Giving Thanks to New Charities + Sponsors. IT Martini is teaming up with funk legend Bootsy Collins to launch the Bootsy Collins Foundation at IT Martini 7 on Nov. 19. [IT Martini]

TEDx Columbus wrap-up. Shout-outs here. Feedback here. [TEDx Columbus]

Daily Reporter: New report demonstrates importance of broadband to Ohio’s economy. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

Ball State: Findings urge telecom reform, broadband investment to create jobs in Ohio. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

Ohio Leads the Race in Green Automotive Innovations. Students from The Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research recently set a land speed record of 300 mph for a vehicle – the Buckeye Bullet 2— powered by hydrogen fuels cells. [Ohio Business Development Coalition Blog]

Northeast Ohio Continues to Collaborate. [Advance Northeast Ohio]

AT&T on iPhone Exclusivity, Dropped Calls and Net Neutrality. [Digits (Wall Street Journal)]

Microsoft’s Bing to Integrate Twitter and Facebook Posts. [NY Times Tech Blog]

Northeast Ohio is quickly becoming a top med-tech hub, according to health care industry leaders.   From Crain’s Cleveland Business:

The region’s identity as the Rust Belt is corroding, and some industry observers believe there’s enough potential in Northeast Ohio’s medical research community for the area to emerge as a tech belt.

This area is a hotbed of medical innovation activity, and health care professionals and academics — from both inside and outside the region — say these efforts have positioned Northeast Ohio’s health care community as one of the most innovative and highly regarded in the world.

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The collaboration among Northeast Ohio’s institutions, including the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Summa Health System, the University of Akron and Case Western Reserve University, to name a few, enhance the region’s reputation as a place where medical advancements flourish, experts say.