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.

Michigan Science Center Offers Interactive Exhibits, Star Wars Night, Day Camps

ROYAL OAK - If you want your kids to enjoy some really cool tech stuff, you’re going to want to bring them to the Michigan Science Center for the Holidays. Charles Gibson, Director of Innovation and Outreach, talks about the 1001 Inventions exhibit, free with general admission. It highlights a thousand years of innovations brought

By |2017-12-12T20:43:29-05:00December 12th, 2017|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEAM|

corePHP, igniteCast Partner To Promote Knowledge E-Learning Platform

ROYAL OAK - The Pignataro twins, Michael and Steven, talk about Joomla, eCommerce, Content Marketing, Automated Marketing, Search Engine Optimization and a project they are working on with Stephen Sadler called igniteCast. The Pignatoros work out of Battle Creek. Their company is called corePHP and provide robust products such as paGO Commerce, WordPress for Joomla!

By |2017-12-12T17:22:23-05:00December 12th, 2017|Featured, M2 TechCast, New Products / Contracts, Podcasts|

BuyMichiganNow.Com Gift Guide Provides Great Buys On Michigan-Made Products

ROYAL OAK - BuyMichiganNow.Com, celebrating its 10th anniversary, is offering a Christmas shopping guide for products made in Michigan. Founder Lisa Diggs joins M2 Techcast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to talk about her passion project and provide some great last-minute gift ideas for those who want to support Michigan businesses. From her website:

By |2017-12-12T17:21:47-05:00December 12th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

InGage, IoT TechConnect, Red Level All On M2 Techcast

ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Dec. 11, Tember Shea from Inforum’s inGAGE program will talk women in technology. Glenn Stevens from MICHAuto will talk about new reports that show Michigan has 2,200 auto R&D centers. Rick Beckers will provide some exciting news about the IoT TechConnect event in April. Then Red Level’s Patrick Dooley will

By |2017-12-12T10:31:51-05:00December 8th, 2017|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Newman Project At The Whitney Wins GLREA award

FARMINGTON HILLS — The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association has awarded Newman Consulting Group LLC its “Exemplary Project Award” for its energy efficiency project at The Whitney restaurant in Detroit. The award came at GLREA’s annual meeting, held Dec. 2 in Lansing. Newman Consulting was commended for its work at the Whitney, a 120-year-old mansion

By |2017-12-08T07:21:09-05:00December 8th, 2017|ESD|

The Small Business Administration Accepting Award Nominations Until Dec. 18

  The 2018 SBA awards include: + Michigan Small Business Person of the Year + Small Business Exporter of the Year + Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year + Women Owned Small Business + SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year Nominations Due by December 18 Nominate Here

By |2017-12-07T21:49:11-05:00December 7th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|

Running Start Youth Entrepreneurial Workshop Program Opens Registration

ANN ARBOR - Registration is now open for the Running Start youth entrepreneurial workshop program, an engaging, mentor-led, workshop-based approach to equip youth with entrepreneurial skills to start a business. “We’ve had an enthusiastic response from parents and the local community about this new workshop series,” noted Founder & President of Running Start, Debra Power. “Due to demand, we have opened

By |2017-12-07T14:35:19-05:00December 7th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|

Executive Search Partners Named To Forbes 2017 Executive Recruiting List

SOUTHFIELD - Executive Search Partner, an information technology focused recruiting company, has been ranked by Forbes among America’s best Executive Recruiting firms, according to the newly released Forbes 2017 list. Executive Search Partners was selected on the basis of results from an extensive independent peer review survey, conducted and tabulated by Forbes. Working with trade

By |2017-12-06T20:39:34-05:00December 6th, 2017|New Products / Contracts|

New Study Shows Michigan Has 2,200 Auto R&D Centers – Also Shows Young People Outside State Don’t View Michigan As Innovation Center

DETROIT  - On Wednesday, MICHauto, an economic development initiative of the Detroit Regional Chamber, published a new study that reveals more than 2,200 automotive research, design, engineering, testing and validation facilities are in Michigan - up from 375, cited previously. Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah, in an interview, said he wasn’t sure where the

By |2017-12-06T16:22:48-05:00December 6th, 2017|Auto Tech, Featured|

MITechNews.Com Headlines On WJR’s Internet Advisor

MiTechNews Headlines for Dec. 2 DETROIT - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan joins Internet Advisor on WJR 760 AM each Saturday to discuss the top headlines from the previous week. NSA Breach Spills Over 100GB Of Top Secret Data MSU Professor: Transparent Solar Is Wave Of The Future Report: Smart Speakers Set To Be Big Hit

By |2017-12-05T18:26:56-05:00December 5th, 2017|Internet Advisor, News, Podcasts|