Minnov8 Gang 380 – IoT’s Yin & Yang

In Chinese philosophy and religion there are two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin) and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things. This week we experienced both with the Internet of Things (IoT): The massive distributed denial of service on Friday was definitely ‘yin’ and today’s IoTHackday was definitely a positive and bright ‘yang’.

Hosts: Steve Borsch and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off this week)

The Podcast

Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories

• Converted 2016 recap


• Grace Hopper Celebration recap


• Minnesota Sheriff Must Release Emails on Use of Biometric Technology


• This Small-Cap Could Be The Next Apple of the Internet of Things (Digi International – DGII)


• Twin Cities lags nation in minorities in tech jobs


• Social-media power couple are event organizers for local digerati


• IBM now uses more Macs than any other company and Macs are up to $543 cheaper than PCs, claims IBM
  
  
  
  • Note: IBM announced this at the JAMF Nation User Conference this week
  
  
  
  

Other Top Tech Stories

• DDoS on Dyn Impacts Twitter, Spotify, Reddit 


• Apple will finally update its Mac lineup on October 27th


• More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers & cables sold on Amazon are fake, says Apple


• Amazon launches “Family Vault,” a way for families to share Prime Photos’ free storage


• Kodak revives its Ektra brand with a camera-centric smartphone

Cool Thing of the Week

• Phil: Skunklock


• Tim: Off this week…


• Steve: SIMpro – SIMplify the way you connect: Anytime, Anywhere!
  
  
  
  • SIMpro website
  
  
  
  

Upcoming Events

• The Complete List of 250+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2016
  
  
  
  • The list as a Google spreadsheet
  
  
  • 32 conferences for Mac and iOS professionals in 2016
  
  
  
  


• WE* Made It by MN Cup, Nov. 7th, Clockwork


• Gamer’s Rhapsody 2016, Nov 18th, Bloomington