Interview with First Round Capital's Howard Morgan (This Week in Venture Capital)

Interesting insights into First Round's history and strategy.

Critics assail Comcast-NBCU merger plans
FCC comment period on deal ended Thursday (The Hollywood Reporter)

Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU (Ars Technica)

‘30 Rock’ Vows Comcast Deal Won’t Deter Corporate Jokes (Wall Street Journal: Speakeasy)

Salesforce: Cloud is strong, Chatter is growing and guidance is up (ZDNet Blogs)

The Hidden Roadmap Details from SAP/Sybase Media Day (ZDNet Blogs)

Health IT: The Race Is On (E-Commerce Times)

HIStalk Interviews Peter Neupert, Corporate VP of Microsoft’s Health Solutions Group (HIStalk)

Del. Blue Cross to partner with Pa. company
State's largest health insurance carrier will remain separate legal entity (Wilmington
News Journal)




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Daily Links 8/19/2010: QlikTech reports 56% revenue growth for quarter

QlikTech Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Reports revenue growth of 56%.

August 2010 Business Outlook Survey (Philly Fed)
Index turns negative; far below expectations.

Philly Fed factory activity index contracts in Aug (Reuters)

Comcast takes space at Bell Atlantic Tower (Philadelphia Business Journal)
And still on the prowl for more.

Politico parent Allbritton Communications goes to battle at FCC over Comcast-NBC Universal deal (LA Times: Company
Town)

How the latest twist in the Oracle v SAP lawsuit is a win for Oracle
(ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Outlines Sybase Development Plans
Business Suite apps will go mobile within nine months. In-memory technology will spread to Sybase products. (Information Week)

Tastiest Tidbits From SAP/Sybase Media Day (ZDNet Blogs)


Big Name Investors Back SaveWave, "A Mobile Couponing Play" (Silicon Alley Insider)
Investors include First Round Capital.

The Q4 Verizon FiOS TV Updates (eSATA, HD UI) (Zatz Not
Funny!)

Salesforce Posts Record Revenue In Q2, Net Income Drops (TechCrunch IT)

Research In Motion shopping for a mobile ad network (Fierce Mobile Content)
Talks with Baltimore's Millennial Media reportedly hung up over price.


Instem Announces Global Partnership Agreement with SAS in Life Sciences (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 8/18/2010: Judge narrows scope of damages in SAP-Oracle suit

Will Google TV Get the Broadcaster Help It Needs to Succeed? (NewTeeVee)

Verizon Shows Off Its Upcoming Entry in TV-on-iPad Race (Wall Sreet Journal: Digits)

AppLabs Acquires ValueMinds, an award-winning Developer of Automated Testing Tools (Business Wire India)

Free Pitches?
For years, many investors charged start-ups to make their case. That's starting to change.
(Wall Street Journal)
Mentions DreamIt Ventures Demo Day as one example.

Future Stars: DreamIt Ventures Demo Day (The Bulletin)

Judge's Order Narrows Damages in Oracle-SAP Suit (PC World)

Bentley Adds Three Product Firsts to OpenPlant, Redefining ‘Comprehensiveness’ in Plant Creation (Business Wire)

UniTek Global Services Announces Financial Results for Fiscal Second Quarter 2010 (PR Newswire)




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Daily Links 8/17/2010: Lower Merion School District won't face Federal charges in webcam case

Survey of viewers shows extent of TV time shifting (AP via Google News)

Wall Street lukewarm to Hulu IPO plans
Raising capital could make website more competitive (The Hollywood Reporter)

Global CIO: IBM & Oracle Expose Hewlett-Packard's Achilles' Heel (Information Week)

SAP Americas Headquarters Achieves Certification as Pennsylvania's Largest 'LEED Platinum' Building
(PR Newswire)

First Round Capital joins the TaskRabbit Team! (TaskRabbit Blog)
First Round Capital's latest investment, TaskRabbit, is currently operating in Boston and San Francisco.

Stream TV Prepares to Introduce Groundbreaking 7-Inch Mobile Tablet With Android OS (PR Newswire)
Not quite sure who or what is behind this yet, but it is apparently based in the Philly area.


Data worth more in health mergers than software (ZDNet Blogs)

Ingenix Continues Buying Spree (Health Data Management)

Spying school district won’t face charges (FT.com: Tech Blog)

Urban Outfitters 2Q net income climbs 46 percent (AP via Business Week)

Traver Out as Comcast Media Center Chief
(Light Reading Cable)




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Daily Links 8/16/2010: Hulu reportedly planning IPO

Hulu Is Said to Be Ready for an I.P.O. (New York Times)
NBC owns 32% of Hulu.

Intel To Acquire Cable Modem Unit From Texas Instruments (TechCrunch)

Verizon Shows FiOS Can Deliver Gig-E (Light Reading Cable)

Moody's lifts Unisys Corp. debt ratings (AP via Business Week)

$1 billion+ payday for ex-Jefferson doc's firm (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

SAP and Sybase CEOs to Discuss the Road Ahead via Press Conference in Boston and Frankfurt (PR Newswire)

UniTek Global Services, Inc. Files S-1 Registration Statement to Raise Up to $75 Million in a Common Stock Offering (PR Newswire)

IPOs as a Financing Event (Safeguard Scientifics Blog)

Android Passcodes Deciphered By Smudges (New York Times: Gadgetwise)

Dynasil Reports Record Third Quarter Results (Business Wire)




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SAP sees double-digit growth continuing: report (MarketWatch)

Philly Tech People News 8/16/2010

GSI Commerce Expands to Asia; Appoints Vice President of Japan and Asia Pacific (Business Wire)

GSI Commerce Appoints Scott Proctor Chief Technology Officer and Head of Quality for Global Marketing Services Division (Business Wire)

Manber and Miller Bring Transformational Marketing Strategy to Digitas Health (PharmaLive)

Phila.-area executives make PharmaVoice most inspiring list (Philadelphia Business Journal: Health Care Blog)
Jay Bolling of Montgomeryville's Roska Healthcare Advertising was also named to the list.

Michael Cichowski Promoted to Principal of Edison Venture Fund (PR Web)

Deacom Hires Ted Roberts as Senior Sales Engineer (PR Web)

Lockheed Martin Technology Laboratories Employees to Receive Corporation's Highest Honor (Marketwire)




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Oracle Signals the End for OpenSolaris (IDG via
New York Times)

Why Over-The-Top TV Apps Will Win (NewTeeVee)

Judge drops CardioNet shareholder lawsuit (CMIO)

Philly Tech Tidbits 8/13/2010

Mashable named Jenn Lukas of Happy Cog's Philly office as one of "15 Developer/Hacker Women to Follow on Twitter".

Conshohocken's CardioNet said in a 8-K filing with the SEC last week that Matthew S. Margolies had "voluntarily" resigned from his position as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

Camden's Cooper University Hospital reports that "all physician documentation within the hospital is now being done" using EHRs (Electronic Health Records).

Former Rhode Island Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee (now running for Governor as an independent) criticized the state's $75 million loan guarantee to Curt Schilling's video game development company, and also questioned the veracity of the Schilling "bloody sock" legend (that won't get you too far in New England). Although I tend to agree with Chafee on the loan; it seems like a lot of money for a state of Rhode Island's size.

Comcast says they "hope to make" Blackberry and Android versions available of its remote application for DVR scheduling and other functions, which currently runs on the iPhone and iPad Touch.

SAP, which is trying to make its enterprise software more end-user friendly, is working on an iGoogle-like feature for its NetWeaver portal named Enterprise Workspaces, to be ready for general availability later this year.

I really like Philly GIS company Azavea's new slogan, "Beyond dots on a map". I still have difficulty remembering their new name, though I understand that they had to drop Avencia for legal reasons.

Daily Links 8/13/2010: Oracle sues Google over Android

Oracle sues Google over Android operating system (San Jose Mercury News)

Memo from Oracle: let's sue our way to world domination (ZDNet Blogs)
Dennis Howlett asks, "Will SAP be next in the cross hairs?".

Oracle vs Google — What the Web Is Saying (GigaOM)

Philadelphia and San Francisco part of Verizon’s first 30-city LTE launch? (Boy Genius Report)

Verizon: Title II Classification Would Cause Widespread Harm (Multichannel News)

Red Tettemer Preps RightNetwork Launch
(Brandweek)

Struggling to avoid bankruptcy, Blockbuster extends debt deadline to Sept. 30 [Updated] (LA Times: Company Town)

Can Miso, Philo and Tunerfish Compete With CBS’ Social TV App? (NewTeeVee)




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