Tag Archive | "Microsoft"

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 132 – Hot Enough for ‘Ya?

Friday, July 22, 2011

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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, instead focusing on the acceleration this summer of hot announcements [...]

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Newsbytes for Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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 300,000 units over the weekend, similar to the 300,000 Apple sold [...]

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

Saturday, March 6, 2010

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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 Madre, Humphrey Bogart’s character Dobbs, [...]

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

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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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 year for a new opportunity with Microsoft [...]

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

Friday, October 16, 2009

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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 something happens on the phone, it’s automatically [...]

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MIMA Summit Goes Gadget Happy

Thursday, October 1, 2009

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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 Jennifer Kane Consulting, the people that brought you “little Seth”, are [...]

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Microsoft Launches Expression 3 & Sketchflow

Friday, July 10, 2009

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Saw a tweet yesterday from my buddy, Microsoft’s Doug Olson, that said, “Getting ready for a very exciting day tomorrow — the culmination of why I am working at Microsoft.” He was either finally getting a free Zune, he’d completed that Redmond, WA to White Bear Lake, MN fun run, or his group was going [...]

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‘Phizzpop Tour’ Pops Into Town, Gets Coldest Day of the Year

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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A design competition for interactive agencies, sponsored by Microsoft, breezed into town on January 15 and got a rude shock: the most brutal sub-zero temps and windchills in five years.  Nonetheless, about 300 brave souls huddled inside at downtown hotspot(!) Solera and saw five agencies compete for bragging rights and a free trip to the [...]

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