Minnov8 Gang 223 – Wearable Tech?

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins  is off this week).
Music: Gunslinger  Artist: Danny Weis  Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley

The Podcast

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Discussed During the Show

• Minnesota Stories:
  • Barnraisings.com…A Twin Cities Kickstarter for nonprofits
  • Fast Company and Target Announce Winner of the Co.Labs & Target Retail Accelerator
    • The Retail Accelerator Finalists
    • Target’s Cartwheel site/mobile app
  • Best Buy News:
    • Best Buy Defeated ‘Showrooming’ And Is Having A Renaissance
    • Pebble Smartwatch Is Coming To Best Buy July 7 For $149.95
    • Bring Your iPad 2 or iPad 3 to Best Buy, Get $200 In Exchange
  • A revolution for real estate apps?
  • T-Mobile debuts LTE in Twin Cities, joining AT&T, Verizon
• Other Stories:
  • PCWorld Exits Print, and the Era of Computer Magazines Ends
  • AdAge on iPad magazine advertising increasing
  • Here’s Microsoft’s New Strategy Essay and Reorg Announcement (Memos)
  • Alleged ‘budget’ iPhone revealed in photos and video by company selling Android knock-offs
• Steve’s Security Tip of the Week: Secure Your Email!
  • Use the email provider Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower does: Lavabit which has an amazing feature-set
  • Primarily send Gmail-to-Gmail (even Google Apps Gmail)? Consider SecureGmail
    • Lifehacker article on SecureGmail (and others)
  • Mailvelope for most major email providers w/extensions for various browsers

Upcoming Events

• Becoming a Customer Company, July 17, 2013, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
• MinneDemo – Thursday, July 18, 2013
• Raht Racer Prototype Exhibition Event, Thursday, July 18, 2013, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
• Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2013, July 18-20
• Life Science Lean-In, MinneAnalytics Forum, Friday, October 11, 2013 (all day)
• Cyber Security Summit 2013, October 22-23