Daily Links 9/13/2010: Post-Saridakis, pointed questions about PointRoll

Post-Saridakis, pointed questions about PointRoll (Gannett Blog)
PointRoll, based in Conshohocken, is owned by Gannett.

Drivers vote down latest contract offer from Philadelphia newspapers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Paetec buying rival telecom Cavalier for $460M (AP via Google News)
Both Paetec and Cavalier have operations in the Philadelphia area.

Cable’s Fall Agenda in D.C.
Industry Thrust Into ‘Vortex’ of Broadband Policy Issues
(Multichannel News)

Will Oracle Buy Informatica Next? (IDG via New York Times)

SAP New-Product Blitz Tomorrow (Information Week: Global CIO Blog)

Ojo Video Phone Lives! Er, Again! (Zatz Not Funny!)

Chattanooga, TN beats Google to 1Gbps—for $350 a month (Ars Technica)

Cable-TV slowly steps into stereo 3-D (EE Times)

Ex-Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Launches Health IT Firm
Picture of Health is recruiting staff for a firm that aims to "leverage technology in pursuit of better health."
(Information Week)


TiVo down but not out; turnaround could be coming (San Jose Mercury News)

Clearwire 'Finally in New York City' (Light Reading Mobile)


Daily Links 9/8/2010: RIGHTNETWORK launches

Network for conservative entertainment launches (AP via Google News)
RIGHTNETWORK Launches Nationwide
Multi-Platform Entertainment Network for Right-Minded Americans Delivers New VOD Programming, Online Portal and Mobile Content
(PR Newswire)
No, Comcast is not behind this, though Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider is as an individual investor. And Philly's Red Tettemer has handled the launch campaign.
(Update: A RIGHTNETWORK media representative confirms that it will be based in Philadelphia.)

Careerminds Receives Venture Capital Funding (PR Newswire)

SAP To Deploy Up To 17,000 iPads In 12 Months (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP partner launches cloud-based mobile app service
Leapfactor announces several free App Store enterprise apps
(Computerworld)

Comcast Gets Texty
Operator Launches COMCAST4U SMS Text Messaging Service
(Multichannel News)

Court allows warrantless cell location tracking (CNET News)
Decision of a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit in Philadelphia.

Federal Reserve Board Beige Book: Third District--Philadelphia, September 8, 2010 (Federal Reserve Board)

Knowledge Rules Implements Innovative Cloud Computing Solution to Refactor Legacy Applications for BNP Paribas Global Banking Network (PR Newswire)




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Former H.P. Exec Hurd joins Oracle

Former H.P. Chief Joins Oracle as Co-President (New York Times)


Philly Tech Tidbits 9/6/2010

SAP has already distributed over 1,000 iPads to its employees, according to a tweet by SAP CIO Oliver Bussmann, who
promises "more to come". ZDNet talks about what they are doing with them.

Scott McNulty, who joined Comcast last year as Chief Blogger to help the corporation get its Comcast Voices blog started, announced last week he is leaving to join Wharton Computing at Penn.

The anonymous publisher of the well-read Healthcare IT blog HIStalk remarked in one recent post that "I keep hearing that Comcast will make some big healthcare moves soon", though he is not specific as to what they might be.

Now a Philly tradition, (the 4th annual) PodCamp Philly 2010 is
scheduled for October 2-3 at Temple U. Its website describes it as a "Barcamp-style community unconference for anyone interested in podcasting, blogging, video-casting and social media". I know it was very helpful to me when I was just starting to blog, and the price is right also.

UpNext, a 3D mapping startup out of New York, has added a
version of its iPad app for Philadelphia (its also available on the iPhone). UpNext lets you navigate through a city interactively and do things like tapping on a building to see which businesses are located inside of it. The app is free (see demo).

Temple University was one of five schools this year to test out RoomBug, a Facebook app from a company named U-Match LLC
that helps students find compatible roommates.

The mortgage business is tough right now, but one unnamed Philadelphia mortgage banker was working so hard to keep up that she reportedly came down with what's called "BlackBerry Thumb" from texting clients 12 hours per day, though she was using an iPhone. She needed surgery on her thumb to remove inflamed tendons.

The Philadelphia Metro Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication is seeking entries for its annual Technical Communication Competition. The deadline for submissions is October 4. All english language entries are acceptable, regardless of geographical origin.




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Philly Tech People News 9/6/2010

Comcast-Spectacor taps Comcast Cable for new CFO (Philadelphia Business Journal)

SL Industries Names Louis J. Belardi Chief Financial Office
(PR Newswire)

Rajant Adds Two Software Engineers (Business Wire)


Mark Hurd in Discussions to Join Oracle as a `Top Executive,' WSJ Reports (Bloomberg)

Virtual Public Art Comes to Philadelphia (Arts, Culture and Creative Economy)