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Mobile March Grows to Two Days

9. February 2012

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Mobile, mobile, mobile. If you had to give advice to some kid you were mentoring regarding an industry they should focus on with their career, anything mobile would be great advice. We humans are not going to get less mobile (though our waistlines might state otherwise) and new mobile devices, apps, and ways to connect [...]

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MN Attorney General on Cramming Scamming

3. February 2012

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Here is a followup to the post, “Mobile Text Message “Cramming” Scam” since I’ve received a response, embedded below, from an assistant with the State of Minnesota Attorney General’s office. The AG’s letter below had four key responses: Yes, I was a “victim” of cramming and it is an old scam, with players in the game [...]

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Robert Stephens Rocks the #DefragCon Crowd

13. November 2011

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The 5th Annual Defrag Conference was held November 8-10. 2011, in Denver, and I was there once again reporting on all the action during this much heralded meeting of the Internet’s big minds.  One of the highlights this time for me was the keynote on the final day by Robert Stephens, CTO of Best Buy [...]

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Tech Cocktail Mixes It Up In Minneapolis

5. October 2011

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We were really honored to have Tech Cocktail in town last night hosting its first startup and entrepreneurial mixer in Minnesota. The event was held at CoCo Minneapolis (on the floor of the historic Grain Exchange in downtown Minneapolis).  I’m here to tell you it was a blockbuster success!  More than 200 people were in attendance. [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 133 – OMG! A ‘Feature’ Phone?

29. July 2011

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Mobile is changing dramatically and the strategic-level changes are a challenge to stay on top of, which is why we have Lisa Foote on as our guest for this podcast. No one in the Twin Cities is on top of the mobile space like Lisa is, and the Gang did a lot more than our [...]

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T-Mobile Shows It’s Serious About Minnesota, “Not Slowing Down”

14. July 2011

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Everyone loves a challenger, and T-Mobile sure seems to be enjoying that role, as much here in Minnesota as anywhere. Yesterday, Steve Borsch and I had the opportunity to sit down with Tim Adams, the carrier’s new VP/GM for Minnesota and Wisconsin (see June 2 news), and have a wide-ranging chat with about T-Mobile’s plans and [...]

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Event: “Mining the Mega Mobile Opportunities”

20. June 2011

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Rob Weber from W3i just gave me a heads-up on what looks like a fabulous mobile event occurring this Wednesday evening. Here are the details: What: TiE Minnesota in conjunction with the St. Thomas Graduate Programs in Software and the sponsorship of MentorMate is bringing together premier leaders in the Minnesota mobile community to address [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 126 – iShivani at Apple’s WWDC

10. June 2011

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The Gang chats with Shivani Khanna (LinkedIn; Twitter), Software Development Manager at W3i, who was at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) this week and is reporting on what transpired, what she thought about key announcements, and more. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: “Sugar Rush” by Beau Hall via the podsafe Music [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 115 – Mobile March Marchers Marching

20. March 2011

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Due to the overwhelming success of the Mobile March Twin Cities event this past Saturday with 250 attendees—and the surprisingly excellent previous evening’s Mobile 3D event—very strong evidence now exists that Minnesota has both world-class mobile developers and business users embracing mobile development and mobile use. (Note: photo on the right was modified from this [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 114 – Racing Toward Our Mobile Future

11. March 2011

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If you pay any attention to technology news you know that we’re racing toward a mobile future that is already changing how we interact with one another, figure out where to eat, how to get the best deal and, in short, how to effectively be connected to the world. Joining us on this episode of [...]

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