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Best Buy “On” Officially Debuts

6. January 2011

Though we’ve been aware of this “Best Buy On” adventure for some time, this week Advertising Age reported that Best Buy company had officially rolled it out saying that it is, “…a multichannel network filled with original editorial content spanning everything from how-to videos and gift guides to new-technology primers and behind-the-scenes looks at popular [...]

Startup Spotlight: Drivetrain

9. December 2010

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Minnesota, developer, entrepreneur, and tech catalyst, Dan Grigsby, has joined forces with Tom Brice and Pete Schwamb to launch a mobile, social and web application development agency. Drivetrain’s kick off event was held at Pizza Luce in Minneapolis. In a unique approach the launch party went beyond the normal “all about us” agenda, that any [...]

Waiting for a Better Price Before Purchasing at Best Buy? Now You Don’t Have to – There’s an App for That

2. December 2010

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Ever been burned buying a consumer electronics product right before a price reduction and wished you’d have waited? Or, how many times have you been burned and not even known it? Now there’s a solution for both these problems: it’s called Gazaro Protect. Gazaro is a company that’s been developing a cloud-based, realtime retail pricing [...]

MNAMA Event Looks at Digital Marketing Trends

1. December 2010

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At a recent Minnesota-American Marketing Association event Rick Mathieson, author of “The On-Demand Brand” talked about the future of digital marketing. The group that had gathered at Vic’s in Minneapolis listened as Rick highlighted his 5 trends to look for in 2011. While Rick may be a bit aggressive with how far some of the [...]

Losing a Friend You May Have Never Known

2. November 2010

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Today we received the sad news that after much searching the wreckage of a small plane carrying Luke Bucklin and his sons, Nick, Nate, and Noah was found with no survivors. We, along with the rest of the technology community, friends and family are deeply saddened by this loss and send our prayers and condolences [...]

100 and Counting…

29. October 2010

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The hot 100, the first 100 Days, the top 100, the turn of the century… One hundred always seems to be a bit 0f a big deal. We sometimes become fascinated with 100 of anything. (Kind of odd for a bunch folks who just can’t seem to get behind the metric system, don’t ya think?) [...]

HealthPartners Launches Virtuwell™

28. October 2010

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HealthPartners®, a non-profit health care organization serving 1.3 million people in the State of Minnesota, launched VirtuWell™ this week (via BlandinonBroadband’s Ann Treacy and at MSP Business Journal). Virtuwell is an interactive online diagnostic tool for those simple ailments (e.g., cold & cough; sore throat; ear ache) that can easily be determined by having the patient [...]

Innovative Social Networking with a Purpose

24. October 2010

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The Table Project is a non-profit, pre-launch, remarkably innovative social networking service for churches of any denomination being delivered right here in Minnesota. The project’s mission is to, “…help churches “Live Church Together” through community-building software.” They do this by going beyond traditional social media through their platform called “The Table,” one which enables churches [...]

CRAM™ to Deliver TV, Movies & Music in Actual HD

14. October 2010

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It’s not often one meets an entrepreneur who embodies all the elements for a successful venture: a great idea backed up by patents; surrounded himself with a team who will ensure that the idea gets executed; persuaded key players who understand and have contacts and a strategic view of the industries (and how to align [...]

UofMN Digital Tech Center Events

4. October 2010

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For five years I’ve been on the mailing list for the U of MN Digital Technology Center (DTC) and have received notice of their events. Most are too granular for even a geek like me, many require significant background in various computer science areas (I’ve attended some that turned out to be WAY over my [...]

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Best Buy “On” Officially Debuts

Startup Spotlight: Drivetrain

Waiting for a Better Price Before Purchasing at Best Buy? Now You Don’t Have to – There’s an App for That

MNAMA Event Looks at Digital Marketing Trends

Losing a Friend You May Have Never Known

100 and Counting…

HealthPartners Launches Virtuwell™

Innovative Social Networking with a Purpose

CRAM™ to Deliver TV, Movies & Music in Actual HD

UofMN Digital Tech Center Events

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