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Minnov8 Gang 88: Google Waves Goodbye
The Gang has Julio Ojeda Zapata on this week to talk about a bunch of stuff…including Google’s killing of Google Wave. Julio is the Pioneer Press’ consumer-tech reporter and writes a Tech Test Drive column about gadgets, apps and social media (among other things). He is the author of Twitter Means Business, one of the first books about [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 87: More Buzz About Mobile
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Though the Gang discusses several topics this week (in the midst of the typical summer doldrums for new releases) the buzz covered is mostly about mobile. There are some interesting strategic moves being made by Best Buy with Clearwire—coming to the Twin Cities this Fall—as well as updates to Android mobile with Froyo and more. [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 84: Seeing Opportunities for Innovation
Saturday, July 10, 2010
This week’s show theme surrounds seeing opportunities for innovation. We explore many of the events, conferences, and moves made in web and internet technology and also dwell on all the collective energy being expended in Minnesota (e.g., MHTA; MNCup; MOJO MN; Minnedemo/Minnebar; Minnov8; tech.mn). driving toward one thing: sparking innovation in Minnesota. Is it working? What [...]
Continue reading...Best Buy Announces Movies & TV Online
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
With the acceleration of online movie and TV show distribution from the likes of Netflix, Amazon, Apple along with on-demand access from cable company services, it was inevitable that Best Buy would get in to this online distribution business. Best Buy Co. Inc today announced the availability of its new digital video service CinemaNow which [...]
Continue reading...Steve Bendt Interview: A Chat About Windows 7 Social Media and Life at Microsoft
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Two of the Minnov8 Gang took the opportunity this week to get together with former Twin Citian Steve Bendt. As you’ll recall, Steve had been a senior social media manager at Best Buy, and a cofounder of its Blue Shirt Nation employee social network, but left earlier this year for a new opportunity with Microsoft [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 58: Defragging Defrag & Other ‘Net Stuff
Saturday, November 14, 2009
After our week hiatus, the Minnov8 Gang is back at it with a podcast covering Graeme Thickins’ trip to the DeFrag conference and his liveblogging of it. After that we discuss local events (e.g., Minnebar), WCCO, WordPress and much more. This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music by blues singer Candy Kayne [...]
Continue reading...Social Media Success: How About a Little Twelp?
Saturday, October 31, 2009
I’ve recently started a quest; Find social media success stories that have nothing to do with Motrin Moms or Domino’s Pizza. Face it, though these are interesting examples of the importance of listening and reacting to the conversation,these examples are just plain old! By the way, if you’re doing a presentation on social media and [...]
Continue reading...Best Buy’s mIQ Beats Microsoft’s MyPhone At It’s Own Game
Friday, October 16, 2009
As mobile phones have become more powerful the need to access and backup information on them has increased. One way to do this is to mesh your phone’s operating system on a central server as pioneered by Danger’s Sidekick and emulated by Google’s Android and Palm’s WebOS. If something happens on the phone, it’s automatically [...]
Continue reading...mIQ: Best Buy’s Cloud-based Sync & Backup
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Vendors like Apple and Google recognize that the cloud is central to the mobile experience. Without the ability to access ones data, sync to the desktop, laptop netbook (and soon, a tablet?) with our mobile smartphones whether we’re stationary or mobile, our digital life is fraught with nothing but frustration. The center of the action [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang #43: Tech Stuff & Mobile Trends
Saturday, July 25, 2009
For half of the show, the Gang discusses several tech topics and then welcomes Lisa Foote, CEO/cofounder of Kwingo.net, the mobile solutions company here in the Twin Cities, to talk about “Mobile Trends to Watch“, a key trend since the I.T. consulting and analyst firm, Gartner, predicts that in 2012, smartphone sales will reach over [...]
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