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Archive | June, 2010

Andy Morgan Leaving Internet Broadcasting to Join Godengo as CTO

30. June 2010

A longtime local technology infrastructure guru and head of development at one of Minnesota’s largest Internet firms has joined an emerging Bay Area startup — but will continue to live in the Twin Cities. Godengo Inc. today announced that Andy Morgan is joining the firm as Chief Technology Officer (PR Newswire). Andy has been with St. [...]

W3i Lights Up the ‘Net with Its Latest App News

29. June 2010

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Okay, so there’s this company named Apple that I hear makes phones. And people tell me there’s been, uh, a bit of news lately about some new phone of theirs? Well, that media firestorm didn’t stop Minnesota’s W3i LLC from deciding to jump in with some news of its own, which is actually related to [...]

Minnov8 Gang 83: Innovation is Accelerating

27. June 2010

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The Gang covers much of what happened this past week in innovation, specifically surrounding the Minnesota Cup, Unsummit, iPhone 4 introduction and we even discussed an infamous news item, the ICANN authorization of the new “.xxx” top level domain. Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott was off this week). Music [...]

Minnesota Cup Semifinal Kickoff

23. June 2010

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Last night’s turnout at the James J. Hill Library for the Minnesota Cup Semifinalist kickoff was impressive and quite large for an event of its kind. In attendance were 125-140 entrepreneurs, investors, sponsors, MN Cup judges and those of us covering the event (Minnov8 and tech.mn) as well as the people who were the entire [...]

iKenex Platform from DoApp

18. June 2010

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The team at Rochester, MN-based DoApp just announced their new iKenex real estate platform built in collaboration with California MLS software firm Concentric Mobile. iKenex brings all the real estate data a realtor or buyer would ever need to their preferred mobile smartphone device, whether it is an iPhone, iPad, Android or Blackberry. Taking advantage of [...]

MN Cup Announces Semi-Finalists

15. June 2010

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Out of a field of 1,000 participants from around the State, 48 of them have been chosen as semi-finalists to enter the next phase of the competition. If you don’t know the Minnesota Cup, it, ”...presents entrepreneurs and start-up companies with a unique opportunity in these challenging economic times. More than $130,000 in seed capital [...]

Minnov8 Gang Podcast 82: Vicarious WWDC

12. June 2010

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We revisit Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) through Julio Ojeda-Zapata’s experiences talking about the new iPhone 4 and his reliance on the iPad and HTC EVO 4G on his trip. Many other related subjects are explored to their logical conclusions. Show Hosts: Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Steve Borsch was away this week). [...]

OnCorps Reports: A MN Success Story

10. June 2010

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While running strategic alliances at Lawson Software back in 2005, I met a woman named Catherine Settanni who was actively involved in digital literacy and a true advocate for ensuring that as many people as possible had access to the internet. Her leadership in the AmeriCorps Community Techology Empowerment Project (C-CAN) and its focused community [...]

Lost in Minneapolis Skyways? FrypanDigital Has Your Lifeline

9. June 2010

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FryPanDigital, a startup that intends to create “tasty apps” was founded by, “…two dudes who know nothing about application development, but wanted to try super hard to kick out an iPhone app.” These two have succeeded in “kicking out an app” and have released their new, free Minneapolis Skyway app for iPhone (their blog; iTunes link). [...]

Phil’s Excellent HTC Evo 4 Adventure

9. June 2010

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Early adopter Phil Wilson heads over to the Lakeville Sprint store last Friday for the launch of the HTC Evo 4, the Android phone that Phil refers to in this post on his RemainComm blog as a device which is, “…light years ahead of my coal-fired Treo 755p.”

Archive | June, 2010

Andy Morgan Leaving Internet Broadcasting to Join Godengo as CTO

W3i Lights Up the ‘Net with Its Latest App News

Minnov8 Gang 83: Innovation is Accelerating

Minnesota Cup Semifinal Kickoff

iKenex Platform from DoApp

MN Cup Announces Semi-Finalists

Minnov8 Gang Podcast 82: Vicarious WWDC

OnCorps Reports: A MN Success Story

Lost in Minneapolis Skyways? FrypanDigital Has Your Lifeline

Phil’s Excellent HTC Evo 4 Adventure

Minnov8 Gang Podcast

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