mikebrennan

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.

M2 TechCast: Neal Anderson Explains How SmartBracket Lets You Crush Your March Madness Office Pool

FERNDALE - Neal Anderson led developer for Supported Intelligence, an East Lansing company, talks about a new software tool called SmartBracket that can be used to craft a winning bracket for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Doing so demonstrates the capabilities of its distinctive Rapid Recursive technology for business managers, which was designed to make sequential

By |2016-03-23T12:54:47-04:00March 23rd, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

M2 TechCast: Young Basile’s Schonberger Explains Why Prior Art Searches Needed Before A Patent Application Is Filed

FERNDALE - Keith Schonberger, an attorney with the law firm of Young Basile, outlines what it takes to do an effective patent search, the first step for obtaining strong patent rights. If you are an inventor, you want to listen to this 14-minute segment to protect your product from patent infringement or even if you

By |2016-03-23T19:09:18-04:00March 23rd, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Lake Erie Phosphorus-Reduction Targets Challenging But Achievable

ANN ARBOR - Large-scale changes to agricultural practices will be required to meet the goal of reducing levels of algae-promoting phosphorus in Lake Erie by 40 percent, a new University of Michigan-led, multi-institution computer modeling study concludes. Last month, the U.S. and Canadian governments called for a 40-percent reduction, from 2008 levels, in phosphorus runoff

By |2016-03-22T16:59:24-04:00March 22nd, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|

Merit Network To Celebrate Golden Anniversary In May With Special Celebration

ANN ARBOR - Merit Network is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2016. To mark the milestone, Merit has launched a dynamic new web site and will host a special celebration during its annual Merit Member Conference in May. Established in 1966, Merit has been at the forefront of networking technology throughout its history. Merit's engineers

By |2016-03-22T15:42:38-04:00March 22nd, 2016|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Wind Power Pays $222 Million A Year To Rural Landowners

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. wind farms now pay $222 million dollars a year to farming families and other rural landowners, with more than $156 million dollars going to landowners in counties with below average incomes, a new study released Tuesday shows. $650 million dollars a year in payments to landowners every year is possible by

By |2016-03-22T19:16:15-04:00March 22nd, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|

GVSU To Host 1,000 Students At FIRST Robotics District Competition

ALLENDALE - More than 1,000 high school students on 41 teams from across the state will compete in the varsity sport for the mind at Grand Valley State University March 24-26. The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics District Competition will take place in the Fieldhouse on the Allendale Campus. Teams will

By |2016-03-22T14:21:38-04:00March 22nd, 2016|Featured, New Products / Contracts, News|

M2 TechCast March 21: Chinese Move Into Ransomeware, U.S. Senate Takes New Approach To Drones

FERNDALE - Cyber Security and Drones will be the focus on M2 (Squared) TechCast on Monday March 21 at 3 pm on the PodcastDetroit Network. Chinese hackers moving into ransomeware plus data breach digest from Verizon - both paint scary scenarios.  At 3 pm Dronelaw pro Enrico Schaefer will discuss proposed legislation in the U.S.

By |2016-03-18T16:31:31-04:00March 18th, 2016|Cyber Defense, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Batman V Superman Mobile Tour App Of Detroit Debuts March 25

LANSING - The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice mobile tour app, commissioned by the Michigan Film & Digital Media Office, will debut on the same day the film appears in theaters, March 25. The exciting new app developed by Grand Rapids-based Mutually Human allows movie fans and travel enthusiasts to combine their interests to

By |2016-03-18T18:18:43-04:00March 18th, 2016|Featured, Mobile MI, News|

DNR Awards $100,000 In U.P. Deer Habitat Improvement Grants

LANSING - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has awarded a total of $100,000 in deer habitat improvement grants in the Upper Peninsula to be allocated between a dozen recipients. “This grant cycle was extremely competitive,” said Bill Scullon, DNR field operations manager from the Norway Field Office and grant program administrator. The Deer Habitat

By |2016-03-18T13:40:47-04:00March 18th, 2016|Clean Update, Politics|

Brophy Tech Predictions: Self-Driving Cars To Transform Highways, Car Ownership

GRAND RAPIDS - The dawning age of self-driving vehicles will radically transform the century - old love affair with humans driving cars, and lead to swarms of connected vehicles motoring down the roads in orchestrated packs - while transforming ownership from individuals to companies, such as Uber, Google and Lyft, predicted technologist Keith Brophy, in

By |2016-03-18T13:32:18-04:00March 18th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, News|