TOT runs ad in Dispatch urging support for telecom reform. TOT ran an ad in Monday’s Columbus Dispatch, urging the Ohio Legislature to deliver a final telecom reform bill to Gov. Ted Strickland. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

Ohio State Grad Invents iPhone App To Find Food Favorites. [10TV.com via TechLife Columbus]

Ohio’s Perfect Balance between Creativity and Practicality. Jackie Bassett, founder & CEO of BT Industrials, on Ohio’s innovative history. [Ohio Business Development Coalition Blog]

As Facebook Takes a Beating, a Brutal Movie Is Set to Make Things Much Worse. The Social Network, a movie about Facebook’s controversial founding, hits theaters in October . [Newsweek: Techtonic Shifts Blog]

Your Life In 2020. [Forbes.com]

Cincinnati Bell to acquire CyrusOne in Texas. Cincinnati Bull, Inc. will acquire CyrusOne, a provider of data center services, for about $525 million. [Business Courier of Cincinnati]

Cincinnati Innovates Contest. 2010 entry deadline is Sept. 1. [Cincinnati Innovates]

From Columbus Business First:

Two of Central Ohio’s largest economic engines are working together on a technology initiative that could pay dividends for both.

Columbus-based research and development giant Battelle said it has signed a two-year deal to use the Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Center at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business to assess the market potential of technology in its development pipeline. The OSU center has been working for Battelle on the project since mid-2009 in a pilot and the agreement takes the arrangement into 2011.

Spencer Pugh, Battelle’s vice president for international and industrial markets, said the partnership gives the research agency an important outside perspective it occasionally finds lacking when the focus is exclusively on technology.

“We don’t have a cold, dispassionate eye on the market potential of something,” Pugh said. “They have that.”

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]