Minnov8 Gang 210 – The Internet is Broken?

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Steve returns to The Gang after 3 weeks and Phil is spring breaking but three of us dissect the top stories of the week including Best Buy's founder returning, did hackers really break the internet last week and T-Mobile's aggressive announcements. Hosts: Steve Borsch, … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang #197 – Perfect 2013 Predictions?

Even top-tier baseball players have hits and whiffs at the plate. The Gang had both from our 2012 predictions, but we have some quite good ones for 2013. Are they perfect? You decide. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: Lights … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 170 – Must. Have. Show.

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The Gang was all over the place at events this past week and we also discuss the potential for the disruption of the TV business. Steve rationalizes downloading content he 'forgot' to record on his DVR -- and is adamant he shouldn't have to buy content more than once -- and … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 144 – Smartphones & SmartScooters?

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A continued acceleration in all things mobile takes an interesting twist this week with a Best Buy VC investment in electric scooters. We then have on a special guest, Lisa Foote, CEO and Co-Founder of MixMobi (Twitter), to give the Gang and you an "update on all things … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 135 – Take a Tablet

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The Gang became aware of the introduction of the brand new WCCO iPad app and we just had to talk with the CEO of one of this State's premiere mobile development organizations, DoApp, who built that app for WCCO. DoApp is much more than just an app developer (e.g., Mobile … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 128 – Cloud Money

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The 2011 summer acceleration in all-things-tech continues unabated. The Gang discusses the continued explosion in cloud services and how many are driving toward "cloud money" by monetizing their offerings, or offering cloud strategies with the intent of being in-the-game and … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 124 – No Rain in This Cloud

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The Gang has on Mike Sowada, CEO of VISI. Mike has been a leader in technology management for over 20 years, co-founding Digital North, a leading provider of business-class hosting solutions, as well as a career as a leader at DKS Systems, Net Perceptions, Inc., The … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 123 – The ‘Table Stakes’ are Rising

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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 … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 120 – Is the Cloud our Idol?

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Now that Amazon’s cloud computing infrastructure had a catastrophic failure this week and Apple was revealed to be storing location data on iPhones and iPads (see: Apple collecting, sharing iPhone users' precise locations and our Sen Al Franken asking Steve Jobs what’s … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 113 – Facetime Fever Flabbergasts?

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If you own a tablet (e.g., iPad, Xoom) or are considering one, this is the show to listen to now. We cover Graeme's trip to DEMO and then immediately move in to a discussion of the iPad2 launch. Probing deeper in to some of the intrinsic value of the iPad and Android-based … [Read more...]