Links 12/30/2013: Blank Rome reported in merger talks with Boston firm; Eagles-Cowboys ratings hit for NBC

After 22 yrs, chair of Pa.'s $25B pension fund is out (Philly.com: Philly Deals)


Christmas Delivery Fiasco Shows Why Amazon Wants Its Own UPS (Wired)

Boston, Philadelphia laws firms in merger talks: sources (Reuters)

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels: Cloud and SaaS are going global, fast
(Gigaom)


Enterprise hits & misses – December 30 (Jon Reed/Diginomica)

5 Business Lessons from 2013 - A Year in Perspective (John Appleby/SAP Community Network)

Microsoft's Midori: The M# connection (ZDNet)



Northrop Grumman, Hopkins partner on new healthcare start-up accelerator (Washington Post)

Cowboys-Eagles Nail-Biter on NBC Dominates Sunday Night Ratings (Variety)

InterDigital struggles with patent disputes (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Cable giant Comcast roared in 2013, but will it use its power to trample the web in 2014? (VentureBeat)

Dear Quartz, maybe it’s you that needs new glasses and a map. 2013 was not a lost year for tech (Gigaom)

The NSA Intercepts Laptops Purchased Online to Install Malware (The Wire)
The Lower Merion Township School District could have used these guys.

Hiring For Talent, Not for Tenure, In Healthcare IT (Information Week)



Hyperlocal Publishing: Who Stumbled, Who Was Nimble and What’s Next? (Street Fight)

Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks Dec. 23 To Dec. 27 And Year-to-Date (Forbes)

In new Dynamics AX offensive, narrow view of SAP could hurt Microsoft's case (MSDynamicsWorld.com)

Deloitte Makes Big Cloud Move With SaaS-based CloudMix (CRN)

It's Personal: Shipping firms hard-pressed to meet holiday demands (Philadelphia Inquirer)

A&E calls off 'Duck Dynasty' suspension (USA Today)
That was fast.

2014 – an inflection point for SAP? (Diginomica)

Amazon Reveals a New Hint About Prime Membership Rolls (NY Times: Bits)
Kynetic LLC's Prime alternative ShopRunner said in October it had 1 million subscribers.

Universal takes writedown on new Keanu Reeves film (Reuters)

DirecTV issues veiled threat in talks with Weather Channel (LA Times)

Regulatory Barriers to Time Warner Cable Deal Limited Regardless of Buyer (Bloomberg)

4 cloud storage predictions for 2014 (VentureBeat)

SaaS predictions for 2014
News of hybrid SaaS, PaaS and happier customers is all on tap (Computerworld)

Boscov's IT gurus developing growth online (Philly.com)

Links 12/23/2013: SAP Co-CEO’s Ex-Assistant Settles SEC Insider Claims; Broadcasters respond to Aereo's Supreme Court claims

SAP Co-CEO’s Ex-Assistant Settles SEC Insider Claims (Bloombeg)
SEC says traded ahead of SuccessFactors, Ariba deals.


Time Warner Cable Has Shareholder Backing as Takeover Bid Looms (Bloomberg)


Fandango Scores Record-Breaking Year (The Wrap)
Fandango is owned by Comcast.

TV Broadcasters Fire Back at Aereo's Supreme Court Claims (Hollywood Reporter)


SoftBank CEO meets banks to get finance for T-Mobile bid: Bloomberg (Reuters)

Fisker Won’t Make Cars at Former GM Plant, Carper Says
(Bloomberg)




Mobile app developers' interest in HTML5 is slipping (Infoworld)

Why Older Technology Companies May Attempt Desperate Deals
(NY Times: DealBook)

Can Salesforce.com Grow Into a $10 Billion Company?
(AllThingsD)


Karan Mehandru’s SaaS Predictions for 2014! (Trinity Ventures)

Elevator Pitch: Doug Pepper of InterWest Partners on the future of enterprise software (San Jose Mercury News)

$10M committed to Pittsburgh venture capital fund (Pittsburgh Business Times)




MeetMe Transitions Mobile Ad Inventory to Pinsight Media+ Platform (Business Wire)

Lockheed Martin Team Moves Forward In "Elite Eight" Following DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials (PR Newswire)

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Digitas Health appoints Michael Leis
Move backs up its social strategy drive (PMLive)

Comcast arena unit hires SMG veteran (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Jack Redding Joins Halfpenny Technologies as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing (Business Wire)

The Wistar Institute Names Andrew Peabody Chief Information Officer, Will Guide Expansion of Scientific Computing (Wistar Press Release(


Plex Names Enterprise Software Veteran Karl Ederle Vice President of Product Management (PR Newswire)

Solve Media's own year-end video: "To All Humans: Can You Meme It? Yes, We Can!"

Philly & New York-based Solve Media, a First Round Capital portfolio company born in Philadelphia, produced its own year-end video inhouse using Philadelphia talent. It took 600 hours with 30 people and one cat (the cat was not harmed during production) and was produced in the famous Metropolis Studios (now known as StudioA), a Solve Media spokesperson said via email.

Its entitled "To All Humans: Can You Meme It? Yes, We Can!."

Saturday Highlights 12/21/2013: Vision of a Microsoftie's Healthcare.gov

A Microsoftie’s Healthcare.gov (Comic) (AllThingsD)

Oracle to Buy Responsys for $1.5 Billion for Sales Tools (Blooomberg)

Unitrends Buys PHD Virtual To Expand SMB Disaster Recovery, Take On Veeam (CRN)

Comcast Will Spend Millions Developing And Promoting Khan Academy To Encourage Low-Income Broadband Adoption
(Techcrunch)
Because they're such nice guys, I'm sure.

The future of broadband looks very much like cable TV. Here is why
(Gigaom)




Amazon Bought GoPago’s Mobile Payment Tech And Product/Engineering Team, DoubleBeam Bought The POS Business (TechCrunch)