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Minnov8 Gang 241 – When Will Ads Call You By Name?

November 22, 2013 By Steve Borsch

ads-by-nameIn the Tom Cruise movie Minority Report, there is this minute long scene where Cruise’ character, Chief John Anderton, is called by name as he walks down a corridor filled with ads. In this show we discuss our local retailers and the holiday season, but then move in to Apple’s iBeacon technology, which promises to get us closer than ever to Minority Report’s vision of a future adscape.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Julio Ojeda-Zapata (Phil Wilson is off).
Music: Hudson River Station  Artist: Dan-O. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

  • Verizon’s Mall of America ‘Destination Store’
    • Julio’s story: Verizon’s new Mall of America megastore offers technology as lifestyle
    • Minnov8 story: Verizon Wireless Launches ‘Destination Store’ at Mall of America
  • Best Buy
    • Best Buy cuts prices, warns on holiday-quarter margins
    • Best Buy’s playing ‘to win’ sales, market share this holiday season
    • Showrooming has not killed Best Buy — yet
    • Best Buy and the Holiday Retail Prisoner’s Dilemma
  • Target
    • Target’s Mobile Apps
    • Canada troubles hurt Target on eve of price-war season
  • A-Vu Media
    • Startup seeks funding to connect seniors, docs via TV
  • Star Tribune To Take Over Printing Of Pioneer Press
  • MN’s Jobless Rate Hits Lowest Point In Nearly 6 Years

Other Stories

  • Android
    • Android 4.4 KitKat
    • Acer desktop Android ‘pc’ at Best Buy
    • MotoX
  • HP Chromebook 14 review: It’s bigger and better than most other Chromebooks 
  • Apple
    • Apple’s iBeacon Comes To Retailers Via Shopkick’s ShopBeacon
    • Nerdery iBeacon experiments
    • The First Apple Store App For iPad Nails Tablet Shopping With Clever Gesture And Image Focused Interface
      • B&H Mobile Website, iPad, iPhone & Android app
  • Ebates

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