USOC delays Olympic Channel planned with Comcast
paidContent

Is Comcast poised to do another Disney? (Reuters)

Verizon Tests LTE Network in Boston & Seattle (GigaOm via New York Times)

A Quik Look at QlikView (BI Blogs)




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ITC initial ruling favors Nokia in InterDigital case (Reuters)
This is probably a little bit of a surprise to many people.

Philly newspapers want lenders to wipe out $300M in debt (Poynter Online: Romenesko)

Daily Links 8/14/09: Comcast Opts Out Of Stimulus Funding

Telecom companies reject stimulus money
Government grants to help expand Internet broadband service apparently make the big carriers nervous. (LA Times)

Entrepreneurial boot camp (Phildelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

SCVNGR Lets You Build Awesome Scavenger Hunts For Any Mobile Phone (TechCrunch)
Boston-based SCVNGR is a 2008 DreamIt Ventures alumnus.

InfoLogix Announces Second Quarter Financial Results (PR Newswire)
Company issues "going concern" statement.

Companies investing in SAP ERP FI, core financial apps (SearchSAP.com)

What SAP product or service would make your life easier? (IT Knowledge Exchange: SAP Watch)

The Peril of Secret Conditions (New York Times: Dealbook)

Quick & Dirty How-To: Employee Stock Option Allocations (Christine.net)

Philadelphia may become the center of video gaming
(The Triangle)

WorldGate Releases Second Quarter 2009 Results
(Business Wire)

Astea Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results (PR Newswire)






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Daily Links 8/13/09: DreamIt Graduates New Class

Philly's Freshest: DreamIt Ventures Graduates Class of Ten Startups (Read Write Web)

Viddler and Graspr Seek Growth Via AnySource Media’s Connected TV Platform (PR Newswire)

GSI Commerce Announces Pricing of Its Common Stock Offering (Business Wire)
Stock offering sinks GSI Commerce (Blogging Stocks)


Tierney: Philly Papers Will Be a New Version of Poynter-'St. Pete Times' (Editor & Publisher)

Urban Outfitters profit beats estimates (Reuters)
Strong growth in internet & catalog sales; European expansion plans outlined.

SAP Connects Midmarket Channel Partners to LinkedIn to Support Recruiting Efforts
(PR Newswire)

Oracle Unveils Oracle® Revenue Management and Billing for Health Insurance (Marketwire)

Mint Raises $14 Million For Its Online Finance Service (paidContent)
First Round Capital was an early backer of Mint and also participated in this latest round.

WuXi AppTec Purchases Instem’s Provantis Software for Toxicology Facility in China (Business Wire)

Quarterly Shipment Numbers: Q2 2009 (Media Experiences 2 Go)
For Horsham"s Motorola Home and Networks Mobility.




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2009 Inc.5000

The Inc 5000 for 2009 is out. Here are the top 100 in the Philly metro area. Heading the list is DSG of Malvern, which provides clinical trial data collection systems for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. It ranks 82nd nationally. More on this later.



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A contentious court day for newspapers
Judge says creditors' offer could have led to a breach of the owners' fiduciary obligations (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Philly Newspaper Guild Rejects Request for Contract Extension (Editor & Publisher)

The Digital Philadelphia Vision (Technically Philly)
Excellent work by the guys at Technically Philly.

Comcast Lawsuit Questions FCC Right to Enforce Net Neutrality (GigaOM)

Will Razorfish make Publicis cutting edge? (Stuart Smith's Blog)

Lockheed Martin Breaks Ground Marking Expansion of Newtown, PA Facility (PR Newswire)

Journal Register emerges from bankruptcy protection (Associated Press via Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

SAP Ranked Leader in the Combined Performance Management and Analytic Applications Market for Second Consecutive Year by Leading Analyst Firm (PR Newswire)

Open-Source, Proprietary Vendors Partner on Cloud BI (IDG via New York Times)
Perhaps this is an attempt to better compete against Radnor's QlikTech. A four-way joint venture seems like a difficult to manage, however.
BTW, SAP Ventures is an investor in JasperSoft.

Share your ARIS Express model! (ARIS BPM Blog)
Great Example!

FiOS Broadens Multi-Room FiOS Functionality
Media Manager now free for all DVR/Broadband customers... (Broadband Reports)

PHIMA PANEL DISCUSSES SOCIAL MEDIA (Dinkum Interactive Blog)

Dynasil Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results
(Business Wire)




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Daily Links 8/11/09: Comcast Takes On Godzilla

Comcast Email Service Goes Down for an Hour (PC Magazine)

Comcast Battles Godzilla
Trademark owner not fan of new commercial (Broadband Reports)

Cable's Grip On The Living Room Is Getting Weaker (Silicon Alley Insider)

CHART OF THE DAY: How Comcast Ate Vonage's Lunch (Silicon Alley Insider)

Comcast Spectacor Scores with Acumen-Integrated Salesforce.com (Outbound Call Center)

Publicis lands Razorfish (Medical Marketing & Media)

YouStar ToonUps Embeds User’s Voice and Face in Digital Cartoons to Create Entertaining, Memorable Messages and Presentations (Business Wire)

Deadline near for Mid-Atlantic event (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Advanta Reports Loss, Says Survival Tied to New Plan (Bloomberg)

Clearwire posts narrower loss, adds customers (Reuters)
Clearwire adds Huawei to WiMax vendor roster (Computerworld)


Siemens adds to ‘meaningful use’ conversation with roadmap, expertise (CivSource)

Outdated 911 centers can’t handle texting (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Supposedly, fees on mobile phone bills were to cover things such as this, but apparently the funds are diverted for other purposes.



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Philly Tech Events Calendar

Microsoft Strikes Razorfish Deal With Publicis (New York Times: DealBook)


Earnings Call: Comcast Questions 4G Competition (mocoNews.net via Washington Post)

MASN Whiffs Against Comcast
Sources Say FCC Bureau Urges No Carriage Mandate (Multichannel News)

COMCAST COO BURKE: 25 MIL EBIF HOMES POSSIBLE BY Q4, CANOE TO BEGIN GENERATING REVENUE BY 2010 (Interactive TV Today)

Tibco shares rise after report says SAP mulling bid (Reuters)

IBM sets its sights on high-end analytics (Computerworld)

VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? (ZDNet Blogs)

What’s a Big City Without a Newspaper?
(New York Times Magazine)

Vuzit Releases DocuPub Platform Version 3 – Enterprise Online Document Viewer and Control Platform (Newswire Today)

Pay cuts to end, 401(k) matches to restart at Kulicke & Soffa (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Target's departure from Amazon creates IT risk; Opportunity for GSI Commerce? (ZDNet Blogs)

Universal Display Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results (Business Wire)


Comcast New Media Exchange: Thoughts and Lessons (Comcast Voices)





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Germany's SAP considering offer for Tibco -report (Reuters)
SAP may also be interested in Teredata, Reuters reports.

As Rivals Branch Out, SAP Is Sticking to Software (New York Times)

Publicis to buy Razorfish from Microsoft

Razorfish Bidding Saga Over: Publicis Buys It For $530 Million; 5-Year Bing Ad Deal Included (paidContent)
As I have previously suggested, the probable combination of Philly-based Digitas Health (owned by Publicis) and Razorfish's
Health practice (paticularly that of its Philly office) should create a powerhouse in Interactive Health Marketing.