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Minnov8 Gang 254 – Hallelujah! Let There Be Light!

February 22, 2014 By Steve Borsch

let-there-be-light-mainAnything internet remains central to today’s technology and our always on, always connected lifestyles are seeing us all demand more and more bandwidth. As such we talk this week about Google Fiber and Steve being the recipient of some CenturyLink evangelical fiber salespeople. As always, we cover the tech that matters to you too.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week)
Music: If This Guitar Could Talk by Mean Gene Kelton and The Die Hards. Brought to us by Music Alley

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20140222_M8_Gang_254.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04:56 — 38.1MB)

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota’s Top Stories

  • Mobile March agenda
  • Target Taps Into Gaming With 6 Planned Mobile Apps
  • MN Ranks Highly For Female Entrepreneurship, Well-Being
    • PreciouStatus wants to become the informative app for day-care parents
  • The Business Of Tom Barnard (KQRS host and a guy reinventing podcasting?)
    • The Tom Barnard Podcast site 
  • Steve Perlman: pCell’s wireless tech is real, and it will change the world
    • This Man Says He Can Speed Cell Data 1,000-Fold. Will Carriers Listen?
    • Steve Perlman demo’ing pCell on Vimeo
  • Minnesota’s Young Millionaires (including Rob & Ryan Weber)

Other Top Stories & Mentions

  • Microsoft Said to Cut Windows Price 70% to Counter Rivals
  • Facebook to Acquire WhatsApp
    • Why Facebook Dropped $19B On WhatsApp
    • Exclusive: The Rags-To-Riches Tale Of How Jan Koum Built WhatsApp Into Facebook’s New $19 Billion Baby
  • Google Fiber chooses nine metro areas for possible expansion
    • Netflix packets being dropped every day because Verizon wants more money
    • Sources: Netflix and Comcast have reached a peering agreement
  • OwnCloud
  • Steve Jobs will appear on a US postage stamp in 2015
  • Bruce Schneier at CNN: It’s time to break up the NSA

Upcoming Events

  • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy 1st Tue of each month 3:30-4:30pm
  • TiE MN Chapter – 4th Annual Entrepreneurs Workshop – Wednesday, February 19th
  • CoCo Google Happy Hour and Pitch Event February 21st
  • She’s Geeky-Minneapolis – February 22-23, Central Library
  • SMBMSP #63 Behind the Firewall: Social Networking for Employee Collab., March 3rd
  • Mobile March – March 20th – Tickets on sale now!
  • Minnebar, Saturday, April 12th. Details to come…
  • Overnight Website Challenge, April 12th-13th

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Apple, Google, Minnebar, SMBMSP

Minnov8 Gang 253 – Controlling the Pipe

February 15, 2014 By Steve Borsch

controlling-the-pipe-mainThe biggest story of the past week surrounds Comcast/Xfinity and their merger with Time Warner Cable. Will this place the combined company in a position to wield unprecedented control over the internet pipe in to our homes and businesses?

The combined company will enjoy 30 million households (26% of the U.S. 115+ million households) which may present a significant challenge for companies like Netflix, Hulu and Apple to compete…or maybe not. Perhaps Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will get involved…but maybe not.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata (site; tech column; twitter).
Music: Easy by Life Has Teeth. Brought to us by Music Alley

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20140215_M8_Gang_253.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:09:59 — 40.7MB)

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Discussed During the Show

Past Week’s Minnesota Stories

  • Minnedemo recap
  • Cafe, Inc. grand opening
  • Sen. Al Franken asks Google Glass developer to limit scope of facial recognition app
  • Target Warned of Vulnerabilities Before Data Breach
  • Netflix & Comcast
    • Netflix members who use Comcast face streaming hiccups
    • Sleeper Issue Peers Around the Corner of Comcast-Time Warner Deal
    • Netflix’s Streaming Quality Is Based On Business Decisions by Netflix & ISPs, Not Net Neutrality

 Past Week’s Other Big Stories

  • Comcast/Time Warner Deal
    • Comcast, Time Warner agree to merge in $45 billion deal
    • Comcast-Time Warner deal has some history in the Twin Cities
    • Why the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Is Even Worse Than You Think
    • The 50+ Best Tweets About the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger
    • Yes, You Will Probably Get Screwed If The Comcast-Time Warner Deal Goes Through
    • Apple needs Time-Warner Cable more than does Comcast
    • There’s something rotten in the state of video streaming, & the data is emerging
    • Apple in Talks to Revamp Set-Top Box
  • Microsoft
    • Strange bedfellows: Microsoft could bring Android apps to Windows
    • Microsoft Office on iPad: It’s alive and coming sooner than most think
  • Nokia Releasing First Android Phone
  • 28 Days of Fame: The Strange, True Story of ‘Flappy Bird’
  • Airtame & Chromecast
    • Airtame
      • Airtame’s wildly successful Indigogo fundraiser
    • Chromecast
    • Airstream
      • Airstream app for Android
      • Airstream app for iOS
      • Install the Airstream desktop client for PC, Mac & Windows
    • Watch out Chromecast, Airtame is coming with better features 

Upcoming Events

  • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy 1st Tue of each month 3:30-4:30pm
  • TiE MN Chapter – 4th Annual Entrepreneurs Workshop – Wednesday, February 19th
  • CoCo Google Happy Hour and Pitch Event February 21st
  • SMBMSP #63 Behind the Firewall: Social Networking for Employee Collaboration, February 21st
  • Capitol Code: An Open Data Jam • February 22nd
  • She’s Geeky-Minneapolis – February 22-23, Central Library
  • Mobile March – March 20th – Tickets on sale now!

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Android, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Minnebar

MN 2014 Entrepreneur Kick-Off

February 14, 2014 By Steve Borsch

mnentrepreneurkickoff_thMinnesota 2014 Entrepreneur Kick-Off on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Here’s a brief program overview and additional details.

Learn from and connect with prominent Minnesota investors and successful startups at the Minnesota 2014 Entrepreneur Kick-Off event. Hosted by an alliance of 19 Minnesota Entrepreneur Network partners, this premier event will teach, inspire and ignite local entrepreneurs and inventors, and propel Minnesota’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Program highlights include:

  • Savvy Entrepreneur Symposium – “Crowd Funding Nuts & Bolts” symposium to uncover actionable tips for successful crowdfunding and getting a company off the ground, led by experts at Mad Hatter Agency, Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Risdall Marketing Group and Spark.
  • Entrepreneur Bazaar – Meet and learn from national award-winning startups, including companies recognized by the Minnesota Cup, Midwest and National Cleantech Open, Idea Competition and more.
  • Successful Entrepreneur Stories – Stories from Garden Fresh Farms, Perk Health and When I Work will demonstrate how startups gain traction and resources to succeed.
  • Finance Panel – A panel of finance experts from across Minnesota will answer investment questions, share funding examples and provide guidance.

Date:
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 3-9pm

Location:
Boy Scout Base Camp, Fort Snelling
201 Bloomington Road
Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111
Map

Registration:
$20 for students
$40 for startups (0-2 years)
$50 for general admission

For more information and to register, visit www.mnentrepreneurs.org

Filed Under: Events

MMTC Keynoters Announced

February 11, 2014 By Steve Borsch

MobileMarchTC-logoMinnesota’s oldest and best attended mobile event, Mobile March Twin Cities (MMTC), just announced their full lineup of keynote speakers for this year’s event.

New this year is a Connected Device track which will cover the acceleration in Internet of Things and the software and hardware driving it forward. This is in addition to the business and technical tracks which are packed with presentations and learning opportunities.

The full press release is below…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 10, 2014

CONTACT:

Phil Wilson
612-743-7860
phil@remaincomm.com

Mobile March 2014 Keynote Speakers Announced

Speakers from Microsoft and Spark Highlight Mobile and Connected Devices

Minneapolis, MN – Mobile March organizers today announced the keynote speakers for the 5th Annual Mobile March, Minnesota’s longest running mobile conference. Jacquelyn Crowhurst, Sr. Director, Central Region Developer & Platform Evangelism at Microsoft will kick off the multi-track conference and Zach Supalla, CEO of Spark, a locally based company providing tools for connected hardware, will anchor the afternoon sessions. Mobile March includes the now familiar Business, Development and Design tracks as well as the new sessions highlighting connected devices. Tickets are now on sale for the March 20th, 2014 event at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park.

Jacquelyn Crowhurst’s keynote will leverage her evangelism background to share insight on taking mobility from a cost of doing business to differentiating your business.  She will touch on topics such as the role cloud plays in mobile, how monetization and mobile ROI is evolving, and the future of mobility. Zach Supalla of Spark, a local startup providing tools to connect devices to the Internet via Wi-Fi, will address the conference following lunch. His presentation will highlight the natural evolution of mobile as a point of control for the growing Internet of Things.

Mobile March organizer Phil Wilson noted, “Both Jacquelyn and Zach bring a wealth of knowledge and unique experiences to Mobile March. Though we are a mobile-centric conference, we look forward to addressing both mobile and connected devices; topics that the mobile community think are most important.” Co-organizer, Justin Grammens, added, “With the advent of low cost sensors, hardware and open source software, it’s becoming increasingly easy to build solutions based on the physical world. As mobile enthusiasts, we view this as the next phase in computing.”

Other highlights of the 2014 agenda include Business-centric sessions on the topics of mobile marketing via video, mobile search and more. The Mobile Development and Design tracks include sessions on developing in Xamarin, and node.js, wireframes, human-centered design and more. Topics in the new Connected Device track will include Google Glass, and other wearable technology, Arduino and more. A complete agenda will be released within a week.

Registration is now open for Mobile March, Thursday March 20th, 2014 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center via the Mobile March website at www.mobilemarchtc.com or directly through http://mobilemarch2014.eventbrite.com/ The cost of registration is just $115 and includes all meals. Student discounts are available as well.

About Mobile March
Founded in 2010, Mobile March is an event dedicated to exploring the latest in mobile technology and trends. According to founders Justin Grammens, Phil Wilson and Linda Cummings, the name Mobile March not only denotes the month in which it takes place, it also emphasizes the ongoing advancement and growth of mobile technology and the related lifestyle.

By offering content that appeals to mobile developers, business people, and users we hope to facilitate a greater understanding between the constituencies that make mobile happen.  Whether you make money with mobile or just use it to stay connected, we invite you to join us for Mobile March.

Event sponsors include: Hyper IQ, Livefront, Microsoft and ITR Mobility

Filed Under: Internet of Things - #IoT Tagged With: mobile

Minnov8 Gang 252 – DON’T PANIC!

February 8, 2014 By Steve Borsch

dont-panic-mainDon’t panic! Comcast’s Xfinity is setting up home Wifi routers to let the public use your data connection but everything will be OK. In addition, NBC is scaring any-and-all Sochi Olympics attendees to think that, if they even turn on their smartphone or computer and connect to Wifi, they will be instantly hacked. Should you worry?

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: 169 East 71st Street by Life Has Teeth. Brought to us by Music Alley

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20140208_M8_Gang_252.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:31 — 36.4MB)

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

  • VC Seth Levine’s talk this past Wednesday evening
    • Seth Levine: “It’s all about giving first”
    • LeadPages
  • Target hackers used IDs from refrigeration contractor
  • Don’t panic, but that public Wi-Fi is coming from … inside your house
  • MentorMate Accepts Bitcoin Payments
    • Another Hiccup for Bitcoin
    • Bitcoin! Get Your Bitcoin Here! … the first Bitcoin Fair (in SF)
  • Co-working space paired with new Dunn Bros. concept opening in Edina
    • Run by Cafe, Inc. 

Other Stories

  • Microsoft
    • Inside the Microsoft CEO Search: How Satya Nadella Was Chosen
    • Daring Fireball: Microsoft, Past and Future
    • Gates Spends Entire First Day Back In Office Trying To Install Windows 8.1  (satire)
  • Google
    • Get ready for tons of new Chromecast apps: Google releases Cast SDK
      • Google Cast SDK
  • Apple
    • Apple Celebrates 30th Anniversary of the Mac With Movie Shot on iPhones
    • Tim Cook Says Apple Working on ‘Some Really Great Stuff’ in New Product Categories
  • NBC “hacking” story
    • Visitors to Sochi Olympics should expect to be hacked (video)
      • That NBC story 100% fraudulent
      • ‘Fabricated!’ NBC Sochi ‘hack hysteria’ exposed
      • I tried but could not get my phone hacked (without cheating) 

Upcoming Events

  • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy 1st Tue of each month 3:30-4:30pm
  • Minneapolis Public Schools STEM Expo – Tuesday, Feb 12th
  • MinneDemo 16, Thursday, February 13, 2014 @ 5:30 pm
  • TiE MN Chapter – 4th Annual Entrepreneurs Workshop – Wednesday, February 19th
  • CoCo Google Happy Hour and Pitch Event February 21st
  • SMBMSP #63 Behind the Firewall: Social Networking for Employee Collaboration, February 21st
  • Capitol Code: An Open Data Jam • February 22nd
  • She’s Geeky-Minneapolis – February 22-23, Central Library
  • Mobile March – March 20th – Tickets on sale now!

 

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Android, Apple, Google, Microsoft, MinneDemo

Minnov8 Gang 251 – A Lego® Phone?

February 1, 2014 By Steve Borsch

lego-phone-mainNo, Lego® is not making a modular phone…but Motorola has Project Ara and that is one of the topics we discuss on this week’s show!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off).
Music: Any Town USA by George Thorogood & the Destroyers. Brought to us by Music Alley
Photo credit: Motorola.

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20140201_M8_Gang_251.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 49:02 — 28.8MB)

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

  • Social Media Breakfast (SMBMSP) & Beta.mn recaps
  • Software firm Kinetic Data buys Twin Cities app developer
  • Minnesota has more work to do for statewide broadband
  • Analyst sees Target data breach costs topping $1 billion

Other Stories

  • Google
    • Lenovo to Acquire Motorola Mobility from Google
    • Google to keep Motorola’s Advanced Technology group, including Project Ara modular phone
      • Phonebloks: A competing modular smartphone concept
    • Nest Team Will Become Google’s Core Hardware Group
  • Microsoft Board Set to Meet This Weekend — Just Not During Super Bowl — With CEO Choice Coming Next Week
  • My $50,000 Twitter Username Was Stolen Thanks to PayPal and GoDaddy

Steve’s Security Tip of the Week

  • Excellent page of tips from the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team

Upcoming Events

  • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy 1st Tue of each month 3:30-4:30pm
  • Border to Border Broadband February 4th – 5th, RiverCentre St. Paul
    • Blandin on Broadband blog (a must-read for MN’ers about internet)
    • Blandin Foundation ‘Broadband Communities Program’ 
  • Foundry Group’s Seth Levine on Startup Communities February 5th
  • An Update on Mobile Marketing in MN February 6th, 8-9:30 am
  • Minneapolis Public Schools STEM Expo – Tuesday, Feb 12th
  • MinneDemo 16, Thursday, February 13, 2014 @ 5:30 pm
  • CoCo Google Happy Hour and Pitch Event February 21st
  • SMBMSP #63 Behind the Firewall: Social Networking for Employee Collaboration, February 21st
  • Capitol Code: An Open Data Jam • February 22nd
  • She’s Geeky-Minneapolis – February 22-23, Central Library
  • Mobile March – March 20th – Tickets on sale now!

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast

Stratasys Unveils Multi-Color 3D Printer

January 28, 2014 By Steve Borsch

Eden Prairie-based 3D printer manufacturer, Stratasys, unveiled the world’s first multi-color, multi-material 3D printer. The new technology enables a fast creation of objects made from unlimited combinations of soft, rigid and transparent materials and coloring without the need for manufacturing and assembling their components.

More information about the Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer is available on the Stratasys website at:http://www.stratasys.com/Objet500Connex3 and their press release is below…

January 26, 2014

Stratasys Redefines Product Design and
Manufacturing with World’s First Color
Multi-material 3D Printer

 The new Objet500 Connex3 is the world’s most versatile 3D printer,
delivering unparalleled color product realism

New 3D Printer allows better decision making, improves design &
manufacturing efficiencies and produces better products, faster

MINNEAPOLIS & REHOVOT, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), a manufacturer of 3D printers and materials for personal use, prototyping, and production, today announced the launch of the ground-breaking Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer, the first and only 3D printer to combine colors with multi-material 3D printing.

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Bike helmet 3D printed on the Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer in one print job using VeroCyan, VeroMagenta, and VeroYellow (Photo: Stratasys Ltd.)

A game-changer for product design, engineering and manufacturing processes, the Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer features a unique triple-jetting technology that combines droplets of three base materials to produce parts with virtually unlimited combinations of rigid, flexible, and transparent color materials as well as color digital materials – all in a single print run. This ability to achieve the characteristics of an assembled part without assembly or painting is a significant time-saver. It helps product manufacturers validate designs and make good decisions earlier before committing to manufacturing, and bring products to market faster.

“Stratasys’ goal is to help our customers revolutionize their design and manufacturing processes,” says Stratasys CEODavid Reis. “I believe our new Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer will transform the way our customers design, engineer and manufacture new products. In general and with the Connex technology in particular, we will continue to push the envelope of what’s possible in a 3D world.”

Engineers at beta user Trek Bicycle in Waterloo, Wisconsinare using the Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer for assessment and testing of accessories like bike chain stay guards and handlebar grips prior to actual production. “The Objet500 Connex3Color Multi-material 3D Printer changed the way we manufacture at Trek, augmenting our traditional, time-consuming CNC processes with fast, iterative and realistic prototyping and functional testing,” says Mike Zeigle, manager of Trek’s prototype development group.

“Now we produce bicycle parts that look and feel like production parts. We are particularly excited about 3D printing our models directly in color. This gives our designers the ability to graphically display color contact pressure map data on rider contact parts like seats and grips. We are also working on doing the same with FEA & CFD stress data on structural bike components,” adds Zeigle.

Three Primary Color Materials Combine to Create a Spectrum of Vibrant Colors
Similar to a 2D inkjet printer, three color materials – VeroCyan, VeroMagenta and VeroYellow – are combined to produce hundreds of vivid colors. These color materials join Stratasys’ extensive range of PolyJet photopolymer materials including digital materials, rigid, rubber-like, transparent, and high temperature materials to simulate standard and high temperature engineering plastics.

Another First: Flexible Materials in Color*
The Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer also features six palettes for new rubber-like Tango colors, ranging from opaque to transparent colors in various shore values to address markets such as automotive, consumer and sporting goods and fashion.*

“Since its introduction in 2007, the Objet Connex Multi-material 3D printing platform has paved the way for the development of advanced 3D printing materials with unique mechanical and thermal properties,” says Stratasys VP of product marketing and sales operations Igal Zeitun. “The Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer produces models and parts using photopolymers in vivid colors so you can create colorful models from investigating concepts to pre-production pilot runs.

“As the first true multi-purpose 3D printer, we believe the Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer is in a league of its own, enabling you to dream up a product in the morning, and hold it in your hands by the afternoon, with the exact intended color, material properties and surface finish.”

The Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer is commercially available today and is sold through Stratasys’ extensive worldwide reseller network.

*The Flexible Materials in Color are expected to be commercially available in Q2/2014.

Additional Information

Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSYS), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and Rehovot, Israel, manufactures 3D printers and materials for prototyping and production. The company’s patented FDM® and PolyJetTM 3D Printing technologies produce prototypes and manufactured goods directly from 3D CAD files or other 3D content. Systems include 3D printers for idea development, prototyping and direct digital manufacturing. Stratasys subsidiaries include MakerBot and Solidscape, and the company operates the RedEye digital-manufacturing service. Stratasys has more than 1700 employees, holds over 500 granted or pending additive manufacturing patents globally, and has received more than 20 awards for its technology and leadership. Online at:www.stratasys.com or http://blog.stratasys.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information included or incorporated by reference in this press may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are often characterized by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue,” “believe,” “should,” “intend,” “project” or other similar words, but are not the only way these statements are identified. These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the company’s objectives, plans and strategies, statements regarding the company’s products and their expected performance, statements that contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition (including, with respect to the MakerBot merger) and all statements (other than statements of historical facts) that address activities, events or developments that the company intends, expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties. The company has based these forward-looking statements on assumptions and assessments made by its management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate. Important factors that could cause actual results, developments and business decisions to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include, among other things: the company’s ability to efficiently and successfully integrate the operations of Stratasys, Inc. and Objet Ltd. after their merger as well as the ability to successfully integrate MakerBot into Stratasys; the overall global economic environment; the impact of competition and new technologies; general market, political and economic conditions in the countries in which the company operates; projected capital expenditures and liquidity; changes in the company’s strategy; government regulations and approvals; changes in customers’ budgeting priorities; litigation and regulatory proceedings; and those factors referred to under “Risk Factors”, “Information on the Company”, “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects”, and generally in the company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and in other reports that the Company has filed with the SEC. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in the company’s SEC reports, which are designed to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect its business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

PolyJet, Connex, and Connex3 are trademarks, and Stratasys and Objet are registered trademarks of Stratasys Ltd. and or its subsidiaries or affiliates.

Attention Editors, if you publish reader-contact information, please use:

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Filed Under: 3D Printing

Minnov8 Gang 250 – Surf’s Up!

January 25, 2014 By Steve Borsch

This past week has seen giant ocean swells in Hawaii and high surf on the California coast, specifically in the area known as Mavericks, just in time for the big surfing contest.

Yes, Graeme surfs so the Gang discussing it is sort of relevant. More to the point, however, is the likelihood that most Minnesotans would prefer to be hanging out near a warm ocean about now, right?

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: When I Look Up At the Sky Artist: Kara Square and Piero Peluche. Brought to us by Music Alley.
Photo credit: Flickr user Ultraview Admin under this Creative Commons license.

The Podcast
https://media.blubrry.com/minnov8/minnov8.com/site/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/20140125_M8_Gang_250.mp3

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:43 — 40.0MB)

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

  • Best Buy sheds cloud computing unit to refocus on retail business
  • Minnesota adds 9,500 jobs in December; unemployment rate stays at 4.6%
  • Software startup OptiMine raises $4.15 million
  • Venture funding rises in state

Other Stories

  • Happy Birthday Macintosh (born January 24, 1984)
    • 30 years of Macintosh: The little PC that made a big impact
      • Steve Borsch was there
    • Video: Steve Jobs introducing Apple Macintosh
    • Macintosh 128K Teardown
    • Apple: 30 Years of Mac
    • Your First Mac:
      • Tim: Macintosh SE, 1987
      • Steve: Mac Plus and later a nearly $6,000 Mac IIci
      • Graeme: original Powerbook; later, a used SE-30 w/Mac carrying bag
      • Phil: MacBook Pro (used an Apple IIe at work in ’86)
  • Tivo Lays Off Most of Its Design Team as It Transitions to the Cloud 
  • Gmail And Google+ Go Down Across The World
    • You Chose the Worst Time to Host a Reddit AMA, Google
  • Apple Said to Be Exploring Expansion of Mobile Payments
  • Real or Fake? Revolutionary Scuba Mask Could Create Breathable Oxygen Underwater On Its Own

Steve’s Security Tip of the Week: Chrome users: Stop people from eavesdropping on you!

  • Tal Ater warned of this Chrome exploit
    • How to Stop Web Sites from Potentially Listening to Your Microphone by Alan Henry

Upcoming Events

  • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy 1st Tue of each month 3:30-4:30pm
  • ProductCamp Happy Hour January 28th, 6:30pm
  • Magnet 360 Influencer Series: Mobilizing the Customer Experience January 30, 3:30-5:30pm
  • Beta.MN inaugural startup event, Thursday, January 30th, 6:00 pm
  • SMBMSP #62 – Search and Social: Inside Google’s New “Hummingbird” Algorithm, January 31st 8:00 – 10:00am
  • Border to Border Broadband February 4th – 5th, RiverCentre St. Paul
    • Blandin on Broadband blog (a must-read for MN’ers about internet)
    • Blandin Foundation ‘Broadband Communities Program’ 
  • Foundry Group’s Seth Levine on Startup Communities February 5th
  • An Update on Mobile Marketing in MN February 6th, 8-9:30 am
  • Minneapolis Public Schools STEM Expo – Tuesday, Feb 12th
  • CoCo Google Happy Hour and Pitch Event February 21st
  • Capitol Code: An Open Data Jam • February 22nd
  • She’s Geeky-Minneapolis – February 22-23, Central Library
  • Mobile March – March 20th – Tickets on sale now!

 

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Apple, Best Buy, Google, MIMA, mobile, SMBMSP

Minnov8 Gang 249 – I’ve Got a Woody!

January 18, 2014 By Steve Borsch

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Something’s Going On Artist: Kelly Richey. Brought to us by Music Alley.
(photo credit for Graeme Thickins’ woody: Graeme Thickins)

The Podcast
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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

  • Techie.com’s Most Promising Tech Hubs to Watch in 2014
  • Target’s Woes Continue To Worsen:
    • Brian Krebs (broke original story)
      • A First Look at the Target Intrusion, Malware
      • A Closer Look at the Target Malware, Part II
    • Target Corporate
      • Response & resources related to Target’s data breach
      • Target CEO pledges ‘to get to the bottom’ of data breach, says ‘I’m sorry’
    • Consumers vent frustration and anger at Target data breach
    • Target POS Systems Vulnerable Since 2007?
    • Senators want briefing from Target about data theft
    • Target Got Hacked Hard in 2005. Here’s Why They Let It Happen Again  
  • Best Buy Isn’t Doing So Well Either:
    • Best Buy shares plunge after holiday sales report
    • Best Buy shares plunge on holiday sales; deeper cuts planned
    • 5 Reasons Why Best Buy is Going Down in 2014
  • Retail industry security hacks may surge in 2014
  • Internet of Things
    • Spark Devices (website)
      • Fast Company on Why A Failed Kickstarter Might Be Your Key To Success
    • Google purchases Nest for $3.2 billion but what do Minnesota techies think and what is Spark Devices doing about it?
      • What do area ‘Internet of things’ gurus think of Nest deal?
      • Local tech firm throws together open version of the Nest
      • Building an open source Nest
  • A young girl in Vietnam is stealing our Minnov8 brand?  😉

Other Stories

  • NSA On The Hotseat:
    • Obama’s Speech on N.S.A. Phone Surveillance
    • Everything you need to know about Obama’s NSA reforms, in plain English
    • NSA Scandal: A Running List of What We Know the NSA Can Do. So Far. 
    • I Spent Two Hours Talking With the NSA’s Bigwigs. Here’s What Has Them Mad
    • Tech companies shoot holes in President Obama’s surveillance speech
  • Net Neutrality
    • What’s Net Neutrality? What Happened to Net Neutrality Yesterday? What Happens Next? A Q&A for the Rest of Us.
    • The Net Neutrality Lobby Is Like a Frog
  • Shopkick Starts 100-Store iBeacon Trial For American Eagle, Biggest Apparel Rollout Yet
  • PayPal gets simpler: lets you pay without leaving merchant sites
  • ATMs Face Deadline to Upgrade From Windows XP

Upcoming Events

  • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy 1st Tue of each month 3:30-4:30pm
  • Spark – Annual Celebration of Innovation January 22nd 5:30pm
  • Beta.MN inaugural event, January 30th (tickets available at 7:00 am on Jan 6th)
  • Startup fans, save Feb 5th! A notable VC coming to town to speak…details to come!
  • Border to Border Broadband February 4th – 5th, RiverCentre St. Paul
    • Blandin on Broadband blog (a must-read for MN’ers about internet)
    • Blandin Foundation ‘Broadband Communities Program’ 
  • Minneapolis Public Schools STEM Expo – Tuesday, Feb 12th
  • Capitol Code: An Open Data Jam • February 22nd
  • She’s Geeky-Minneapolis – February 22-23, Central Library
  • Mobile March March 20th – Tickets on sale now!

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

Minnov8 Gang 248 – MN Companies @CES

January 11, 2014 By Steve Borsch

Minnesota Companies at CES

The Gang discusses the top stories of the past week including the revelation that the Target credit card breach is now a total of 110 million and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) just happened and several Minnesota companies showcased their offerings there.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Toast and Jam  Artist: Bill Zerbe. Brought to us by Music Alley.

The Podcast
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 51:19 — 29.9MB)

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

  • Target
    • Target: Names, Emails, Phone Numbers on Up To 70 Million Customers Stolen 
    • Target estimates breach affected up to 110 million
    • Target breach worse than thought, states launch joint probe
    • Facebook page reaction
  • St. Paul Tech Startup Lands $4M In Funding
  • Local toy-drone maker gets plug from U.S. Sen. Rand Paul

CES and Minnesota Companies at the Event

  • “WOW! CES!” (post-show news release from CE.org w/show stats & wrap-up)
  • The Verge Awards: The Best of CES 2014
  • Engadget’s Best of CES
  • Twin Cities companies showcase wares at Vegas Consumer Electronics Show
  • MakerBot Replicator $2,899
  • Canopy
    • Minneapolis iPhone case maker rolled with Apple’s innovations
    • Sensus case gives your iPhone a rear touchpad like the PS Vita
    • This Pressure-Sensitive Case May Change How You Use Your iPhone
    • Canopy Wins an iPhone Life “Best of CES” Award for Sensus Case
  • SmartThings
    • Bloomberg: Inside the Smart Home of Tomorrow (video)
    • SmartThings Announces ‘SmartThings Labs’
  • Sen.se Mother 
  • Pebble Steel declassified: Raising the smartwatch design bar without breaking the mold

Other Stories

  • Gartner: 2013 Was The ‘Worst Decline In PC Market History’ 
    • CES 2014: Desperately seeking life after the PC http://www.infoworld.com/t/consumer-electronics/ces-2014-desperately-seeking-life-after-the-pc-233899
  • Google+ comes up with a new way to infiltrate the Gmail inbox
  • Phantom 2 Vision: Your Flying (drone) Camera
  • Elio Car: An American auto entrepreneur’s vision comes to life
  • A BitCoin ATM
  • AirHDTV … up to 186 channels (press release)
  • Former AOL executive launches Snapchat-like app for professionals
  • Steve’s Hot Pick: Paupress: A CRM for WordPress

Upcoming Events

  • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy 1st Tue of each month 3:30-4:30pm
  • Spark – Annual Celebration of Innovation January 22nd 5:30pm
  • Beta.MN inaugural event, January 30th (tickets available at 7:00 am on Jan 6th)
  • Minneapolis Public Schools STEM Expo – Tuesday, Feb 12, 2014
  • She’s Geeky-Minneapolis – February 22-23, Central Library
  • Mobile March March 20, 2014 – Tickets on sale now!

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast

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