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...]

Mobile Fans Have a Big Day at the Farm

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A whole bunch of busy tech professionals dropped everything on Thursday and headed to the farm -- the Earle Brown Farm, that is (now called Earle Brown Heritage Center  -- a very cool place). Okay, it wasn't all that far out of town, only Brooklyn Center, but it was like a … [Read more...]

Great Talk Coming at MCAD on ‘Indie Capitalism and Design Entrepreneurship’

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MCAD has a really cool event coming up on Tuesday evening, September 11.  The best thing of all?  It's free and open to public. Here are the details: Visiting-Artist Lecture: Tom Gerhardt and Dan Provost, Cofounders of Studio Neat, New York City, Tuesday, September 11, … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 107 – Is the MacAppStore Good or Bad?

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App stores are all the rage: Apple started the concept with the iPhone App Store, made sure it worked on the iPod Touch and later expanded it to include the iPad, and is now driving that concept further with the new introduction of the MacAppStore. Google has Android … [Read more...]

MN Company Lets You Run Windows Apps on a Mac – the Easy Way

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They say the best blogging is about story-telling. So, let me tell you one of mine -- how I came to write this post. First, some background: I run a Windows-free environment, and have for a long time. I put in my time with "Windoz" many years ago, and quickly left it … [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...]

Minnesota iPhone App Developers Talk iPad and OS 4

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I'm having so much freaking fun with my iPad, I almost forgot to post this week.  I started asking my developer friends about it almost as soon as I got mine last Saturday, so I've had this post brewing for days now.  Then, I'm finally about ready to post it, and Apple … [Read more...]

A Demo-licious Evening at Mobile Twin Cities

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The relatively new mobile group Mobile Twin Cities, self described as "a group of technology enthusiasts...meeting to discuss trends and software on all mobile platforms."gathered last night at the Refactr offices in Minneapolis. This group founded and organized by local … [Read more...]