Lots of rumors about Apple’s upcoming September 9th new product announcement. We discuss the iPhone 6 rumor, how big it is, how these new, big smartphones (dubbed “phablets” for phone/tablets) may be negatively impacting tablet sales, and a whole lot more.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Love Dog by Chris Juergensen. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.
The Podcast
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Discussed During the Show
Minnesota’s Top Stories
- Thomson Reuters to outsource IT services; move could affect Eagan workforce
- Best Buy hits on profit, falls shy on revenue
- AOL co-founder Steve Case is bringing a $100K startup pitch contest to Minneapolis
- Minnesota Cup Announces 2014 Division Winners
Last Week’s Other Top Stories
- Apple Rumour Roundup!
- Apple Preparing New 12.9-Inch IPad for Early 2015
- Apple Plans to Announce Wearable in September
- Apple Building Massive Structure at Flint Center for iPhone 6 Event
- Apple reportedly working with Dutch company NXP to include NFC in iPhone 6, possibly iWatch
- Fascinating, long story about Apple PR: Seeing Through the Illusion: Understanding Apple’s Mastery of the Media
- Apple’s Swift language
- Apple’s Mobile Payments Are Coming, And They Will Be iPhone 6 And iWatch Exclusive
- Apple iPhone 6 expected to include mobile payments, NFC
- Amazon
- TiVo Introduces A $50 Over-The-Air DVR For The Post-Aereo Era
- Dropbox Beefs Up Its Pro Feature Set, Now Offering 1TB Of Storage For $10/Month
- iPad, RIP 2010-2015?
Steve’s Security Tip of the Week
Be safe, or keep a loved one safe, with a tracker app like StaySafe Personal. This app notifies friends or family if you are in trouble or don’t check-in safely. It sends your phone’s location via email or SMS so you can be found fast.
Gang’s “One Cool Thing of the Week”
- Phil: LastPass
- Tim: Raspberry Pi Model B+
- Graeme: New analytics Twitter was testing with some, now available to all (CLICK HERE here to see a view of Graeme’s Twitter analytics)
- Steve: OwnCloud & OwnCloud Providers
Upcoming Events
- Ongoing Events
- INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy, 1st Tuesday of each month 3:30-4:30pm
- September
- Twin Cities Startup Week and Startup Weekend Sept. 9-14 (multiple events)
- “Gigabit Highway” conference, Minneapolis Sept. 2-4
- Mobile Twin Cities: Smartwatches: Past, Present and Future Sept. 8th
- Beta.mn 1.5, Sept 9th, 6:00-9:00 pm, Worrell Design
- Tech Cocktail’s Twin Cities Mixer & Startup Showcase Sep 10th
- MinneDemo 18, September 11th
- SMBMSP #70 – Social Media Trends, with featured speakers from…@Minnov8! Sept 12th, 8:00-10:00 am (tickets to be released next week)
- Fundraising and Intellectual Property Considerations, a free event for startups at TreeHouse Health, Sept. 16th
- MHTA Tekne Awards Finalist Announcements, Wed Sept 17th
- MinneAnalytics “Marketing Analytics” Conference (#MAMAmn), Sept. 30th, 8:00am-5:00pm+beer (Eventbrite link coming soon @MInneAnalytics and their website)
- October
- Prestige Conference 2014, Oct 3-4, 2014, U of St. Thomas
- WordUP Minneapolis 2014, Oct 11-12, 2014
- Minnesota Product Camp 2014, Saturday, Oct 11th, U of St Thomas
- Internet of Things Hack Day, Saturday Oct 18th, Minnetronix
- Cyber Security Summit 2014, Oct 21st
- November
- Google Cloud Platform Live, Nov 4th
- March
- Mobile March Twin Cities (Mar 2015 date TBD)
- April
- Twin Cities TechPulse 2015 – Apr 21, 2015
We also briefly mention the movie Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia which prompted the creation of this graphic. It was going to be the original image for this podcast post, but we thought better of it in light of what’s going on in the world today:
