Phil is our resident superhero and his Cool Thing of the Week is a classic phone booth for his team at the wide-open and cavernous Minneapolis BuzzFeed office. While he claims it’s for them to have privacy for phone calls, Tim and I know the real reason he bought it and it’s depicted in this week’s show cover art.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music:
Down in the Hole by
DJ Ecklectic Mick under a CC by 3.0 License
The Podcast
Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
Fantasy Sports Startup SportsHub Technologies Announces Two AcquisitionsThe Wild are wild for new, camera-equipped Snapchat SpectaclesMinnesotans Spent $250M On Cyber MondayOther Top Tech Stories
This Cyber Monday was the biggest online shopping day, everSilicon Valley Has An Empathy VacuumIn a world where Donald Trump is President, encryption is becoming more popularGoogleAndroid: More Than 1 Million Google Accounts Breached by GooliganGoogle launches App MakerUSB Killer, yours for $50, lets you easily fry almost every deviceAT&T’s DirecTV Now streaming TV serviceFitbit is buying troubled smartwatch maker Pebble for around $40 millionMention: PebbleStuffHow to download Netflix videos to your phone without destroying your data planCool Thing of the Week
Phil: Classic phone booth for the BuzzFeed office (view a photo)Tim: Pebble 2 SESteve: Ubuntu (v. 16) for DesktopMentions: Elementary OS | ParallelsUpcoming Events
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