Minnov8 Gang 243 – Stars Wars? Never Heard of It

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off)
Music: Hill Billy Idol  Artist: Texarillo. Brought to us by Music Alley.

The Podcast

Podcast (m8-audio): Download (Duration: 55:23 — 44.9MB)

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

• New Site, App, & Experience from @SmartThings
  • TechCrunch: SmartThings Rolls Out A New iPhone App To Simplify Adding Your Home To The Internet Of Things
  • YourTechWeblog: SmartThings still nerdy-cool, but with less-confusing app
  • Minnov8: SmartThings’ New Clean & Slick App
  • Good ol’ X10
• Target & Pinterest
  • Target harnesses Pinterest to give holiday shoppers a hand
  • Target’s ‘Awesome Shop’ spotlights Pinterest hits
  • Target Awesome Shop
• Julio Ojeda-Zapata on WCCO Sunday morning show with holiday gift ideas
  • Tablets turning the tables on traditional computers

Other Stories

• Mobile Commerce on Black Friday/Cyber Monday
  • U.S. Mobile Commerce Reached New Heights on Black Friday and Cyber Monday 
  • Black Friday shopping by the numbers: Mobile-optimized sites win
  • Black Friday sales up 7%, mobile up 36% — and iPhone driving 450% more sales than Android
• Amazon unveils futuristic plan: Delivery by drone
• Apple
  • Apple’s iBeacon location-aware shopping goes live today
  • Now in Apple Stores: iBeacon Location-Tracking Technology
  • Apple Buys Topsy For Price Reportedly North Of $200M, Could Use Social Signals To Bolster Siri, App Store Relevance
  • Apple’s ‘smart dock’ would give Siri a permanent place in the home
  • iPad Air Wins Black Friday-Cyber Monday: New Devices Increase by 51%
• iOS and Android Adoption
  • Apple Puts iOS 7 Adoption At 74% Based On App Store Usage Numbers
  • iOS 7 rockets above 50% adoption in one week, leaves Android, Windows, and OS X in its wake
  • iOS 7 Adoption Rate Wallops Android 4.4 KitKat
  • Android developer site data about OS version adoption
• Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets
• Ron Burgundy Anchors Bismarck ND Newcast
• Who was Stuart Smalley?

Steve’s Security Tip of the Week:
Here’s A Great Idea For Creating Passwords That Are Easy To Remember But Hard To Hack

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