Monthly Archives: August 2005

Labour-Sponsored VCs Lose Their Edge

By Mark Evans | Published: August 29, 2005
Just like that, the Ontario government has decided to eliminate the 15% tax credit given to investors who participate in labour-sponsored funds. The decision, which takes effect before the end of the year, was made because the government believes the venture capital market is healthy and there is no longer any need for tax incentives. [...]
Posted in Main Page, Venture Capital | 1 Comment

My New Blog Project: The Best Blogs

By Mark Evans | Published: August 29, 2005
My wife shakes her head sometimes over the torrid affair I'm having with blogs. First, it was a technology blog. Then I needed a blog to rant about Toronto, and now my newest time-consuming creation: The Best Blogs blog. The concept, which stems from my frustration with blog search engines, is focused on building a [...]
Posted in Blog Services, Main Page | 1 Comment

Bitoves Works to "Save" Satellite Radio in Canada

By Mark Evans | Published: August 29, 2005
John Bitove certainly knows how to work it. With Canada's federal government looking at reversing a decision to grant satellite-radio licenses to XM and Sirus, Bitove has gone on the media offensive. He claims his firm, Canadian Satellite Radio, which will operate XM Canada, will be out $8-million if the CRTC reverses its decision. For [...]
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Music Industry Still Doesn't Get It

By Mark Evans | Published: August 28, 2005
According to yesterday's New York Times, Apple is headed for a showdown with the music industry over the price of downloading a song using iTunes. Apple CEO Steve Jobs wants to keep it at 99¢ while the music industry is anxious to sell top hits for $1.49, or 50% higher than current prices. If the [...]
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UBS – Ultimate Blog Showdown

By Mark Evans | Published: August 27, 2005
Randy Charles Morin (a.k.a. iBLOGthere4iM) has decided to spice up the end of summer by running a series of “showdowns” between the top 64 blogs (kind of the NCAA basketball tournament for Web-heads) on the Feedster 500. The idea is you run two blogs against each other every day and whoever gets the most votes [...]
Posted in Blog Services, Main Page | 3 Comments

Tech Help When You Need It

By Mark Evans | Published: August 27, 2005
Aside from Blogware going down for a big chunk of yesterday, my technical woes also included the ultimate ignominy: spilling beer on my laptop. Fortunately, help is close to home as Bob, who operates BC-PC Technology Systems in downtown Toronto (Bathurst & Bloor) was quickly able to help. If you're looking for technical support and/or [...]
Posted in Main Page | 2 Comments
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