We have much to discuss this week but probably the biggest story is the meltdown of Mt. Gox, the Bitcoin exchange, and its loss of nearly half a billion dollars in Bitcoins. So should you invest or mine Bitcoins? Would you put your 401k in to one? Would it be safer to shop with Bitcoins than using a credit card at Target?
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off this week)
Music: Keep Your Motor Running by Dave Hole. Brought to us by Music Alley
The Podcast
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Discussed During the Show
Minnesota’s Top Stories
- Target
- Best Buy
- Google and MN
Other Top Stories
- Internet TV
- Netflix and Comcast Solve Their Web Traffic Problem With a Long-Term Deal
- Inside The Netflix/Comcast Deal and What The Media Is Getting Very Wrong
- Apple TV $25 gift card offer reported as rumors of new device swirl
- Apple TV is Apple’s fastest-growing product
- Conan O’Brien’s Serious Jibber Jabber
- TiVo’s co-founders start selling $49 Qplay TV streamer
- LumaTV (Note: This app does A LOT more than we discussed on the show so check it out!)
- Bitcoin
- The Gear Fit is what wearables should look like
- Apple software to drive smart Ferrari
- Microsoft experimenting with free version of Windows 8.1
- Google’s Project Ara could go on sale next year for $50
Other Links to Topics Discussed During the Show
- SanDisk Ultra 128 GB microSDXC UHS-I Card
- The MiniDrive (microSD adaptor for MacBook Air/Pro/Retina)
- Graeme’s Flipboard magazine “Big Data in the Wild”
- Twitter feed for that Big Data magazine
Upcoming Events
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