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Minnov8 Gang 244 – Hey Rocky!

December 14, 2013 By Steve Borsch

Too often in the technology game it feels like Bullwinkle’s attempt to amaze Rocky with his feat of magic: Instead of a rabbit being pulled out of his hat something else pops out! On this week’s show we discuss company pivots, crowdfunding projects postponed, an ‘affordable’ knock off of a brand name and more.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off)
Music: Too Late To Try To Do Right  Artist: Root Doctor. Brought to us by Music Alley.

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

  • SMBMSP: How You Can Begin Doing the Work of Your Dreams
    • New initiative from CoCo MSP: CoCo Jump School
  • A WordPress plugin converts (Google) Glass into a blogging tool 
  • NativeX partners with SEGA for expansion of mobile ad network 
  • Network Instruments of Minnetonka to be acquired for $200 million
  • The Nerdery Names New President
  • “Dell exec: We’re ‘fine-tuning’ our cloud strategy”…and the acquisition of MN’s Enstratius is playing a key role
  • Kickstarter Project Postponed Despite $41K In Pledges
  • Study: Minnesota 3rd In Nation Among Kickstarter Users For Tech Financing
  • Retail
    • An Underdog Against Amazon, Best Buy Charges Ahead
    • Strong consumer electronics sales: Good news for Best Buy, Target
    • Target of Best Buy suit defends his use of Geek Squad name
      • Affordable Geek Squad at the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine
      • Affordable Geek Squad site today
      • The “sister site” is a hilarious venture into clip art and bad taste
    • BiteSquad

Other Stories

  • Apple’s iBeacon
    • The Open Secret Of iBeacon: Apple Could Have 250M Potential Units In The Wild By 2014
    • Why I Want Apple’s iBeacon At Home
    • Step aside iBeacon, Qualcomm has low-cost Gimbal Proximity Beacons 
  • Why Nokia Is Building an Android Phone and Why Microsoft Might Not Kill It
    • Microsoft Is Making An Astonishing $2 Billion Per Year From Android Patent Royalties
  • No, Gmail’s tweak won’t stop e-mail marketers from knowing if you open their e-mail

Steve’s Security Tip of the Week

  • ATM Credit/Debit Card Skimmers
    • How does ATM skimming work?
    • Watch out for ATM ‘skimmers’
    • How to Spot (and Stop) ATM Skimmers
    • FBI Website: “Taking a Trip to the ATM?”
    • Consumerist posts about ATM skimmers (as well as Bluetooth gas pump skimmers!)

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  • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy 1st Tue of each month 3:30-4:30pm
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  • Mobile Tech Meetup Happy Hour Monday, December 16, 5-7pm
  • MNSearch Holiday Social Wednesday, December 18, 6-9pm
  • Mobile March March 20, 2014 – Tickets on sale now!

 

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