By Dave Brauer, MinnPost
“The Star Tribune is now aping Groupon — the online “deal a day” that delivers advertisers flash mobs of discount-seeking customers.
On Thursday, startribune.com unveiled its first STeal. Executive Director of digital Jason Erdahl isn’t coy about how much cash the online coupons should generate: $40,000 to $50,000 a month, or around half a million dollars a year.”
By Robert E. Switz, via Star Tribune
“On behalf of ADC Telecommunications and its more than 1,000 employees in Eden Prairie and Shakopee, I am writing to express my disappointment in the Star Tribune’s July 15 story “ADC sale leaves high-tech vacuum in Minnesota, with few able to fill it.”
By Steve Alexander, Star Tribune
“ADC Telecommunications Inc. may be the last member of a bygone era when the Twin Cities was one of the nation’s top technology centers.
Whether the state can nurture the rise of software firms to take its place and keep Minnesota on the tech map after the $1.25 billion sale of ADC becomes final remains to be seen.”
By Ernest Grumbles, via Star Tribune
“On June 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the biggest patent case in recent years, In re Bilski. The case related to the patentability of business methods (steps in accomplishing a business task) and has been a lightning rod in the intellectual property world (and elsewhere) during its long path to conclusion. These business method patents, typically directed to financial, Internet commerce, data analysis and business processes, are often written such that the particular machine or system used to perform the method is irrelevant. Bilski himself had tried to get a patent on various methods of managing hedge fund risk.”
“Some kids dream of toys or pets. Bruno Bornsztein wanted a house.
“My parents came from Argentina in 1982, the year I was born, and they were in school, so we lived in student housing,” he said. “I was really envious of friends who had an actual house. It seemed like something to aspire to.”
“On Monday, W3i will launch an online service featuring dozens of iPhone applications, offering consumers real cash for every download while letting developers pay to gain the traffic they need.”
by Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Star Tribune
“DFL-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher continues to rack up the union endorsements.
On Tuesday, her campaign announced she’d gotten the nod from the Communications Workers of America Minnesota State Council, the president of which praised Kelliher for her “commitment to bringing high-speed broadband to every community in Minnesota.”"
“Robert Palmquist wants to improve the world’s communication by translating a sentence at a time.
Palmquist’s company, Northfield-based SpeechGear, recently launched a $795 software package that allows people who are deaf or hard of hearing to better communicate with people who may not know sign language.”
“There’s bound to be much more surfing in Minneapolis this summer. Web surfing, that is. There are now 117 outdoor Wi-Fi hotspots, many located in area parks, for use by residents and visitors alike.
“Now when someone is in the city, they can travel around to public places and get [Internet] access,” Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said.”
“The iPhone is proven as a way to fill time, from making posts on social networks to playing silly games. Now, some entrepreneurs hope to add to its more practical uses, enabling it to monitor health and prevent disease.
Local companies are in the process of developing a new generation of iPhone accessories to help prevent heart disease, measure the temperature of food and determine whether you’re exercising to your fullest potential.”
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