Lots of good tech stories to cover this week but we do dwell on one topic that surprised us. The Electronic Frontier Foundation reported this past week that “Minnesota Legislators Go Crazy, Pushing Dangerous PRINCE Act” which was also written about by dozens of other music sites and blogs. Fortunately the Minnesota Senate tabled the proposed bill (for now) but this sort of legislation attempt will bear watching.
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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
- 3M’s Forthcoming Design Center Riffs On The Archetypal Minnesota Cabin
- A much-downsized Imation will go forward as a holding company
- Minnesota emerging player in video game industry
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- WordCamp Minneapolis, May 21-22 2016, Humphrey Institute, Minneapolis
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