Minnov8 Gang 249 – I’ve Got a Woody!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Something’s Going On Artist: Kelly Richey. Brought to us by Music Alley.
(photo credit for Graeme Thickins’ woody: Graeme Thickins)

The Podcast

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

• Techie.com’s Most Promising Tech Hubs to Watch in 2014
• Target’s Woes Continue To Worsen:
  • Brian Krebs (broke original story)
    • A First Look at the Target Intrusion, Malware
    • A Closer Look at the Target Malware, Part II
  • Target Corporate
    • Response & resources related to Target’s data breach
    • Target CEO pledges ‘to get to the bottom’ of data breach, says ‘I’m sorry’
  • Consumers vent frustration and anger at Target data breach
  • Target POS Systems Vulnerable Since 2007?
  • Senators want briefing from Target about data theft
  • Target Got Hacked Hard in 2005. Here’s Why They Let It Happen Again  
• Best Buy Isn’t Doing So Well Either:
  • Best Buy shares plunge after holiday sales report
  • Best Buy shares plunge on holiday sales; deeper cuts planned
  • 5 Reasons Why Best Buy is Going Down in 2014
• Retail industry security hacks may surge in 2014
• Internet of Things
  • Spark Devices (website)
    • Fast Company on Why A Failed Kickstarter Might Be Your Key To Success
  • Google purchases Nest for $3.2 billion but what do Minnesota techies think and what is Spark Devices doing about it?
    • What do area ‘Internet of things’ gurus think of Nest deal?
    • Local tech firm throws together open version of the Nest
    • Building an open source Nest
• A young girl in Vietnam is stealing our Minnov8 brand?  😉

Other Stories

• NSA On The Hotseat:
  • Obama’s Speech on N.S.A. Phone Surveillance
  • Everything you need to know about Obama’s NSA reforms, in plain English
  • NSA Scandal: A Running List of What We Know the NSA Can Do. So Far. 
  • I Spent Two Hours Talking With the NSA’s Bigwigs. Here’s What Has Them Mad
  • Tech companies shoot holes in President Obama’s surveillance speech
• Net Neutrality
  • What’s Net Neutrality? What Happened to Net Neutrality Yesterday? What Happens Next? A Q&A for the Rest of Us.
  • The Net Neutrality Lobby Is Like a Frog
• Shopkick Starts 100-Store iBeacon Trial For American Eagle, Biggest Apparel Rollout Yet
• PayPal gets simpler: lets you pay without leaving merchant sites
• ATMs Face Deadline to Upgrade From Windows XP

Upcoming Events

• INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy 1st Tue of each month 3:30-4:30pm
• Spark – Annual Celebration of Innovation January 22nd 5:30pm
• Beta.MN inaugural event, January 30th (tickets available at 7:00 am on Jan 6th)
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• Border to Border Broadband February 4th – 5th, RiverCentre St. Paul
  • Blandin on Broadband blog (a must-read for MN’ers about internet)
  • Blandin Foundation ‘Broadband Communities Program’ 
• Minneapolis Public Schools STEM Expo – Tuesday, Feb 12th
• Capitol Code: An Open Data Jam • February 22nd
• She’s Geeky-Minneapolis – February 22-23, Central Library
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