LANSING - Sen. Goeff Hansen is supportive of Governor Rick Snyder's budget proposal dedicating millions of dollars to funding programs to promote career and technical education, but he also wants to ensure measurable success for that funding over time. "I agree with career tech, I agree with moving towards making it more applicable to the
LANSING - The final budget structure for the new Department of Talent and Economic Development is not quite in place yet, but it will include few funding increase requests, Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO Steve Arwood, director of the new department, told the House Appropriations General Government Subcommittee on Wednesday. Arwood said the budget as
SAN FRANCISCO - Users of the iOS app called Signal can now encrypt their text messages and their phone calls for free. Version 2.0, released Monday adds the ability to send free end-to-end encrypted messages to people across the world. Your messages can include text, pictures and videos, which are all encrypted to thwart people
ANN ARBOR - ProQuest has teamed up with Ancestry to offer a new version of its HeritageQuest online genealogical and historical information database. The new version is available now to all subscribing libraries. This family history resource, which can be accessed from the library or remotely through the library portal, has a new interface powered
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan League of Conservation Voters gave Gov. Rick Snyder a ?C? for the second half of his first term in office, in a new study released Thursday. How Green is Your Governor? 2013-2014 Report Card offers a detailed analysis of the performance of Governor Snyder, his administration and the agencies he
ROYAL OAK ? Vectorform, a design and technology company, has created a joint venture with DTE Energy to provide energy-efficient mobile platform that will let customers improve home energy consumption, and hopefully increase savings. The joint venture, to be called Powerley, was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The partnership will combine Vectorform's
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan League of Conservation Voters gave Gov. Rick Snyder a ?C? for the second half of his first term in office, in a new study released Thursday. How Green is Your Governor? 2013-2014 Report Card offers a detailed analysis of the performance of Governor Snyder, his administration and the agencies he
SAN FRANCISCO ? 2014 was the worst year yet for the spread of malware contends a new report that noted 75 million samples of malicious code were detected and eliminated. 2015 is expected to be even worse. The Spanish cyber security company, Panda Security, released its report Monday. Panda said only 30 million new malware
ROYAL OAK ? Vectorform, a design and technology company, has created a joint venture with DTE Energy to provide energy-efficient mobile platform that will let customers improve home energy consumption, and hopefully increase savings. The joint venture, to be called Powerley, was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The partnership will combine Vectorform's
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple Inc?s new mobile-payment system has been hit by a wave of fraudulent transactions using credit-card data stolen in recent breaches of big retailers, including Home Depot Inc. and Target Corp., people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. About 80 percent of the unauthorized purchases have been for big-ticket