Tag Archive | "mobile"

Minnov8 Gang Podcast 65: Talking the Apple iPad

Saturday, January 30, 2010

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Thursday’s Apple iPad launch was the most hotly anticipated technology launch event in years. To say there was enthusiasm for the device amongst many is obvious, but the disappointment felt by technologists and geeks is palpable. We explore the iPad — it’s good points and bad — with Julio Ojeda Zapata, the St. Paul Pioneer [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 61: Mobile & the Groovy Kids

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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Today’s show covers mobile developments for certain, but we also talk about several other things like yesterday’s Social Media Breakfast (SMBMSP), venture capital in Minnesota, cloud computing initiatives by Visi, and much more. This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music by Straight 8’s and the tune is, “Ann Bowman” Discussed during the show: StarTribune article on [...]

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A Demo-licious Evening at Mobile Twin Cities

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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The relatively new mobile group Mobile Twin Cities, self described as “a group of technology enthusiasts…meeting to discuss trends and software on all mobile platforms.”gathered last night at the Refactr offices in Minneapolis. This group founded and organized by local developer Justin Grammens of Recursive Awesome (Full disclosure; Justin and I are also partners at [...]

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Going Mobile (Minnov8 + MIMA Movie)

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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Our final interview for our friends at MIMA had us heading out to Carlson Marketing. There we had a chance to sit and talk with Doug Rozen, who has a rather all inclusive title…SVP, Global Lead -- Creative, Interactive, Media & Mobile. Doug shares a some insight on mobile marketing and trends as well as [...]

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Minnov8 Gang #43: Tech Stuff & Mobile Trends

Saturday, July 25, 2009

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For half of the show, the Gang discusses several tech topics and then welcomes Lisa Foote, CEO/cofounder of Kwingo.net, the mobile solutions company here in the Twin Cities, to talk about “Mobile Trends to Watch“, a key trend since the I.T. consulting and analyst firm, Gartner, predicts that in 2012, smartphone sales will reach over [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast 39: A Conversation with Codemorphic

Saturday, June 13, 2009

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The Gang has a great discussion with Bill Heyman, co-founder of Codemorphic, a rock-solid iPhone development shop (based in Eden Prairie) with significant application credibility through their creation of over a dozen apps such as: Public Radio Tuner (#2 in iTunes store, 2M+ downloads, iTunes link) General Mills Betty Crocker Cookbook (iTunes link) Cisco/Linksys Media Hub Control Blausen Medical [...]

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Whip It Out: Your Smartphone Extends Your Mind

Monday, June 8, 2009

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Competition in the mobile phone space is heating up and the smartphone — a mobile phone with computer-like functionality — coupled with ever faster wireless network speeds are changing the way we access news, information, connections with our friends and family, and so much more. A quick story illustrates one amusing (though not to my wife) [...]

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Broadband Perspective

Friday, April 24, 2009

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Mike O’Connor, urban representative on the Minnesota Ultra High Speed Task Force, recently interviewed the “father of the internet” Vint Cerf, as well as the head of Best Buy’s Geek Squad, Robert Stephens about their perspectives on broadband. After the jump, you can watch Mike’s interviews (broken in to chunks due to YouTube’s limits on filesize). [...]

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Kwingo Launches Mobile Language Apps

Monday, June 16, 2008

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What do you do when you’re a successful, female, mid-career IT and operations executive with several big-name companies, and you decide to try something different? Why, you launch a mobile web apps company, that’s what! Actually Lisa Foote first took some time to give back by using her executive skills for a year or so of [...]

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