Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Minnov8

Yep…you read that headline right. After nearly NINE YEARS this week’s show is our last podcast as the Minnov8 Gang. It’s been a great ride. We’ve had an incredible amount of fun, talked to literally dozens of guests, interviewed Minnesota technology leaders, attended hundreds of events, and covered Minnesota technology innovation in all its forms. It is time, however, for us to ride off in to the sunset as we head toward new opportunities and adventures. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US  About Our Last Show & Acknowledgements After nearly NINE YEARS, this show marks our 400th, and last, podcast. Here are Minnov8’s first post and podcast links: First post: February 17, 2008 First podcast: June 22, 2008 Special “Thank You!” mentions go to: Our listeners for your unwavering support, and listening, all of these years. Graeme Thickins, our Minnov8 co-founder and “Gang” member on the website and podcast for over eight years, “We couldn’t have done it without you pal and thanks for being our friend too! Also appreciate you never being mad about your face being stuck on some Photoshop image.”  Julio Ojeda-Zapata for your frequent co-hosting and, of course, for your support. You will always be our friend and someone we are lucky to know and as a fellow geek, you have never been judgmental about our lust for all things techie, no matter how strange or obscure. Also appreciate that you, too, have never been mad about your face being stuck on some Photoshop image. Garrick Van Buren, another co-founder of Minnov8 back in 2008 and early “Gang” member on the podcast. Our contributors: Paul DeBettignies; Sam Glover; Mitch Hislop; Meg Gerritsen Knodl; Lief Larson; Jeff Pesek; Don Smith. The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Minnesota technology industry ranked 17th in nation Twin Cities tech executives form new company, buy Cypress chip plant in Bloomington Online shopping grew at a faster rate in Minnesota last year than in nearby states Minnesota Legislature pushes back on internet privacy Other Top Tech Stories Internet Privacy Law What does the new ISP data-sharing rollback actually change? Congress’ Browsing Apple The Mac Pro Lives Apple Is Pushing iPad Like Never Before That ‘iPhone Wi-Fi bug’ isn’t just for Apple users – here’s a rundown Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, wins ‘computing’s Nobel Prize’ Twitter Lite Harry Shearer: Why My ‘Spinal Tap’ Lawsuit Affects All Creators Cool Thing of the Week Phil: My Co-Hosts Steve Borsch at LinkedIn Tim Elliott on LinkedIn Tim: Penna – Retro Bluetooth Keyboard Steve: The all new Lexar 512GB (USB 3.1) SSD Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis MHTA Spring Conference, May 9th, Minneapolis Depot Renaissance Hotel The post Minnov8 Gang 400 – Our Last Show appeared first on Minnov8.

Yep…you read that headline right. After nearly NINE YEARS this week’s show is our last podcast as the Minnov8 Gang. It’s been a great ride. We’ve had an incredible amount of fun, talked to literally dozens of guests, interviewed Minnesota technology leaders, attended hundreds of events, and covered Minnesota technology innovation in all its forms. It is time, however, for us to ride off in to the sunset as we head toward new opportunities and adventures. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US  About Our Last Show & Acknowledgements After nearly NINE YEARS, this show marks our 400th, and last, podcast. Here are Minnov8’s first post and podcast links: First post: February 17, 2008 First podcast: June 22, 2008 Special “Thank You!” mentions go to: Our listeners for your unwavering support, and listening, all of these years. Graeme Thickins, our Minnov8 co-founder and “Gang” member on the website and podcast for over eight years, “We couldn’t have done it without you pal and thanks for being our friend too! Also appreciate you never being mad about your face being stuck on some Photoshop image.”  Julio Ojeda-Zapata for your frequent co-hosting and, of course, for your support. You will always be our friend and someone we are lucky to know and as a fellow geek, you have never been judgmental about our lust for all things techie, no matter how strange or obscure. Also appreciate that you, too, have never been mad about your face being stuck on some Photoshop image. Garrick Van Buren, another co-founder of Minnov8 back in 2008 and early “Gang” member on the podcast. Our contributors: Paul DeBettignies; Sam Glover; Mitch Hislop; Meg Gerritsen Knodl; Lief Larson; Jeff Pesek; Don Smith. The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Minnesota technology industry ranked 17th in nation Twin Cities tech executives form new company, buy Cypress chip plant in Bloomington Online shopping grew at a faster rate in Minnesota last year than in nearby states Minnesota Legislature pushes back on internet privacy Other Top Tech Stories Internet Privacy Law What does the new ISP data-sharing rollback actually change? Congress’ Browsing Apple The Mac Pro Lives Apple Is Pushing iPad Like Never Before That ‘iPhone Wi-Fi bug’ isn’t just for Apple users – here’s a rundown Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, wins ‘computing’s Nobel Prize’ Twitter Lite Harry Shearer: Why My ‘Spinal Tap’ Lawsuit Affects All Creators Cool Thing of the Week Phil: My Co-Hosts Steve Borsch at LinkedIn Tim Elliott on LinkedIn Tim: Penna – Retro Bluetooth Keyboard Steve: The all new Lexar 512GB (USB 3.1) SSD Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis MHTA Spring Conference, May 9th, Minneapolis Depot Renaissance Hotel

Yep…you read that headline right. After nearly NINE YEARS this week’s show is our last podcast as the Minnov8 Gang. It’s been a great ride. We’ve had an incredible amount of fun, talked to literally dozens of guests, interviewed Minnesota technology leaders, attended hundreds of events, and covered Minnesota technology innovation in all its forms. It is time, however, for us to ride off in to the sunset as we head toward new opportunities and adventures. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US  About Our Last Show & Acknowledgements After nearly NINE YEARS, this show marks our 400th, and last, podcast. Here are Minnov8’s first post and podcast links: First post: February 17, 2008 First podcast: June 22, 2008 Special “Thank You!” mentions go to: Our listeners for your unwavering support, and listening, all of these years. Graeme Thickins, our Minnov8 co-founder and “Gang” member on the website and podcast for over eight years, “We couldn’t have done it without you pal and thanks for being our friend too! Also appreciate you never being mad about your face being stuck on some Photoshop image.”  Julio Ojeda-Zapata for your frequent co-hosting and, of course, for your support. You will always be our friend and someone we are lucky to know and as a fellow geek, you have never been judgmental about our lust for all things techie, no matter how strange or obscure. Also appreciate that you, too, have never been mad about your face being stuck on some Photoshop image. Garrick Van Buren, another co-founder of Minnov8 back in 2008 and early “Gang” member on the podcast. Our contributors: Paul DeBettignies; Sam Glover; Mitch Hislop; Meg Gerritsen Knodl; Lief Larson; Jeff Pesek; Don Smith. The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Minnesota technology industry ranked 17th in nation Twin Cities tech executives form new company, buy Cypress chip plant in Bloomington Online shopping grew at a faster rate in Minnesota last year than in nearby states Minnesota Legislature pushes back on internet privacy Other Top Tech Stories Internet Privacy Law What does the new ISP data-sharing rollback actually change? Congress’ Browsing Apple The Mac Pro Lives Apple Is Pushing iPad Like Never Before That ‘iPhone Wi-Fi bug’ isn’t just for Apple users – here’s a rundown Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, wins ‘computing’s Nobel Prize’ Twitter Lite Harry Shearer: Why My ‘Spinal Tap’ Lawsuit Affects All Creators Cool Thing of the Week Phil: My Co-Hosts Steve Borsch at LinkedIn Tim Elliott on LinkedIn Tim: Penna – Retro Bluetooth Keyboard Steve: The all new Lexar 512GB (USB 3.1) SSD Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis MHTA Spring Conference, May 9th, Minneapolis Depot Renaissance Hotel The post Minnov8 Gang 400 – Our Last Show appeared first on Minnov8.

This week’s show was recorded at Minnebar, an enormous gathering of techies in Minnesota. Our guest is Adrienne Peirce (LinkedIn), Product Owner at Leadpages and President of Minne*, the organization responsible for Minnebar and Minnedemo. Hosts: Steve Borsch and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off) Music: Woke Up With The Blues by Deep Sea Gypsies under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Minnesota Cup Applications now open. $450,000 in seed money up for grabs. MN Story: Ex-Target CMO Jeff Jones bails out of Uber Other Top Tech Stories US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history How ISPs can sell your Web history—and how to stop them Tech community “dumbfounded” by Mnuchin’s dismissal of AI impact on jobs 71 percent of Android phones on major US carriers have out of date security patches Android plans to improve security update speed this year Akamai Intros Media Acceleration for OTT (over-the-top content), Video Game Publishers Cool Thing of the Week Phil and Steve talk about the new mobile network unlimited data plans they chose this past week: Sprint AT&T Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Beta.mn, March 30th, Machine Shop, Minneapolis Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis MHTA Spring Conference, May 9th, Minneapolis Depot Renaissance Hotel The post Minnov8 Gang 399 – One Word for Minnebar: Wow! appeared first on Minnov8.

This week’s show was recorded at Minnebar, an enormous gathering of techies in Minnesota. Our guest is Adrienne Peirce (LinkedIn), Product Owner at Leadpages and President of Minne*, the organization responsible for Minnebar and Minnedemo. Hosts: Steve Borsch and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off) Music: Woke Up With The Blues by Deep Sea Gypsies under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Minnesota Cup Applications now open. $450,000 in seed money up for grabs. MN Story: Ex-Target CMO Jeff Jones bails out of Uber Other Top Tech Stories US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history How ISPs can sell your Web history—and how to stop them Tech community “dumbfounded” by Mnuchin’s dismissal of AI impact on jobs 71 percent of Android phones on major US carriers have out of date security patches Android plans to improve security update speed this year Akamai Intros Media Acceleration for OTT (over-the-top content), Video Game Publishers Cool Thing of the Week Phil and Steve talk about the new mobile network unlimited data plans they chose this past week: Sprint AT&T Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Beta.mn, March 30th, Machine Shop, Minneapolis Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis MHTA Spring Conference, May 9th, Minneapolis Depot Renaissance Hotel

This week’s show was recorded at Minnebar, an enormous gathering of techies in Minnesota. Our guest is Adrienne Peirce (LinkedIn), Product Owner at Leadpages and President of Minne*, the organization responsible for Minnebar and Minnedemo. Hosts: Steve Borsch and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off) Music: Woke Up With The Blues by Deep Sea Gypsies under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Minnesota Cup Applications now open. $450,000 in seed money up for grabs. MN Story: Ex-Target CMO Jeff Jones bails out of Uber Other Top Tech Stories US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history How ISPs can sell your Web history—and how to stop them Tech community “dumbfounded” by Mnuchin’s dismissal of AI impact on jobs 71 percent of Android phones on major US carriers have out of date security patches Android plans to improve security update speed this year Akamai Intros Media Acceleration for OTT (over-the-top content), Video Game Publishers Cool Thing of the Week Phil and Steve talk about the new mobile network unlimited data plans they chose this past week: Sprint AT&T Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Beta.mn, March 30th, Machine Shop, Minneapolis Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis MHTA Spring Conference, May 9th, Minneapolis Depot Renaissance Hotel The post Minnov8 Gang 399 – One Word for Minnebar: Wow! appeared first on Minnov8.

This past week a Minnesota judge signed a search warrant for anyone who did a Google search for someone who defrauded an Edina bank. Besides being outrageously broad as a warrant—anybody who searched on this guy’s name for legitimate reasons would be under suspicion and could be brought in for questioning—is likely violating our Constitution’s 4th amendment against unreasonable searches. Even Forbes magazine picked up the story but few other outlets have…yet. Of course, if this would be allowed we could go through Tim Elliott’s underwear drawer and who knows what we’d find?   We talk about this judge’s warrant, and mostly technology of course, on this week’s podcast. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Rock The Blues Away by Dennis Salli under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Virtual-reality startup targeting real estate raises $1.3M Realvision VR Video-streaming startup Seeka TV gives online indie series a home of their own SeekaTV One of the top iPhone medical devices just got funding from Mayo Clinic (AliveCor & Kardia Band) Big Tech Companies Are on the Verge of Killing Right to Repair Legislation in Minnesota Chuck & Don’s Breaks Into E-Commerce Market With Acquisition Of Fetch Chuck & Don’s and Fetch Two top Best Buy executives are leaving as roles are realigned The Minnesotan left-wing economic miracle continues, while neighboring Republican states slowly collapse Tim mentioned Shadow Stats Other Top Tech Stories Justice Department: Russia’s security services ‘protected, directed, facilitated, and paid’ hackers behind the massive breach of Yahoo Google Google launches new effort to flag upsetting or offensive content in search  Google Home is playing audio ads for Beauty and the Beast Chrome 57 will throttle background tabs to save energy Amazon puts Alexa inside its main iPhone app Cool Thing of the Week Phil: Bonobos Tim: Vistabule Teardrop Trailers Steve: Epson FastFoto Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Minnebar, March 25, Best Buy Headquarters Beta.mn, March 30th, Machine Shop, Minneapolis Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis The post Minnov8 Gang 398 – Can I Go Thru Your Underwear Drawer? appeared first on Minnov8.

This past week a Minnesota judge signed a search warrant for anyone who did a Google search for someone who defrauded an Edina bank. Besides being outrageously broad as a warrant—anybody who searched on this guy’s name for legitimate reasons would be under suspicion and could be brought in for questioning—is likely violating our Constitution’s 4th amendment against unreasonable searches. Even Forbes magazine picked up the story but few other outlets have…yet. Of course, if this would be allowed we could go through Tim Elliott’s underwear drawer and who knows what we’d find?   We talk about this judge’s warrant, and mostly technology of course, on this week’s podcast. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Rock The Blues Away by Dennis Salli under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Virtual-reality startup targeting real estate raises $1.3M Realvision VR Video-streaming startup Seeka TV gives online indie series a home of their own SeekaTV One of the top iPhone medical devices just got funding from Mayo Clinic (AliveCor & Kardia Band) Big Tech Companies Are on the Verge of Killing Right to Repair Legislation in Minnesota Chuck & Don’s Breaks Into E-Commerce Market With Acquisition Of Fetch Chuck & Don’s and Fetch Two top Best Buy executives are leaving as roles are realigned The Minnesotan left-wing economic miracle continues, while neighboring Republican states slowly collapse Tim mentioned Shadow Stats Other Top Tech Stories Justice Department: Russia’s security services ‘protected, directed, facilitated, and paid’ hackers behind the massive breach of Yahoo Google Google launches new effort to flag upsetting or offensive content in search  Google Home is playing audio ads for Beauty and the Beast Chrome 57 will throttle background tabs to save energy Amazon puts Alexa inside its main iPhone app Cool Thing of the Week Phil: Bonobos Tim: Vistabule Teardrop Trailers Steve: Epson FastFoto Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Minnebar, March 25, Best Buy Headquarters Beta.mn, March 30th, Machine Shop, Minneapolis Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis

This past week a Minnesota judge signed a search warrant for anyone who did a Google search for someone who defrauded an Edina bank. Besides being outrageously broad as a warrant—anybody who searched on this guy’s name for legitimate reasons would be under suspicion and could be brought in for questioning—is likely violating our Constitution’s 4th amendment against unreasonable searches. Even Forbes magazine picked up the story but few other outlets have…yet. Of course, if this would be allowed we could go through Tim Elliott’s underwear drawer and who knows what we’d find?   We talk about this judge’s warrant, and mostly technology of course, on this week’s podcast. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Rock The Blues Away by Dennis Salli under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Virtual-reality startup targeting real estate raises $1.3M Realvision VR Video-streaming startup Seeka TV gives online indie series a home of their own SeekaTV One of the top iPhone medical devices just got funding from Mayo Clinic (AliveCor & Kardia Band) Big Tech Companies Are on the Verge of Killing Right to Repair Legislation in Minnesota Chuck & Don’s Breaks Into E-Commerce Market With Acquisition Of Fetch Chuck & Don’s and Fetch Two top Best Buy executives are leaving as roles are realigned The Minnesotan left-wing economic miracle continues, while neighboring Republican states slowly collapse Tim mentioned Shadow Stats Other Top Tech Stories Justice Department: Russia’s security services ‘protected, directed, facilitated, and paid’ hackers behind the massive breach of Yahoo Google Google launches new effort to flag upsetting or offensive content in search  Google Home is playing audio ads for Beauty and the Beast Chrome 57 will throttle background tabs to save energy Amazon puts Alexa inside its main iPhone app Cool Thing of the Week Phil: Bonobos Tim: Vistabule Teardrop Trailers Steve: Epson FastFoto Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Minnebar, March 25, Best Buy Headquarters Beta.mn, March 30th, Machine Shop, Minneapolis Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis The post Minnov8 Gang 398 – Can I Go Thru Your Underwear Drawer? appeared first on Minnov8.

Minnesota’s own big box tech retailer, Best Buy, sees its Geek Squad in the news since the FBI Used Best Buy’s Geek Squad To Increase Secret Public Surveillance. Are Geek Squad people really being used as spies? Unfortunately it certainly seems so. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin Cover by Fabio (The Guitarist Saturday) under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Kidizen lands $3.2M in VC, ramps up hiring Stratasys Shrinks Losses In Q4 But Misses Wall Street’s Expectations Food-delivery startup targeting office workers raises $6M to expand NASA Using Digi International Device To Create “Wireless-In-Space” Network Press Release “Digi International Enabling IoT in Space” Target names new CISO to replace Brad Maiorino What is a CISO? Other Top Tech Stories Wikileaks ‘Vault 7’ Part 1: WikiLeaks releases massive CIA hacking document archive WikiLeaks: We’ll Work With Software Makers on Zero-Days With C.I.A. Hacking Revelations, How to Protect Your Devices PSA: Signal, WhatsApp and other secure IM apps not compromised by CIA hacking tools Google goes after Slack and splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet Cool Thing of the Week Phil: BuzzFeed brings Video Producers to Minneapolis Office. Tim: The Yoerg Brewing Company Steve: Steve Martin Teaches Comedy Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis The post Minnov8 Gang 397 – Geek Squad Spies? appeared first on Minnov8.

Minnesota’s own big box tech retailer, Best Buy, sees its Geek Squad in the news since the FBI Used Best Buy’s Geek Squad To Increase Secret Public Surveillance. Are Geek Squad people really being used as spies? Unfortunately it certainly seems so. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin Cover by Fabio (The Guitarist Saturday) under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Kidizen lands $3.2M in VC, ramps up hiring Stratasys Shrinks Losses In Q4 But Misses Wall Street’s Expectations Food-delivery startup targeting office workers raises $6M to expand NASA Using Digi International Device To Create “Wireless-In-Space” Network Press Release “Digi International Enabling IoT in Space” Target names new CISO to replace Brad Maiorino What is a CISO? Other Top Tech Stories Wikileaks ‘Vault 7’ Part 1: WikiLeaks releases massive CIA hacking document archive WikiLeaks: We’ll Work With Software Makers on Zero-Days With C.I.A. Hacking Revelations, How to Protect Your Devices PSA: Signal, WhatsApp and other secure IM apps not compromised by CIA hacking tools Google goes after Slack and splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet Cool Thing of the Week Phil: BuzzFeed brings Video Producers to Minneapolis Office. Tim: The Yoerg Brewing Company Steve: Steve Martin Teaches Comedy Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis

Minnesota’s own big box tech retailer, Best Buy, sees its Geek Squad in the news since the FBI Used Best Buy’s Geek Squad To Increase Secret Public Surveillance. Are Geek Squad people really being used as spies? Unfortunately it certainly seems so. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin Cover by Fabio (The Guitarist Saturday) under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Kidizen lands $3.2M in VC, ramps up hiring Stratasys Shrinks Losses In Q4 But Misses Wall Street’s Expectations Food-delivery startup targeting office workers raises $6M to expand NASA Using Digi International Device To Create “Wireless-In-Space” Network Press Release “Digi International Enabling IoT in Space” Target names new CISO to replace Brad Maiorino What is a CISO? Other Top Tech Stories Wikileaks ‘Vault 7’ Part 1: WikiLeaks releases massive CIA hacking document archive WikiLeaks: We’ll Work With Software Makers on Zero-Days With C.I.A. Hacking Revelations, How to Protect Your Devices PSA: Signal, WhatsApp and other secure IM apps not compromised by CIA hacking tools Google goes after Slack and splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet Cool Thing of the Week Phil: BuzzFeed brings Video Producers to Minneapolis Office. Tim: The Yoerg Brewing Company Steve: Steve Martin Teaches Comedy Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis The post Minnov8 Gang 397 – Geek Squad Spies? appeared first on Minnov8.

We cover the Minnesota tech stories of the week including disappointing earnings from both Target and Best Buy over the holiday period. Can they compete with Amazon and other online sources? We have a few ideas. Later we discuss the Amazon S3 outage, Uber’s use of tech to evade law enforcement and Google’s rapid rise in the education market at the expense of Apple. Hosts: Tim Elliott, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata (Steve Borsch is off this week) Music: Ring of Fire by Window Shop for Love under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Product Recalls, Shortages Hurt Best Buy During The Holiday Period Best Buy grew web sales faster than Amazon and Wal-Mart last year Target Unveils $7B Makeover Plan After Weak Q4 Fledgling Minneapolis tech VC stops making investments Macchina: The Ultimate Tool for Taking Control of Your Car! Code 42 moves to 100 Washington Other Top Tech Stories Amazon AWS goes down; the internet freaks out: AWS is investigating S3 issues, affecting Quora, Slack, Trello (updated) Amazon explains big AWS outage, says employee error took servers offline, promises changes How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide Nokia is back from the dead with a trio of pure Android phones Google Assistant, its AI-based personal helper, rolls out to Nougat and Marshmallow handsets YouTube, the world’s biggest video site, wants to sell you TV for $35 a month IDC: Wearables grew 16.9% in Q4 2016, Fitbit still first but Xiaomi is gaining Gang Mentality: Can Apple compete with Google’s rise in the education market? Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms Cool Thing of the Week Phil: How to breach a classified network not connected to the internet. Tim: Raspberry Pi Zero W Julio: New Apple Watch Stand Looks Like the 128K Mac Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr New! Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis The post Minnov8 Gang 396 – Can Target & Best Buy Weather Retail Storm? appeared first on Minnov8.

We cover the Minnesota tech stories of the week including disappointing earnings from both Target and Best Buy over the holiday period. Can they compete with Amazon and other online sources? We have a few ideas. Later we discuss the Amazon S3 outage, Uber’s use of tech to evade law enforcement and Google’s rapid rise in the education market at the expense of Apple. Hosts: Tim Elliott, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata (Steve Borsch is off this week) Music: Ring of Fire by Window Shop for Love under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Product Recalls, Shortages Hurt Best Buy During The Holiday Period Best Buy grew web sales faster than Amazon and Wal-Mart last year Target Unveils $7B Makeover Plan After Weak Q4 Fledgling Minneapolis tech VC stops making investments Macchina: The Ultimate Tool for Taking Control of Your Car! Code 42 moves to 100 Washington Other Top Tech Stories Amazon AWS goes down; the internet freaks out: AWS is investigating S3 issues, affecting Quora, Slack, Trello (updated) Amazon explains big AWS outage, says employee error took servers offline, promises changes How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide Nokia is back from the dead with a trio of pure Android phones Google Assistant, its AI-based personal helper, rolls out to Nougat and Marshmallow handsets YouTube, the world’s biggest video site, wants to sell you TV for $35 a month IDC: Wearables grew 16.9% in Q4 2016, Fitbit still first but Xiaomi is gaining Gang Mentality: Can Apple compete with Google’s rise in the education market? Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms Cool Thing of the Week Phil: How to breach a classified network not connected to the internet. Tim: Raspberry Pi Zero W Julio: New Apple Watch Stand Looks Like the 128K Mac Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr New! Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis

We cover the Minnesota tech stories of the week including disappointing earnings from both Target and Best Buy over the holiday period. Can they compete with Amazon and other online sources? We have a few ideas. Later we discuss the Amazon S3 outage, Uber’s use of tech to evade law enforcement and Google’s rapid rise in the education market at the expense of Apple. Hosts: Tim Elliott, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata (Steve Borsch is off this week) Music: Ring of Fire by Window Shop for Love under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Product Recalls, Shortages Hurt Best Buy During The Holiday Period Best Buy grew web sales faster than Amazon and Wal-Mart last year Target Unveils $7B Makeover Plan After Weak Q4 Fledgling Minneapolis tech VC stops making investments Macchina: The Ultimate Tool for Taking Control of Your Car! Code 42 moves to 100 Washington Other Top Tech Stories Amazon AWS goes down; the internet freaks out: AWS is investigating S3 issues, affecting Quora, Slack, Trello (updated) Amazon explains big AWS outage, says employee error took servers offline, promises changes How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide Nokia is back from the dead with a trio of pure Android phones Google Assistant, its AI-based personal helper, rolls out to Nougat and Marshmallow handsets YouTube, the world’s biggest video site, wants to sell you TV for $35 a month IDC: Wearables grew 16.9% in Q4 2016, Fitbit still first but Xiaomi is gaining Gang Mentality: Can Apple compete with Google’s rise in the education market? Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms Cool Thing of the Week Phil: How to breach a classified network not connected to the internet. Tim: Raspberry Pi Zero W Julio: New Apple Watch Stand Looks Like the 128K Mac Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr New! Overnight Website Challenge, April 22-23, 2017, CoCo Minneapolis The post Minnov8 Gang 396 – Can Target & Best Buy Weather Retail Storm? appeared first on Minnov8.

Several good tech stories this week but, once again, we dust-off our “Gang Mentality” segment to ponder a question after the president of the United States inaccurately calls out major news organizations as “fake”. That question is: Will technology provide the answer to real vs. fake news, or will it take human intervention? Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Slow Day Blues by A to Z Guitars under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Virtual nurse app Sense.ly raises $8 million from investors including the Mayo Clinic St. Paul aims to attract more innovation and technology jobs 100 Technology Job Openings In Saint Paul Area Comcast debuts Tech ETA feature to narrow down when cable guy will arrive Gang Mentality: Will technology provide the answer to real vs. fake news, or will it take human intervention? BuzzFeed Tries to Break Readers Out of Their Social-Media Bubbles Expanding Fact Checking at Google Check Out Alphabet’s New Tool to Weed Out the ‘Toxic’ Abuse of Online Comments Trump is a media troll – so stop feeding him Other Top Tech Stories Google Google Just Discovered A Massive Web Leak… And You Might Want To Change All Your Passwords Google just cracked one of the building blocks of web encryption (but don’t worry) J. Walter Thompson Intelligence’s Weekly Tech Roundup Who is J. Walter Thompson? The Era of Thinking Computers is Here, says Ginni Rometty, Leader of IBM No, Robots Aren’t Killing the American Dream Cool Thing of the Week Phil: ZeTime smartwatch hybrid Tim: Worona – WordPress to mobile app solution Steve: Trump Troll Doll Sculpture Upcoming Events   The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Tech Cities 2017, March 3rd, U of MN Carlson School Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr The post Minnov8 Gang 395 – Can Tech Save The News? appeared first on Minnov8.

Several good tech stories this week but, once again, we dust-off our “Gang Mentality” segment to ponder a question after the president of the United States inaccurately calls out major news organizations as “fake”. That question is: Will technology provide the answer to real vs. fake news, or will it take human intervention? Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Slow Day Blues by A to Z Guitars under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Virtual nurse app Sense.ly raises $8 million from investors including the Mayo Clinic St. Paul aims to attract more innovation and technology jobs 100 Technology Job Openings In Saint Paul Area Comcast debuts Tech ETA feature to narrow down when cable guy will arrive Gang Mentality: Will technology provide the answer to real vs. fake news, or will it take human intervention? BuzzFeed Tries to Break Readers Out of Their Social-Media Bubbles Expanding Fact Checking at Google Check Out Alphabet’s New Tool to Weed Out the ‘Toxic’ Abuse of Online Comments Trump is a media troll – so stop feeding him Other Top Tech Stories Google Google Just Discovered A Massive Web Leak… And You Might Want To Change All Your Passwords Google just cracked one of the building blocks of web encryption (but don’t worry) J. Walter Thompson Intelligence’s Weekly Tech Roundup Who is J. Walter Thompson? The Era of Thinking Computers is Here, says Ginni Rometty, Leader of IBM No, Robots Aren’t Killing the American Dream Cool Thing of the Week Phil: ZeTime smartwatch hybrid Tim: Worona – WordPress to mobile app solution Steve: Trump Troll Doll Sculpture Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Tech Cities 2017, March 3rd, U of MN Carlson School Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr

Several good tech stories this week but, once again, we dust-off our “Gang Mentality” segment to ponder a question after the president of the United States inaccurately calls out major news organizations as “fake”. That question is: Will technology provide the answer to real vs. fake news, or will it take human intervention? Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Slow Day Blues by A to Z Guitars under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Virtual nurse app Sense.ly raises $8 million from investors including the Mayo Clinic St. Paul aims to attract more innovation and technology jobs 100 Technology Job Openings In Saint Paul Area Comcast debuts Tech ETA feature to narrow down when cable guy will arrive Gang Mentality: Will technology provide the answer to real vs. fake news, or will it take human intervention? BuzzFeed Tries to Break Readers Out of Their Social-Media Bubbles Expanding Fact Checking at Google Check Out Alphabet’s New Tool to Weed Out the ‘Toxic’ Abuse of Online Comments Trump is a media troll – so stop feeding him Other Top Tech Stories Google Google Just Discovered A Massive Web Leak… And You Might Want To Change All Your Passwords Google just cracked one of the building blocks of web encryption (but don’t worry) J. Walter Thompson Intelligence’s Weekly Tech Roundup Who is J. Walter Thompson? The Era of Thinking Computers is Here, says Ginni Rometty, Leader of IBM No, Robots Aren’t Killing the American Dream Cool Thing of the Week Phil: ZeTime smartwatch hybrid Tim: Worona – WordPress to mobile app solution Steve: Trump Troll Doll Sculpture Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet Tech Cities 2017, March 3rd, U of MN Carlson School Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America Enterprise Rising Conference, March 30th Use the code Minnov82017 for 21% off your admission IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr The post Minnov8 Gang 395 – Can Tech Save The News? appeared first on Minnov8.

Are you a U.S. citizen? Then you should know that, if you travel internationally, when you come back to the U.S. you may be forced to reveal your device passwords (e.g., smartphone, tablet, laptop) as well as providing U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers with passwords to your social media and other accounts. Farfetched? Nope…read this article to get one tech guy’s perspective on what happened this past week to a NASA guy who is a U.S. citizen: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again. Neither should you. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Hop Skip And A Jump by DJ Ecklectic Mick under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Minnedemo recap InnovateMN launches Code42 co-founder’s stealthy startup hires Cutler to lead AI Land O’ Lakes creates $150,000 contest for agricultural drone technology Twin Cities companies team up for virtual reality property showings Gang Mentality: Is the true cost of social networks and mobile tech our privacy? There is a security “hole in Facebook” that lets anyone see all of your private data called “StalkScan” Facebook is developing tools to read through people’s private messages, Mark Zuckerberg manifesto suggests Facebook just changed its mission, because the old one was broken ‘Digital Geneva Convention’ needed to deter nation-state hacking: Microsoft president Other Top Tech Stories Tim Cook says augmented reality is ‘a big idea like the smartphone’ Apple Vowed to Revolutionize Television. An Inside Look at Why It Hasn’t 99.6% of new smartphones run iOS or Android; RIP Windows and Blackberry USB Killer now lets you fry most Lightning and USB-C devices for $55 Signal app gets video calling overhaul and a warning for iOS users Cool Thing of the Week Phil: Trout Spotr Tim: Moment 2.0: Make Your Phone A Better Camera Steve: Logitech 4K Pro Webcam Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet MHTA’s Tech.2017, February 23rd, Metropolitan Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr The post Minnov8 Gang 394 – Give Up Your Passwords at the U.S. Border appeared first on Minnov8.

Are you a U.S. citizen? Then you should know that, if you travel internationally, when you come back to the U.S. you may be forced to reveal your device passwords (e.g., smartphone, tablet, laptop) as well as providing U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers with passwords to your social media and other accounts. Farfetched? Nope…read this article to get one tech guy’s perspective on what happened this past week to a NASA guy who is a U.S. citizen: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again. Neither should you. Update: Here is the Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessment for the Border Searches of Electronic Devices (PDF) which, by the way, has not been updated since 2009. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson Music: Hop Skip And A Jump by DJ Ecklectic Mick under a CC by 4.0 License The Podcast Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories Minnedemo recap InnovateMN launches Code42 co-founder’s stealthy startup hires Cutler to lead AI Land O’ Lakes creates $150,000 contest for agricultural drone technology Twin Cities companies team up for virtual reality property showings Gang Mentality: Is the true cost of social networks and mobile tech our privacy? There is a security “hole in Facebook” that lets anyone see all of your private data called “StalkScan” Facebook is developing tools to read through people’s private messages, Mark Zuckerberg manifesto suggests Facebook just changed its mission, because the old one was broken ‘Digital Geneva Convention’ needed to deter nation-state hacking: Microsoft president Other Top Tech Stories Tim Cook says augmented reality is ‘a big idea like the smartphone’ Apple Vowed to Revolutionize Television. An Inside Look at Why It Hasn’t 99.6% of new smartphones run iOS or Android; RIP Windows and Blackberry USB Killer now lets you fry most Lightning and USB-C devices for $55 Signal app gets video calling overhaul and a warning for iOS users Cool Thing of the Week Phil: Trout Spotr Tim: Moment 2.0: Make Your Phone A Better Camera Steve: Logitech 4K Pro Webcam Upcoming Events The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017 The list as a Google spreadsheet MHTA’s Tech.2017, February 23rd, Metropolitan Mobile Twin Cities, March 14th, BuzzFeed Offices. Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr