Minnov8 Gang 246 – Predicting 2014

The Gang does its annual technology prognostications for 2014. Hear what we predicted to happen in 2013 (and what we missed) and listen to our prognostications for 2014.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

The Podcast

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

• Target
  • Exclusive: Target hackers stole encrypted bank PINs
    • Target confirms encrypted debit PIN data was stolen during hack
    • Steve’s Security Tip: Use Extreme Caution With Your Debit Card
  • Target says scammers are preying off data breach
  • Class-action lawsuits stack up against Target
• With Shoppable Hangout, Best Buy marries social media to commerce
• Plowz brings a plow to your driveway via a phone app

 Other Big Stories

• Amazon sold 426 items per second in run-up to Christmas
• There yet? UPS, FedEx moving Christmas packages late
• Apple’s iOS Completely Blew Away Google’s Android For Shopping On Christmas
• Google Chromebooks Find Success Over the Holidays

2013 Predictions Links

• Tablet Share
• The Windows 8 Flop: What Does It Mean For Microsoft?
• Smartphone OS Share
• Adobe Muse

2014 Predictions Links

• The Erasable Internet
• Apple Hearing Aid iPhone
• ReSound
• Bitcoin
  • Is It A Future Currency Or Asset Bubble?
  • Here’s what critics miss about Bitcoin’s long-term potential
  • Bitcoin explained in layman’s terms
  • Beginners Guide to Mining Bitcoins
  • Simple Bitcoin Converter
• Internet of Things
  • The Internet of Things – McKinsey Quarterly
  • Here’s Why ‘The Internet Of Things’ Will Be Huge, And Drive Tremendous Value For People And Businesses
• U.S. Power Grid
  • ‘American Blackout’: Four Major Real-Life Threats to the Electric Grid
  • Why the U.S. Power Grid’s Days Are Numbered
  • US power grid system to undergo simulated attack
• Bluetooth Smart (also called Bluetooth LE or Bluetooth 4.0)
  • What is Bluetooth Low Energy?
  • Bluetooth Smart at Bluetooth Association
  • Apple Patents Bluetooth LE For Intermittent Network Sharing, Perfect For Smartwatches
• Wearable Technology
  • Wired: Why Wearable Tech Will Be as Big as the Smartphone 
  • Wired: How Custom Silicon Could Jump-Start the Wearables Revolution
  • VentureBeat: Wearable tech: If it benefits you, it benefits retailers  
• Personal Cloud
  • Personal Clouds Wiki
  • OwnCloud
  • Pogoplug
• Big Data tools
  • What is Big Data?
  • Next big things in big data: Visualization, knowledge clouds, fast clusters
  • Big Data In 2014: 6 Bold Predictions
• NSA/Future of Encryption
  • Communications of the ACM: Future-Proof Encryption
  • NSA can easily find individuals hidden in metadata – study
  • What Surveillance Valley knows about you

Upcoming Events

• INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy 1st Tue of each month 3:30-4:30pm
• MHTA Event at Mpls Institute of Arts – Jan 9, 2014
• Minneapolis Public Schools STEM Expo – Tuesday, Feb 12, 2014
• Mobile March March 20, 2014 – Tickets on sale now!