Highlights last week on Philly Tech News (9/17/2012 to 9/23/2012)

I reported on the increasing number of 4G LTE options coming to the Philadelphia area in
the next year.

NJTechWeekly's Esther Surden provided a detailed report on Princeton-based Tigerlabs' first demo day held in July. Last week Tigerlabs took another step forward by announcing the launch of a startup accelerator for the healthcare industry.

First Round Capital announced it had led a seed round for Perceptual Networks, a startup to be located in Philadelphia. FRC also released a splashy video spotlighting the Philadelphia startup scene.



Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce conference drew a huge crowd in San Francisco, as the company emphasized broadening its solutions to serve more functional areas within an enterprise.

Philly-based mobile development shop appRenaissance took a major step beyond being a
custom development shop by introducing a new mobile app development platform, Artisan.

Radnor-based QlikTech launched its new app exchange, QlikMarket.

And unified communications provider Alteva opened its new national headquarters in Old City Philadelphia.


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Quewey moving out, selling furniture on craigslist

Tom Paine

Quewey, the Center City-based business Q&A site that pivoted last month to matching people with common professional interests amd bringing them together for social meetups, is moving out of its Rittenhouse Square offices by the end of September.

They are selling furniture on craigslist:

we're moving out, anyone in Philly need furniture (part 2) philadelphia.craigslist.org/fuo/3241427903… philadelphia.craigslist.org/fuo/3241477575… philadelphia.craigslist.org/fuo/3242501214…

— Quewey (@queweyQs) September 24, 2012

I'm not drawing any conclusions about what this might mean; I reached out to the company for comment but haven't received any response yet. The website is still live, but I haven't seen any other word from Quewey about what might be happening.

Quewey has raised $350,000 from angel investors, according to FormDs.com. Founded by ICG executive and Wharton MBA Matthew J. Safaii (ICG was not an investor) and launched in March, the startup's original concept was built around using LinkedIn to qualify the background and expertise of contributors to the Q&A site. But it never seemed to get much traction in building a user base before moving to its new format last month.



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Daily Links 9/25/2012: Cable operators may challenge game consoles

SAP's Emerging Cloud Platform Strategy (Frank Scavo/Constellation Research)

Xbox Challenged as Cable Plots to Make Consoles Obsolete: (Bloomberg)

Verizon Nears Launch Of FiOS Media Server (Multichannel News)

How the U.S. is winning the race to next-gen Internet (PC World)

Cable outpaces iTunes for iVOD movies: Comcast leads rental category (Variety via Chicago Tribune)

FTTH Quietly Grows 10% in North America (Light Reading Cable)

Chattanooga, Tenn., tries to lure in tech experts (Philadelphia Inquirer)

University City innovation zone grant to aid new companies (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Fisker Karma 'plagued with flaws,' says Consumer Reports (Reuters via San Jose Mercury News)



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SEER Interactive looks at sources of monetization by major Web brands

Philly-based SEO/SEM agency SEER Interactive has a feature on its website, How do our favorite tech companies make money?. It looks at some 47 major web-based brands (including several from Google) and the revenue components each has monetized to this point.

Not clear what its data sources are so its difficult to verify accuracy, but nonetheless its worth a look. Maybe SEER will expand upon it.



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Daily Links 9/24/2012: First Round Capital launches "Dorm Room Fund" in Philadelphia

The Dorm Room Fund (Redeye VC)

For Students, By Students: First Round Capital Announces Dorm Room Fund in Philly (PandoDaily)

Mobile Services and Cable TV Are Unexpected Allies (New York Times)

Verizon to Pay More Than $510 Million to TiVo, ActiveVide (Bloomberg)

What caused New York’s startup boom?
A few early and broad questions in our exploration of NYC's startup community.
(O'Reilly Radar)

Ad Tech Company eXelate Raises $12M C Round Led By NewSpring Capital (TechCrunch)


Cable deal awaits verdict
City board has spent 2 years in negotiations (Wilmington News Journal)

AppMobi Unveils Mobile Cloud Platform For Businesses
(CRN)

Why Software-As-A-Service Could Be A Dead End
If enterprise apps all become SaaS, your software investment will have a very precise lifespan and return. (Information Week)

Salesforce.com's Next Steps To Become The Next Oracle (Information Week)

SAP Bundles Analytic Apps with IQ Database (CIO.com)

Tech sector hopes Princeton president's replacement continues to partner with business (NJBiz.com)

MedRisk and Acrometis Partner to Maximize Network Penetration and Effectiveness for Physical Medicine Management (Business Wire)
Both firms are based in Malvern.



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Reintroducing the Philly Tech News Search Engine

This is to introduce, or in some cases reintroduce, a valuable tool on Philly Tech News: the Philly Tech News Search Engine.

Built on Google Custom Search, the search engine now includes about 1600 sites, including major news and meta information sites for the Philly area, associations, VC firms, incubators, tech-related academic resources, user groups, established tech companies, relevant blogs and a multitude of startups in the region.

Since its built on Google Custom Search, its easy to use, and a very specific tool for finding information about people, places and companies with a Philly focus without getting the overwhelming clutter from everything else on the web. It also covers all the content from Philly Tech News.

Philly Tech Search Engine

Give it a try if you haven't yet. The search bar is located on the right sidebar.



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Philly Tech People News 9/23/2012

Linda Yaccarino Takes Over All NBC Universal Ad Sales, Including Flagship NBC (Ad Age)

Microsoft hires CBS' Nancy Tellem to form new Xbox studio (LA Times: Company Town)

SCTE appoints Time Warner Cable, CableLabs, CommScope, Comcast execs to board (FierceCable)
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers is headquartered in Exton.


Scala Announces Advanced Analytics Expert Dr. Stefan Menger Has Joined The Company (PR Web)

Ask Engadget: best Philadelphia wireless carrier? (Endgadget)

Fisker hope fades
Former Del. autoworkers see industry's future as bleak as plant remains empty
(Wilmington News Journal)

Salesforce.com Seeks Foothold Throughout The Enterprise (Information Week)

Two Days at Dreamforce 2012:Gamification Drops in on San Francisco
(Hoopla Ideas)

Redbox-Verizon Streaming to Challenge Netflix by Year-End (Bloomberg)

phillytechnews twitterfeed 9/20-9/21 2012

phillytechnews: How many people know about WW2 in the Aleutians? http://t.co/wEzuwCta Posted: 21 Sep 2012 08:32 AM PDT phillytechnews: How many people know about WW2 in the Aleutians? http://t.co/wEzuwCta

phillytechnews: @Cecilyk Thats happens occasionally. Usually back to normal in a day or two (hope). Posted: 21 Sep 2012 07:21 AM PDT phillytechnews: @Cecilyk Thats happens occasionally. Usually back to normal in a day or two (hope).

phillytechnews: RT @jedsinger: Join us next Thursday at the @PhillyPhIMA Social Media Summit! http://t.co/yDjNJpC7 Posted: 21 Sep 2012 07:05 AM PDT phillytechnews: RT @jedsinger: Join us next Thursday at the @PhillyPhIMA Social Media Summit! http://t.co/yDjNJpC7

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Daily Links 9/21/2012: Can SAP do social?

Evolve IP Acquires Managed Communications Provider IPiphany Company identifies opportunity for expansion into Midwest market (Business Wire)

At Center City Apple Store, Long Lines and Wide Smiles For iPhone 5 (CBS Local)


Dreamforce: a conversation with John Wookey about 'work' (Dennis Howlett/ZDNet)

Can SAP Really Get Social This Time? (Esteban Kolsky/Enterprise Irregulars)

Are SMEs Skeptical about SAP? (SAP.info)


Oracle Q1 profit up 11 percent, but hardware products revenue drops 24 percent
The results come on the eve of Oracle's OpenWorld show (Network World)


Oracle targets raised on cloud push, new products (Reuters)


DirecTV CEO: Dish Merger Could Benefit Consumers Amid Rising Content Cost (Hollywood Reporter)

Comcast To Soon Allow External DVR Drive Storage
Starting Trial Next Week in Indiana (Broadband Reports)

Life Sciences Entrepreneurship: How to Keep Pennsylvania Competitive ( James A. Datin/Safeguard Scientifics Blog)



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