Daily Links 8/17/2010: Lower Merion School District won't face Federal charges in webcam case

Survey of viewers shows extent of TV time shifting (AP via Google News)

Wall Street lukewarm to Hulu IPO plans
Raising capital could make website more competitive (The Hollywood Reporter)

Global CIO: IBM & Oracle Expose Hewlett-Packard's Achilles' Heel (Information Week)

SAP Americas Headquarters Achieves Certification as Pennsylvania's Largest 'LEED Platinum' Building
(PR Newswire)

First Round Capital joins the TaskRabbit Team! (TaskRabbit Blog)
First Round Capital's latest investment, TaskRabbit, is currently operating in Boston and San Francisco.

Stream TV Prepares to Introduce Groundbreaking 7-Inch Mobile Tablet With Android OS (PR Newswire)
Not quite sure who or what is behind this yet, but it is apparently based in the Philly area.


Data worth more in health mergers than software (ZDNet Blogs)

Ingenix Continues Buying Spree (Health Data Management)

Spying school district won’t face charges (FT.com: Tech Blog)

Urban Outfitters 2Q net income climbs 46 percent (AP via Business Week)

Traver Out as Comcast Media Center Chief
(Light Reading Cable)




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Daily Links 8/16/2010: Hulu reportedly planning IPO

Hulu Is Said to Be Ready for an I.P.O. (New York Times)
NBC owns 32% of Hulu.

Intel To Acquire Cable Modem Unit From Texas Instruments (TechCrunch)

Verizon Shows FiOS Can Deliver Gig-E (Light Reading Cable)

Moody's lifts Unisys Corp. debt ratings (AP via Business Week)

$1 billion+ payday for ex-Jefferson doc's firm (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

SAP and Sybase CEOs to Discuss the Road Ahead via Press Conference in Boston and Frankfurt (PR Newswire)

UniTek Global Services, Inc. Files S-1 Registration Statement to Raise Up to $75 Million in a Common Stock Offering (PR Newswire)

IPOs as a Financing Event (Safeguard Scientifics Blog)

Android Passcodes Deciphered By Smudges (New York Times: Gadgetwise)

Dynasil Reports Record Third Quarter Results (Business Wire)




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SAP sees double-digit growth continuing: report (MarketWatch)

Philly Tech People News 8/16/2010

GSI Commerce Expands to Asia; Appoints Vice President of Japan and Asia Pacific (Business Wire)

GSI Commerce Appoints Scott Proctor Chief Technology Officer and Head of Quality for Global Marketing Services Division (Business Wire)

Manber and Miller Bring Transformational Marketing Strategy to Digitas Health (PharmaLive)

Phila.-area executives make PharmaVoice most inspiring list (Philadelphia Business Journal: Health Care Blog)
Jay Bolling of Montgomeryville's Roska Healthcare Advertising was also named to the list.

Michael Cichowski Promoted to Principal of Edison Venture Fund (PR Web)

Deacom Hires Ted Roberts as Senior Sales Engineer (PR Web)

Lockheed Martin Technology Laboratories Employees to Receive Corporation's Highest Honor (Marketwire)




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Oracle Signals the End for OpenSolaris (IDG via
New York Times)

Why Over-The-Top TV Apps Will Win (NewTeeVee)

Judge drops CardioNet shareholder lawsuit (CMIO)

Philly Tech Tidbits 8/13/2010

Mashable named Jenn Lukas of Happy Cog's Philly office as one of "15 Developer/Hacker Women to Follow on Twitter".

Conshohocken's CardioNet said in a 8-K filing with the SEC last week that Matthew S. Margolies had "voluntarily" resigned from his position as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

Camden's Cooper University Hospital reports that "all physician documentation within the hospital is now being done" using EHRs (Electronic Health Records).

Former Rhode Island Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee (now running for Governor as an independent) criticized the state's $75 million loan guarantee to Curt Schilling's video game development company, and also questioned the veracity of the Schilling "bloody sock" legend (that won't get you too far in New England). Although I tend to agree with Chafee on the loan; it seems like a lot of money for a state of Rhode Island's size.

Comcast says they "hope to make" Blackberry and Android versions available of its remote application for DVR scheduling and other functions, which currently runs on the iPhone and iPad Touch.

SAP, which is trying to make its enterprise software more end-user friendly, is working on an iGoogle-like feature for its NetWeaver portal named Enterprise Workspaces, to be ready for general availability later this year.

I really like Philly GIS company Azavea's new slogan, "Beyond dots on a map". I still have difficulty remembering their new name, though I understand that they had to drop Avencia for legal reasons.

Daily Links 8/13/2010: Oracle sues Google over Android

Oracle sues Google over Android operating system (San Jose Mercury News)

Memo from Oracle: let's sue our way to world domination (ZDNet Blogs)
Dennis Howlett asks, "Will SAP be next in the cross hairs?".

Oracle vs Google — What the Web Is Saying (GigaOM)

Philadelphia and San Francisco part of Verizon’s first 30-city LTE launch? (Boy Genius Report)

Verizon: Title II Classification Would Cause Widespread Harm (Multichannel News)

Red Tettemer Preps RightNetwork Launch
(Brandweek)

Struggling to avoid bankruptcy, Blockbuster extends debt deadline to Sept. 30 [Updated] (LA Times: Company Town)

Can Miso, Philo and Tunerfish Compete With CBS’ Social TV App? (NewTeeVee)




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Daily Links 8/12/2010: DC's Allbritton Comcast's latest headache

Allbritton, parent of Politico and other DC media, making noise about Comcast - NBC deal (LA Times: Company Town)

High-Fiber Subs Are Happiest With Broadband, TV: Survey
Customers With Fiber-to-the-Home Service Beat Cable, DSL on Satisfaction (Multichannel News)

Google defends Verizon net neutrality pact (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Tablets Prescribed for Verizon (Light Reading Mobile)

PhillyInc: DreamIt helps new Web businesses find funding (Philly.com: Philly Inc)



myYearbook Lands Elusive OMGPOP As Games Partner (Social Times)

Wine kiosks coming soon near you
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
State Liquor Control Board to expand program, which uses equipment from Conshohocken company.

EnerSys 1Q net income triples, revenue jumps (AP via
Google News)

Optellios pursuing a new market (PhillyBurbs.com)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Purchases Hosted Provantis Solution (Business Wire)




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PE Hub on Philadelphia Magazine's Guggenheim Ventures article

Dan Primack of Private Equity Hub (Thomson Reuters) has a piece today titled "A Good VC Story Gone Bad", concerning an article by Philadelphia Magazine on Guggenheim Venture Partners of King of Prussia and its Managing Director, Mike Burns.

The article, which appeared in the June issue, was written by Larry Platt, the former editor of Philadelphia Magazine who left shortly afterward amidst reported issues concerning his behavior. The thrust of Primack's piece is that the article, which was later pulled from the magazine's website, was full of inaccuracies and misleading information. Burns'attorney, Richard Sprague, told Primack that "the Philadelphia Magazine article was written tongue-in-cheek".




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Daily Links 8/11/2010: DreamIt Ventures Graduates 14 Startups

Philly-Based Incubator DreamIt Ventures Graduates 14 Startups (TechCrunch)

SMB Innovator: Brown Coffee Company Let's You Pay Via Text Message (PC Magazine)
Using Venmo.

Boomi Extends Lead in Enterprise Cloud Integration With Key Wins, Record Growth and Continued Innovation
Company Notes Accelerated Adoption of Cloud Integration by Large Enterprises (Marketwire)
Reports "more than tripling its subscription revenues (in the first six months of 2010) versus the same period in 2009"

Facebook's Foursquare competitor is imminent (CNET News)
Facebook also reportedly acquires First Round Capital-backed Hot Potato, primarily for founder's abilities, CNET reports.

Comcast spending multimillions to fight for NBCU merger (Philadelphia Inquirer)


AT&T: Verizon's FiOS Slowdown Justifies Our U-Verse Plan
'Investment strategy and the network strategy was the right one.' (Broadband Reports)

Broadband Additions Hit a New Low in the U.S (GigaOM)

Mistras Group, Inc. Announces FY2010 Results: Demonstrates Continued Growth in Revenue and Profitability - Provides FY2011 Guidance
FY2010 Revenue Grows 30% and Adjusted EBITDA* Increases 25% (Globe Newswire)

MedQuist Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results with Revenue Up 26% Primarily Due to Spheris Asset Acquisition in April 2010 (PR Newswire)

IBM Datacap buy is a health care play (ZDNet Blogs)




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Daily Links 8/10/2010: Epix and Netflix in digital partnership

Epix and Netflix digital partnership to make new pay channel profitable
(LA Times: Company Town)

Look Out, Cable Guys — Netflix Is Gunning for You (NewTeeVee)

Comcast Enters the DVD-by-Mail Game (Light Reading Cable)

Comcast: Netflix does 'great job' vs. VOD (MarketWatch)

Comcast.net Hijacker Gets 4 Months (Wired: Threat Level)

Net Neutrality Advocates Blast Google, Verizon Plan (PC World)

From Google and Verizon, a path to an open Internet (Washington Post)
Op-Ed by Eric Schmidt and Ivan Seidenberg.

Oracle Mergers & Acquisitions: Who’s Next? (Software Advice)

Decoding BI Market Share Numbers – Play Sudoku With Analysts (Enterprise Irregulars)

Herley Industries, Inc. Celebrates 45th Anniversary With Record Revenues for FY 2010 and Solid Backlog Heading Into FY 2011 (PR Newswire)

ERT Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results (PR Newswire)

Children's Hospital Creates Free App for iPhone® and iPod Touch®; Helps Doctors Record Side Effects in Clinical Trials (PR Newswire)




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