Minnov8 Gang 272 – One Cool Thing…

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Spin the Globe by The Powergoats. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

The Podcast

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota’s Top Stories

• SportNgin closes Series D round with a final $4 million strategic investment
• Samsung In Talks To Scoop Up SmartThings For Around $200 Million
  • Why Samsung Buying SmartThings Should Have Us Worried
  • 3 Reasons Why Samsung Wants To Buy SmartThings
  • 6 Emerging Standards Battling It Out For The Internet Of Things

Last Week’s Other Big Stories

• Comcast
  • Call to cancel Comcast service descends into desperate, hysterical fireworks
  • Here’s why your Comcast rep is yelling at you
  • Comcast Acquired PowerCloud Systems, Gears Up For Smart Home Play
• Does Anyone Outside Silicon Valley Even Want a Smartwatch?
• Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited offers all-you-can-eat e-books for $10 a month
• Apple/IBM Deal
  • Apple-IBM Deal: Trouble For Google, Microsoft
  • Tim Cook Explains Apple’s IBM Alliance
  • Apple and IBM Get Married (Comic)
• Deal of the Week: Pixelmator for $15.99

Minnov8 Gang’s “One Cool Thing of the Week”

• Steve: XTra Finder
• Tim: Super Mario Brothers Aquarium
• Graeme: Hashtack app on iPhone (pitch video)
• Phil: Continuous Data Intelligence (CDI) from TransVoyant

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