Mobile Fans Have a Big Day at the Farm

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A whole bunch of busy tech professionals dropped everything on Thursday and headed to the farm -- the Earle Brown Farm, that is (now called Earle Brown Heritage Center  -- a very cool place). Okay, it wasn't all that far out of town, only Brooklyn Center, but it was like a … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang #191 – Flip That Toast!

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The local Minnesota startup community continues to grow as have technology players who started up a long time ago. One of those growing, players, an organization that has reinvented itself and accelerated in to the mobile space by helping developers monetize their apps and … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 179 – Jason Falls

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Our guest this week is Jason Falls (LinkedIn; website; learning site), an author, keynote speaker and CEO. He continues to be a name that surfaces at or near the top of conversations and lists of thought leaders and top thinkers in the emerging world of social media … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 137 – Major Mojo Baby!

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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 … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 132 – Hot Enough for ‘Ya?

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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, … [Read more...]

Newsbytes for Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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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 … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang 69: “We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”

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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 … [Read more...]

Steve Bendt Interview: A Chat About Windows 7 Social Media and Life at Microsoft

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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 … [Read more...]

Best Buy’s mIQ Beats Microsoft’s MyPhone At It’s Own Game

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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 … [Read more...]

MIMA Summit Goes Gadget Happy

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No doubt, the Minnov8 Gang is stoked about the upcoming MIMA Summit this Monday. We plan on our usual "no holds barred" live coverage complete with live blogging, video, and photos. A practice that's...well...pretty geeky. However, we are not alone. The MIMA folks and … [Read more...]