Minnov8 Gang 218 – Sparking the Cloud

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Our guest this week is Zach Supalla, CEO of Spark Devices, a company that did a 'pivot' to build The Spark Core, their new Kickstarter project with a modest $10,000 goal that (as of this morning) had over $390,000 in backing! The 'spark core' is an Arduino-compatible, Wi-Fi … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 217 – Feet Up, Hangin’ Out

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The Gang talks Minnesota stories and then a lot about Google I/O and specifically Google Hangout changes. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week). Music: Rocket Science from Brain Buckit. From the podsafe Music … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 216 – Passwords? We won’t need no stinkin’ passwords!

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Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off this week). Music: Don't Walk Away from Smoke Ring Days. From the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show… Minnesota Stories Spark is crushing it on Kickstarter Phil's First … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 215 – We be jammin’

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Several good Minnesota stories this week, including about JamStik, a cool device that works with iPad for teaching guitar. We be jammin' now, heh? Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off this week). Music: Surfin' with Slayer from … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 214 – Chatting with Fido?

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Several good Minnesota stories this week, including how to talk to 'Fido' when you're away from your home and whether or not your dog even thinks you're really there or doesn't care! Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: Please … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 213 – Not in the Bathroom!

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Good stuff to discuss this week and we spend a bit of time on Google Glass. Will it be a hit? Is there anything beyond voyeurism it can do? Will (shudder) people wear them in to the bathroom? Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil … [Read more...]

What Comes First in Fargo – the #MidwestMobileSummit or the Spring Floods?

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They're both coming soon! And they may actually be arriving about the same time. But, no worries, the first-year Midwest Mobile Summit will be held April 28-29 in downtown Fargo ND, which I'm told is a pretty safe area of town from the rising waters that come every spring to … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 212 – TV Disruption Disrupted?

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Lots of tech topics to discuss this week but we focus a bit on Aereo, a television startup that holds the promise of lowering costs and increasing access to TV, and the company also just won a major victory. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 211 – Everything Looks Like a Nail

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Facebook Home debuted this week. Steve believes that its debut is about how Facebook sees the world as "people-centric"---and that means, "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail)---but Tim is certain it will be a winner (on Android). What do you think? … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 210 – The Internet is Broken?

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Steve returns to The Gang after 3 weeks and Phil is spring breaking but three of us dissect the top stories of the week including Best Buy's founder returning, did hackers really break the internet last week and T-Mobile's aggressive announcements. Hosts: Steve Borsch, … [Read more...]