Minnov8 Gang 74: Innovation is Driving Passions
The Gang recaps the week and has on Julio Ojeda Zapata as our special guest. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal with the The...
View ArticleiPhone 4: Is it enough?
Image courtesy of Apple, Inc. As Minnesotans continue to embrace the always-on and always-connected online world — and mobile startups here continue to clock millions of app downloads with their...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang Podcast 82: Vicarious WWDC
We revisit Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) through Julio Ojeda-Zapata’s experiences talking about the new iPhone 4 and his reliance on the iPad and HTC EVO 4G on his trip. Many other...
View ArticleW3i Lights Up the ‘Net with Its Latest App News
Okay, so there’s this company named Apple that I hear makes phones. And people tell me there’s been, uh, a bit of news lately about some new phone of theirs? Well, that media firestorm didn’t stop...
View ArticleWaiting for a Better Price Before Purchasing at Best Buy? Now You Don’t Have...
Ever been burned buying a consumer electronics product right before a price reduction and wished you’d have waited? Or, how many times have you been burned and not even known it? Now there’s a...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 102 – Mostly Soupy, Trivial Sales
This week we’re delighted to have on Julio Ojeda Zapata from the Pioneer Press to talk about Verizon’s 4G wireless rollout as well as Johnee Bee, celebrating his 200th Mostly Trivial podcast and,...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 107 – Is the MacAppStore Good or Bad?
App stores are all the rage: Apple started the concept with the iPhone App Store, made sure it worked on the iPod Touch and later expanded it to include the iPad, and is now driving that concept...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 109 – This Mobile Thingy Will Be Big!
It’s easy to chuckle at a vintage Radio Shack ad like this one on YouTube from 1990 that touted the “Affordable, Portable, Cellular Telephone” from Radio Shack (gee…do ya think that’s a Bill Gates-like...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 112 – Even Monkeys are Mobile
The “always on, always connected” culture is accelerating due to mobile devices and it seems like everyone has a mobile phone, laptop or tablet (which we know is not actually the case…yet). What does...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 113 – Facetime Fever Flabbergasts?
If you own a tablet (e.g., iPad, Xoom) or are considering one, this is the show to listen to now. We cover Graeme’s trip to DEMO and then immediately move in to a discussion of the iPad2 launch....
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 115 – Mobile March Marchers Marching
Due to the overwhelming success of the Mobile March Twin Cities event this past Saturday with 250 attendees—and the surprisingly excellent previous evening’s Mobile 3D event—very strong evidence now...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 135 – Take a Tablet
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...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 136 – Pedal to the Metal
This past summer amazed the Gang in how there has been a constant and continuing stream of new announcements, mergers and acquisitions, and major battles in the mobile space. We discuss this and much...
View ArticleU of MN Center for Spirituality & Healing’s Mobile App
The U of MN Center for Spirituality and Healing, a world-renowned resource, recently released an iPhone and iPad app called “Wellscapes” (iTunes link). I’ve known of the Center for quite some time and...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 158 – Aloha Smartphones & Tablets
“Aloha” is an Hawaiian word used both for greeting, or leaving, someone. Aloha is thus a metaphor for both the opportunity and the angst about how to capitalize upon it. That angst many people feel...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!”
The Gang discusses several developments this week in search, gadgets, and a mention of the passing of Goober Pyle (brother of Gomer), a character of the Andy Griffith Show back in the Sixties, played...
View ArticleGreat Talk Coming at MCAD on ‘Indie Capitalism and Design Entrepreneurship’
MCAD has a really cool event coming up on Tuesday evening, September 11. The best thing of all? It’s free and open to public. Here are the details: Visiting-Artist Lecture: Tom Gerhardt and Dan...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 183: You gettin’ an eyephone five?
Mobile is once again the driving theme behind the show due, in no small part, to the release of the Apple iPhone 5 this week. Our guest is Whit Schrader, Strategic IT Architect at MentorMate, who is...
View ArticleMN Startup Moves to SF, Gets Fame, But Still Keeps Some Roots Here
Some pretty amazing tech entrepreneurs come out of Minnesota. I can attest, as I’ve worked with way more than one hundred of them, and written about my fair share. Colin Karpfinger is an excellent...
View ArticleMinnov8 Gang 214 – Chatting with Fido?
Several good Minnesota stories this week, including how to talk to ‘Fido’ when you’re away from your home and whether or not your dog even thinks you’re really there or doesn’t care! Hosts: Steve...
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