Minnov8 Gang 231 – One Word: “Plastics”

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Morning Shock  Artist: Vince Carpentieri. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

The Podcast

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Discussed During the Show

• Minnesota Stories
  • MHTA Tekne Award Finalists Announced
  • Luma Launches Game-Changing Personalized Entertainment Guide on the iPad
    • Digital Fortress: A Thriller
  • Pad & Quill keeps up, goes beyond devices
  • Stratasys Design Challenge
  • Comcast and $9.95 per Month Internet
  • Preceptis Medical wins Minnesota Cup competition
• Other Stories
  • Thanks to Android, Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world
    • Aisle411 – startup that helps you find products in-store
  • Apple Announces Dual iPhone 5’s
    • The Cheap iPhone That Wasn’t
    • Forget “Cheap”, The iPhone 5c Is Clearly The iPhone Jony Ive Wanted For iOS 7
    • With iBeacon, Apple is going to dump on NFC and embrace the internet of things
    • Apple shows the LTE love, going for near global 4G support in the iPhone 5s and 5c
    • Walmart to sell iPhone 5C for $79, iPhone 5S for $189
    • T-Mobile boasts record August as it preps for iPhone 5S, 5C
    • Apple Shares Down More Than Five Percent Following New iPhone Event
    • Apple wisely brings its iLife strategy to the iPhone and iPad
    • John Sculley Just Gave His Most Detailed Account Ever Of How Steve Jobs Got Fired From Apple
    • Apple is on to something with plastics (video clip from the movie The Graduate)
  • Twitter will become a public company, files for IPO
  • Google’s Coder Tool Lets Almost Anyone Develop Apps with Raspberry Pi

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• INVESTyR’s “Fundraising in the Digital Economy”. First Tuesday of every month: 3:30-4:30pm at CoCo Minneapolis
• Minnesota Developers Conference 2013 – Sept 26th 8-5pm
• Tech Cocktail Minneapolis Social – October 2, 6:30-9:00 pm, The Open Book
• Grace Hopper / Women in Computing, October 2 – 5, 7am – 5pm
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• Minnedemo 15, October 9th: Apply to present (more event details to come)
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• Ed Jam Twin Cities, October 17-19, 2013
• Twin Cities Code Camp 15, October 19, 2013, 8 – 5pm
• Cyber Security Summit 2013, October 22-23
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• MobCon 2013 November 7-8