Links 6/16: U.S. SEC charges former SAP America executive with insider trading; Salesforce said to be Goldman’s failed rival suitor for LinkedIn





Links 6/15: One Kings Lane marked down for sale; UniTek, rising from dead, gets Comcast work





Links 6/14: Title II Decision Draws Jeers From ISPs; GE opens Paris 'Digital Foundry' in international industrial IoT push




Links 6/13: Apple announces new IoT app called Home; FanDuel, DraftKings in Merger Talks




Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26B in cash, makes big move into enterprise social media: Highlights




Sunday Highlights: NY Times on Cable's lobbying efforts; Inquirer parent launches startup contest




Moore Partners With Philly's U School for Exhibition Showcasing Students' Interest in Technology as Tool for Civic Engagement




Saturday Highlights: Can SAP Win Over Die-Hard Tableau Fans?; Urban Outfitters doubles down on big stores




Links 6/10: Cable Tech - Google Fiber may use Wi-Fi to reach homes; Nokia swings deal for Gainspeed



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Google Fiber could use high-speed Wi-Fi to connect to homes (The Verge)

Nokia Swings Deal for Gainspeed (Light Reading)

Cathy Avgiris put family first, became most powerful woman at Comcast (Denver Post)


Comcast, Time Warner Cable to testify on customer service issues (The Hill)

Hulu live stream will wholesale for around $34 a month, include affiliates, analyst says (FierceCable)

PUC, feeling heat from Uber allies, votes to reconsider $11.4M fine (Philly.com)

Gawker Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (Hollywood Reporter)

Urban Outfitters: Retail sales sluggish & $19M payday for Vetri (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Philly Tech People News 6/9/2015: Comcast exec leaves for soon to be Cablevision parent; West Philly's Carter now a top Spotify exec






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Marwan Fawaz Named CEO of Nest (Multichannel News)
Former Adelphia, Charter and Motorola Home executive.

Altice USA Names Schreiber Chief Content Officer (Multichannel News)
Schreiber was senior vice president, content acquisition for Comcast

SAP reshuffles product, executive decks to better target smaller companies (ZDNet)

I want India to be the most innovative place for SAP: Dilipkumar Khandelwal
(Business Standard)

Spotify hires star music manager Troy Carter to help fight Apple and Jay Z (Recode)
Carter is a native of West Philadelphia.

Dudnyk promotes Tobias to president after Powers (Medical Marketing & Media)

Pinnacle 21 Attracts Clinical Data Standards Executive (Press Release)

Panitch Schwarze Hires Experienced IP Attorneys in Philadelphia (Press Relesse)


Links 6/9: Telefonica to roll out ThingWorx IoT platform; Comcast didn't need billion dollar deal to get MVNO status



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Telefonica to roll out ThingWorx IoT platform (TotalTele)

Verizon's CFO: 'We're perfectly fine' inking MVNO deal with Altice or other cable operators (FierceWireless)

Time Warner Cable Internet speeds are “abysmal,” NY AG claims (Ars Technica)
Tim Wu, in official government capacity now, takes shots at Time Warner Cable.

Lehigh Valley FedEx Ground terminal to be company's largest in U.S., VP says (Morning Call)


Service robots are coming to help us (Phys.org)
Highlights work being done at Penn SEAS.

Riverside acquires Horsham-based CAD software resaler Prism Engineering as add-on to Fisher Unitech platform (Crain's Cleveland Business)

AstraZeneca CIO Dave Smoley’s 6-point cloud toolkit (Diginomica)


Philly edtech startup rebrands as $4M Series A round closes (Philadelphia Business Journal)