The Long Story Behind Gigaom’s Sudden Demise
(Peter Kafka / Re/code)

Gigaom: The Life and Death of a Venture Funded Media Startup (Michael Wolf / Medium)

QVC debuts TV shopping on the Apple Watch
(Internet Retailer)

Verizon's small cell moves could provide backhaul bounty for Cincinnati Bell, FairPoint and Lumos (FierceTelecom)

Philly Tech People News 3/15/2015: Comcast promotes three to EVP; New SAP CTO on development plans

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Mark Schweitzer Joins Strategic Marketing Consultants CMG Partners as Partner (CMG Partners [pdf])
Schweitzer was previously senior vice president of marketing and product at Comcast Business.

Comcast Gives EVP Nod to D’Arcy Rudnay, Arthur Block, Lawrence Salva (Variety)


New SAP CTO Quentin Clark on SAP’s Development Future, How His Work Impacts Customers (ASUG News)


Terrence Curtin Named President of TE Connectivity (PR Newswire)


Uber, Mint, and Square investor Rob Hayes shares what he looks for in community-driven startups (VentureBeat)

Alibaba adds U.S. investing partner (Fortune)

TierPoint Names Dennis Jesielowski to New COO Position (Business Wire)

Benjamin’s Desk names new CEO, has big plans for year ahead (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Universal Display Corporation Names Rosemarie B. Greco to Its Board of Directors (Business Wire)

Implementing Enterprise SaaS: If it’s Easy, it’s Because You’re Not Trying (Josh Greenbaum/Enterprise Applications Consulting)

Links 3/13/2015: FCC hits delay on merger shot clock again; Josh Kopelman on state of Series A funding

Comcast hits back at merger critics (The Hill)

States sink teeth into Comcast deal (Politico)

FCC delays review of Comcast-Time Warner Cable and AT&T-DirecTV mergers (LA Times)

Charter Communications in Talks to Buy Bright House Networks (Variety)
Interestingly, Bright House partners with Time Warner Cable on technology, programming and other services.

AccuWeather Launches All-Weather All-The-Time Net (Multichannel News)
State College-based AccuWeather launches weather channel that actually focuses on weather. Replaces The Weather Channel on FiOS TV.


What the Seed Funding Boom Means for Raising a Series A (Josh Kopelman / First Round Review)

TiVo Receives Approval To Acquire Aereo Assets (TechCrunch)
Assets sold for less than $2 million.


CloudMine: Fueling the transformation of how people consume and interact with enterprise data (David Luk / Safeguard Scientifics Blog)

Oracle Q3 Preview: How Much Will Currency Matter? (Barron's Tech Trader Daily)


CenturyLink CFO: We won't sell our assets ... yet (FierceTelecom)

Links 3/12: Charter in talks to buy Bright House Networks; Philly to be one of three initial launch cities for Sony Playstation Vue

Lyft Raises $530 Million in Fight With Uber (WSJ: Digits)

PlayStation Vue Nears Commercial Debut: WSJ (Multichannel News)
Philadelphia reported to be one of three initial launch cities.

F.C.C. Releases Net Neutrality Rules (NY Times)

Charter in Talks to Buy Newhouse’s Bright House Networks (Bloomberg)

Google’s Pay TV Push Is Slow. Google’s Broadband Push Is a Question Mark. (Re/code)

Bob Moul interviewed on Bloomberg Radio
(Bloomberg Radio/Audio)
Discusses Artisan Mobile, mobile tech, Apple, and Philly tech scene.


DOCUSIGN STRIKES RESELLER AGREEMENT WITH SAP (CBR)
Also involves Aria Systems.

Bentley Adds MANAGEservices Offering for Construction Managers through Acquisition of EADOC Cloud Services (Business Wire


IBM workforce declined 12% in 2014; losses tied to corporate divestitures (Computerworld)


Synchronoss Cloud Growth Outlook Conservative: FBR (Investor's Business Daily)

Agilence receives $4.3 Million in New Funding to Support Growth Initiative (PR Newswire)

Links 3/11: Zuora scores $115 MM round; More details emerge on Jet.com stategy

Zuora $115M Investment Round Validates Subscription Approach (TechCrunch)

Looker Raises Another $30M For Its New Approach To Business Intelligence (TechCrunch)
First Round Capital, Sapphire Ventures (formerly SAP Ventures) participated.


More Details Emerge on Amazon Rival Jet.com (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Aereo Just Can’t Let Go (Zatz Not Funny)


Local firm adds U.S. technology company (Winnipeg Free Press)
Buys AmerisourceBergen Technology Group, based in Illinois.

SAP brings new analytics tools to companies large and small (PCWorld)

Why NY-area patent lawyers want Philly office (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

HBO Wanted More Leverage with the Cable Guys. Apple is Happy to Help. (Re/code)

Apple's new ResearchKit lets iPhone users participate in clinical trials (The Verge)

How Dollar Shave Club got started (Fortune)

Links 3/9: HBO on Apple TV; Gigaom's last post?

Comcast Gives EVP Nod to D’Arcy Rudnay, Arthur Block, Lawrence Salva (Variety)

NBC Sports Gears Up For Milestone Motor Sports Season (Multichannel News)

About Gigaom (Gigaom)
Gigaom's last post?


HBO on the Web Is Coming in April, Exclusively From Apple (Re/code)

Salesforce First Enterprise App To Jump On Apple Watch Bandwagon (TechCrunch)

Salesforce gives Service Cloud a shot of data science (PC World)

SAP Company Fieldglass Opens Three European Data Centers (Data Center Knowledge)

Venmo fixes well-publicized security hole (PandoDaily)

NBC News expose in New York Magazine

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Gabriel Sherman writes the latest, up to date expose of NBC News in New York Magazine, describing the time when Brian Williams sought to take over the "Tonight Show", how his (at least) temporary ouster was handled, and NBCU CEO Steve Burke's decision to bring back Andrew Lack to run NBC News again.

Reportedly, Comcast's goal was to quell the ongoing soap opera within NBC News when it took it over, something it has probably failed to do.

Philly Tech People News 3/8/2015: NBC brings back Andrew Lack to lead news division; Philly Fed names Patrick Harker as new President

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NBC Brings Back Andrew Lack to Lead Its News Division (NY Times)

Philadelphia Fed names Patrick Harker as Plosser's successor (Reuters)

Aria Systems Appoints Mark Verbeck as CFO as Company Enters Accelerated Growth Stage
Based in Califiornia, Aria has about 70 of its 200 employees located in Broomall, according to LinkedIn, mostly in development.

LeadiD Chief Marketing Officer Blair Lyon leaves for Electronic Ink (Technical.ly Philly)

New Amazon Competitor Jet.com Hires E-Trade CMO (Re/code)

Passion drives Unisys Federal's new president (Washington Technology)

doForms Appoints Laura Teller, SVP Strategic Partnership

Oki Data Americas, Inc. Names Sergio Horikawa Deputy President

NextGen Healthcare Enterprise Architect Elected to Chair HIMSS EHR Association Privacy and Security Workgroup

Lou Ann Kramer Joins SEND Management Team at Instem

Warby Parker co-founder launching growth equity firm (Fortune)

Bringing People Along: My First 100 Days as CMO (Maggie Chan Jones - Chief Marketing Officer at SAP / LinkedIn Pulse)

ORS Partners Announces New President and Chief Operating Officer

Farewell Valley Forge Tech (Mathew Goldsborough)
By Valley Forge Tech founder Mathew Goldsborough, who has relocated to warmer climes.

Saturday Highlights: Google intros insurance shopping site; Comcast has objections to California's merger conditions

Google Introduces Long-Anticipated Insurance Shopping Site (NY Times: Bits)

Like Uber for Wireless… (Kevin Werbach via Medium)
Wharton prof gives his view of what Google may be up to in Wireless.

Public cloud providers’ end game shouldn’t surprise anyone (Gigaom)


Comcast has tons of objections to California’s “approval” of TWC merger (Ars Technica)

SAP S/4HANA FAQ: Pricing and Licensing Implications (ASUG News)


The University of Pennsylvania’s Weiss Tech House Announces PennVention Semifinalists (Weiss Tech House)