Daily Links 8/5/2010: Google, Verizon Deny Talks to End Net Neutrality

Kulicke & Soffa Q3 beats, sees strong Q4 rev (Reuters)

SunGard Announces Second Quarter 2010 Results (Business Wire)

Google, Verizon Deny Talks to End Net Neutrality (But They Are Talking) (Mashable)

FCC: No More Closed-Door Neutrality Meetings (Broadband Reports)

Reps Seek Info From Comcast, MSNBC, Others On Web Tracking, Targeting (Broadcasting & Cable)

Clearwire Clears Up LTE Plans (Light Reading Mobile)

Comcast’s Social Video Discovery Engine Tunerfish Comes To The iPhone (TechCrunch)

DailyCandy Launches ‘Style Alerts’ On Android; NYC Gets It First (paidContent)
Comcast subsidiary will partner with New York-based startup Xtify, which just raised $2.8 million from investors including Conshohocken's SeventySix Capital.

IBM, Aetna Intro Cloud Healthcare Decision Support (Infomation Week)

NetSuite Q2 Tops Estimates (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
As it prepares for competition from SAP's new version of Business ByDesign.

Implications of FDA’s Warning Letter to Novartis Regarding Facebook Share Widget
(Pharma Marketing Blog)

Princeton Power Systems Chooses International Battery’s Large-Format Lithium-Ion Batteries for Next Generation Solar Generation System (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 8/4/2010: Report says Motorola and Verizon To Launch TV Tablet

UnitedHealth unit buys medical technology and consulting company (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Acquires Executive Health Resources of Newtown Square. No word on price yet, but earlier reports on the negotiations suggested it could be as much as $1.5 billion.

Motorola and Verizon To Launch TV Tablet, Report Says (PC World)
Verizon Could Take TV Wireless With New Tablet (NewTeeVee)

Why Clear's 4G iSpot is cheap: it's limited to iOS devices (Ars Technica)

Clearwire Announces New 4G LTE Technology Trials Expected to Yield Unmatched Wireless Speeds in the U.S. (Business Wire)

Clearwire Q2 Misses Ests; Partners With Cbeyond; Testing LTE (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Minority lawmakers back NBCU-Comcast merger (The Hill)
Though not all, at this point.

TicketLeap Launches New Platform, Brings Free Ticketing to Small Events (PR Newswire)

Salesforce pays Microsoft to settle patent infringement suit
(ZDNet Blogs)


Hot Prospects: Phin Barnes, First Round Capital (Reuters Blogs)

Heartland Payment posts 2nd-quarter profit, reversing year-ago loss, on transaction volume (AP via Canadian Business Online)

Kenexa’s Profit In Line With Expectations (ERE.net)


BioClinica Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Lowers guidance for year.

QVC Hires Courtney Cason – First Multi-Media Host (Center Networks)

Vishay supplying components for 3D TV glasses (Philadelphia
Business Journal: Technology Blog)




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Daily Links 8/3/2010: NetSuite slams SAP Business ByDesign

Pre-Launch Business Plans Are Always Wrong (Redeye VC via Silicon Alley Insider)

thePlatform Gives Content Owners More Control (Light Reading Cable)

Comcast Saves Y-Combinator Startup Fanvibe From Obscurity (Silicon Alley Insider)

Comcast-NBCU: View From the Top (Multichannel News)

FCC, Carriers Close To Largely Empty Neutrality Agreement (Broadband Reports)

A Content War on Three Fronts: Retrans, TV Everywhere and Tru2way
(Motorola Home Blog: Media Experiences 2 Go)

SAP Furthers SaaS Push With New Business ByDesign Release (Channel Web)

NetSuite slams SAP Business ByDesign (ZDNet Blogs)

Exclaim Mobility Acquires Mobicious
(Business Wire)
Exclaim Mobility, which is based in Princeton and operates mobile photo and video sharing service Pictavision, is backed with $7 million from Edison Ventures and Sycamore Ventures. The company says it is profitable.
Mobicious, which is based in Massachusetts, had raised $9 million and has 1.1 million registered users but couldn't raise more cash, Mass High Tech reports.

Kenexa Announces Financial Results for Second Quarter 2010 (Business Wire)
Revenue up 14%.


Vishay Q2 tops Street, sees strong Q3 revenue (Reuters)

Vishay Precision Group Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results (Business Wire)
First financial report since being spun off as an independent company from Vishay Intertechnology.

WellPoint: Mobile heart monitor is “experimental” (Mobile Health News)




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After very brief stop at Technitrol, Moloney returns to Moto

Daniel Moloney, who left Motorola just earlier this year to become CEO of Philly-based Technitrol, is returning to Motorola as President of Motorola Mobility, the company announced today.

Moloney will be responsible for the currently Horsham-based Home business, which primarily serves the cable industry, as well as overseeing other functional units within Motorola Mobility. He will
report to Dr. Sanjay Jha, Co-CEO of Motorola, Inc. and CEO of Motorola Mobility. Moloney is a long-term veteran of Motorola and before that General Instrument (which Motorola acquired in 1999). Motorola is planning to spin off Motorola Mobility, which also includes its handset business, from its other major remaining segment, Motorola Networks & Enterprise, early next year.

Technitrol named CFO Drew Moyer as interim CEO while beginning a search for a permanent replacement.

I'm sure that there are some interesting behind the scenes stories about how all of this came about.





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Daily Links 8/2/2010: Key Democratic Congressman for Comcast/NBCU approval (with limits)

SAP Releases New Version of SAP® Business ByDesign™ (PR Newswire)

SAP Business ByDesign 2.5 arrives: what now? (ZDNet Blogs)

Clearwire isn’t Even Halfway to its 4G Coverage Goals (GigaOM)
Turns on service in Wilmington.

Is NBC’s Zucker Hinting at a Second Act? (Wall Street Journal Blogs: Deal Journal)

CBS Signs 10-Year Contract Allowing Comcast to Carry Its Television Shows (Bloomberg)

Comcast-NBC Deal Should Be Approved With Limits, Boucher Says
(Bloomberg)

Technitrol Announces Sale of AMI Doduco and Reports Strong Q210 Results (Business Wire)

Not beach reading: Elsevier’s big seller is anatomy atlas
(Philadelphia Business Journal: Media & Marketing Blog)

Ben Franklin (Northeast) to Invest $304,100 In Regional Economic Development (Ben Franklin Technology Partners Northeast)




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Philadelphia finally gets its Apple Store (Fortune)

Philly Tech People News 8/1/2010

SevOne Appoints New SVP of Marketing and VP of Sales (Marketwire)

Harleysville Names Acting CTO, CIO (Insurance &
Technology)

MEDecision Founder David St.Clair Re-Joins Company as Interim CEO
Will Direct Organization’s Continued Growth Following Resignation of Scott A. Storrer
(Business Wire)

The Archer Group hires 9, now has 50 employees (Philly Ad Club News)

Streetline Appoints Zia Yusuf as President & CEO (Business Wire)

Jonathan Hsu Joins RecycleBank as Chief Executive
(PR Newswire)

NBCU Elevates Fleeher To SVP, CFO TV Networks & Digital Distribution
Chastain, Gross, Greenberg, Haug, Powers, Trullinger Also Receive Promotions (Multichannel News)

Broadband Bill Meeting Planned For Saturday
Net Neutrality Stakeholders Are Expected To Discuss Bill To Clarify FCC Regulatory Authority
(Multichannel News)

Health Market Science receives more funding

Cross Atlantic Capital Partners of Radnor led a $6.1 million round of financing for King of Prussia's Health Market Science, a provider of healthcare marketing information services.

Edison Venture Fund of Lawrenceville NJ also participated with a $1.4 million follow-on investment, bringing its total capital invested in the company to $18.5 million, according to Edison.

As I noted earlier this week, HMS appeared to have a large number of open positions for which it was recruiting (see their "Careers" page). Health Market Science had revenue of $25.5 million in 2008, according to Inc. Magazine.




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SAP Completes Acquisition of Sybase, Inc. (PR Newswire)

Computer with patient data stolen from Jefferson (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Quality Systems Reports Fiscal 2011 First Quarter Results (Business Wire)
Quality Systems' primary business unit is NextGen Healthcare of Horsham.

Dish to File Comcast Complaint for Blocking Sports (Bloomberg Business Week)
Complaint over access to Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia.

Retail tru2way devices are officially DOA, even Panasonic stops trial
(Engadget)

Appearance: PPUG meets tomorrow in Philadelphia (ZDNet Blogs)

Enterprise License Agreement Extends GIS Success for City of Philadelphia (ESRI Press Release via GISUser.com)




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Daily Links 7/29/2010: Comcast threatens disconnects over unpaid balances of $0.00 (Gizmodo)

Comcast Discussing Philly RSN Carriage With Dish, DirecTV: Sources (Multichannel News)


Comcast Flashes Cash at Biz Services, SDV (Light Reading Cable)

Comcast To Customer: Pay Us $0.00 Or We'll Cancel Your Service (Gizmodo)

SCVNGR Launches Sophisticated Rewards Program (Mashable)
Program to launch first in Boston and Philly.

Even SAP is using more open source
SAP signs on for Black Duck Suite, a tool that manages use of open source software (Network World)

Where Do You Buy Your Broadband? (Zatz Not Funny!)
Best Buy to become reseller of Clearwire WiMAX service under the brand name "Best Buy Connect".




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