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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 164 – One BILLION dollars!?!

Saturday, April 14, 2012

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Lots of surprising news this week with the resignation of Best Buy CEO and allegations of improprieties along with the jaw-dropping valuation of Instagram as acquired by Facebook. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: “Johnnys Deathray Boogie” by Johnny Nicholas from the podsafe Music Alley Guest Segment: We were pleased [...]

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 159 – Social Chatter

Saturday, March 3, 2012

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Social media ‘chatter’ seems to be growing exponentially and the services capitalizing upon it are being launched, or accelerated, by the week. Marty Wetherall, Director of Innovation at Fallon and co-founder of Fanchatter, joins us to talk about what’s happening with his startup and about the growth of social chatter overall. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim [...]

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 155 – It’s the Data

Saturday, February 4, 2012

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Publisher and tech visionary, Tim O’Reilly, has repeatedly said that “Data is the Intel Inside“. O’Reilly was referring, of course, to Intel’s famous “Intel Inside” ad campaign touting the importance of their chips, mainly since chips are invisible inside a computer or device and it’s easy for competitors to market their chips as being equal [...]

Tag Archive | "Apple"

Minnov8 Gang 169 – Does This Make Me Look Dorky?

Minnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!”

Minnov8 Gang 164 – One BILLION dollars!?!

Minnov8 Gang 163 – Is Retail Dead?

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

Minnov8 Gang 159 – Social Chatter

Minnov8 Gang 158 – Aloha Smartphones & Tablets

Minnov8 Gang 157 – More Donuts!

Minnov8 Gang 156 – Pathgate, Privacy & Phones

Minnov8 Gang 155 – It’s the Data

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