Daily Links 8/11/09: Comcast Takes On Godzilla

Comcast Email Service Goes Down for an Hour (PC Magazine)

Comcast Battles Godzilla
Trademark owner not fan of new commercial (Broadband Reports)

Cable's Grip On The Living Room Is Getting Weaker (Silicon Alley Insider)

CHART OF THE DAY: How Comcast Ate Vonage's Lunch (Silicon Alley Insider)

Comcast Spectacor Scores with Acumen-Integrated Salesforce.com (Outbound Call Center)

Publicis lands Razorfish (Medical Marketing & Media)

YouStar ToonUps Embeds User’s Voice and Face in Digital Cartoons to Create Entertaining, Memorable Messages and Presentations (Business Wire)

Deadline near for Mid-Atlantic event (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Advanta Reports Loss, Says Survival Tied to New Plan (Bloomberg)

Clearwire posts narrower loss, adds customers (Reuters)
Clearwire adds Huawei to WiMax vendor roster (Computerworld)


Siemens adds to ‘meaningful use’ conversation with roadmap, expertise (CivSource)

Outdated 911 centers can’t handle texting (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Supposedly, fees on mobile phone bills were to cover things such as this, but apparently the funds are diverted for other purposes.



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Microsoft Strikes Razorfish Deal With Publicis (New York Times: DealBook)


Earnings Call: Comcast Questions 4G Competition (mocoNews.net via Washington Post)

MASN Whiffs Against Comcast
Sources Say FCC Bureau Urges No Carriage Mandate (Multichannel News)

COMCAST COO BURKE: 25 MIL EBIF HOMES POSSIBLE BY Q4, CANOE TO BEGIN GENERATING REVENUE BY 2010 (Interactive TV Today)

Tibco shares rise after report says SAP mulling bid (Reuters)

IBM sets its sights on high-end analytics (Computerworld)

VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? (ZDNet Blogs)

What’s a Big City Without a Newspaper?
(New York Times Magazine)

Vuzit Releases DocuPub Platform Version 3 – Enterprise Online Document Viewer and Control Platform (Newswire Today)

Pay cuts to end, 401(k) matches to restart at Kulicke & Soffa (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Target's departure from Amazon creates IT risk; Opportunity for GSI Commerce? (ZDNet Blogs)

Universal Display Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results (Business Wire)


Comcast New Media Exchange: Thoughts and Lessons (Comcast Voices)





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Germany's SAP considering offer for Tibco -report (Reuters)
SAP may also be interested in Teredata, Reuters reports.

As Rivals Branch Out, SAP Is Sticking to Software (New York Times)

Publicis to buy Razorfish from Microsoft

Razorfish Bidding Saga Over: Publicis Buys It For $530 Million; 5-Year Bing Ad Deal Included (paidContent)
As I have previously suggested, the probable combination of Philly-based Digitas Health (owned by Publicis) and Razorfish's
Health practice (paticularly that of its Philly office) should create a powerhouse in Interactive Health Marketing.

Synygy Files Lawsuit Against ZS Associates for Copyright Infringement and Misappropriation of Intellectual Property (Business Wire)

GSI Commerce Announces Public Offering of Common Stock (Business Wire)

USA Technologies, Inc. Announces Successful Conclusion of Rights Offering (Business Wire)


The Neat Company raises $7.3 million
Scanner software business nabs capital for sales, marketing, and development (Vator News)

Automated Media-Buying Platforms Gaining Traction (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)
Interesting investment by Safeguard Scientific; perhaps a little different area than most of their recent deals.

Software AG Makes Bid to Acquire IDS Scheer

Software AG has made an offer to acquire IDS Scheer (whose Americas headquarters is in Berwyn) for EUR 15.00 per share.
Dr. Scheer and his cofounder have already agreed to sell their combined holdings which amount to 48% of the voting rights in the company. The takeover price would be approximately EUR 480, roughly a 40% premium on its current price.
I'm just surprised that it didn't end up with SAP, which I had assumed had kind of an informal right of first refusal. But this
doesn't preclude SAP buying Software AG some time in the future.

Software AG / Publication of the decision to make a public takeover offer pursuant to Section 10 Paras. 1 and 3 in conjunction with Sections 29, 34 of the German Securities Acquisition

Software AG agrees to buy stakes in IDS Scheer; tender for rest (Reuters)

CardioNet shares sink on reimbursement rate cut (Reuters)
CardioNet shares down 33% on the day.

Unisys Provides Preliminary Second-Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Announces Price at Which Common Stock Will Be Issued in Private Debt Exchange Offers (Business Wire)

Home Box Office and Comcast to Launch HBO® and Cinemax® on Broadband for the First Time Nationally Through On Demand Online (Business Wire)

WorldGate settles with Mototech
(Philadelphia Business Journal)

Microsoft Steps Up Talks With Potential Razorfish Buyers (PaidContent)

Why Microsoft Isn't Likely to Sell Razorfish (Ad Week)

Study: Brands Must Do Better in Social Media (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)
Razorfish study.

Philadelphia's stake in plans for massive lithium-ion battery factory in Ky. (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Pipeline Buys 3D Markets for Options (Traders Magazine)
3D Markets was based in New Hope.

iGuard.org Expands Reach of Medication Safety Alerts and Recalls to Microsoft HealthVault Members (Business Wire)

New iPhone Mobile Register App Helps Keep You in the Green (PR.com)

OUT OF THE BLUE Produces New Interactive Patient Videos For Top Pharmaceutical site (PharmaLlive)

Neo-Pangea Teams with Wal-Mart to Launch 3-D Zone (Philly AD Club News)

A New Venture (Bickel Blog)



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People News 7/12/09

Lori Schultz Joins Yoh as President
Current President, Bill Yoh, Becomes Chairman and Assumes New Role as Chief Customer Officer for Parent Company Day & Zimmermann (Business Wire)

OKI Data Americas Announces Reorganization of Management Team
Reorganization Will Optimize Communications with Tokyo-Based Parent Company OKI Data Corporation (Business Wire)

Core Solutions, Inc. President Selected as SATVA Board Secretary (eMediaWire)