Minnov8 Gang 215 – We be jammin’

Several good Minnesota stories this week, including about JamStik, a cool device that works with iPad for teaching guitar. We be jammin’ now, heh?

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off this week).
Music: Surfin’ with Slayer from Glitter Dick. From the podsafe Music Alley.

The Podcast

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Discussed during the show…

• Minnesota Stories:
  • MHTA‘s Spring Conference recap
    • Cyber Security Summit
    • RedWing Ignite
    • UofMN Office of Business Relations
  • SMBMSP
  • Carlson School SOBACO event
  • Google for Entrepreneurs at CoCoMSP
  • Spark Devices Launches ‘Spark Core’
  • Best Buy:
    • Best Buy sells stake in European venture to Carphone Warehouse
    • Best Buy’s European exit means retailer will need to tap inner talent for innovation
    • Best Buy’s new eCommerce chief to focus on deal streaming
  • JamStik – Real Strings, Real Frets. Turn your iPad into a Real Instrument
• Google:
  • Google Now Launches On iOS
  • Google Now feeds you Twin Cities info as you require it
  • Google Glass review (Explorer Edition)
• Apple:
  • Apple’s Stock Price and Twitter Analysis Amplification 
  • Horace Dediu on the bad habits of Apple analysts and why Tim Cook shouldn’t be fired
• Whacky Kickstarter Project of The Week?:
  • Casetop – Every Phone Becomes a Laptop
• Other:
  • Palm Foleo

Upcoming Events…

• Google for Entrepreneurs, STEP-UP Achieve Training Program, Saturday, May 4, 2013 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
• Visualizing Neighborhoods/A Hackathon for Good, Saturday, May 25, 9:00am – 6:00pm
• National Day of Civic Hacking MN, Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 10:00 AM – Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 4:00 PM
• EyeO Festival, June 5-8, Walker Art Center
• Cyber Security Summit 2013, October 22-23