Minnov8 Gang 232 – iSomething

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata.
Music: It Is What It Is  Artist: Mark Claytor. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

The Podcast

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Discussed During the Show

• Apple
  • Senator Al Franken voices privacy concerns over Apple’s Touch ID in letter to CEO Tim Cook
    • iPhone 5s: About Touch ID security
  • Apple iPhone 5S & 5C Launch
    • Julio: I try out the iPhone 5s fingerprint sensor with several digits
      • iPhone gold rush fails to hit pay dirt  (Instagram link in the article is here)
      • Julio’s ‘page’ on Tout
      • About Colorware
    • Analysts predicts 6-8 million iPhone 5s and 5c sales on opening weekend
    • The iPhone 5S and 5C
    • Apple Chiefs Discuss Strategy, Market Share—and the New iPhones
    • Apple sold out its iPhone 5S stock in less than a day
    • Apple’s iOS 7 includes a surprise: a ticket to the next generation of the internet
    • What is multipath TCP?  and Technical detail in this PDF
    • How Siri Found It’s Voice
  • AppleTV 6 released with iTunes Radio, AirPlay from iCloud, iTunes Music Store, more
• Other Stories
  • Google makes Quickoffice for Android and iOS free for all, bringing Microsoft Office editing to the mobile masses
  • BlackBerry announces preliminary second quarter fiscal 2014 results and provides business update
    • BlackBerry, in desperation, is giving up on consumers again
  • Bruce Schneier: NSA surveillance: A guide to staying secure
• Gang Mentality: Will Apple make an “iSomething”, essentially sort of a Chromebook…sort of a thin client….but likely an everything’s-in-the-cloud device? Robert X. Cringely sure thinks so: The Secret of iOS 7

Upcoming Events

• INVESTyR’s “Fundraising in the Digital Economy”. First Tuesday of every month: 3:30-4:30pm at CoCo Minneapolis
• Minnesota Developers Conference 2013 – Sept 26th 8-5pm
• Tech Cocktail Minneapolis Social – October 2, 6:30-9:00 pm, The Open Book
• Grace Hopper / Women in Computing, October 2 – 5, 7am – 5pm
  • Who was Grace Hopper?
• Minnedemo 15, October 9th: Apply to present (more event details to come)
• Life Science Lean-In, MinneAnalytics Forum, Friday, October 11, 2013 (all day)
• Ed Jam Twin Cities, October 17-19, 2013
• Twin Cities Code Camp 15, October 19, 2013, 8 – 5pm
• Cyber Security Summit 2013, October 22-23
• Startup Weekend Twin Cities 5, October 25-27, 2013, 5 – 7pm
• MobCon 2013 November 7-8