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About Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.

Stryker Corp. Completes Three Deals In April, Looking For More Hot Deals

KALAMAZOO - Stryker Corp. has completed its acquisition of defibrillator maker Physio-Control International Inc. and two other major deals. The $1.28 billion cash deal was announced in mid-February and completed Tuesday. Physio-Control makes monitors/defibrillators, automated external defibrillators and CPR-assist devices. The Redmond. Wash.-based emergency medical response company also provides data management and support services. It

By |2016-04-10T19:55:20-04:00April 10th, 2016|Life Sciences|
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Report: Climate Change Could Kill 27,000 Americans Annually By 2100

WASHINGTON DC - Climate change is a major threat to human health, with extreme heat likely to kill 27,000 Americans annually by 2100, according to a report released by the White House. The report, by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, outlines numerous ways global warming could devastate public health in the U.S. this century.

By |2016-04-10T20:20:53-04:00April 10th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|
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Deadline To Enter DoD Technology Competition April 19

ANN ARBOR - The deadline to enter the $125,000 2016 Center For Manufacturing Sciences Technology Competition, designed to introduce new technologies to the Department of Defense maintenance facilities to help sustain material readiness at reduced cost, April 19.  The competition is a collaboration between the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the Office of the

By |2016-04-10T19:09:14-04:00April 10th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, News|
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Report: Detroit Ranks Second In Nation In Number Of Women-Owned Business Growth

DETROIT - Detroit is ranked second in the nation in the number of women-owned businesses created over the past nine years, while Michigan ranks fourth among the 50 states and Washington D.C. for the overall growth of women-owned companies. This news comes from a new report commission by American Express OPEN, analyzing data from the

By |2016-04-10T18:51:13-04:00April 10th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, News|
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M2 TechCast: Motor City Connect’s Terry Bean Explains What’s Up With His Group

FERNDALE - Motor City Connect Founder Terry Bean, the man of a thousand voices, Mr. Detroit himself, appears on M2 TechCast on April 4 to talk about his organization that works hard to connect entrepreneurs, businesses and tech professionals across the Metro area. His LinkedIn group is just short of 10,000 members. LinkedIn became the

By |2016-04-10T14:41:22-04:00April 10th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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M2 TechCast: Rave Computer Introduces Mobilebeast Mini-Supercomputer Workstation

FERNDALE - Rave Computer’s Stephen Couchman and Matt Moy call in live from the NVIDIA GTC Conference in San Jose to talk about the Rave Mobilebeast, one of first hard core venture into high end graphics workstation. There is a convergence happening in design and marketing to develop more advanced technology for customers. Most computer

By |2016-04-10T14:27:10-04:00April 10th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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M2 TechCast: MISBDC Joins MITechNews.Com As Latest Content Partner

FERNDALE - With 11 offices across the state, the Michigan Small Business and Development Center works to provide tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and businesses across the state. Besides providing a myriad of business training, and mentoring of would-be entrepreneurs, the MISBDC launched in innovative “Small Business, Big Threat,” http://sbdcmichigan.org/cyber-security-initiative/, that allows business to access

By |2016-04-10T14:27:53-04:00April 10th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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M2 TechCast Monday April 11: Monica Wheat, Julia Winter, Diva Tech Talk, Inforum

FERNDALE - Diva Tech Talk and Inforum return to M2 (Squared) TechTalk on Monday April 11 from 3 to 4 pm with special guests Monica Wheat of Digerati Girls and Julia Winter of game maker Alchemie. The show can be heard live on the Podcast Detroit Network. Kathleen Norton-Schock, from Diva Tech Talk, will be

By |2016-04-08T11:45:06-04:00April 8th, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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Pope’s Astronomer – Author Of “Would You Baptize An Extraterrestrial” – To Appear Saturday On Internet Advisor Radio Show On WJR

DETROIT - The co-author of the book, “Would you Baptize An Extraterrestrial?” Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, a native of Detroit, will appear Saturday April 9 on the Internet Advisor radio show on WJR 760 AM to talk about his new job as Pope Francis’ Astronomer. The “Catholic Astronomer,” will be on the show at 4

By |2016-04-08T11:16:08-04:00April 8th, 2016|Featured, Internet Advisor, News|
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Toyota To Invest $1 Billion In Ann Arbor Autonomous Vehicle Research Base

ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan will be collaborating with Toyota, which will invest $1 billion to create a major autonomous vehicle research base in Ann Arbor, the third such hub in the United States. It joins others established recently in Palo Alto working with Stanford, and in Cambridge with MIT. The Ann Arbor

By |2016-04-07T20:37:07-04:00April 7th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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