Minnov8 Gang 291 – Tim is NOT happy!

Poor Vikings fanboy Tim Elliott. He doesn’t understand why Vikings RB Adrian Peterson’s suspension appeal denied by arbitrator. The other three of us, um, shook our shoulders and went on to talk technology innovation!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: The Complainer’s Boogie Woogie by William Clarke. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

The Podcast

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Story Links

Past Week’s Biggest MN Stories

• Arrow IoT Immersion
• Digital River shares plummet after Microsoft deal update
  • Will Digital River lose its biggest customer? It wouldn’t be the first time
• Target is staging ground for Google’s 3D ‘Project Tango’
  • Project MARS
• CenturyLink-fiber clues from reader
• When CenturyLink fiber? New clues
• HCMC mingling with small companies in new incubator
  • Hennepin Medical joins TreeHouse Health accelerator in Minneapolis
  • Techstars, Mayo Clinic Team Up to Launch Post-Accelerator Program
    • Techstars
    • YCombinator
    • Mayo Clinic Ventures
• NativeX sheds 12 positions at its Sartell headquarters

Past Week’s Other Big Stories

• Big changes ahead for Windows: ‘We’ve got to monetize it differently’ 
• Google releases Android Studio 1.0, the first stable version of its IDE
• LastPass follows Dashlane in letting you change loads of your passwords at once
  • Dashlane (WSJ review)
• Apple
  • iDevices working with Apple to fast track HomeKit product development with its own SDK
  • Apple to begin Apple Watch mass production this month

Cool Thing of the Week

Phil: Pyro
Tim: The Innovators, by Walter Isaacson
Graeme: The Beatles Lyrics: The Stories Behind the Music
Steve: Media Temple SSD-based Grid, VPS and Dedicated

Upcoming Events

• February
  • Date Night: How Data Science Leads to “I do”, February 3, 2015 (tickets)
• March
  • Mobile March, March 26th, 2015
• April
  • Twin Cities TechPulse 2015 – April 21, 2015