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Minnov8 Gang 159 – Social Chatter

3. March 2012

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Social media ‘chatter’ seems to be growing exponentially and the services capitalizing upon it are being launched, or accelerated, by the week. Marty Wetherall, Director of Innovation at Fallon and co-founder of Fanchatter, joins us to talk about what’s happening with his startup and about the growth of social chatter overall. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 158 – Aloha Smartphones & Tablets

25. February 2012

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“Aloha” is an Hawaiian word used both for greeting, or leaving, someone. Aloha is thus a metaphor for both the opportunity and the angst about how to capitalize upon it. That angst many people feel comes when we examine how to publish or develop apps for smartphones and tablets. The Gang discusses the market, tools, and how [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 157 – More Donuts!

18. February 2012

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Once again there is SO much going on in technology that we had to do two key things: have on Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and fortify ourselves with the (possible, but unlikely) Mobile March TC special gimmee for Minnov8 Gang Podcast listeners, donuts! Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 156 – Pathgate, Privacy & Phones

11. February 2012

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Imagine what sort of mischief Richard Nixon would have been able to get in to as president, if he’d had the sort of technologies available to him today. The Watergate scandal would have been child’s play compared to the sort of overt and covert tracking that could’ve been done on Nixon’s political opponents with today’s [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 155 – It’s the Data

4. February 2012

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Publisher and tech visionary, Tim O’Reilly, has repeatedly said that “Data is the Intel Inside“. O’Reilly was referring, of course, to Intel’s famous “Intel Inside” ad campaign touting the importance of their chips, mainly since chips are invisible inside a computer or device and it’s easy for competitors to market their chips as being equal [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 154 – iPad, iLearn

28. January 2012

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Tablets, and specifically the iPad, are being adopted quickly in education.  A leading K-12 education publication, T.H.E. Journal, wrote this article about the top trends in education in 2012: ”…education technology will see an increased focus on individualization–from personalized learning environments to digital textbooks designed to connect students to the resources that work best for them. [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 153 – SOPA is NOPA

22. January 2012

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SOPA is not an Italian soap, as joked about on the Gang podcast. But we discuss the protests that caused the Stop Online Privacy Act (and its Senate sister act called PIPA or Protect IP Act) to be, as the Mafia always stated about someone who was killed and dumped in the river, “sleeping with [...]

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Minnov8 Gang #152 – Mr. Happy *Loves* 2012

14. January 2012

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2012 started off with a bang with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and the start of a new year also affords the Gang a chance to see just how far and fast a local emerging firm has come in the last year. Joining the Gang on this podcast are two guests: First up is Justin Kaufenberg, [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 151 – Opinions Are Like Donkeys

7. January 2012

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There’s an old saying about people who rant that, “opinions are like a**es…everyone’s got one” and the Gang is no exception, though we like to think our opinions are a bit more informed than the average schmo and that we’re more like somewhat smarter donkeys. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: Jake Lear & [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 150 – All Seeing, All Knowing?

30. December 2011

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It’s our annual predictions show where the Gang goes over our prediction hits-and-misses from last year’s show…and then we try again to predict what will happen in technology in 2012. Listen to discover how we did and what we think will happen in 2012. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Discussed during [...]

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