The “post-PC” era has seen another entrant in it: the gorilla in the PC space, Microsoft, with the launch of their new Surface tablets. Are they magic? Smoke-and-mirrors? Too high priced? Shipping soon or months from now? The Gang explores these questions and a lot more.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Discussed during the show:
- Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer
- MN Cup Semifinalists Reception
- Microsoft Surface tablets: Target is mainstream, not enterprise
- Microsoft Surface: a new tablet and a bold strategy
- With the Surface, Microsoft just started writing its next chapter
- Microsoft’s Surface Tablet Said To Be Wi-Fi Only At First
- Microsoft Surface prices to be above $599, rumor claims
- Microsoft Patents to bring in $444 million in 2012 and Blawgit blog on patents
- Google I/O
- Jeremiah Owyang on the coming automation of social media
- Apple to Launch Standalone Podcast App with iOS 6
- NPR skit on Saturday Night Live: Pete Schweddy and his “Schweddy Balls“
Upcoming Events:
- Saturday, June 23rd: SkillShare Fair – CoCo Minneapolis
- Thursday, June 28th: WordPress MSP at The Nerdery
- Tuesday/Wednesday, August 7th-8th: DataVenu – “New Directions for Personal Data” (site live soon, details still being finalized) – August 7-8, Carlson School .. featuring top names from the “Internet Identity Workshops,” including Doc Searls and others
- Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals
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