iPhone Availability



You can check the availability of iPhones at Apple Stores (not AT&T Stores) at the the Apple website by going to this page. Actually, the information given is unclear. It shows availability as of Sunday, but that doesn't preclude a new shipment coming in tomorrow. The website says that new shipments arrive "most days"'. However, it shows that as of Sunday, almost all area stores were out. And from what I've heard, you are less likely to find one at an AT&T Store.



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Comcast Combats Customer Service Complaints With Software (Multichannel News)

FCC Crackdown on Comcast Doesn’t Even Include Fine (Broadband Reports)

NFL throws flag on Comcast for NFL Network discrimination (ars technica)

High Cost of Driving Ignites Online Classes Boom (New York Times-free subscription)

Apple Stores Have IPhones; AT&T Is Mostly Sold Out (Bloomberg)

Business Intelligence on the double (itp.net)
On QlikTech.

SWOT Analysis: Business Objects' Predictive Workbench (Enterprise Systems)

Primavera(R) Provides Anchor Contribution for PMI Educational Foundation
(PRNewswire)




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People in the News


NBC Universal Marketing Executive Kenneth R. Graffeo Joins PointRoll As Chief Operating Officer (PRNewswire via CNN Money)

Wellman Joins Diversified Search Ray & Berndtson As Managing Director, Private Equity/Venture Capital Practice (Business Wire)

Patria Names Award-Winning Brand Marketer Marvin Davis and Venture Capital/Private Equity Executive Jeffrey Rollins to Board of Directors (PRWeb)

ActiveStrategy Names Tim Mueller Director of Healthcare Consulting Practice (BusinessWire)

Wolters Kluwer Health Appoints Susan Driscoll as Executive Vice President & General Manager of the Books Business of its Professional & Education Unit (PharmaLive)

Ketan Bhimani Joins Keane Business Risk Management Solutions to Lead British and European Sales Efforts (BusinessWire)

Bryan Evans Joins Select Greater Philadelphia as Director of Public Relations and Publications (BusinessWire)

Comcast Int'l Media promotes Jene Elzie (Hollywood Reporter)

Avenue A | Razorfish Promotes Burg, Cohen, and McGinty (Philly Ad News)



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I looked in to NextG, which a couple of days ago announced that it had completed a new communications network in Philadelphia (see press release) . What NextG does is use a technology called DAS (fiber-optic distributed antenna systems) to create base stations that supplement the major cell towers to improve and fill in coverage in a geographic area. It sells its network services directly to carriers, rather than to end users.
NextG is based in San Jose, and last month filed for an IPO. It may be in an advantageous position because its base stations are less visually invasive than cell towers. NextG should not be confused with the Australian wireless network of the same name.




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FCC's Martin recommends
punishment for Comcast (Associated Press via Google News)


iPhone frenzy in Philadelphia (Philadelphia Inquirer)

iPhone 3G On Sale At 8 A.M. (MyFox Philadelphia)

Infineon cellular chipset in iPhone 3G (Wireless Industry Analyst)
And by extension, InterDigital.

A Look At Business Apps In The iPhone App Store
Business intelligence and CRM software vendors are the most supportive of the Apple 3G iPhone. (Information Week)

Glitches mar Apple's iPhone debut (Fortune)

Levi's suffers profit meltdown in midst of SAP embrace (The Register UK)

Dow Pays Big for Rohm & Haas (Business Week)

Why ownership shift isn't so bad for Phila. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Bentley and Autodesk Join Hands to Bridge DGN and DWG
(Cadalyst)

Medicare bill rewards providers for e-prescribing
(Government Health IT)

Philadelphia Inquirer's Hai Do Discusses Journalism and New Media (Video: Temple Journalism via blip.tv)

Keystone Opportunity Zone Program Expanded (The Bulletin)
Here's an idea; why not make the entire state an opportunity zone?

Sir John Templeton, Pioneer Investor and Philanthropist (John Templeton Foundation)





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Next generation iPhone set to debut
(6abc.com)




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Dow Chemical to Acquire Rohm & Haas for $18.8 Billion (Bloomberg)

Buffet, Kuwait fund Dow's $15B/$78-share bid for Rohm & Haas (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Dow buys Rohm and Haas for $15.3 billion (EE Times)
A little more about the deal, specifically in the advanced materials area and why it actually might be good for Philadelphia.

Ness Technologies Sells SAP Sales and Distribution Division in Israel to SAP
(MarketWatch)

Bloomberg Restructures Amidst Merrill Stake Sale Talks; Text Separates From Multimedia Division (paidContent)
A substantial portion of Bloomberg's operations are in Princeton.

Sales set to start on new iPhone (Metro Philadelphia)

Getting an Early Look at the App Store (Business Week: Tech Beat)

Navteq Acquisition completed by Nokia
(Associated Press via Forbes)
Navteq owns Traffic.com of Wayne.

Japan firms,govt to team up on OLED panels -Nikkei (Reuters)


InterDigital - Thoughts on the ITC staff report (Wireless Industry Analyst)

Kenexa Hires Human Resources Thought Leader to Direct Product Strategy (Marketwire via CNN Money)

VoiceVerified Inc. Wins Patent Approval for Voice Authentication System (PR.com)

Low Power RF Developer - CenTrak-Video (Texas Instruments E2E Community)

A Primer on Smart Cards (New York Times: Personal Tech-free subscription)

FeedRoom Adds Another $12 Million In Funding (Silicon Alley Insider)
FeedRoom is based in New York. The funding round was led by NewSpring Capital, which has been very busy lately.


Health Plan Signs Tech Software Deal (The Bulletin)

Drexel School of Public Health Uses NetReach's cmScribe Advanced Content Management System (CMS) Software for First National Diversity Preparedness Clearinghouse
(PRNewswire)

WorldGate Introduces the Ojo Pro Video Phone for the Business Market (BusinessWire)
Not quite the buzz of the iPhone introduction.



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Siemens to reduce SG&A costs – 12,600 jobs to be cut worldwide (Siemens Press Release)

NextG Launches Major Philadelphia DAS Network (BusinessWire)
I haven't heard of this before, so I'm not sure how it might compare to other kinds of wireless service. I'll find out more.


SAP, Oracle go vertical in ERP applications fight (SearchSAP.com)
Many more acquisitions to come.

Update: SAP module reorganization? (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Sandra Long to lead newspapers' consolidation efforts (Philadelphia Daily News)

Comcast, Vonage Partner on Network Management
(PC Magazine)

Comcast suddenly respects FCC authority over throttling (ars technica)

Is Cable Voice Getting a Sore Throat? (GigaOM)

FiOS TV Adding Big Ten Network (Broadcasting & Cable)

RFID Industry Reaction to Checkpoint-OAT Deal, Part 2
(RFID Update)

Bentley and Autodesk target interoperability (Extranet Evolution)

Kenexa Names Tim Beaumont as Vice President of Sales (Marketwire via CNN Money)

NewSpring Capital helps fund buyout of Thermacore (Philadelphia Business Journal)

CenTrak Acquires Important Patent for Dual Infrared/Radio Frequency (IR/RF) Technology; IR/RF Approach Enables 100% Room-Level Location Accuracy (CenTrak Press Release)

Herley Industries, Inc. Added to Russell 3000 Index (PRNewswire)

Flex and the Swiz Framework by Chris Scott on 07/10/08 (Philadelphia FlashPlatform AUG)



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RFID Industry Reaction to Checkpoint-OAT Deal, Part 1 (RFID Update)


Checkpoint Systems Deems OAT Acquisition Strategic
(RFID Journal)

One thing that surprised me about this acquisition was that the price was as low as it was ( $37 million). A recent article in Xconomy,
a Boston tech business blog, put the VC investment in OATSystems at $25 million. If that's correct, it means the return on that
investment was probably close to zero (after taking out whatever stake the principals had left), and really a loss considering the time value
of money.
I thought it would be worth more, not so much because of its financial fundamentals, but for the value of its technology to
a strategic buyer like Checkpoint. But obviously, it wasn't.



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Pa. Gov poaching business from N.J. (Newark Star-Ledger)

InterDigital says ITC staff in favor of Samsung in patent suit (Reuters)

InterDigital - Samsung ITC case (Wireless Industry Analyst)

iPipeline Secures Series A Funding
(Private Equity Hub)

Autodesk and Bentley to Advance AEC Software Interoperability (PRNewswire)

Gannett Confirms ShopLocal Buy; Total Company Valued At $52.5 Million (PaidContent)
ShopLocal will be used in conjunction with Gannett's PointRoll, which is based in Conshohocken.

Rohm and Haas Opens $60 Million Immersion Lithography Facility (BusinessWire)

Inquirer, Daily News Begin Merging (Philadelphia Weekly)
That was fast.

QlikTech Releases QlikView 8.5 (PRWeb)

SaaS star leaves SAP for Salesforce.com (ZDNet Blogs)

Aria Systems Appoints James D'Arcangelo Vice President of Marketing (PRNewswire)

PodCamp Philly is On the Road... Finally (PodcampPhilly.com)

Online communities for SAS users and SAS professionals (BI Blogs)

IDC Report Shows Steady Growth for BI, Pent-Up Demand for Analytics (Intelligent Enterprise)


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When I was putting together this little Google Map of Apple
Store locations in the area, I noticed with amazement that while Center City still does not have its own store, Atlantic City does! Somehow, I've never thought of people who spend a lot of time in Atlantic City as being Apple's target market. There have been rumors and photographs of storefronts that were supposedly being rennovated into Apple Stores in Philly, but none have ever materialized.
Couldn't Ed Rendell get on the phone to his old friend Al Gore, who is on Apple's Board (he probably invented the iPhone also), and say, "hey Al, we need an Apple Store in Philadelphia"? I'm sure the Governor could also steer $1 or$ 2 million in state economic development funds Apple's way to cover startup costs, since he seems to have an unlimited supply of that.



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