Archive | August, 2011

More Fuel for NGIN

24. August 2011

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TST Media, the creators of the NGIN software platform has scored a round of financing led by El Dorado Ventures. When the ink dried on the agreement last week TST had secured $3.5 million to “grow existing business partnerships, drive software innovations and expand their talent base.” TST Media CEO and co-founder, Justin Kaufenberg noted [...]

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Discovering High-Quality Produce through Actionable Analytics

14. August 2011

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The startup Produce Ratings recently released their new beta website at ProduceRatings.com, which allows consumers to find and rate produce in their local communities. This Minnesota-based firm has been flying under the radar while their concepts emerge into a product that provides real utility. While they are in a prelaunch phase, they do have the [...]

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Welcome a New Author: Kurt Roots

14. August 2011

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Help me in welcoming a new Minnov8 author: Kurt Roots. Kurt started his first company, which was devoted to web analytics, in high school at the age of sixteen. He went on to college and then graduate school where he did research in machine learning and data mining along with completing an MBA. After spending [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 135 – Take a Tablet

12. August 2011

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The Gang became aware of the introduction of the brand new WCCO iPad app and we just had to talk with the CEO of one of this State’s premiere mobile development organizations, DoApp, who built that app for WCCO. DoApp is much more than just an app developer (e.g., Mobile Local News strategy with: iPhone & Android [...]

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At the Crossroads Neandertals Hooked Up With Us

10. August 2011

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If you’ve paid any attention to the acceleration in human and animal genomics research, the revelations and scientific discoveries are amazing. As someone who has had his DNA analyzed at 23andMe (whose co-founder Anne Wojcicki is married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin), I can tell you first-hand about the absolutely delightful discoveries I’ve made about [...]

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StarTribune Debuts iPad App

8. August 2011

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In this morning’s dead-trees edition of the StarTribune, a full page ad appeared announcing the availability of the StarTribune iPad app. Downloading and launching it presents you with a clean, easy to use interface, optimized for a tablet-sized device. Offering a complimentary subscription until October 16th, the StarTribune iPad app joins many daily newspapers who [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 134 – GooglyAppSoft

5. August 2011

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We’re pleased to have Julio Ojeda Zapata on this week as our guest host. He’d been on an adventure to California speaking at Google as an author (of his “iPad Means Business” book), being briefed as press by Apple on behalf of his tech column at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and visiting the new [...]

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Opening Night at the Minneapolis Grain Idea Exchange

1. August 2011

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The floor of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange was open for business Saturday night as Project Skyway and CoCo hosted an open house for the new co-working space. What was once a space bustling with grain traders has been transformed into four distinct spaces including drop-in working, campsite (small company) working, meeting rooms and event space. [...]

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