Minnov8 Gang 346 – Jeb’s Magical Apple Watch

Hosts: Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata (Steve Borsch is off).
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar under a Creative Commons License

We run down the stories of the week with special guest host Julio Ojeda-Zapata and we all have a chuckle when the talk turns to Republican Presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s reaction to receiving a call on his Apple Watch. The Nerdery’s new CEO, Best Buy’s holiday results, Senator Franken’s letter to Google, and Julio’s summary of Minnesota companies at CES also figure in the mayhem.

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories

• Tom O’Neill named new CEO of the Nerdery
• Best Buy’s holiday web sales grow by double digits
  • Best Buy stock takes a hit with poor holiday sales report
• CES post-mortem: How Minnesota companies are feeling about the show
  • Woof! Chat for pets among local tech at Vegas electronics show
• In Letter To Google CEO, Sen. Franken Raises Questions Regarding Student Data Collection

Other Top Tech Stories

• First Click: Apple should echo Amazon with a Siri speaker
  • Smaller, cheaper Amazon Echo could be coming soon
• Apple News:
  • Apple Is Developing Wireless Earbuds For The iPhone 7, Says Report
  • Photos: With tvOS 9.2, Apple TV adds Podcasts app, Folders, Bluetooth keyboard support, new app switcher and more
  • When Will We See A New Apple Watch?
  • Avowed Apple fan Jeb Bush realizes his Apple Watch can take phone calls
  • Microsoft is bringing its excellent Windows Phone keyboard to iOS

Cool Thing of the Week

• Phil: Robot Carry-on
• Tim: Screw Those $300 Standing Desks. This Cardboard One Is $25
  • More Cardboard desks.
    • Refold
    • Kickstarter Standing Desk
• Graeme: Who says those crazy French just sit around drinking wine all day? … they design stuff, too! 
• Julio: Earhoox: The cure for loose, uncomfortable Apple earbuds (old style) or EarPods (new style). My Apple buds are not useless anymore. Kind of excited about that.

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