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Registration Now Open for Mobile March 2013

December 11, 2012 By Tim Elliott

The date for Mobile March, the annual Twin Cities mobile conference has been set for March 21st, 2013 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Park. Now in its 4th year, the conference features multiple tracks with sessions on mobile app development, mobile advertising, strategic planning, mobile education, marketing, design, user experience and, new this year, mobile game development.

The conference organizers have also announced Bob Schukai, Global Head of Mobile Technology at Thomson Reuters, will keynote the event. Other speakers will be announced closer to the conference after an open call for speakers closes.

No question mobile is “the tail wagging the internet dog” as more and more of us get connected. But don’t believe us, take a peek at Mary Meeker’s latest internet trends report entitled, “2012 Internet Trends Year-End Update.” In it she reveals her latest update showing the explosion in mobile device use around the world and how it is shifting and disrupting more of what we learn, how we communicate, shop and buy. Whether you make money with mobile or just use it to stay connected, we invite you to join us for Mobile March.

Tickets can be purchased at the Mobile March website or Eventbrite. The cost of registration prior to January 15th is $85. Full PR follows.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 11, 2012

4th Annual Mobile March Set For March 21, 2013

The Twin Cities’ premier mobile event to present multiple tracks including business, development and gaming.

Minneapolis, MN – The Organizers of Mobile March have announced the date for the 4th annual conference. The date for the Twin Cities’ premier mobile event is set for March 21st, 2013 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park. Long known for presenting top level speakers and seminars at a fraction of the cost of most events of its kind, Mobile March 2013 will include tracks of learning that address development, mobile advertising and strategic planning as well as mobile education, marketing, design, user experience, and more. New this year is a track dedicate to mobile game development and the use of gaming in mobile business.

Organizers have also announced that Bob Schukai, Global Head of Mobile Technology at Thomson Reuters, will keynote the event. Schukai is responsible for overseeing the development and execution of the mobile growth strategy globally for Thomson Reuters and is a noted speaker on the topic of mobile technology. The keynote address will anchor an agenda that will draw heavily from an open call for presenter submissions underway http://mobilemarchtc.com/be-a-speaker/.

Mobile March’s Justin Grammens commented, “Our goal continues to be to bring people from all aspects of mobile together. Those with a technical focus like developers as well as business leaders including CEO’s, marketers, and more can benefit. This year’s addition of a gaming track opens the door even wider.” Grammens continued, “There is much to be learned by different constituencies sharing their knowledge with each other.”

Registration is now open for Mobile March, Thursday March 21st, 2013 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center via the Mobile March website at www.mobilemarchtc.com or directly through Eventbrite. The cost of registration prior to January 15th is just $85.

Speakers interested in presenting may make submission at http://mobilemarchtc.com/be-a-speaker/. Topics on Mobile Business, Business Strategy and Marketing, Mobile Development, Hardware Expertise, and Quality Assurance, Gaming and Game Development, as well as Design including UI, UX, Responsive and Native will be considered.

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: Code 42 Software, Livefront, Fusion Room and Verizon

CONTACT: Phil Wilson
612-743-7860
phil@mobilemarchtc.com

Filed Under: Events, Mobile Technology, News & Events Tagged With: mobile

Minnov8 Gang 171 – Wait Until It’s $15

June 1, 2012 By Steve Borsch

The Gang talks about the hottest stories this week, including how Facebook Has Lost About $35 Billion In Value Since IPO As Shares Dip Below $29 which isn’t good. None of the Gang bought IPO shares, and Tim won’t until it “hits $15 per share.” (image above from Mad Magazine‘s April cover issue which you can see in its entirety here).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

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The Podcast
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Discussed during the show:

  • Facebook: Is Social Media Slowing Down? and Facebook Tries, Tries Again on a Smartphone
  • All Things D conference: Tim Cook, Apple Gears Up For New Products and All Things D Is Haunted by the Man Who Isn’t Here and the always amazing presentation by Mary Meeker, Kleiner Perkins and a compilation of D10 Videos
  • Cricket first pre-paid US carrier to offer iPhone on $55/month, no contract, unlimited plan
  • Voxer
  • eWorld
  • 25 years of HyperCard—the missing link to the Web

Upcoming Events:

  • June 1-2: Duluth Android BarCamp, Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
  • June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center
  • June 7: TiE Minnesota: “Innovation: A Global Imperative,” U of M McNamara Center
  • June 28: WordPress MSP at The Nerdery
  • Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals

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

Minnov8 Gang 157 – More Donuts!

February 18, 2012 By Steve Borsch

Once again there is SO much going on in technology that we had to do two key things: have on Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and fortify ourselves with the (possible, but unlikely) Mobile March TC special gimmee for Minnov8 Gang Podcast listeners, donuts!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata
Music: Charlie Crowe & the song “007” from the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast
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Discussed during the show:

  • Google caught circumventing Apple Safari cookie policy
  • StarTribune Your Mobile Phone Could Have a Leak  (University of Minnesota researchers found a flaw in AT&T and T-Mobile cell towers that reveals the location of phone users.)
  • iOS 5.1 to Require Permission for iOS Apps Accessing Address Book Data? 
  • Android Dodges Apple iOS Address Book Debacle: But not by Much
  • Will this affect MN startup 8th Bridge?:  Retailers Shut Facebook Storefonts Amid Apathy
  • Apple’s new OS X “Mountain Lion” and Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion preview and Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion pushes iOS integration further and Apple, Suppliers Test Tablet With Smaller Screen
  • Why Pinterest Is So Addictive and Pinterest keeps and engages members better than Twitter, data shows and Pinterest Copyright Issues
  • Free Interactive E-Book Publishing Platform—From Inkling, Not Apple and Pressly
  • Julio Showing off a tech jacket, RC copter and more on KARE 11 

Upcoming Events:

  • February 23rd: WordPressMSP at The Nerdery
  • February 23rd: How to Leverage Digital Media to Raise Capital (a DealPen event at CoCo. Promo code for free ticket: dealpenfriend)
  • February 24-25: MinneWIC (Women in Computing)
  • March 16-17: MobileMarchTC; Mobile March (Mobile 3D); Agenda
  • March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery
  • April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
  • April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
  • June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center

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

Minnov8 Gang 156 – Pathgate, Privacy & Phones

February 11, 2012 By Steve Borsch

Imagine what sort of mischief Richard Nixon would have been able to get in to as president, if he’d had the sort of technologies available to him today. The Watergate scandal would have been child’s play compared to the sort of overt and covert tracking that could’ve been done on Nixon’s political opponents with today’s mobile technologies.

Last week a Ruby/iOS developer in Singapore, Arun Thampi, broke the story on his blog that the mobile app Path had been automatically (and without encryption) uploading ones address book en masse to their servers. The Gang discusses what happened and what it means as this one blog post exploded in to what Tim Elliott describes as “Pathgate.”

Who better to talk with us about this entire brouhaha than local mobile developer Justin Grammens of Recursive Awesome, now part of Code42 Software. We talk to him about this “gate” scandal, what else is going on in mobile development, and what you should fear about releasing (or not) with your mobile app.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: AjT & the song “Apple Chunk Guitar” from the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast
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Discussed during the show:

  • Path Scandal: The story that started it all and Path CEO: ‘We Thought We Were Doing This Right’ and Mike Arrington: HEY PATH, JUST NUKE ALL THE DATA
  • Apple: Apple doesn’t enforce its own Address Book policy and iOS Address Book access should prompt the user for permission 
  • Pinterest Hits 10 Million U.S. Monthly Uniques Faster Than Any Standalone Site Ever and Personalized eCommerce Is Already Here, You Just Don’t Recognize It and Pinterest is quietly generating revenue by modifying user submitted pins and Pinterest is spamming your Facebook friends’ email with fake connection requests

Upcoming Events:

  • February 23rd: WordPressMSP at The Nerdery
  • February 23rd: How to Leverage Digital Media to Raise Capital (a DealPen event at CoCo. Promo code for free ticket: dealpenfriend)
  • February 24-25: MinneWIC (Women in Computing)
  • March 16-17: MobileMarchTC; Mobile March (Mobile 3D); Agenda
  • March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery
  • April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
  • April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
  • June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center

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

Robert Stephens Rocks the #DefragCon Crowd

November 13, 2011 By Graeme Thickins

The 5th Annual Defrag Conference was held November 8-10. 2011, in Denver, and I was there once again reporting on all the action during this much heralded meeting of the Internet’s big minds.  One of the highlights this time for me was the keynote on the final day by Robert Stephens, CTO of Best Buy and founder of Geek Squad. Robert was a huge hit, as I’d been telling all my Defrag friends for years that he would be. (A selection of the scores of tweets during his talk is shown below — screenshots I grabbed from my Defrag 2011 Live-Blog archive. The hashtag #defragcon was lighting up the web over the three days of the event, and still is with the afterglow. One of my favorite tweets, not shown below, was someone quoting Robert saying, “Everything at Best Buy is an accessory to your mobile phone – including your car.” Hmmm, and maybe even your electric motorcyle, a product category that’s been expected to show up in Best Buy stores, and may finally be coming soon — the first hint: there are actually reviews for one already posted on BestBuy.com — but Robert didn’t touch on this topic.)

In a 10-minute video interview I did with Robert while we were having coffee and rolls before the general session started Thursday morning, we covered a range of topics — including the recent announcement that Best Buy is acquiring managed services provider MindShift for $167 million. I also got a sneak preview of other topics Robert was going to talk about in his opening keynote:

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Filed Under: Events, MN Entrepreneurs, Mobile Technology Tagged With: #defragcon, Best Buy, cloud, Defrag Conference, Geek Squad, mobile

Minnov8 Gang 144 – Smartphones & SmartScooters?

November 4, 2011 By Steve Borsch

A continued acceleration in all things mobile takes an interesting twist this week with a Best Buy VC investment in electric scooters. We then have on a special guest, Lisa Foote, CEO and Co-Founder of MixMobi (Twitter), to give the Gang and you an “update on all things mobile.”

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, and Phil Wilson

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Discussed during the show:

  • MN-Based Cloud Startup enStratus Secures Series A VC Investment
  • MHTA Tekne Awards (MHTA site; BizJournal article)
  • Returns aren’t in on Best Buy’s VC venture
  • Google’s new GoMo – Google Creates “GoMo” Portal To Help You Mobilize
  • New in Google Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing  and Reader redesign: Terrible decision, or worst decision?
  • Google Releases Gmail for iOS…then pulls it
  • HTML5 and a great site with demos called,”HTML ROCKS”
  • Square’s Card Case iOS App Adds Support For Hands-Free Payments, Twitter Integration For Merchants
  • Groupon IPO 
  • Mary Meeker’s State of the Internet
  • Kidblog; Minnov8 Gang podcast with the co-founder; Graeme’s video with key folks about hitting 1M users

Upcoming Events:

  • Friday, November 4th (weekly): Frontend Masters Workshop Series
  • November 8-10: Defrag (Denver & MN startups going include: Zingstring, AsystMe, TST Media, KidBlog, FanChatter… enStratus is a sponsor)
  • November 8-10: JAMF Software National User Conference 2011 @Guthrie Theater
  • Wednesday, November 9th: Hacks/Hackers Twin Cities – “Newsrooms, Open Source, and the Maker Culture”
  • Saturday, November 12th: ProductCamp Minnesota 3
  • Saturday, November 12th: Code Slingers Challenge
  • Tuesday, November 15th: Mobile Twin Cities

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Android, Best Buy, cloud computing, Google, mobile

M8 Gang Podcast 139 – Capella U Mobile’s Kristofer Layon

September 30, 2011 By Steve Borsch

Online learning continues to accelerate and Capella University is on the leading edge of it. Online increasingly means “mobile” and Capella recently brought on a unique, highly qualified and experienced guy, Kristofer Layon, to be their mobile product manager. We talk with Kris about what he’s doing at Capella, issues he’s wrestling with, and how he shrunk himself down to appear on a student’s iPad in 3D.  😉

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off).
Music: “Give Blues a Chance” by “Mean Gene Kelton & the Diehards” via the podsafe Music Alley.

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Discussed during the show:

  • Apple iPhone event announced for next Tuesday 
  • Amazon Kindle “Fire”
  • Chris Espinosa, Apple employee #8 (and still at Apple) personally blogged about the troubling nature of the Kindle Fire “Silk” web browser and the security implications
  • Amazon has Palm in its shopping cart — will it click Buy?
  • Microsoft Shores up Samsung & HTC with Android patents
  • Kris Layon will be speaking at MIMA Summit
  • Capella’s iPhone app (there is also an Android version)
  • English Books for Thai School – Can You Help? 
  • “Facebook Won’t Like This Apple-Twitter Union” (FastCompany)
  • “Amazon’s ‘Silk’ Browser Is Revolutionary: Here’s Why It’s So Important” (Business Insider)
  • “The One Huge Reason Amazon Will Not Beat Apple” (Business Insider)
Upcoming Events:
  • October 4th, 6:30pm:TechCocktail-Minneapolisat CoCoMSP (Grain Exchange)
  • Thursday, October 6th:  Minnedemo*
  • Tuesday, Oct 11th & 12th: MIMA Summit 
  • Friday, November 4th: Frontend Masters Workshop Series(organized by Marc Grabanski, Founder, MJG International) – weekly, starting Friday, November 4 Saturday, November 12th:
  • ProductCamp Minnesota 3*
* Both held at University of St Thomas – Minneapolis, Schulze Hall

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Android, Apple, MIMA, mobile, University of Minnesota

Minnov8 Gang 135 – Take a Tablet

August 12, 2011 By Steve Borsch

The Gang became aware of the introduction of the brand new WCCO iPad app and we just had to talk with the CEO of one of this State’s premiere mobile development organizations, DoApp, who built that app for WCCO. DoApp is much more than just an app developer (e.g., Mobile Local News strategy with: iPhone & Android apps; integrations to media company news systems; and now a mobile ad platform) and Wade Beavers talks about this as well as revealing his thoughts on building for Android tablets and what that’s like (which is worth listening to for its own sake!).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off).
Music: “Leave This Town” by Jake Lear via Music Alley.

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The Podcast
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Discussed during the show:

  • The launch of three local news apps for the iPad in one week: St. Paul Pioneer Press, StarTribune & WCCO
  • Lots of Android tablets (shown at CES…not yet all shipped) and Ars Technica explains Android Fragmentation

Upcoming Events:

    • Sunday, August 22nd, Noon-4pm MinneBar-B-Cue
    • Friday, August 26th, 8am, SMBMSP: Social SEO with Lee Odden
    • Thursday, September 8th, 5-7pm, MN Cup 2011 Final Awards Event, U of M McNamara Center (NOTE: the finalists in six divisions to be named August 19th)

The Minnov8 Gang will off the next two Friday’s and back on Friday, September 2nd with an all new show!

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Android, Apple, cloud computing, iPhone, mobile

Minnov8 Gang 133 – OMG! A ‘Feature’ Phone?

July 29, 2011 By Steve Borsch

Mobile is changing dramatically and the strategic-level changes are a challenge to stay on top of, which is why we have Lisa Foote on as our guest for this podcast. No one in the Twin Cities is on top of the mobile space like Lisa is, and the Gang did a lot more than our usual homework to prepare for our time with her. As such, there are several fabulous links below that you’ll undoubtedly find enlightening if you’re at all interested in the mobile market (and where the “OMG!” about the death of feature phones comes from).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott & Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week).
Music: “Only the Bird Knows” by Kelly Richey via Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

PAST WEEK: 

  • AT&T to implement data throttling in early October
  • Robert X. Cringeley on ISP Bandwidth Caps are Really Rate Increases
  • Sprint signs with Lightsquared for LTE
  • Is Best Buy’s CEO “overpaid”?
  • Taking it slow in the midwest. Pando study of download speeds

GUEST SEGMENT: Lisa Foote, CEO and Co-Founder of MixMobi (Twitter)

  • Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Grew >11% in Q2; Feature Phones Decline
  • What do Nielsen’s latest numbers tell us?
  • ATRIX smartphone/laptop
  • Lightsquared
  • Nokia smartphone sales down 32 percent in Q2 2011, profits drop 41 percent 
  • RIM COO Retires & Layoffs 

Upcoming Events:

  • CoCoMSP Kickoff Party on Saturday, July 30th
  • CoCo Minneapolis Hackathon (held weekly), August 3rd

OTHER

  • Porkys, the movie (Phil’s all-time favorite?)
  • Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Sales up 41% to $6.57 Billion
  • Amazon in 2011 is where Walmart was in 1991
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Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast, Mobile Technology Tagged With: Android, Apple, Best Buy, mobile

Minnov8 Gang 132 – Hot Enough for ‘Ya?

July 22, 2011 By Steve Borsch

The Gang (minus Graeme) talks about the hottest stories of the week from NASA and the last shuttle launch; Apple’s blow-out quarter (as well as Google’s); Google+; Microsoft earnings; and much more. We only mention the stifling heat that passed us over this past week, instead focusing on the acceleration this summer of hot announcements even we are having a hard time staying on top of as a group!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott & Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week).
Music: “Running from the Law” by Mean Gene Kelton & the DieHards via Music Alley.

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The Podcast
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Discussed during the show:

  • NASA on the tech made possible due to our space program
  • Apple blows out quarter; New Macs (Air; Mini); Mac OS X Lion; Lion Downloads Top One Million in First Day; Apple to buy Hulu?; Disappearing $69 iPad 2 triggers buyer outrage at Sears; Tablet PCs Threaten PC Dominance
  • Google blows out quarter; Brand pages on Google+; Vic Gundotra On How Google+ Handled Brands: “It Was Probably A Mistake”
  • Microsoft Beats Expectations but Microsoft Posts a 30% Increase in Profit, but Sales of Windows Are Weak; Mary-Jo Foley: Microsoft worldwide tablet operating-system share at 5 percent; Anybody Who Thinks Microsoft Is Going Out Of Business Is Nuts — Here’s Why

Upcoming Events: WordPressMSP on July 28th on Gravity Forms; CoCoMSP Kickoff Party on Saturday, July 30th (note slow link…be patient)

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

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