Minnov8 Gang 315 – Flyin’ and Spyin’

Turns out this past week there was a mysterious low-flying plane over the Twin Cities which has raised questions of surveillance. The Minneapolis FBI office only says they don’t comment on “operational matters,” undoubtedly because they don’t want people like Phil to know they’re being watched.  😉

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Blues for Suze by Ron Davis under a Creative Commons License.

The Podcast

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Story Links

Past Week’s Biggest MN Stories

• Recaps: HackTheGap.MN and Midwest Mobile Summit
• SmartThings expands Minneapolis office with move to new digs
• Best Buy Beats Profit and Sales Expectations
• Target Q1 profit surges 52% as turnaround efforts take hold
  • Target’s web sales grow by 37% in Q1
• Twins tap NatureWorks technology to reduce Target Field waste
• $250M solar power project gets OK from Minnesota regulators; plan calls for 2016 completion
  • Geronimo Energy
    • Noel Rahn
• New camera software helps hockey coaches help goalies

Other Top Stories

• Google I/O Announcements
  • Google announces Android M, available later this year
  • Google introduces Android Pay, a replacement for its wallet app on mobile
  • Google’s Brillo, an operating system for the Internet of Things, is coming in Q3
  • Google announces unlimited picture and video storage with new Photos app
  • Google’s Project Vault Is A Secure Computing Environment On A Micro SD Card, For Any Platform
  • Everything Google announced at Google I/O 2015 in one handy list
• Mary Meeker’s 2015 Internet Trends (recap and slides)
• WordPress owner buys e-commerce software provider WooCommerce
• OneNote welcomes three new partners—cloudHQ, Equil and WordPress
• Vox Media Acquiring ReCode
  • Comcast, investor in Vox Media and Recode, could end up buying them both
  • Tech media companies find that rapid growth doesn’t come easy
• Jony Ive promoted to ‘Chief Design Officer’
• The Internet of Things: a Surveillance State in Disguise

Other Links to Topics Discussed During the Show

• CNN: It’s settled! Creator tells us how to pronounce ‘GIF’

Steve’s Security Tip of the Week

• TIP: Secure (and encrypt) your iPhone in 60 seconds!
  • Apple: About iOS Passcodes
  • ZDNet Guide: For iPhone, iPad privacy, here’s how to turn on encryption in just one minute

Cool Thing of the Week

• Phil: Google’s Project Jacquard
  • How to pronounce ‘jacquard’ (from Dictionary.com):
• Tim: Meld: A Perfect Meal Every Time
• Graeme:  iCarer iPhone 6 Plus Case
• Steve: FlightRadar24 (apps available for iOS & Android)

Upcoming Events

• Minneapolis/St. Paul Mini Maker Faire 2015, May 30
• Club Entrepreneur: Sports Technology: Under the Radar in Minnesota, Minneapolis Club, June 9
• Mobile Twin Cities: Everything I/O June 9, BuzzFeed offices
• IBM Content 2015 June 11-12
• Startup School FemTech June 19th
• Twin Cities Drupal Camp, June 25-28, University of St. Thomas
• JoomlaDayMN, July 18th, Mall of America