Poor Phil. Though he does both yoga and ballet in his downtime, he somehow fell on his butt in a home construction accident—with his new iPhone 6 in his back pocket—and now needs to tell the Apple Geniuses what happened. We suggested he blame Uri Geller.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Happy by The Rev. Jimmie Bratcher. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

The Podcast

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SHOW NOTES

Minnesota’s Top Stories

• Imation investor demands ouster of CEO, sale of certain assets
• UMN sues AT&T, Sprint, other cell providers over patents
  • Clayton Christensen Interview with Mark Suster at Startup Grind 2013 At the 5:24 mark they discuss education and Christensen ends with, “The scary thing is that fifteen years from now, maybe half of the universities will be in bankruptcy, including the state schools. In the end, I am excited to see that happen.“
• Lee Schafer: New arrival in region ($100M revenue Arcserve) is looking for people
  • CA Technologies spinout Arcserve moving headquarters here
• Code42 requests $3 million from state for new Uptown headquarters
• MNsure says it’s still fixing flaws with IT system
• Best Buy expects another slow Christmas – but analysts don’t
• Target introduces 3D printing for holiday items
  • Shapeway’s Target site
• Bushel (by JAMF) The easiest way to manage your Apple-powered workforce
  • Why Bushel Exists
  • JAMF Is Worth Nearly $225 Million
• Tech firms strengthen Twin Cities ties to Apple
• KARE 11: Days from 114th birthday, MN woman gets tech savvy

Other Top Stories

• ‘Citizenfour’. “New documentary on Edward Snowden captures history, encapsulates debate.”
  • Next Twin Cities showing: November 14th at the Edina 4 Theatre

Steve’s Security Tip of the Week

• WireLurker trojan,”a new era in malware”according to Palo Alto Networks, is out for the Mac and PC, mainly in China, but test your computer for it now since it’s likely headed our way.
  • What You Need to Know About WireLurker by Jonathan Zdiarski
  •  ZDNet: Apple neuters iOS WireLurker trojan, but researchers find a Windows version
• Tips
  • Detect WireLurker on OS X
    • Also in “System Preferences > Security & Privacy” leave the OS X default to “Allow apps downloaded from: Mac App Store and identified developers”
  • • Consider using Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac (free)
  • Detect the Windows variant
  • • Also, at a minimum, use Microsoft Security Essentials (free)
  • On both Mac and Windows:
    • Don’t pirate software or jailbreak your iOS device
    • Don’t plug your iOS device in to any Mac or Windows PC but the one you own or to any so-called “smart USB” hub at an airport or other location. No matter what, never click the “Trust” button that pops up unless you are 100% certain the thing you’re trusting is trustworthy!

Cool Thing of the Week

• Phil: AppleCare
• Tim: Amazon Echo, a $199 Connected Speaker
• Graeme: Gophers-Iowa game!  (I’ve got 50-yard line seats – YES!!!)
• Steve: Mpow® 4.2Amps 20W Dual USB Port Car Charger for $9.99

Upcoming Events

• Ongoing Events
  • INVESTyR’s Fundraising in the Digital Economy, 1st Tuesday of each month 3:30-4:30pm
• November
  • MHTA’s Tekne Awards, Nov 13th
  • MobCon: Where Mobile Minds Connect, Nov 13-14th, Hyatt, Mpls
• December
  • TIES 2014 Education Technology Conference, December 6th

2015 Events

• March
  • Mobile March Twin Cities (Mar 2015 date TBD)
• April
  • Twin Cities TechPulse 2015 – Apr 21, 2015