W3i Rebrands, Launches Native Ad Platform for App Devs, Adds Trip Hawkins as Senior Advisor

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W3i, one of Minnesota's largest and fastest-growing Internet companies, with headquarters in St. Cloud and offices in Minneapolis and San Francisco, just made a major announcement today.  The company has changed its name to NativeX and completely rebranded around a new … [Read more...]

W3i Lights Up the ‘Net with Its Latest App News

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Okay, so there's this company named Apple that I hear makes phones.  And people tell me there's been, uh, a bit of news lately about some new phone of theirs?  Well, that media firestorm didn't stop Minnesota's W3i LLC from deciding to jump in with some news of its own, … [Read more...]

Fallon Releases Free Social App?

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As social media and networking continues its advance and integration in to the very fabric of our lives (which is especially the case as more of us become a part of the always on, always connected online culture) it continually intrigues us at Minnov8 that most organizations … [Read more...]

JPMorgan Internet Investment Guide

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For Minnesotans interested in starting up or expanding within the internet space in these challenging economic times, solid financial sector analysis is often difficult to obtain. For anyone who has pitched their idea, concept or business plan, it's clear how important it is … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 22

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We strive to deliver a high value podcast at an affordable price (um...that would be free?) and this week's show is no exception as it's packed with topics. Today’s hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. (Photo credit: Lee … [Read more...]

MIMA Summit Packs The Depot

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As practically every man, woman, and child in the Twin Cities must know by now, the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) held its annual conference Wednesday, themed "Feed". These folks are marketers -- they know how to hype, as they've been telling us for … [Read more...]

Damn the Airfare: Pokeware Takes Global Approach

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At one of last years MinneDemo events I had the chance to see Founder and CEO, Maryse Thomas present Pokeware, a system for integrating "hot spots" in video that allows users to pause and "poke" around the screen. According to the company line, Pokeware is a unique online … [Read more...]