Tag Archive | "iPad"

Minnov8 Gang 169 – Does This Make Me Look Dorky?

Friday, May 18, 2012

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The Gang is joined by Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and talk the Facebook IPO, gadgets, travel technology and much more. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata Discussed during the show: TiE Minnesota “Startups & Mentors” Local startup funding report here and Kidblog and Heroic and FanChatter Facebook Raises $16 Billion In Record [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!”

Saturday, May 12, 2012

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The Gang discusses several developments this week in search, gadgets, and a mention of the passing of Goober Pyle (brother of Gomer), a character of the Andy Griffith Show back in the Sixties, played by George Lindsey who passed away this week. For anyone old enough to have seen the original show — or have [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 160 – The de facto ‘Genius Bar’ for Android

Saturday, March 10, 2012

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We are so pleased to have two guests this week: first up is the self-proclaimed “communications passionista“, Mall of America social media expert Lisa Grimm down at the SXSWshow and we get some insight in to her adventure to Texas and that event. Our second guest is none other than Chief Technology Officer of Best [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 159 – Social Chatter

Saturday, March 3, 2012

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Social media ‘chatter’ seems to be growing exponentially and the services capitalizing upon it are being launched, or accelerated, by the week. Marty Wetherall, Director of Innovation at Fallon and co-founder of Fanchatter, joins us to talk about what’s happening with his startup and about the growth of social chatter overall. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 158 – Aloha Smartphones & Tablets

Saturday, February 25, 2012

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“Aloha” is an Hawaiian word used both for greeting, or leaving, someone. Aloha is thus a metaphor for both the opportunity and the angst about how to capitalize upon it. That angst many people feel comes when we examine how to publish or develop apps for smartphones and tablets. The Gang discusses the market, tools, and how [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 155 – It’s the Data

Saturday, February 4, 2012

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Publisher and tech visionary, Tim O’Reilly, has repeatedly said that “Data is the Intel Inside“. O’Reilly was referring, of course, to Intel’s famous “Intel Inside” ad campaign touting the importance of their chips, mainly since chips are invisible inside a computer or device and it’s easy for competitors to market their chips as being equal [...]

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U of MN Center for Spirituality & Healing’s Mobile App

Monday, September 19, 2011

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The U of MN Center for Spirituality and Healing, a world-renowned resource, recently released an iPhone and iPad app called “Wellscapes” (iTunes link). I’ve known of the Center for quite some time and been interested in what they describes as their mission to, “…enhance health and well-being by educating health professionals, empowering consumers, and fundamentally [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 137 – Major Mojo Baby!

Friday, September 16, 2011

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MOJO Minnesota is an innovation advocacy force comprised of like-minded business leaders working to fuel entrepreneurship and reignite Minnesota’s culture of innovation. These folks describe themselves as, “…business advisors, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and attorneys passionate about creating jobs and economic growth through the power of Minnesota based technology companies” and we were pleased [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast 130 – Tablets, Schmablets

Friday, July 8, 2011

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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 [...]

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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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