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Minnov8 Gang 400 – Our Last Show

April 8, 2017 By Steve Borsch

Yep…you read that headline right. After nearly NINE YEARS this week’s show is our last podcast as the Minnov8 Gang.

It’s been a great ride. We’ve had an incredible amount of fun, talked to literally dozens of guests, interviewed Minnesota technology leaders, attended hundreds of events, and covered Minnesota technology innovation in all its forms. It is time, however, for us to ride off in to the sunset as we head toward new opportunities and adventures.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music: Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US

 About Our Last Show & Acknowledgements
  • After nearly NINE YEARS, this show marks our 400th, and last, podcast. Here are Minnov8’s first post and podcast links:
    • First post: February 17, 2008
    • First podcast: June 22, 2008
  • Special “Thank You!” mentions go to:
    • Our listeners for your unwavering support, and listening, all of these years.
    • Graeme Thickins, our Minnov8 co-founder and “Gang” member on the website and podcast for over eight years, “We couldn’t have done it without you pal and thanks for being our friend too! Also appreciate you never being mad about your face being stuck on some Photoshop image.”
    •  Julio Ojeda-Zapata for your frequent co-hosting and, of course, for your support. You will always be our friend and someone we are lucky to know and as a fellow geek, you have never been judgmental about our lust for all things techie, no matter how strange or obscure. Also appreciate that you, too, have never been mad about your face being stuck on some Photoshop image.
    • Garrick Van Buren, another co-founder of Minnov8 back in 2008 and early “Gang” member on the podcast.
    • Our contributors: Paul DeBettignies; Sam Glover; Mitch Hislop; Meg Gerritsen Knodl; Lief Larson; Jeff Pesek; Don Smith.

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20170408_M8_Gang_400.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 46:00 — 49.2MB)

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
  • Minnesota technology industry ranked 17th in nation
  • Twin Cities tech executives form new company, buy Cypress chip plant in Bloomington
  • Online shopping grew at a faster rate in Minnesota last year than in nearby states
  • Minnesota Legislature pushes back on internet privacy

Other Top Tech Stories
  • Internet Privacy Law
    • What does the new ISP data-sharing rollback actually change?
    • Congress’ Browsing
  • Apple
    • The Mac Pro Lives
    • Apple Is Pushing iPad Like Never Before
    • That ‘iPhone Wi-Fi bug’ isn’t just for Apple users – here’s a rundown
  • Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, wins ‘computing’s Nobel Prize’
  • Twitter Lite
  • Harry Shearer: Why My ‘Spinal Tap’ Lawsuit Affects All Creators

Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil: My Co-Hosts
    • Steve Borsch at LinkedIn
    • Tim Elliott on LinkedIn
  • Tim: Penna – Retro Bluetooth Keyboard
  • Steve: The all new Lexar 512GB (USB 3.1) SSD
Upcoming Events
  • The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
    • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  • IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr
  • Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis
  • MHTA Spring Conference, May 9th, Minneapolis Depot Renaissance Hotel

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Apple, iPad

Minnov8 Gang 399 – One Word for Minnebar: Wow!

March 25, 2017 By Steve Borsch

This week’s show was recorded at Minnebar, an enormous gathering of techies in Minnesota. Our guest is Adrienne Peirce (LinkedIn), Product Owner at Leadpages and President of Minne*, the organization responsible for Minnebar and Minnedemo.

Hosts: Steve Borsch and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off)
Music: Woke Up With The Blues by Deep Sea Gypsies under a CC by 4.0 License

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20170325_M8_Gang_399.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 38:49 — 22.5MB)

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
  • Minnesota Cup Applications now open. $450,000 in seed money up for grabs.
  • MN Story: Ex-Target CMO Jeff Jones bails out of Uber
Other Top Tech Stories
  • US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history
    • How ISPs can sell your Web history—and how to stop them
  • Tech community “dumbfounded” by Mnuchin’s dismissal of AI impact on jobs
  • 71 percent of Android phones on major US carriers have out of date security patches
    • Android plans to improve security update speed this year
  • Akamai Intros Media Acceleration for OTT (over-the-top content), Video Game Publishers
Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil and Steve talk about the new mobile network unlimited data plans they chose this past week:
    • Sprint
    • AT&T
Upcoming Events
  • The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
    • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  • Beta.mn, March 30th, Machine Shop, Minneapolis
  • Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th
    • Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission
  • IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr
  • Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis
  • MHTA Spring Conference, May 9th, Minneapolis Depot Renaissance Hotel

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Minnov8 Gang 398 – Can I Go Thru Your Underwear Drawer?

March 18, 2017 By Steve Borsch

This past week a Minnesota judge signed a search warrant for anyone who did a Google search for someone who defrauded an Edina bank. Besides being outrageously broad as a warrant—anybody who searched on this guy’s name for legitimate reasons would be under suspicion and could be brought in for questioning—is likely violating our Constitution’s 4th amendment against unreasonable searches. Even Forbes magazine picked up the story but few other outlets have…yet.

Of course, if this would be allowed we could go through Tim Elliott’s underwear drawer and who knows what we’d find?  😉

We talk about this judge’s warrant, and mostly technology of course, on this week’s podcast.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music: Rock The Blues Away by Dennis Salli under a CC by 4.0 License

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20170318_M8_Gang_398.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 41:12 — 24.6MB)

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
  • Virtual-reality startup targeting real estate raises $1.3M
    • Realvision VR
  • Video-streaming startup Seeka TV gives online indie series a home of their own
    • SeekaTV
  • One of the top iPhone medical devices just got funding from Mayo Clinic (AliveCor & Kardia Band)
  • Big Tech Companies Are on the Verge of Killing Right to Repair Legislation in Minnesota
  • Chuck & Don’s Breaks Into E-Commerce Market With Acquisition Of Fetch
    • Chuck & Don’s and Fetch
  • Two top Best Buy executives are leaving as roles are realigned
  • The Minnesotan left-wing economic miracle continues, while neighboring Republican states slowly collapse
    • Tim mentioned Shadow Stats
Other Top Tech Stories
  • Justice Department: Russia’s security services ‘protected, directed, facilitated, and paid’ hackers behind the massive breach of Yahoo
  • Google
    • Google launches new effort to flag upsetting or offensive content in search 
    • Google Home is playing audio ads for Beauty and the Beast
    • Chrome 57 will throttle background tabs to save energy
  • Amazon puts Alexa inside its main iPhone app
Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil: Bonobos
  • Tim: Vistabule Teardrop Trailers
  • Steve: Epson FastFoto
Upcoming Events
  • The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
    • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  • Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices.
  • Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America
  • Minnebar, March 25, Best Buy Headquarters
  • Beta.mn, March 30th, Machine Shop, Minneapolis
  • Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th
    • Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission
  • IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr
  • Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Best Buy, Google, MN Entrepreneurs

Minnov8 Gang 397 – Geek Squad Spies?

March 11, 2017 By Steve Borsch

Minnesota’s own big box tech retailer, Best Buy, sees its Geek Squad in the news since the FBI Used Best Buy’s Geek Squad To Increase Secret Public Surveillance. Are Geek Squad people really being used as spies? Unfortunately it certainly seems so.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music: Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin Cover by Fabio (The Guitarist Saturday) under a CC by 4.0 License

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20170311_M8_Gang_397.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 41:48 — 25.1MB)

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
  • Kidizen lands $3.2M in VC, ramps up hiring
  • Stratasys Shrinks Losses In Q4 But Misses Wall Street’s Expectations
  • Food-delivery startup targeting office workers raises $6M to expand
  • NASA Using Digi International Device To Create “Wireless-In-Space” Network
    • Press Release “Digi International Enabling IoT in Space”
  • Target names new CISO to replace Brad Maiorino
    • What is a CISO?
Other Top Tech Stories
  • Wikileaks ‘Vault 7’ Part 1:
    • WikiLeaks releases massive CIA hacking document archive
    • WikiLeaks: We’ll Work With Software Makers on Zero-Days
    • With C.I.A. Hacking Revelations, How to Protect Your Devices
    • PSA: Signal, WhatsApp and other secure IM apps not compromised by CIA hacking tools
  • Google goes after Slack and splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet
Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil: BuzzFeed brings Video Producers to Minneapolis Office.
  • Tim: The Yoerg Brewing Company
  • Steve: Steve Martin Teaches Comedy
Upcoming Events
    • The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
      • The list as a Google spreadsheet
    • Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices.
    • Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America
    • Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th
      • Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission
    • IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr
    • Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis

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Minnov8 Gang 395 – Can Tech Save The News?

February 25, 2017 By Steve Borsch

Several good tech stories this week but, once again, we dust-off our “Gang Mentality” segment to ponder a question after the president of the United States inaccurately calls out major news organizations as “fake”. That question is: Will technology provide the answer to real vs. fake news, or will it take human intervention?

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music: Slow Day Blues by A to Z Guitars under a CC by 4.0 License

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20170225_M8_Gang_395.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 54:30 — 32.7MB)

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
  • Virtual nurse app Sense.ly raises $8 million from investors including the Mayo Clinic
  • St. Paul aims to attract more innovation and technology jobs
  • 100 Technology Job Openings In Saint Paul Area
  • Comcast debuts Tech ETA feature to narrow down when cable guy will arrive

Gang Mentality: Will technology provide the answer to real vs. fake news, or will it take human intervention?

  • BuzzFeed Tries to Break Readers Out of Their Social-Media Bubbles
  • Expanding Fact Checking at Google
  • Check Out Alphabet’s New Tool to Weed Out the ‘Toxic’ Abuse of Online Comments
  • Trump is a media troll – so stop feeding him
Other Top Tech Stories
  • Google
    • Google Just Discovered A Massive Web Leak… And You Might Want To Change All Your Passwords
    • Google just cracked one of the building blocks of web encryption (but don’t worry)
  • J. Walter Thompson Intelligence’s Weekly Tech Roundup
    • Who is J. Walter Thompson?
  • The Era of Thinking Computers is Here, says Ginni Rometty, Leader of IBM
  • No, Robots Aren’t Killing the American Dream
Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil: ZeTime smartwatch hybrid
  • Tim: Worona – WordPress to mobile app solution
  • Steve: Trump Troll Doll Sculpture
Upcoming Events
  • The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
    • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  • Tech Cities 2017, March 3rd, U of MN Carlson School
  • Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices.
  • Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America
  • Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th
    • Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission
  • IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Google, mobile

Minnov8 Gang 394 – Give Up Your Passwords at the U.S. Border

February 18, 2017 By Steve Borsch

Are you a U.S. citizen? Then you should know that, if you travel internationally, when you come back to the U.S. you may be forced to reveal your device passwords (e.g., smartphone, tablet, laptop) as well as providing U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers with passwords to your social media and other accounts.

Farfetched? Nope…read this article to get one tech guy’s perspective on what happened this past week to a NASA guy who is a U.S. citizen: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again. Neither should you.

Update: Here is the Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessment for the Border Searches of Electronic Devices (PDF) which, by the way, has not been updated since 2009.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music: Hop Skip And A Jump by DJ Ecklectic Mick under a CC by 4.0 License

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20170218_M8_Gang_394.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 46:25 — 27.8MB)

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
  • Minnedemo recap
  • InnovateMN launches
  • Code42 co-founder’s stealthy startup hires Cutler to lead AI
  • Land O’ Lakes creates $150,000 contest for agricultural drone technology
  • Twin Cities companies team up for virtual reality property showings
Gang Mentality: Is the true cost of social networks and mobile tech our privacy?
  • There is a security “hole in Facebook” that lets anyone see all of your private data called “StalkScan”
  • Facebook is developing tools to read through people’s private messages, Mark Zuckerberg manifesto suggests
  • Facebook just changed its mission, because the old one was broken
  • ‘Digital Geneva Convention’ needed to deter nation-state hacking: Microsoft president
Other Top Tech Stories
  • Tim Cook says augmented reality is ‘a big idea like the smartphone’
  • Apple Vowed to Revolutionize Television. An Inside Look at Why It Hasn’t
  • 99.6% of new smartphones run iOS or Android; RIP Windows and Blackberry
  • USB Killer now lets you fry most Lightning and USB-C devices for $55
  • Signal app gets video calling overhaul and a warning for iOS users
Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil: Trout Spotr
  • Tim: Moment 2.0: Make Your Phone A Better Camera
  • Steve: Logitech 4K Pro Webcam
Upcoming Events
  • The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
    • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  • MHTA’s Tech.2017, February 23rd, Metropolitan
  • Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices.
  • Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America
  • IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Android, Apple

Minnov8 Gang 393 – Advisor to President Trump

February 11, 2017 By Steve Borsch

Tim and Steve could only imagine what it would be like if Phil Wilson was an advisor to Donald Trump. Would we all have healthcare? Would he build a wall around Lakeville where Tim lives? We can only speculate, but let’s not, and instead go on and talk about technology!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music: I Am A Pilgrim by Walker Winn under a CC by 4.0 License

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20170211_M8_Gang_393.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 47:09 — 28.3MB)

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
  • Futurists worry the Twin Cities are falling behind on self-driving tech
  • Best Buy To Remove Oculus Rift Demo Stations From 200 Stores
  • SPS Commerce shares fall after revenue forecast signals slower growth
  • Target launches new mini-accelerator for health-related start-ups
  • Minnesota’s ‘right to repair’ bill would upend tech giants’ monopoly on fixing your stuff
Other Top Tech Stories
  • Apple returns to revenue growth in Q1 2017 with $17.8 billion profit
  • What’s Apple to Do with $246 Billion in Cash?
  • Twitter’s stock is tanking after the company warned its revenue growth would continue to ‘lag’ its recent spike in users
    • Mention of movie The Circle
  • Hashtags in Super Bowl ads slip to 30% in 2017, overtaken by URL use in 39%
  • Ignorance is Bliss? An Enormous WordPress Zero-Day has Been Secretly Fixed
    • WordPress powers 27.4% of websites whose content management systems are known
  • Comcast Xfinity App on Roku Will Carry Additional Monthly Fee, Unless It’s Your Primary TV Outlet
  • How Trump Plans To Slow Our Internet To A Crawl
Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil: Love Turntable
  • Tim: WELT : The World’s First Smart Belt for Wellness
  • Steve: Chrome Digital Signage
    • Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort engages guests with Chrome signage
Upcoming Events
  • The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
    • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  • Girls in STEM, February 11, 2017, WSB University
  • Minnedemo, February 16th, Riverview Theater
  • Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America
  • IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Apple, Best Buy, MinneDemo, Target

Minnov8 Gang 392 – I Stand With Rosa

January 28, 2017 By Steve Borsch

We discuss the top Minnesota and other tech stories, but our guest this week is none other than Chuck Olsen, a new media entrepreneur who continues to be involved with cutting edge tech.

This time Chuck’s virtual reality firm, Visual VR, Inc., created an augmented reality character named Rosa, the world’s first virtual activist. She’s a 50ft tall woman “standing up for women everywhere“, and was first delivered publicly so as to “embody every woman who could not participate” and display their messages on Rosa’s sign during the Women’s March in Washington D.C. on January 21st, 2017 (see photos below).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music: Restoration by Kubbi (Norway) under a CC by 4.0 License

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20170128_M8_Gang_392.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 53:06 — 31.7MB)

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
  • Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the ‘Right to Repair’ Electronics
  • Target will launch its own mobile payments system this year
    • Mention: eBates
  • Maplewood-based 3M launches ‘smart’-hearing protection for hunters, civilian shooters
  • Broadband competitor US Internet to expand into southwest Minneapolis
  • Amazon looks to east metro for a second mega-fulfillment center

Guest: Chuck Olsen

Co-Founder and CEO, Visual VR, Inc.
LinkedIn • About Chuck • I Stand With Rosa • Rosa for Android (iOS coming soon)

Photo gallery of I Stand With Rosa. Taken 1/21/2017 in Washington D.C. Photos from Chuck’s account
(click on any image for a larger view)





Other Top Tech Stories
  • Apple joins Amazon, Google and Facebook in AI research group
  • Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order
  • China’s Plan to Rule the World: Make All the Gadgets
Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil: Curated BuzzFeed Video (My first edited video)
  • Tim: Apple Lisa Raspberry Pi Case
  • Steve: SendSafely
Upcoming Events
  • The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
    • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  • DevFestMN 2017 – A Google Developer Group Event, Feb 4th, UST Minneapolis campus
  • Girls in STEM, February 11, 2017, WSB University
  • Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Virtual Reality

Minnov8 Gang 391 – You ARE Being Watched

January 21, 2017 By Steve Borsch

It is obvious to people who are aware of mass surveillance that we all are being watched. Anything digital is swept up, made Google-like searchable, connected to others and also events, regardless whether those connections are relevant or not.

We talk about our usual Minnesota tech stories but in our other top tech stories was one that caught our attention about Lavabit’s Ladar Levinson launching a new encrypted email service that is better than the original once used by Edward Snowden. Since email is usually core to how and what we communicate, obtain password resets, archive email attachments and much more that we want to keep secure from the government OR from companies that can scan our email (e.g., Google’s Gmail and Yahoo Mail), protecting our private and confidential communications is critical in this time of mass surveillance.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music: Houkago Stride by JubyPhonic under a CC by 4.0 License

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20170121_M8_Gang_391.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 31:37 — 18.9MB)

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
  • Tech company Spok adding 60 Twin Cities jobs
  • Digi International makes another ‘cold chain’ buy
  • Best Buy CEO swats down rumors he’s leaving
  • Target reports weaker than expected holiday sales
  • (Minnesota) Court rules against man who was forced to fingerprint-unlock his phone
  • UPDATE: bar.com domain portfolio auction
Other Top Tech Stories
  • Andy Rubin Nears His Comeback, Complete With an ‘Essential’ Phone
  • Encrypted Email Service Once Used By Edward Snowden Relaunches
    • Mention of Protonmail
  • Trump said to elevate Ajit Pai, a fierce critic of net neutrality, to FCC chairman
  • Samsung will explain the Galaxy Note 7 explosions Sunday night
Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil: #istandwithrosa
  • Tim: Xiaomi Mi Band 2
  • Steve: Fasetto Link “A game-changing storage and connectivity solution.”
Upcoming Events
  • The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
    • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  • Gamecraft, January 20-22, 2017, U of M
  • MinneHack, January 28-29, 2017
  • DevFestMN 2017 – A Google Developer Group Event, Feb 4th, UST Minneapolis campus
  • Girls in STEM, February 11, 2017, WSB University
  • Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: #IoT, Android, Best Buy

Minnov8 Gang 390 – Hackers for Rudy

January 14, 2017 By Steve Borsch

Hackers around the world are undoubtedly cheering the appointment of Rudy Giuliani as an advisor to the president on cyber security for the upcoming Trump administration.

For anyone following this pick by Trump, a sad (but still amusing) story appeared shortly after it was discovered that Trump’s cybersecurity advisor choice, Rudy Giuliani, was running an easily hackable website for his “security” firm Guiliani Partners. (Note: As of late yesterday the website is offline). For more on this embarrassing, public revelation see Rudy Guiliani is an absurd choice to defend the US from hackers as well as this tweet stream about what was found out before the site was taken down.

The pick of Guiliani as head of cybersecurity does make sense, however, when you consider what President-elect Trump said in the last debate about cyber security. Perhaps Trump’s 10 year old son may end up as another one of his “cyber” advisors?

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music: Sometime Ragtime by Nekonohige under a CC by 4.0 License

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20170114_M8_Gang_390.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 44:20 — 26.6MB)

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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
  • Minnesota sees fewest venture capital deals in a dozen years
  • Minneapolis Startup Vibes To Appear On ‘Shark Tank’
  • OneOme Expands Reach To Five More States & OneOme website
  • Target invests in Mpls. start-up that helps retailers monitor supply chains
  • Amazon just poached one of Target’s rising stars to run Prime in important new markets
  • Best Buy Geek Squad Informant Use Has FBI on Defense in Child-Porn Case
    • If a Best Buy technician is a paid FBI informant, are his computer searches legal?
    • Ties between Best Buy’s Geek Squad, FBI probed in porn case
    • Robert Stephens, Geek Squad founder, responds to a tweet
Other Top Tech Stories
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy
    • The NSA can now share unfiltered surveillance data with other intelligence agencies
    • WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages
      • Encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp denies “backdoor” claim
      • There is no WhatsApp ‘backdoor’
    • Flashing a peace sign in selfies could lead to identity theft, scientists warn
  • iPhone 10 Year Anniversary: Phil Schiller on iPhone’s Launch, How It Changed Apple, and Why It Will Keep Going for 50 Years
  • Microsoft just bought an AI startup that can outperform Facebook and Google
  • Nintendo’s Switch already gets right what the Wii U got wrong
  • A cautionary tale…Lily Drone is dead despite $34 million in pre-orders
Cool Thing of the Week
  • Phil: ProTech Privacy Webcam cover
  • Tim: Cronovo Smartwatch
  • Steve: The Obamas bid farewell with a VR White House tour
Upcoming Events
  • The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
    • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  • Excited for Change: 2017 Trends for the Modern Marketer, Wednesday, January 19
  • MinneHack, January 28-29, 2017
  • DevFestMN 2017 – A Google Developer Group Event, Feb 4th, UST Minneapolis campus

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Best Buy

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