Saturday highlights: Is Malone trying to build the Next Big Hollywood Conglomerate?; Google and Facebook also looked at buying LinkedIn





Links 7/1: How Linux and Open Source Are Powering Comcast’s Massive Infrastructure; SAP's ERP app for small biz gets an overhaul





Links 6/30: Oracle loses HP Itanium suit; Bentley and Shell Announce Global Framework Agreement







Links 6/29: LeadiD, now Jornaya, raises $10 milion Series B led Edison Partners; Gartner on Qlik's products & prospects under private ownership





Links 6/28: Meetme to buy Skout; Katzenberg Sued Over "Side Deal" to DreamWorks-Comcast Merger





Links 6/27: Comcast Sues Over Exec Heading to Sprint; U.S. Supreme Court will not review Versata patent cancellation in SAP dispute





Sunday Highlights: Thomson Reuters’ intellectual property and science businesses taking bids; A new sales technology stack is coming





Saturday Highlights: Twilio soars more than 90% in first day; Downloading your Netflix?



Twilio stock closes at $28.53, jumping more than 90% in first day of trading (VentureBeat)

Netflix Said to Be Getting Down with Downloading (Multichannel News)

NBC "Won't Cancel Shows Quickly" in Bid to Restore Comedy Brand (Hollywood Reporter)

Cutting the Cord: Apple TV shining brighter
(USA Today}


Salesforce partners with Girl Develop It: Salesforce’s CEO, Marc Benioff, and GDI’s Executive Director, Corinne Warnshuis

On June 7th, 2016 during TrailheaDX‘s keynote, Salesforce’s CEO, Marc Benioff, and GDI’s Executive Director, Corinne Warnshuis, announced Salesforce’s partnership with GDI.




Philly Tech People News 6/25/2016: Martina F. Aufiero joins Safeguard Scientifics as Managing Director, Technology; CardConnect names former PayPal tech exec CIO






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


Altice Reorgs Group Management Ahead of Cablevision Deal (Multichannel News)

CardConnect Names Former PayPal Tech Chief as CIO (Wall Street Journal: CIO Journal)

Martina F. Aufiero Joins Safeguard Scientifics As Managing Director, Technology (PR Newswire)

Razorfish Health names new managing director (Medical Marketing & Media)

Jay Sidhu Wins Ernst & Young Fintech Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in Greater Philadelphia

NFI CEO Sid Brown Wins EY Entrepreneur of the Year


Christie creates new cabinet post to protect N.J. from cyber attacks (NJ.com)

Scala names new general manager of EMEA (Digital Signage Today)

Erin Elmore: From QVC to RNC (Philly.com)