It’s our 300th podcast and we’re prepared for glory…or maybe just episode 301?
We all enjoyed the film 300 from 2006, which was about how King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. While we’re not willing to go to Iran and record our podcast in Persian, we do have a lot of interesting stories to discuss this week in English…so get ready and listen ’cause we’re definitely making it to #301!
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off).
Music: Setting Off by Arizona Music under a Creative Commons License.
The Podcast
Story Links
Past Week’s Biggest MN Stories
- Digital River’s $840M sale to Siris closes
- Best Buy banks on gadgets trumping china with first wedding registry
- Target will close its video streaming service
- Google health search results get a Mayo Clinic fact-check
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Public Schools partner on education technology assessment, strategy
Other Top Stories
- Smartphone theft drops in London, two U.S. cities as anti-theft ‘kill switches’ installed
- Top tech CEOs give Obama the cold shoulder at cybersecurity summit
- Apple
- Apple’s Tim Cook warns that sacrificing privacy ‘risks our way of life’
- Obama’s Visit to Silicon Valley Is a Big Win for Apple Pay
- Apple’s next iPhone to include updated Touch ID sensor for safer, superior Apple Pay experience
- Apple Is Gearing Up to Challenge Electric-Car Maker Tesla
- Looking down the road at Apple’s automotive future
- Google to shut down Helpouts live video service
- How One Woman Makes Almost $1 Million A Year On Etsy
- Lynda (dot) com – where Minnesota guy Nate Kimmons is VP of marketing
- AT&T debuts 7GB shared plan with rollover data
- A ‘megadrought’ will grip U.S. in the coming decades, NASA researchers say
- Forget Net Neutrality, Focus on Fiber
Steve’s Security Tip of the Week
- Why should you consider using a laptop lock like these from Kensington?
Cool Thing of the Week
- Phil: Fuz Noke Lock
- Graeme: Ram ProMaster City: The Little Cargo Van That Could
- Steve: Glider Gloves
Upcoming Events
- PDMA MN Chapter Meeting, on “Personal Branding” – February 18th
- Net Neutrality Forum – February 19th, 11:30am – Magnet 360
- SMBMSP #75 – Visuals That Compel & Influence, February 20th
- Hennepin County Geo Code, February 21-22
- When to Hire Outside Help: A Guide to Outsourcing for Small Businesses, February 26th
- IoT Fuse (Internet of Things event) March 19th, 2015 (tix here)
- Mobile March, March 26th, 2015
- MinneBar 10, April 11th, Best Buy HQ
- Twin Cities TechPulse 2015 – April 21, 2015