Another round of great stories this week along with Phil’s Cool Thing of the Week: the BB-8™ Droid by Sphero and yes, cats love it!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off).

Music: OMFG-Hello by Argofox under a Creative Commons License

The Podcast

Story Links

Past Week’s Top MN Stories

* Mobcon review (Phil)

* Local companies, others win Tekne tech and science prizes

* Comcast is mystery employer seeking $1.4M in job subsidies

* Best Buy Joins Chorus Of Weary Retail Outlook For Holiday Season

* Best Buy dragged down by declining sales of some devices

* Target Posts Strong Q3 Amid Faltering Retail Market (i.e., online sales)

Other Top Tech Stories

* The Shady World of Repair Manuals: Copyrighting for Planned Obsolescence  (hat tip to Alex Haar from this tweet)

* Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible Role in Paris Attacks

* Is Congress Really Gearing Up for an Encryption Battle?

* Apple News:

* Tim Cook: Apple won’t create ‘converged’ MacBook and iPad

* Renderings show spectacular plans for new Frank Lloyd Wright-style Apple Store on the Chicago River

* Introducing the new Google+

* Oxford Dictionaries Selects an Emoji as Word of the Year

* Mentions:

* Honey – a Chrome browser extension to find coupons

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