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1.0	Aug 29, 08	I [don’t] want my Bold part 2	0 0 0
Time for a trip to the confessional. I gave in and got one (see prior post “I [don’t] want my Bold” August 22-08). You know, that shiny new Bold that Rogers and RIM (RIM:TSX, RIMM:Q) made {sparsely} available to Toronto-based retail outlets at 5:45 p.m. on Friday last week - four days after the official launch date. I was able to find a shipment two days ago, and there were a dozen or so left for sale. On the experience ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 29, 08	It’s Going to a Wireless Bonanza…Maybe	0 0 0
Back in the heady days of the dot-com boom, Forrester was among the most notorious when it came to issuing bullish forecasts when it came to e-commerce. It was a great marketing move by because it fed into the frenzy among start-ups, VCs and investors who believed e-commerce was going to destroy their bricks and mortar rivals. Fast-forward 10 years and the wireless Web, and you have a new Forrester. In this case, it’s eMarketer leading the charge with forecasts ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 29, 08	The Battle Over Internet Filtering	0 0 0
Earlier this week I attended a seminar in Brussels on the telecoms package currently before the European Parliament [partial video]. One of the most controversial elements in the package are the prospect for mandated ISP filtering or blocking of allegedly copyright infringing materials. Those requirements would build on other national and international developments including the still-secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the three strikes and you re out policies (graduated response) in some European countries. The seminar was illuminating since all ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 29, 08	RCMP and Canadian Border Officials Seize Millions in...	0 0 0
The CBC reports that the RCMP and Canadian border officials have seized millions in luxury counterfeit goods, demonstrating yet again that Canadian law is not as powerless as critics suggest when it comes to dealing counterfeit issues. 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 29, 08	Ottawa Startup Directory: vdoLife	0 0 0
Company Name: vdoLife URL: www.vdolife.com Description: vdoLife is an easy-to-use, Flash™-based online application that allows you to overlay any video or video spokesperson onto a website without interfering with the site’s normal operations or making any changes to it. A vdoSpokesperson can bring life to your website like never before. The applications for using vdoLife are endless: * Sales Marketing * Education Training * Issues Management Politics Contact: arash (at) vdolife (dot) com 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 29, 08	Nokia isn’t ditching VoIP after all!	0 0 0
All week long there has been a persistent story making the rounds about Nokia dumping VoIP support from upcoming phones. This scribe even played a part in spreading the story… and it turns out to have been untrue. Charlie, over on the Nokia Conversations blog, acknowledges that the VoIP client is missing from the N78 and the N85. He also provides the following by way of clarification: There’s no conspiracy here, no pressure from operators. Not to bore you all, ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 29, 08	September: New Year’s Resolutions and a few events	0 0 0
The summer is usually a time when things go a little slower, a little less gets done and people are hard to get in touch with. I’m not sure what is in the water this year, but it seems like nothing has slowed down for the sunny weather. People are still scheming, startups are launching and I am still hearing a dozen new ideas a day. Love it. September is the January of the Startup world. If there was ever ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 29, 08	Squawk Box August 28 – How communications technology...	0 0 0
This morning we talked about some of the stories that are emerging about the use of technology in politics. Barack Obama’s use of SMS to announce Joe Biden as his running mate, Microsoft’s deployment of a voter registration application on XBOX, and the novel ways that cellular phones are being used on the convention floor. The other topic? Tomorrow is Skype’s 5th anniversary. How has Skype changed your world? the communications industry? On the conference call today: Dan York, James ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	Breakthrough: Cellular alchemy and curing diabetes	0 0 0
Filed under: Emerging Science and Technology August 28th, 2008 by John Mc @ MaRS Has alchemy cured diabetes? The stem cell community has generated incredible news flow and controversy over the past decade (see here), but new data published in Nature by Doug Melton’s group (Harvard) is the most surprising find so far. Melton’s group altered cells within the body and changed their appearance and function to a completely different cell type. Most importantly, the cells acquired the ability to ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	BroadSoft Acquires VocalData	0 0 0
Interesting story from yesterday about BroadSoft acquiring what used to be known as VocalData. It's not huge news and hasn't received much attention, but for people like me who have followed these companies pretty much from the beginning, we notice. You can tell I'm old school because I talk about VocalData. The more current explanation - which you can see in the press release - is that BroadSoft acquired "GENBAND's M6 Communication Applications Server" - formerly known as VocalData. Genband ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	Mobile Roundup Squawk Box Podcast	0 0 0
Just a quick note to say Alec Saunders has now posted the podcast of yesterday's Squawk Box session. We had a mobile roundup session, and I was able to log in and participate. Mobile VoIP has been a hot topic lately - and I've been posting about it - so it was a lively forum for everyone to weigh in on. So, if you're following things like mobile VoIP, the iPhone, Android, smartphones in general, and the latest N Series ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	Skype axes Skypecasts	0 0 0
Image via CrunchBase, source unknown A short note on the Skype blog a couple of days ago read: What we’ve learned by watching how the product is used and through user feedback is that Skypecasts is not quite measuring up to our high standards and expectations for connecting and delighting our users. As a result, we have made the decision to retire Skypecasts from active service for the immediate future, effective 12 noon BST on Monday, 1st September 2008. This ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	Bill C-61 and the [posssible] Election	0 0 0
Don Martin - a columnist who is regarded by many as being very sympathetic to the Conservative Government and well informed on how it operates - has a provocative and not very favourable comment today on the rumoured imminent election.Among other points, he praises the productivity of this allegedly dysfunctional Parliament and then goes on to bemoan the unfinished and important business 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	61 Reforms to C-61, Day 49: Education Harms - Lesson...	0 0 0
The conditions attached to the lesson provisions do not end with destroying lessons that use the exemption at the conclusion of the course. There are two provisions that would appear to encourage (or possibly even require) the use of digital rights management to control the further distribution of these lessons. Section 30(5)(b) requires teachers to: take measures that can reasonably be expected to limit the communication by telecommunication of the lesson to the persons referred to in paragraph (3)(a); Section ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	61 Reforms to C-61, Day 49: Education Harms - Lesson...	0 0 0
The conditions attached to the lesson provisions do not end with destroying lessons that use the exemption at the conclusion of the course. There are two provisions that would appear to encourage (or possibly even require) the use of digital rights management to control the further distribution of these lessons. Section 30(5)(b) requires teachers to: take measures that can reasonably be expected to limit the communication by telecommunication of the lesson to the persons referred to in paragraph (3)(a); Section ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	Backtype launches	0 0 0
Christopher Golda and Mike Montano have launched BackType. Jevon writes about the BackType launch on StartupNorth. And includes coverage of their previous startup, iPartee and their interview by Austin Hill on StartupNorth. I had the priviledge of meeting Christopher at Mesh 2008 in Toronto, and we’ve shared a number of email conversations about iPartee. BackType is funded by Y Combinator. It is a search engine for comments on blog posts and other media. The BackType engine forages the web for ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	backtype - Search blog comments from all over the web	0 0 0
Comments on blog posts have always been the forgotten son of web content. When you make a comment, you never know how it will be read, where it will end up, and because of spam issues, they rarely show up in search engines. Also, because of NoFollow, your links don’t matter either. BackType, a YCombinator funded company started by Toronto’s Christopher Golda and Mike Montano is the first tool that just may solve these problems. Some have gone in this ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	Patel’s people powered politics podcast	0 0 0
Filed under: Emerging Science and Technology, Social Innovation August 28th, 2008 by Nick @ MaRS If you missed Social Tech Training (STT), presented by MaRS and Web of Change, you still have a chance to catch Ricken Patel’s keynote speech. STT brought together the best and brightest in the social media sector to address the important issues about creating social change through the web. In this podcast of his keynote, Ricken Patel discusses Avaaz.org, an online social advocacy group. Patel ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	Canadian Duo Unveils Comment Tool	0 0 0
Within the blogosphere, comments are a strange animal. Comments welcomed by blog writers, they’re often far more interesting and insightful as blog posts, and, of course, they’re a favorite tool of spammers. The other reality is comments are seen as the ugly cousins to blog posts. Blog posts get top ranking as the stars of the blogosphere while comments play second fiddle, even though many people get as much from comments as the blog posts themselves. (Trackbacks used to be ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets
1.0	Aug 28, 08	The laws of ultimate reality	0 0 0
My friend “Howard” from Vancouver sent this to me, but I don’t know its pedigree beyong that: THE LAWS OF ULTIMATE REALITY: Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee. Law of Gravity - Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. Law of Probability -The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. Law of Random ... 0 bookmarks • 0 diggs • 0 comments • 0 conversations • 0 tweets

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