Big week with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in full swing with twenty-two Minnesota companies in attendance showing their wares, one of which is a Burnsville company PetChatz, makers of a device for pets and owners to video chat. Question is, will your pet answer when you call? 😯
We cover other CES stories, and much more, on this week’s show.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off).
Music: Island Cafe by Twisterium under a Creative Commons License
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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
- TCMediaNow – Classic Minnesota news stories
- Imation is leaving Minnesota
- Best job markets for 2016, Twin Cities made the list
- Stories about Minnesota Companies at CES
- Holy tech, Batman! Check out the MN companies at CES
- Minnesota On The CES Floor
- Samsung is adding SmartThing hubs to its 2016 HD TVs to control connected devices
- Woof! Chat for pets among local tech at Vegas electronics show
- Minnesota at CES: Sleep-coaching beds, 3-D printed urns, filters to stop snoops and more
Minnesota Companies at CES
Other Top Tech Stories
- CES
- Presenting the Best of CES 2016 winners!
- The Verge’s CES Coverage
- BGR: The 12 most innovative things we saw at CES 2016
- WIRED: Best of CES 2016: Our Favorite Gadgets From This Year’s Show
- Fast Company: The 7 Best Ideas From CES 2016
- Kodak Goes Retro With New Super 8 Camera
- Ford is finally adding CarPlay and Android Auto to its cars
- Fitbit’s new wearable is a fitness watch called Blaze
- If I Had This Robot, Maybe My Editors Wouldn’t Have Sent Me to CES
- Apple
- Longer Tweets Said to Be Coming Soon to Twitter
Steve’s Security Tip of the Week
- TIP: Prepare for a high risk of ‘phishing‘ this tax season so you’re not ripped off. This week’s tip comes courtesy of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) regarding their warning to taxpayers: IRS and US-CERT Caution Users: Prepare for Heightened Phishing Risk This Tax Season
Cool Thing of the Week
- Tim: Polaroid Snap Camera with Zink
- Graeme: Apple AirPods
- Steve: Zolt Laptop Charger Plus: “Power your laptop, phone and tablet at the same time.”
Upcoming Events
- The Complete List of 250+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2016
- MinneAnalytics does Marketing Analytics – again! (MAMA2), January 22, Medtronic
- MinneWebCon U of MN McNamara Alumni Ctr April 25-26
- IoT Fuse, April 22nd, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis campus
It’s our annual predictions show and, while we cover a handful of Minnesota and other top tech stories this past week, we focus on our “hits and misses” from predicting 2015 and then jump in to our 2016 prognostications.
Like you, the Gang had a ‘filling’ Thanksgiving and joked about Dan Akroyd’s famous Saturday Night Live skit, Rovco’s amazing new kitchen tool, the Super Bass-o-Matic ’76, and TV’s WKRP in Cincinnati’s bit, the turkey drop. (Watch the videos at the bottom of this post).
Yes, “virtual” is a thing and it is getting closer to reality, especially with local Minnesota startups like 
No, the zombie apocalypse has not yet happened but eavesdroppers, black-hat hackers, and other miscreants are coming for you. Our Security Tip of the Week reveals a new way you’ll be able to stay safe so don’t be scared. Happy Halloween!
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Guest: Justin Grammens
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