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Archive | June, 2009

Could MSP Be the Social Media Capital of the World?

29. June 2009

Or at least the social media breakfast capital of the world? It felt like it Friday, as a mob of people began gathering bright and early, with the smell of bacon and eggs wafting above the expansive lawn at Deluxe Corporation’s headquarters in Shoreview, MN. The scene was the 16th consecutive monthly meeting of an [...]

OK. Internet Video for You…But With CONTROL

24. June 2009

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It happened today. Time Warner and Comcast had a press conference to announce that they’ve teamed up to protect their cable TV franchises by controlling what is delivered over the internet connections they deliver to your home, effectively keeping out any pesky competitors or disruptors. “Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) announced today that it has partnered [...]

VC Ann Winblad on Cloud Computing

24. June 2009

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Ann Winblad, a well-known and respected software industry entrepreneur and technology leader (and Minnesota bred entrepreneur!), is the co-founder and a Managing Director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. In 1976, following a stint as a systems programmer at the Federal Reserve Bank, Ann co-founded Open Systems, Inc. with a $500 investment, and turned it into [...]

Yugma Struggles

23. June 2009

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In a time when the global economy is still in a relative holding pattern, gas prices remain high and more of us are turning to internet-based products and services to meet our needs less expensively and with more power, I assumed that Yugma‘s strong value proposition and rock-solid technology would be ones that would carry [...]

Changing the World at MIMA

22. June 2009

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MIMA’s monthly gathering at the Nicollet Island Pavilion last Wednesday allowed us some great insight into the design and workings of the now fabled use of online and social media in the recent…and successful…campaign by President Barrack Obama. Much has been made, as it should, of how this campaign took advantage of a relatively untapped [...]

U.S. Home Broadband Adoption Hits 63%

22. June 2009

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Readers of Minnov8 are skewed toward those highly interested or involved in internet and web-centric technology and services. As such, the latest findings of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project will be of significant interest. These findings illustrate a departure from the stagnation in home high-speed adoption rates that had prevailed from [...]

Minnov8 Gang 40: Jobs, iPhone, Pre & Cory

20. June 2009

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Another spirited discussion about Steve Jobs and his liver transplant, the iPhone 3Gs, Palm Pre, Cory Doctorow and much more. This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off today). Discussed during the show notes: Apple’s new iPhone 3Gs: Selling previous iPhone’s online so as to upgrade; Crunchgear on tethering; Anandtech [...]

We Can Tell You, or We Can Tell the World

15. June 2009

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“No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else.” -Bill Joy, co-founder, Sun Microsystems If you’re in business or lead an organization, you’re undoubtedly aware of the always on, always connected culture of participation online. The growing number of people participating in social networks, with social media and generating their [...]

Minnov8 Gang Podcast 39: A Conversation with Codemorphic

13. June 2009

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The Gang has a great discussion with Bill Heyman, co-founder of Codemorphic, a rock-solid iPhone development shop (based in Eden Prairie) with significant application credibility through their creation of over a dozen apps such as: Public Radio Tuner (#2 in iTunes store, 2M+ downloads, iTunes link) General Mills Betty Crocker Cookbook (iTunes link) Cisco/Linksys Media [...]

Category to Watch: Idea & Suggestion Management

12. June 2009

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Of course you’re paying attention to the always-on, always connected culture of participation online that is fundamentally shifting how we connect with one another, get our news and alerts, are influenced by people we trust and increasingly making our voices heard when we like or don’t like something a company or organization is delivering to [...]

Archive | June, 2009

Could MSP Be the Social Media Capital of the World?

OK. Internet Video for You…But With CONTROL

VC Ann Winblad on Cloud Computing

Yugma Struggles

Changing the World at MIMA

U.S. Home Broadband Adoption Hits 63%

Minnov8 Gang 40: Jobs, iPhone, Pre & Cory

We Can Tell You, or We Can Tell the World

Minnov8 Gang Podcast 39: A Conversation with Codemorphic

Category to Watch: Idea & Suggestion Management

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