Tag Archive | "Best Buy"

Minnov8 Gang 123 – The ‘Table Stakes’ are Rising

Friday, May 13, 2011

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With all of the hoopla surrounding Microsoft buying Skype, Facebook hiring a PR firm to plant negative stories about Google, and the Google I/O conference releasing a lot of new opportunities with their platform technologies, it’s pretty clear that the ‘table stakes’ to be in the internet/web game are rising…quickly. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 115 – Mobile March Marchers Marching

Sunday, March 20, 2011

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Due to the overwhelming success of the Mobile March Twin Cities event this past Saturday with 250 attendees—and the surprisingly excellent previous evening’s Mobile 3D event—very strong evidence now exists that Minnesota has both world-class mobile developers and business users embracing mobile development and mobile use. (Note: photo on the right was modified from this [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 114 – Racing Toward Our Mobile Future

Friday, March 11, 2011

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If you pay any attention to technology news you know that we’re racing toward a mobile future that is already changing how we interact with one another, figure out where to eat, how to get the best deal and, in short, how to effectively be connected to the world. Joining us on this episode of [...]

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Best Buy “On” Officially Debuts

Thursday, January 6, 2011

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Though we’ve been aware of this “Best Buy On” adventure for some time, this week Advertising Age reported that Best Buy company had officially rolled it out saying that it is, “…a multichannel network filled with original editorial content spanning everything from how-to videos and gift guides to new-technology primers and behind-the-scenes looks at popular [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 105 – 2011 Tech Predictions

Friday, December 31, 2010

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The Gang once again discusses our predictions for the new year. If you listened to last year’s show, you’ll know that Phil predicted we’d see parachute pants make a comeback, but alas they did not and Phil still has to wear much tighter and more restrictive trousers than he’d prefer. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 103 – Surfin’ the Cloud

Friday, December 10, 2010

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The Gang talks Dell buying Compellent; Google Zeitgeist; and much more. Our guest this week is none other than the CTO of Visi, Jason Baker, who talks about becoming the first Tier III design certified commercial data center in Minnesota as well as what’s coming soon with ReliaCloud. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson [...]

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Waiting for a Better Price Before Purchasing at Best Buy? Now You Don’t Have to – There’s an App for That

Thursday, December 2, 2010

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Ever been burned buying a consumer electronics product right before a price reduction and wished you’d have waited?  Or, how many times have you been burned and not even known it?  Now there’s a solution for both these problems: it’s called Gazaro Protect.  Gazaro is a company that’s been developing a cloud-based, realtime retail pricing [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 99 – Pssst…got the QR code?

Friday, October 22, 2010

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Even though two of the Gang are off this week, we’re joined by the always delightful Julio Ojeda Zapata to talk tech and we cover a lot of ground while also revealing the QR code. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott & Julio Ojeda Zapata (Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson are off). Music:  Scott McLean & his [...]

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Robert Stephens Talks About New Role as CTO of Best Buy

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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Earlier this week, I sat down for coffee with Robert Stephens, founder of Geek Squad, to chat about a number of things, and we decided to do an impromptu audio interview.  I realized later it was almost three years to the day when I’d first met Robert, at an event where he was honored as [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 88: Google Waves Goodbye

Friday, August 6, 2010

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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 [...]

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