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Minnov8 Gang 169 – Does This Make Me Look Dorky?

Friday, May 18, 2012

The Gang is joined by Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and talk the Facebook IPO, gadgets, travel technology and much more. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata Discussed during the show: TiE Minnesota “Startups & Mentors” Local startup funding report here and Kidblog and Heroic and FanChatter Facebook Raises $16 Billion In Record [...]

Minnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!”

Saturday, May 12, 2012

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The Gang discusses several developments this week in search, gadgets, and a mention of the passing of Goober Pyle (brother of Gomer), a character of the Andy Griffith Show back in the Sixties, played by George Lindsey who passed away this week. For anyone old enough to have seen the original show — or have [...]

Minnov8 Gang 166 – Print Me Some Coffee

Saturday, April 28, 2012

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The Gang discusses events this past week, including the Twin Cities debut of a new, consumer-grade 3D printing device called the Cube from Cubify. Having been fans of Star Trek in its various incarnations, many 3D printing enthusiasts have a vision for these sorts of printers that is more Star Trek replicator than what they presently [...]

Minnov8 Gang 165 – So, Lumia 900, why is your software half-baked?

Saturday, April 21, 2012

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The Gang was at the Twin Cities Windows Phone event at Best Buy and Ovative Group‘s open house this week. That, and a number of other big stories, is at the heart of this show. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: “Sugar Rush” by Beau Hall from the podsafe Music Alley [...]

Minnov8 Gang 163 – Is Retail Dead?

Saturday, March 31, 2012

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The announcement by Best Buy on cutting $800M by FY 2015, closing 50 stores and corporate layoffs of 400 people sparked a lot of conversation on this show about retail and its disruption. Online commerce, mobile devices, easy price-checking, big-box competitors cherry-picking hot product categories to sell and more is causing Best Buy no end [...]

Minnov8 Gang 160 – The de facto ‘Genius Bar’ for Android

Saturday, March 10, 2012

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We are so pleased to have two guests this week: first up is the self-proclaimed “communications passionista“, Mall of America social media expert Lisa Grimm down at the SXSWshow and we get some insight in to her adventure to Texas and that event. Our second guest is none other than Chief Technology Officer of Best [...]

Minnov8 Gang 158 – Aloha Smartphones & Tablets

Saturday, February 25, 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 [...]

Minnov8 Gang 157 – More Donuts!

Saturday, February 18, 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 [...]

Minnov8 Gang 156 – Pathgate, Privacy & Phones

Saturday, February 11, 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 [...]

Minnov8 Gang 154 – iPad, iLearn

Saturday, January 28, 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. [...]

Tag Archive | "Android"

Minnov8 Gang 169 – Does This Make Me Look Dorky?

Minnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!”

Minnov8 Gang 166 – Print Me Some Coffee

Minnov8 Gang 165 – So, Lumia 900, why is your software half-baked?

Minnov8 Gang 163 – Is Retail Dead?

Minnov8 Gang 160 – The de facto ‘Genius Bar’ for Android

Minnov8 Gang 158 – Aloha Smartphones & Tablets

Minnov8 Gang 157 – More Donuts!

Minnov8 Gang 156 – Pathgate, Privacy & Phones

Minnov8 Gang 154 – iPad, iLearn

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