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Archive | September, 2008

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 8

27. September 2008

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins, Garrick Van Buren, Phil Wilson Scattered geographically once again, the Gang comes together for another show where we chat about: + Our potential economic meltdown and what it means for internet and web startups and companies + What’s up with Best Buy? We chat about how this behemoth retailer has now suddenly [...]

Visi: A Minnesota Provider Growing to Meet Demand

25. September 2008

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Visi, a company many of us are familiar with since their founding in 1994, is Minnesota’s largest locally-owned managed hosting and connectivity provider (11,000 business and residential customers which includes thousands of DSL customers). What most don’t know is that they’re expanding right here in Eden Prairie, with a Tier III data center, in order [...]

Mashup Best Buy

23. September 2008

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Best Buy has released Remix at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City, allowing anyone to create a mashup with Best Buy online catalog content. An application programming interface (API) — documented though light on code or examples — allows queries into Best Buy’s online catalog and results to be returned from those queries. As [...]

Moodle Makes Its Mark

22. September 2008

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Today’s accelerating adoption of open source software (OSS), and the shift from desktop to web applications increasingly built on top of OSS, is being embraced by individuals, the non-profit sector, small, midsize, and even enterprise businesses. As more of us get connected via the internet and through web applications, seek ways to make our collaboration [...]

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 7

20. September 2008

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Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson We were absolutely delighted this week to have three very special guests who joined the Gang for a discussion about ‘net and web innovation in Minnesota: - Katharine Grayson: Staff Writer for the Twin Cities Business Journal. Katharine covers the internet and web technology beat for the [...]

Social Media Breakfast at Best Buy

19. September 2008

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The Twin Cities Social Media Breakfast group met today at Best Buy Headquarters to connect about social media and to hear from our hosts who’ve created Blueshirtnation, Giftag and something we hadn’t heard about before, Spy (video of Best Buy’s Spy in the lobby of Best Buy HQ is after the jump). Social Media Breakfast’s [...]

MN’s Own CodeWeavers Releases ‘CrossOver’ Version of Chrome Browser for Mac and Linux

16. September 2008

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Talk about a brilliant move to get some attention. St. Paul-MN based CodeWeavers has extended the Google Chromium browser launch beyond Windows by announcing the release of “CrossOver Chromium” for Mac and Linux, available immediately as a free download. Here’s the press release. (Note: To date, Google has only made the new browser available in [...]

Best Buy Acquires Napster

15. September 2008

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Best Buy has entered into a definitive merger agreement to commence a tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of the troubled Napster for $121 million, or $2.65 per share. According to the joint press release, “The proposed acquisition includes Napster’s approximately 700,000 digital entertainment subscribers, its Web-based customer service platform, and innovative mobile [...]

3M Unveils Handheld Projector

14. September 2008

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Imagine you are expecting to present to an investor, a customer or a single client, and several people show up? You could have everyone crowd around your laptop and hope to see what you’re presenting, or instead you could pull this tiny 3M projector out of your briefcase or backpack and ensure everyone could see [...]

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 6

13. September 2008

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Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson We covered a lot of ground this week even though there were only three of us who could make the call. Mentioned in this weeks show are: + Why Broadband Matters: A MN Senate Full Committee Meeting on September 16th at 10am. ”The Committee will receive testimony regarding the consumer benefits [...]

Archive | September, 2008

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 8

Visi: A Minnesota Provider Growing to Meet Demand

Mashup Best Buy

Moodle Makes Its Mark

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 7

Social Media Breakfast at Best Buy

MN’s Own CodeWeavers Releases ‘CrossOver’ Version of Chrome Browser for Mac and Linux

Best Buy Acquires Napster

3M Unveils Handheld Projector

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 6

Minnov8 Gang Podcast

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