Google: FTC clears AdMob deal

Google announced today that the FTC has cleared its $750 million acquistion of AdMob, the mobile advertising network. As previously reported here, AdMob was founded by Omar Hamoui when he was a first year MBA student at the Wharton School, though it is now based in California.
(See Business Week's recent profile of Hamoui.)

Daily Links 5/21/2010: PA AG Corbett drops Twitter subpoena

Corbett assailed over Twitter subpoena (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Update: Pennsylvania AG Dropping Twitter Subpoena (Wired Blogs)

Guide to Google TV’s Ecosystem [Video] (TechCrunch)

FCC Seeks Lots More Data From NBCU
Agency Issues 'Information and Discovery' Request (Multichannel News)


Salesforce.com net slips, even as sales rise 24%
Company's shares tumble more than 7% in late trading (MarketWatch)

Salesforce.com's Benioff likens Microsoft to patent 'alley thug' (ZDNet
Blogs)

SAP Co-CEOs Chart a Bold New Course (Bloomberg Business Week)

QlikView Capitalizes on Mobility and Flaunts Mobile Access to SAP (Ventana Research)

A Second (and Third) Helping of Success (Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs)

Q&A: Mary Pat Donnellon, Mission Research (Keystone Edge)

InterDigital sees 2Q revenue above analyst views (Associated Press via Bloomberg Business Week)

Voxware Reports Third Quarter Results for Fiscal 2010
Revenue Stable, Cost Control Plan Continues to Have Effect (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 5/20/2010: Inquirer to try 3D publishing

Lawmakers rebuff calls to delay Comcast-NBC merger timeline (The Hill)

Comcast To Bring i-Guide To Cisco Boxes
Operator to Extend the IPG to Cisco Markets Starting In June (Multichannel News)


Google’s “smart TV” Platform to Debut Tomorrow
(VentureBeat via New York Times)

Google TV turns on at I/O (Engadget)

Google Moves to TVs With Help From Intel and Sony (New York Times)

PHD Virtual Technologies Announces Citrix Investment
PHD Virtual Announces Joint Investment by Citrix and Insight Venture Partners (PR Web)

May 2010 Business Outlook Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia)

Philly Inky to do 3-D (Reuters Blogs: MediaFile)
I guess this was Brian Tierney's secret plan to save the company.

QVC Expands Mobile-Commerce Portfolio
Multimedia Retailer to Launch Apps for Android and BlackBerry, Enhanced QVC iPhone App
(PR Newswire)

NBC To Sell Stake In ShopNBC
Shopping Chanel To Drop NBC Name (Multichannel News)

Nuclear energy leader Westinghouse selects GenSight for Project Portfolio Management (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 5/19/2010: FCC brings in satellite exec to lead Comcast review

Attorney General Tom Corbett Subpoenaes Twitter To Identify Anonymous Critics (TechCrunch)
Corbett won the GOP gubernatorial primary yesterday.

US FCC taps satellite exec to manage Comcast review (Reuters)

CSC again wins $500M TSA infrastructure contract (Washington Technology)
Contract award was reevaluated after protest by previous holder Unisys.


Marketing and Mobile Technology – Event Recap (Mobile Mid-Atlantic)

Microsoft files rare patent lawsuit against Salesforce.com (Ars Technica)

Dow Electronic Materials Strengthens Presence in Korea (Business Wire)

Economics of WiFi-based Metropolitan Internet Service Providers
MuniWireless)

Viddler Business profile: Gamervision (The Viddler Blog)

Cloud Computing Entrepreneurs (ScribeMedia.org)

InterDigital and Capital Semiconductor Enter into 3G Technology Transfer Agreement (Business Wire)

Heartland Payment Systems® and MasterCard Agree to $41.4 Million Intrusion Settlement
Company has now reached breach-related settlements with three major card brands (Business Wire)

Digital Signage support the center’s role as an incubator (Digital
Signage Expert)




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Wrapping up: SAPPHIRE 2010

SAP Adds Virtualization To Its Cloud Agenda
Application vendor partners with Cisco, EMC and VMware; plans more services-based apps and a July reintroduction of Business ByDesign. (Information Week)

SAP plots in-memory database pilots, analytics appliance with HP (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Announces In-Memory Analysis Technology
Business Analytic Engine promises business-user-accessible analysis of real-time information. (Information Week)

SAPPHIRE 2010: the wrap (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Sapphire 2010: Observations, News and Tweets (Network World)

Sybase Announces Sybase Mobility Platform (eWeek)




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Daily Links 5/18/2010: Fiberlink of Blue Bell wins CODiE award

FiOSTV Tops ACSI Consumer Satisfaction Index
Cable companies see small gains in satisfaction... (Broadband Reports)

IP Gateways Are Gaining Steam (Multichannel News)

Bentley Publishes May 2010 Annual Report (PR Newswire)

CODiE Awards Names Fiberlink® Best Mobile Enterprise Solution (Business Wire)


Xybion Completes Acquisition of Stelex and Vital-Path, Leaders in Business Process Software and Consulting Services for Regulated Industries, from GE Healthcare (PR Web)

Interactive Data Teams with InvestEdge to Provide Wealth Managers with Customized Financial Data (Business Wire)

SEI Enhances Private Equity Reporting Platform To Deliver Portfolio Company Level Transparency (PR Newswire)

NASDAQ OMX and SunGard to Deliver Risk Analytics for NASDAQ OMX Indexes (Globe Newswire via MarketWatch)

Berliner Communications Announces Financial Results for Fiscal First Quarter 2010 (PR Newswire)

Garber invests in Healthy Humans (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Lonza Group Completes MODA Technology Purchase (PE Hub)

SAP SAPPHIRE News: 5/18/2010

SAP Co-Ceo: Business ByDesign 'Is Not a Fantasy' (IDG via New
York Times)

SAP's Business ByDesign: Finally Real, But a Tough Sell? (CIO.com)

How Will Larry Ellison Counter SAP's Mobile Offensive? (Information Week: Global CIO)

SAP: Experimenting And That's a Good Thing (Read Write Enterprise)


Sapphire: Users like SAP's push on mobile, on-demand and in-memory, but aren't ready (SearchSAP.com)

Sybase Shareholder Sues to Bar $5.8 Billion SAP Bid (Bloomberg Business Week)

Microsoft Seeks To Infiltrate SAP as Sapphire Begins (Redmond Channel Partner)

SAP Customers Get A User-Group Champion
At SAP's SAPPHIRE conference, ASUG's CEO promises strong advocacy as the user group tackles software-support and BusinessObjects integration woes. (Information Week)

Princeton's SES World Skies plans orbital maneuver to minimize Cable TV disruptions

Princeton-based satellite operator SES World Skies is planning an "orbital maneuver" later this month that will hopefully minimize the probability of major cable TV reception problems, the company said in a press release today.
The maneuver is aimed at steering SES' AMC-11 satellite and its customers clear of interference from Intelsat’s troubled Galaxy 15 spacecraft, the so-called "Zombie" satellite. SES also plans to reposition its new SES-1 satellite to serve as a backup to enable some customers to "leapfrog" their broadcasts over interference. The company says the risk of interference should end by June 7.
One can only imagine how much processing power SES chewed up in calculating this solution.

Daily Links 5/17/2010: DuPont develops new OLED printing process

New Inks Could Mean Cheaper OLED Screens
DuPont has developed a printing process to bring down the cost of high-performance displays. (MIT Technology Review)

update CRM Inc. Brings a Revolution in Cloud-based CRM Solutions to North America (Business Wire)
Another area player in the Life Sciences CRM market.

PhillyDeals: Poker games as trader's test for making quick decisions (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Four Programmers To Shove Off With Canoe's Interactive Ads
Comcast Networks, Discovery, NBCU, Rainbow To Debut RFI Applications (Multichannel News)

TV Apps to Bring in $1.9B by 2015 (NewTeeVee)

hhgregg Announces the Grand Opening of Twelve New Stores Serving Residents in Philadelphia and Greater Delaware Valley Area (Business Wire)

Neuxpower Expands Software To Cut 'File Bloat' In Large Files (Channel Web)

SAP SAPPHIRE News: 5/17/2010

SAP rolls out latest BusinessByDesign release (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Readying In-memory Database Appliances (PC World)

SAP Co-CEO Defends Price of Sybase Deal (PC World)

SAP's SaaS strategy: On demand add ons, Business ByDesign starter packs (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP's "Third" CEO: Vishal Sikka
Early on at Sapphire 2010, CTO Vishal Sikka took on a somewhat starring and surprising role, even with his co-CEOs on stage. (CIO.com)

The other reason SAP bought Sybase (InfoWorld)

Spring Wireless Secures $12 Million in Growth Equity Led by SAP Ventures (PR Newswire)



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NHL Eyes New Rights Deals As Ratings Climb: Collins
NHL COO Says Renewal Discussions With Versus, NBC To Take Place In Late Fall (Multichannel
News)