Minnov8 Gang 289 – I *LOVE* My TV

Julio Ojeda-Zapata from St. Paul Pioneer Press’ TwinCities.com (Julio writes YourTechWeblog) joins us and, during our “Black Friday Deals” discussion, we learned that Julio absolutely LOVES his TV…so much so that he hugs it. Um…OK.  😉

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Julio Ojeda-Zapata (Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson are off).
Music: 4.23 by Chris Greene Quartet. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

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Past Week’s Biggest MN Stories

• Updated Target app pinpoints merchandise in store
  • Target adds in-store navigation features to app
• Nerds’ paradise: Downtown attracts 100-job tech firm expansion
• Alcohol delivery app Drinkfly launches in the Twin Cities
  • Twin Cities drinkers can now tap an app for alcohol delivery
• Best Buy Blows Past Analyst Expectations For Quarter
• Senator Al Franken Asks Uber’s CEO Tough Questions On User Privacy
  • Senator Franken’s letter to Uber (PDF)
• St. Paul library on forefront of digital learning and entertainment
  • Lynda.com and Christopher Breen’s courses

Other Top Stories

• Government
  • USA Freedom Act for NSA reform is voted down in the Senate
  • Daniel: Obama will likely enact panel’s advice on blunting cyber risks
• Aereo files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, says “challenges have proven too difficult to overcome”
• Gadgets & Wearables
  • Nexus 6; HTC 1; LG 3 and MotoG; Moto360; Microsoft Band
• Black Friday (or should it be called “Black November”?)
  • Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2014: all the best deals in one place
  • Black Friday 2014 – Black Friday Ads and best Black Friday Deals
  • BFAds

Cool Thing of the Week

Tim: Hemingwrite
Steve: Spam Nation by Brian Krebs
Julio: ByWord and Polaroid Cube

Upcoming Events

• Ongoing Events
  • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy, 1st Tuesday of each month 3:30-4:30pm
• December
  • TIES 2014 Education Technology Conference, December 6th
  • Mobile Twin Cities, December 8th, CoCo Minneapolis. Topics:
    • The World of Wireframes: Communicating with Developers-Brigitte Dahlberg, co-founder, PureXRD
    • A Standard Non-Disclosure Agreement: There’s No Such Thing-Devan Padmanabhan and Brett Klein, Winthrop & Weinstine
• March 2015
  • Mobile March Twin Cities (date TBD)

• April 2015
  • Twin Cities TechPulse 2015 – Apr 21, 2015