to Go 'Really Well' (Hollywood Reporter)

The Future of TV Begins Now on Xbox 360 (Microsoft News Center)
FiOS later this month; Comcast Xfinity On Demand in "early 2012".

Razorfish CEO to Set New Digital Course for Publicis in Wake of Lang Departure (Ad Age)
Implications for Rosetta Marketing?

Siemens amps up its smart grid bid with eMeter startup acquisition (VentureBeat)
eMeter has also been working closely with SAP on applications.

USA Technologies replaces CEO who posed as investor (Philadelphia Business Journal)



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Daily Links 11/22/2011: Is Netflix's development arrested?

Has Netflix overextended itself? (Gigaom)

Netflix’s development has been arrested
Analysis: Video rental giant faces even more reprogramming ahead (Marketwatch)

iPad, Xoom Get First Crack at Comcast's AnyPlay (Light Reading Cable)

What Will Comcast Charge to Get Live TV on Tablets? (Multichannel News)

Comcast shows off its new 'Barcelona' HD guide upgrade (Engadget)

AppMobi open sources its mobile HTML5 technology (Gigaom)
AppMobi is based in Lancaster.

Software Vendor Says Partnership With SAP Led to Stolen Trade Secrets (PC World)
Remember, IP plaintiffs: Always file in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.


UT partners with SunGard, research safe way to file-share (Daily Texan)

Keeping quiet about the public financing for the Inquirer and Daily News (NewsWorks)

FCC Says AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Diminishes Competition, Recommends Hearing
(Mashable)



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Daily Links 10/31/2011: appMobi introduces MobiUs to accelerate Mobile HTML5 Development

Your Response to Occupy Wharton (Wharton Journal)
Continued debate over Occupy Philly's conflict with some in the Wharton community over U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's cancelled speech.

Analysis: Too many start-ups chase too little cash (Reuters)

Interactive Ads: Cable’s Future May Already Have Passed (Bloomberg Business Week)

Cable Is Holding Web TV at Bay, Earnings Show (New York Times)

NBCUniversal to Invest Millions to Enhance Local News at 10 NBC TV Stations (Hollywood Reporter)
Including WCAU in Philadelphia.

McDermott addresses questions over SAP BusinessObjects 4.0, HANA (SearchSAP.com)

MobiUs Accelerates Mobile HTML5 Development, Aims to Kill Mobile Flash (ReadWriteWeb)
New browser released by Lancaster-based appMobi.

TicketLeap Ticket-scanning comes to iPhone with Launch of iOS App (PR Web)

Exclaim Mobility Acquires SmrtGuard Mobile Security Cloud-service Applications (BusinessWire)

Once Hot Startup SimpleGeo Sells For A Loss To Urban Airship (Silicon Alley Insider)
First Round Capital was an investor in SimpleGeo.

Newspaper Next, Five Years Later (Recovering Journalist)

Philly daily newspapers in search for new home (Philly.com: Philly Deals)



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Daily Links 8/4/2011: Monetate raises $15 million

Monetate Raises $15M Led By OpenView Venture Partners to Further Extend Its Market Leadership (Marketwire)

Monetate Raises $15 Million For Realtime Testing And Targeting Platform (TechCrunch)

SAP says hiring actively in China, India (Reuters)

SAP Brings Your Subsidiaries, HQ Closer
Your headquarters wants to run SAP on-premises software, but subsidiaries want Business ByDesign SaaS suite? No problem, says SAP. (Information Week)
SAP releases new version of Business ByDesign.

Comcast Sues DirecTV Over 'Deceptive' Claims of 'Free' Televised NFL Games (Hollywood Reporter)

DirecTV Second-Quarter U.S. Sub Gains Weaken (Hollywood Reporter)

TV Everywhere is the new DRM (Gigaom)

Comcast Pulls SeaChange VOD Servers: Sources
Cisco Now MSO's Primary Video-on-Demand Server, Industry Sources Say (Multichannel News)

What Does Dynamic Ad Insertion Mean for Advertisers and Comcast? (Comcast Voices/Comcast Corporate Blog)

Why You Can’t Share That Wireless Data Plan (Zatz Not Funny)

Clearwire Goes It Alone With Faster 4G (Light Reading Mobile)

Clearwire Needs More Cash; Investors Throw In The Towel (Forbes: The Tech Trade)
Clearwire is off 29% on the day.

Interactive Map: The United States of Venture Capital (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

AppMobi's New XDK Lets You Build HTML5 Apps, for Web or Mobile (Read Write Web)

Advent International and Oberthur Group Enter into Exclusive Negotiations for the Acquisition of Oberthur Technologies’ Card Systems and Identity Activities (Business Wire)
Oberthur manufactures smart cards in Exton.

Kenexa Announces Acquisition of The Ashbourne Group
Expands Kenexa's Presence in U.K. Public Sector; Combined Entity Brings Significant Value to Clients (Marketwire)



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Daily Links 7/25/2011: Comcast teams with Elemental Technologies for OTT technology; Netflix expects slower subscriber growth

Comcast Teams With Elemental Technologies to Stay Ahead of Netflix and Hulu (ReadWriteWeb)

Former Comcaster Kunkel Joins Microsoft's Entertainment Unit
Exec Previously Headed Up GuideWorks Joint Venture (Multichannel News)

Netflix, you’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do! (Gigaom)

Netflix Says Its Price Hike Will Clip Revenues For a Quarter (All Things Digital)

Netflix expects subscriber growth to slow in Q3 (VentureBeat)


DVL Announces New Data Center Installation At The Microsoft Technology Center In Malvern, PA (Business Wire)

appMobi’s cloudKey Revolutionizes E-Commerce Security by Eliminating Credit Card Databases
Patent-pending "Distributed Key" technology stores personal information locally, locked with secure keys delivered from the cloud (Business Wire)

Healthcare Disruption: Pharma 3.0 Will Drive Shift from Life Science to HealthTech Investing (Part I of III) (TechCrunch)

Behind Wharton's record-breaking female enrollment (Fortune)

Unisys Announces Second-Quarter 2011 Financial Results (PR Newswire)
Revenue down 10% despite 5% positive foreign currency impact.

Walker brothers are fast-moving entrepreneurs (Philly.com:
Philly Inc)

CDI IT Solutions Moves to New Office in Charlotte, North Carolina (PR Newswire)



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Daily Links 6/30/2011: DreamIt Ventures teams up Ben Franklin Tech Partners, local angel investors, to keep more startups in Philly

Accelerator DreamIt Ventures gets on the cash bandwagon (Gigaom)
Aims to team up with local angels and Ben Franklin Technology Partners to keep more promising startups in Philly.
Ben Franklin press release.

Domain-name expansion likely to create turf wars (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Obama in Philly Thursday
Comcast exec, young professionals host two DNC events to raise campaign cash (NBC Philadelphia)

Comcast Gets Two More Weeks To Respond To Bloomberg Complaint
July 13 Deadline Moved to July 27 (Multichannel News)

Scripps Sets $1 Billion Buyback in Sign Cable Programmer Won’t Seek Buyer (Bloomberg)

Why Adobe is losing the mobile development war (GoMo News)
Lancaster's appMobi introduces appFlash.

Delaware, Philadelphia advertisers team up (Wilmington News Journal)

HP: Break ‘Em Up? (Forbes: The Tech Trade)

SAP’s four dimensions of SaaS success (Enterprise Irregulars)

ShopRunner kicks up the pace
The Amazon Prime competitor plans an e-wallet and a monthly subscription option. (Internet Retailer)
One of the important pieces left over after eBay acquired most of GSI Commerce.

Technology-in-education conference reaches out to tweeters (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Lokadot Launches Free iPhone App for Philadelphians and 'Old City' Tourists for 4th of July Weekend (PR Newswire)



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Daily Links 6/8/2011: Google And Invite Media One Year Later

Comcast Scales Up Home Security Push
Expands Broadband-Based System to Seven Markets, Including Philadelphia, Houston, and Portland, Ore. (Multichannel News)

How Will NBCUniversal's Olympics Deal Affect Comcast's Stock? (Hollywood Reporter)

NBC finally ‘gets it,’ will kill the Olympic tape delay (Gigaom: NewTeeVee)

GE, Capital One Said to Vie for ING Online Bank; Bids May Reach $9 Billion (Bloomberg)

Google And Invite Media: One Year Later, DSP Looks To Global Expansion (paidContent)

Online advertising a boon for Philadelphia firms (Philly.com: Philly Deals)


appMobi Acquires Hosting Platform; Launches Tech To Speed Up HTML5 In Mobile Gaming (TechCrunch)

ARAMARK Sells Stake In Online Food Ordering Service SeamlessWeb For $50M (TechCrunch)

Sprint Pares Clearwire Voting Interest to Less Than 50% (Bloomberg)

Dell Plans New VAR Cloud Certification By Year-end (CRN)

Twitter post leads to LVEDC firing
Tweet about summer hours policy contributes to employee's termination (Allentown Morning Call)

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



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Daily Links 4/14/2011: Invidi Banks $49 Million Round With DirecTV Investment

Finally, 100 Mbps Everywhere (If You Have Comcast) (Gigaom)

Comcast: 105 Mbps Now Reaches 40 Million
Highlighting Uselessness of FCC 100Mbps to 100 Million Goal (Broadband Reports)

Seeking to narrow the definitions of 'broadband' (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Invidi Banks $49 Million Round With DirecTV Investment
Other Investors in Addressable TV Ad Tech Company Include Google, GroupM, Motorola (and Comcast, via NBC) (Multichannel News)
Total investment now up to $111.5 million. Invidi, now based in New York, started out in Princton, and still has operations there.

Verizon FiOS TV 1.9 software update adds an HD guide, DVR enhancements (Engadget)

Is the economic rebound leading to SAP spending? (SearchSAP.com)

Oracle integrates its PeopleSoft Enterprise with Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio (Computer Business Review)
Oracle acquired Bala Cynwyd-based Primavera in 2008.

Friendly for apps
Local firm doesn't do apps, but it provides the software that makes apps easier. (Lancaster Sunday News)
On Lancaster-based appMobi.

Empathy Lab Selected to Redesign the Digital Experience at the American Red Cross (PR Web)

Startup Weekend comes to Baltimore: this weekend (Baltimore Sun: BaltTech)



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Daily Links 3/22/2011: Verizon Wireless CEO says no interest in Sprint

Cable Could Lose Wireless Bargaining Chip (Light Reading Cable)

Verizon Wireless CEO says no interest in Sprint deal (Reuters via Yahoo News)

Sprint 'Concerned' About AT&T-T-Mobile Deal, Verizon Will 'Be Watching' (PC Magazine)

Sprint Plans Appeal to Congress to Halt AT&T-T-Mobile Deal (Bloomberg)

Mother and Child Reunion … Or Not (Knowledge@Wharton)

appMobi Releases Mobile Web Services Creating Most Comprehensive Mobile App Ecosystem Available (PR Newswire)

NJ Senate puts telecommunications bill on hold (Asbury Park Press)

thePlatform Squelches Buyout Rumor (Light Reading Cable)

NBCU Refines Integrated Media Division With Promotions (paidContent)

Open Angel Forum Philadelphia's First Six Startups (Tedesco's Two Cents)

Cadient Group Expands and Diversifies Client Portfolio (Business Wire)

Half of SAP users 'dissatisfied' with system performance
Is it the software or the infrastructure to blame? (Computerworld UK)

5 Ways Retailers Are Winning Big With Facebook Commerce (Mashable)
One of the examples given is Philly startup Kembrel.



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Daily Links 1/26/2011: Lancaster's appMobi raises $6 million

SAP raises dividend 20 percent, upbeat on 2011 (Reuters)

Germany's SAP sees Q4 earnings fall 36 per cent after charge for Oracle battle (The Canadian Press)

A Chat With SAP’s Bill McDermott (Forbes: Upside Potential)

General Electric Buys Stake in NBC Universal From Vivendi for $3.8 Billion (Bloomberg)
Clears way for completing Comcast/NBCU transaction.

JVP Leads $50 Million Secondary and Primary Transaction in Photonic Integrated Circuit Company CyOptics, Inc. (PR Newswire)
CyOptics is based in the Lehigh Valley near Allentown.

appMobi Closes $6 Million Series B Financing (Business Wire)
Lancaster-based Mobile Apps platform company says funding came entirely from Angels. appMobi grew out of another Lancaster startup, streaming music service FlyCast.
TechCrunch article.

Startup Accelerator DreamIt Ventures Takes Manhattan (TechCrunch)

RES Software Caps 2010 with Record Bookings of $12.9 million in Q4 (Business Wire)

Charter Passes Over the Cable-Tech Duopoly
(Multichannel News)

Netflix: Here's What We Think About ISPs And Net Neutrality (Silicon Alley Insider)

Netflix Passes 20 Million Subscribers But Doesn't Give Full-Year Guidance (Silicon Alley Insider)




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