Minnov8 Gang 237 – Scratching the Surface?

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata (Graeme Thickins is off).
Music: Woman…Desert Woman  Artist: after son+. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

The Podcast

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

• MobiU at Best Buy
• Tech class at Lakeville South High School working with Arduino
• Is Minn.’s next big thing the Internet of Things?
• Dunn Bros. is latest coffee vendor to join mobile-app payment trend
  • PayPal Debuts Its Newest Hardware, Beacon
• Target Mobile
  • Target’s in-store Wifi collects a lot of data

Other Stories

• Apple
  • Apple announces the iPad Air, its thinnest and lightest full-size iPad yet
  • Apple Unveils a Mightier iPad Mini
  • Apple releases iOS 7.0.3: iCloud Keychain, iMessage fixes, Touch ID improvements
  • OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review
  • Apple gives iWork a facelift with collaboration on the web, available for free today
  • Some Power Users Are Unhappy With Lost Features in the New iWork
• Journalism
  • Julio’s site; his ‘about’ page; Your Tech Weblog at TwinCities.com
  • New York Times columnist David Pogue trades Gray Lady for Yahoo
  • Tech Columnist Walt Mossberg to Leave WSJ
  • We mentioned CBS’ CNet
• Microsoft
  • Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets now available in 21 countries
  • Nokia Lumia 2520: a closer look at Nokia’s first Windows tablet
• Google
  • Julio’s Google+ post about Chromebooks
  • Business Hangouts from Altadyn
    • Vidyo (powers Google Hangouts)
    • What is WebRTC?

Upcoming Events

• Startup Weekend Twin Cities 5, October 25-27, 2013, 5 – 7pm
• MobCon 2013 November 7-8
• CityCampMN 2013, November 9
• TIES 2013 Education Technology Conference, December 14-17