Minnov8 Gang 367 – MN’s Tech Hub No Longer ‘Emerging’

One thing that riled us up this week was Twin Cities Business Magazine’s article Twin Cities: An Emerging Tech Hub? which ended with a question mark? None of us think that Minnesota is emerging but rather that we have absolutely already emerged!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson.

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories

• Al Franken Is Worried About Pokemon Go
• Minnedemo 23
• Minnesota Dethroned As CNBC’s Top State For Business
• Minneapolis data start-up Sport Ngin is acquired by NBC Sports
• Mayo Clinic Kicks Off National Competition For Rights To License Mayo Tech
• Comcast expands low-cost Internet program
• Meet The San Francisco Startup Creating A Future For Polaroid

Other Top Tech Stories

• Amazon Prime Day Recap: Sold-Out Kindles, Wait Lists, Facebook ‘Fail’
• The ‘war’ on encryption:
  • McCain Pushes Apple, Google On Encryption Standards in Cyber Hearing
  • UK gov says new Home Sec will have powers to ban end-to-end encryption
  • Putin Says All Encryption Must Be Backdoored In Two Weeks
• This week in Pokemon GO
  • T-Mobile is giving away free ‘Pokémon Go’ data for a year
  • Pokemon GO Stats

Cool Thing of the Week

• Phil: Wireless MIDI controller for acoustic guitar
• Tim: Nintendo is releasing a miniature NES with 30 built-in games
• Steve: Memories Renewed, an online scanning service based in Minneapolis, won the Wirecutter “best of” for photo scanning services
  • Wirecutter on “Best Photo Scanning Service”: Memories Renewed

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• Minnesota Digital Government Summit, August 2nd, St. Paul RiverCentre
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