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  <item><title>Geosocial Networking: Check Out What's Happening With Check-ins</title><link>http://www.backbonemag.com/Backblog/geosocial-networking-check-out-whats-happening-with-checkins.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[This week, I had the opportunity to guest lecture for a great class on social networking at the University of Toronto. I spoke about how new technologies were facilitating geosocial networking, that is people connecting and sharing place-based experiences via their mobile device. I've been studying this for over two years and I'm an avid user of the ultimate geosocial app, <A href="https://foursquare.com/" target=_blank>Foursquare</A>. So I was excited to speak on this topic. I'll give a brief summary of the main themes I addressed in my presentation.]]></description><pubDate>February 10, 2012 5:30 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Inside Apple-Review</title><link>http://www.backbonemag.com/Backblog/inside-applereview.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[I have read (and am now re-reading) <A href="http://twitter.com/adamlashinsky" target=_blank>Adam Lashinsky&rsquo;s</A> fantastic book titled <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Apple-Americas-Admired---Secretive--Company/dp/145551215X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1328553654&amp;sr=8-1" target=_blank>&lsquo;Inside Apple&rsquo;</A>. &nbsp;I highly recommend to anyone who is:]]></description><pubDate>February 9, 2012 5:15 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>MobileMonday roundtable - where's the innovation?</title><link>http://www.backbonemag.com/Backblog/mobilemonday-roundtable-wheres-the-innovation.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[Last night was <A href="http://www.marsdd.com/events/details/meet-analysts/" target=_blank>MobileMonday Toronto's annual Meet the Analysts event</A> at the MaRS Discovery District facility.]]></description><pubDate>February 8, 2012 5:15 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Privacy AND Healthcare - You Need Them Both | Presentation by Dr.  Ann Cavoukian</title><link>http://www.backbonemag.com/Backblog/privacy-and-healthcare-you-need-them-both-presentation-by-ann-cavoukian.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Ann Cavoukian's&nbsp;presentation on why freedom of information matters and how organizations and individual healthcare providers can prevent privacy breaches. The 'circle of care',&nbsp;a term&nbsp;used in the context of sharing information with implied consent, is discussed as is Ontario&rsquo;s Experience with PHIPA.]]></description><pubDate>February 8, 2012 4:45 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Top 20 Most Important Developments of the Internet</title><link>http://www.backbonemag.com/Backblog/top-20-most-important-developments-of-the-internet.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[The <A href="http://www.internetsociety.org/" target=_blank>Internet Society</A> is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. They are a global organization devoted to maintaining a free, open, accessible, and viable Internet. I've recently blogged about the Internet Society's call for people to submit ideas for a new <A href="http://glenfarrelly.blogspot.com/2012/01/internet-hall-of-fame-nominate-first.html" target=_blank>Internet Hall of Fame</A> they are establishing.]]></description><pubDate>February 7, 2012 9:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>How to rank near the top in search engine results with SEO | Presentation by Todd Bailey</title><link>http://www.backbonemag.com/Backblog/how-to-rank-near-the-top-in-search-engine-results-with-seo-presentation-by-todd-bailey.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[You have a website but how do you get people to find you when they are looking for a service provider in your industry? Todd Bailey, speaking at Dx3 last month, helps take the mystery out of search engine optimization (SEO) which can deliver the sort of result you want.&nbsp;Yes, it is possible to rank near the top in search engine results. Here's how...]]></description><pubDate>February 7, 2012 5:30 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>MarketingReportCard.com seeks BETA testers</title><link>http://www.backbonemag.com/Backblog/marketingreportcardcom-seeks-beta-testers.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<EM>Just launched free website that helps small business better measure and manage tactical marketing programs. </EM>We are looking for beta testers for our new website called MarketingReportCard.com &ndash; a marketing measurement dashboard. Designed for small to mid-size businesses, companies can login to the beta version of the MarketingReportCard.com and document and measure tactical marketing results over time.]]></description><pubDate>February 6, 2012 12:00 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>Rogers Announces Plans To Drop Internet Throttling This Year</title><link>http://www.backbonemag.com/Backblog/rogers-announces-plans-to-drop-internet-throttling-this-year.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[Last week Rogers <A href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&amp;pid=explorer&amp;chrome=true&amp;srcid=0B_bnX5agiXbkM2QwODJiNGItMmE5YS00YTIyLTljYjItYmI3YWEzNDhhOTVm&amp;hl=en_US&amp;pli=1" target=_blank mce_href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&amp;pid=explorer&amp;chrome=true&amp;srcid=0B_bnX5agiXbkM2QwODJiNGItMmE5YS00YTIyLTljYjItYmI3YWEzNDhhOTVm&amp;hl=en_US&amp;pli=1">advised</A> the CRTC that it plans to <A href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/rogers-vows-end-to-internet-throttling-in-2012/article2325576/" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/rogers-vows-end-to-internet-throttling-in-2012/article2325576/">drop Internet throttling</A> for all customers by the end of the year.]]></description><pubDate>February 6, 2012 12:00 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>'Piracy is the New Radio'</title><link>http://www.backbonemag.com/Backblog/piracy-is-the-new-radio.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[Canadian superstar <A href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/31/2761597/neil-young-music-steve-jobs-piracy-is-the-new-radio" target=_blank>Neil Young on piracy</A>: <BR>
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<EM>It doesn't affect me because I look at the internet as the new radio. I look at the radio as gone. [...] Piracy is the new radio. That's how music gets around. [...] That's the radio. If you really want to hear it, let's make it available, let them hear it, let them hear the 95 percent of it.</EM>]]></description><pubDate>February 6, 2012 5:45 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Canadian Music Industry Lobby: Put SOPA Into C-11 Or Stand With Illegal Sites</title><link>http://www.backbonemag.com/Backblog/canadian-music-industry-lobby-put-sopa-into-c11-or-stand-with-illegal-sites.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[The <A href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6287/125/content/view/6257/125/" target=_blank mce_href="content/view/6257/125/">reports</A> that the music industry lobby (along with the Entertainment Software Association of Canada and the movie lobby) is seeking the inclusion of SOPA-style provisions into Bill C-11 has generated considerable discussion online and in the mainstream media (<A href="http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/technology-1/soapbox-michael-geist-on-bill-c-11.html" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/technology-1/soapbox-michael-geist-on-bill-c-11.html">CBC</A>, <A href="http://business.financialpost.com/2012/01/24/sopa-like-laws-could-be-coming-to-canada-expert-warns/" mce_href="http://business.financialpost.com/2012/01/24/sopa-like-laws-could-be-coming-to-canada-expert-warns/">Financial Post</A>). Yesterday, Balanced Copyright for Canada, the group backed by the music industry, fired back with several tweets claiming that opposing their reforms would benefit "<A href="https://twitter.com/#%21/CopyrightCanada/status/164825697364348929" target=_blank mce_href="https://twitter.com/#%21/CopyrightCanada/status/164825697364348929">illegal BitTorrent sites</A>"and "<A href="https://twitter.com/#%21/CopyrightCanada/status/164826766307901440" target=_blank mce_href="https://twitter.com/#%21/CopyrightCanada/status/164826766307901440">illegal hosting sites</A>."]]></description><pubDate>February 3, 2012 5:30 AM</pubDate></item>
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