We’re pleased to have Julio Ojeda Zapata on this week as our guest host. He’d been on an adventure to California speaking at Google as an author (of his “iPad Means Business” book), being briefed as press by Apple on behalf of his tech column at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and visiting the new [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 22, 2011
The Gang (minus Graeme) talks about the hottest stories of the week from NASA and the last shuttle launch; Apple’s blow-out quarter (as well as Google’s); Google+; Microsoft earnings; and much more. We only mention the stifling heat that passed us over this past week, instead focusing on the acceleration this summer of hot announcements [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 15, 2011
The Gang talks with Joseph Rueter, entrepreneur and co-founder of Deals.by (formerly “Locate My Deal”), the “Search Engine for Deals Near You“. Also discussed are numerous developments this past week and what it means for you. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins & Phil Wilson. Music: “Blue n Boogie” by Norman Hedman’s Tropique via the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 8, 2011
We talk Google+ and Google’s design changes, bring on our guest, Tom Sweeney, to discuss his startup Visiting Ours, and talk tablets. 2011 was projected by many to be the “year of the tablet” and it’s certainly shaping up to be just that…the year when the dramatic changeover from a PC-centric world to one of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Newsbytes is a collection of links to articles and posts from around the ‘net of interest to Minnov8 readers: Apple sells 1 million iPads in 28 days. Took iPhone 74 days. Plus, Minnesota-based analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray estimated that Apple sold about 300,000 units over the weekend, similar to the 300,000 Apple sold [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 9, 2010
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 goes and holds [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 16, 2010
I can see the signs now as I tool into to town on I-35…Welcome to Duluth, Now With More Fiber! You may not know it but the clock is clicking down to Google’s deadline, March 26th, for nominations of cities interested in being their laboratory for an “ultra high-speed fiber network”. In fact, that clock [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 6, 2010
Opportunity and growth is all around us and glimmers of it are appearing in the web, mobile and other tech spaces. But are you willing to take the risks, explore and deal with all the obstacles in the way of you seeking riches? In the movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Humphrey Bogart’s character Dobbs, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 13, 2010
This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme is off this week)Music by Mean Gene Kelton and the Diehards and the tune is “Running from the Law”. From the podsafe music network Music Alley. + Google Buzz + Greg Litman (WCCO News & Sports producer) post on Arik Hanson’s blog + Juicy Lucy controversy + Phil’s [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 31, 2010
So, if you haven’t seen the news Wired broke late Saturday (updated Sunday afternoon) about Steve Jobs going off on Google and Adobe at the Apple all-employee meeting, here it is: Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is ‘Bullshit,’ Adobe Is Lazy: Apple’s Steve Jobs. Here’s an excerpt: “After a big public announcement of the sort [...]
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Friday, August 5, 2011
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