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Minnov8 Gang 285 – Phil’s Free Hugs

October 25, 2014 By Steve Borsch

phils-free-hugs-mainJust in time for Halloween: Phil’s Free Hugs.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off).
Music: We’re in Hell by Boo Boo Davis. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

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Discussed During the Show
Minnesota’s Top Stories
  • Midwest Mobile Summit recap
  • Minnetonka’s Digital River acquired in $840 million deal
  • Olson Purchased By D.C. Tech Consulting Firm
  • App developer Drivetrain sold to image-based shopping tech company Slyce
  • Minnesota schools scramble to catch up on computer coding classes
    • CoderDojo Twin Cities
  • I’m Matthew Dornquast, CEO of Code42, and This Is How I Work
  • Target Offers Free Holiday Shipping
spacer-m8Other Top Stories
  • OS X Yosemite “Phones Home” Your Searches
  • Skip the hub; your mobile device is your IoT gateway
  • Hands On With Google Inbox: Useful Email Triage Tools For A Mobile Workflow
  • Inbox is the App Child of Gmail and Google Now
    • Google Wants Inbox to Be Your Email System for the Next Decade
  • The Difference 30 Years Makes: iMac with Retina 5K display vs. the Original Apple Macintosh
  • Mozilla Webmaker App Lets You Create Web Apps on Mobile
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Other Links Discussed During the Show
  • U.S. Government Repeals Ban – Opens Floodgate to Mass Agitprop Meant for Domestic Consumption
  • Macintosh SE, SE 30 and Steve’s post about his 1990 purchase of a Mac IICi
spacer-m8Steve’s Security Tip of the Week
  • Learn “Surveillance Self Defense” with this Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) guide
    • Go here to see the guide’s “playlists” of topics geared for specific roles
    • Go here to see the guide’s full menu of all topics
spacer-m8Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil: Nope: magnetic privacy shield
  • Tim: DM1: Decadent Minimalist One – Aluminum Wallet
  • Steve: Team Speed Force (his son & buddies) fundraising for Extra Life
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Upcoming Events
  • Ongoing Events
    • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy, 1st Tuesday of each month 3:30-4:30pm
  • October
    • Medication Management Code-a-Thon, Oct. 24-26
    • Midwest Innovation Summit, Oct 27-28
  • November
    • App Day with TechnovationMN, Nov. 1
    • Google Cloud Platform Live, Nov 4th
    • MHTA’s Tekne Awards, Nov 13th
    • MobCon: Where Mobile Minds Connect, Nov 13-14th, Hyatt, Mpls
  • March
    • Mobile March Twin Cities (Mar 2015 date TBD)
  • April
    • Twin Cities TechPulse 2015 – Apr 21, 2015

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