Location game SCVNGR raises $15m from Balderton (The Guardian)
DreamIt Ventures alum, now based in Cambridge, Mass. The current valuation would probably make DreamIt's miniscule initial investment look rather good. (This round places its valuation at around $100 million, according to some reports.)
U.S. Start-Up Turns to European V.C. for Global Expansion (Wall Street Journal: Tech Europe)

Motorola Mobility: Today’s The Day; Oppenheimer, Gleacher Say Buy (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Comcast-NBC merger watch: no decision this week as Feds look to CES (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Tru2way: Epic Fail at Retail (Light Reading Cable)

Are One in Four of You Really Going to Cut Cable and Switch to Web Video? (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)

Microsoft to Reveal Windows TV Set-top Boxes [REPORT]
(Mashable)

Dell: Channel Will Help Us Deliver Cloud Services (CRN)
Dell makes another Cloud-related acquisition; outlines strategy for Boomi and other
Cloud services.

Philly company accused of violating state's Spyware Act
(Seattle TechFlash)
Problems with Ascentive are nothing new.


Analysts: Comcast-NBCU conditions could change if GOP wins White House (The Hill.com)

Sprint Nextel Lets Partner Clearwire’s Debt Offer Deadline Pass (Bloomberg)

Do You Want To Save Your Web Ads? AdKeeper Bets $35 Million That You Will (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)
First Round Capital among those returning for second round.

N.J. venture capitalists expect healthy activity in 2011 (NJBiz.com)


RJMetrics moves to new headquarters in Philly

Website analytics startup RJMetrics has moved its "World Headquaters" from Camden to 1315 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, the company posted via Foursquare. The two year old company, co-founded by Robert J. Moore and Jake Stein, has been growing rapidly and doing some hiring.


Motorola Begins Anew As Two (Investor's Business Daily)
There have been indications that Motorola Mobility may move its headquarters from Illinois to somewhere else (California, Texas?). It also seems clear that some administrative functions for Motorola Home that have been based in Horsham are going to be consolidated within Motorola Mobility, though how far this integration will go over time is anybody's guess at this point.



Is Clearwire’s Only Option: Sell To Sprint? (Gigaom)

Clearwire: Sprint May Invest $200M, Says Kaufman (Barron's: Tech Trader)

Nonprofit News May Thrive in Comcast Takeover (New York Times)


CES: Verizon To Launch FiOS 'Smart Home' Service
Telco to Initiate New Jersey Pilot in January With Startup 4Home
(Multichannel News)

So Long, Farewell – My Last Post for Motorola (Media Experiences 2 Go)

Comcast Unit Finds New Use for the iPhone: Getting Work Done (All Things Digital)

MVisum to work on electronic records transmission for VA (Philadelphia Business Journal)


In NBC’s Shadow, Comcast Must Ponder Taking Olympic Plunge (New York Times)

Pulse Electronics Confirms Receipt of Letter from Bel Fuse (Business Wire)
Pulse (then called Technitrol) tried to acquire Bel Fuse back in 2007, but Technitrol had a
much higher market value then than now.


Arris Hires Cisco's Toft To Head Comcast Account
MSO Is Vendor's Single Biggest Customer
(Multichannel News)

ERT Announces the Appointment of Joel Morganroth, MD as Interim CEO (PR Newswire)

Liquid Interactive Promotes Justin Odom to Director of Strategy & Insights (Press Release)


O'Brien: 11 Predictions for 2011, including Google buys Twitter, Yahoo axes Bartz and Facebook hits the billion mark (San Jose Mercury News)

Oracle Should Be Denied Interest on Verdict, SAP Says (Bloomberg)


Does the FCC Want to Kill Hulu? (All Things Digital)

Comcast to Offer $9.95 Broadband to Low-Income Households
Also pledges as part of NBCU deal to carry noncom TV stations without spectrum until 2017

(Multichannel News)

FCC releases full net neutrality rules (Engadget)


FCC Chief to Offer Requirements for Comcast-NBC Today (Bloomberg)
Actually, he is not officially going to spell out those requirements today, as All Things Digital reports.

Comcast and NBCU -- A Status Update (Comcast Voices|Comcast Corporate Blog)

FCC chair to approve Comcast-NBC merger with conditions for program sharing (Washington Post: Post Tech)

VCs Predict Potential Health Care IT Bubble In 2011 (PE Hub)

The Next Big Thing In Software: Ex Siebel Exec And VC Says RPM (PE Hub)
Article says new funding round coming for Aria Systems in January.

GOOG, GSIC Top Picks At ThinkEquity (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

SAP beefs up legal team after Oracle lawsuit verdict
Could SAP be planning an appeal?
(Network World)

Is Rovi Going After Netflix? (Silicon Alley Insider)

Capita unwraps latest acquisitions (ChannelWeb UK)
Including SunGard Public Sector UK.