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City of Toronto asks court to shut down Uber

Toronto is on the verge of a major step backwards as 2 days of court hearings on the City request to shut down Uber finishes.read more...

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Apple WWDC 15

Its Apple WWDC 15 day, and I watched the keynote tonight of course on my Apple TV which was handily added for the event. The detailed engineering stuff is handled over the week in ‘tracks’.read...

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Social media meets lobbying meets activist meets Industry Powerhouse Taylor

Social media meets lobbying meets activist meets Industry Powerhouse.read more...

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Music and how we listen to it

The whole music streaming thing is becoming one of the the next big things. There are lots of apps out there and when Apple announced Apple Music it seemed clear they could leap above the fray.read...

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Piketty brings academic pragmatism to Greece debate

This interview with Thomas Piketty by Die Ziet is a landmark. As the interview rightly points out this 700+ page best seller has not been read beyond probably Page 26 by most of the purchasers. This is...

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China stock market is unplugged

Maybe there are just some things that cannot be controlled.read more...

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Garakei: Galapagos cell phone

My wife just came across this term on a recent trip back to Japan. Garakei or another version, Gara-phone.read more...

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Greece is important and so is Alabama

This quote from Rana Foroohar on CNN this weekend makes one stop and think. A similar comment related to Connecticut (similar GDP to Greece) effectively bailing out any of the smaller southern US...

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âHacking is a business modelâ; some simple advice from an expert

I was reading the comments on this exploit story on AppleInsider. I loved lkrupp’s comment (below). The first paragraph might just be the best and simplest explanation for how to avoid virus and...

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Tomorrows Transactions â Toronto Sept 8th

Dave is telling us to complete the post it notes. He points out that the post it notes are in fact not a blockchain. read more...

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The original Apple Watch â @dgwbirch

@dgwbirch – The original Apple Watch from 1930’s – scrolling map on wrist #TTTU2015 moving through the hub of innovation – Guildfordread more...

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Tomorrows Transactions â blockchain #TTTU2015

Dave discussed potential uses of blockchain. There are 5 examples, and only 4 have potential. I will leave you to debate/ figure out :-)read more...

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Glass Bank and the evolution of transparency â 1931

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Bank as a platform â not in Canada apparently

@dgwbirch: Most notable difference between UK Unconference and Canadian one was lack of discussion around APIs, big part of London event #TTTU2015read more...

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Tomorrows Transactions â final thoughts â #TTTU2015

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Digital Finance Toronto 2015 â some notes @dfi2015

Digital Finance conference in Toronto. Two panels today with very different perspectives and fascinating to observe:read more...

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Why do we need cash?

Just in case you thought the world financial system was rational, then in fact you are correct. Rational thought for protection of the world financial system during the next crisis is to eliminate the...

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Rackspace shift to managed services supporting Amazon

This is an big development in the cloud space that portends the obvious; Amazon have the cloud space well cornered. Microsoft (Azure/ Live/ OneDrive/ latest nom de jour – I have seriously lost track on...

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SIBOS: What is Banksâ role in identity

SIBOS is an interesting meeting each year where the lemmings look for the cliff to race off to. I don’t say that with animosity but with reality where we have several thousand largely paid employees...

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Ray Tomlinson â inventor of email died today

Tracking the evolution of financial institutions.Raymond Tomlinson, the godfather of email, died Saturday morning of a suspected heart attack. He was 74.read more...

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