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.

Techstak Builds Database Of Southeast Michigan Tech Providers For SMBs

ROYAL OAK - Inforum’s Tember Shea interviews Nicol Pasuit, Founder & CEO, Techstak. Techstak is the Angie’s List for Technology. What she discovered is technology companies want to market to the small and medium businesses that helps business find and connect to reputable, trusted technology providers. Techstak is now on boarding IT pros, managed service

By |2017-03-19T17:15:50-04:00March 19th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

David Cole Talks CAFE Standards, Future Powertrains, Electric Vehicles

ROYAL OAK - What’s the hot tech news from the auto industry? Auto industry guru David Cole joins us on M2 TechCast to talk future powertrains and President Trump’s desire to reduce the CAFE fleet fuel standards to make it more achievable for the auto industry. Cole also discusses the sale of Opel/Vauxhall by GM

By |2017-03-19T16:25:08-04:00March 19th, 2017|Auto Tech, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Electro-Matic Ventures COO Talks Manufacturing In America Conference

ROYAL OAK - Richard Laramee, President of Electro-Matic Ventures, will provide details on the Manufacturing in America conference March 22-23 at the Renaissance Center. The free show will feature about 2,500 manufacturing executives and hundreds of exhibitors focus on the manufacturing sector. Laramee said one day at Manufacturing in America is devoted to students to

By |2017-03-19T16:07:26-04:00March 19th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Online Tech’s Disaster Recovery as a Service Keeps Networks Running

ROYAL OAK - In February, Amazon Web Services went down for up to 12 hours leaving millions of customers using this public cloud off line. Online Tech offers its Disaster Recovery as a Service product that guarantees its customers that if an outage occurs, they will be back on line in under 10 minutes. Nick

By |2017-03-20T10:03:36-04:00March 19th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Social Media Trends, Manufacturing In America, Hacker Threats To U.S. Power Grid

ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday March 20, Melih Oztalay from SmartFinds Marketing will talk about the latest social media trends. Jeff Hall from Siemens will talk about the Manufacturing in America conference March 22-23 at the Renaissance Center. Plus Dan Lohrmann will warn us about possible hacker threats to the U.S. power grid.

By |2017-03-17T09:01:38-04:00March 17th, 2017|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Treasury: Taxpayers Can Check State Refund Status Online

LANSING - Michiganders who recently filed a 2016 state individual income tax return can check the status of their refund online by going to THE Treasury Department website. Individuals who e-filed can check their refund status two weeks from the date confirmation was received that the state return was accepted. The status of paper-filed tax

By |2017-03-16T16:13:18-04:00March 16th, 2017|Politics|

Online Tech Offers Disaster Recovery As A Service To Keep Your Network Online

ANN ARBOR - Last month, Amazon Web Services crashed for up to 12 hours, leaving millions of customers without Internet service. Online Tech offers its Disaster Recovery as a Service product that keeps its customers' Networks up when others are down. To learn more about, DRaaS, watch this video.

By |2017-03-15T19:25:56-04:00March 15th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

U-M Health Science Resource Center Gets $11.7 Million NIH Award

ANN ARBOR - A new interdisciplinary health sciences resource center at the University of Michigan has received an $11.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health to advance regenerative medicine. The center, led by the School of Dentistry, brings together scientists, engineers and clinicians from several U-M departments in collaboration with researchers at the

By |2017-03-15T19:11:01-04:00March 15th, 2017|Life Sciences|

Gemphire Therapeutics Closes $12.5 Million Stock Sale, Announces Net Losses

ANN ARBOR - Gemphire Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has closed on the sale of 1.3 million shares of stock to a select group of accredited investors that will raise about $12.5 million, providing cash flow through 2018.  Gemphire Therapeutics will use the money to fund development costs, the company said

By |2017-03-15T18:27:15-04:00March 15th, 2017|Life Sciences|

Land O’Lakes Drone Challenge Offers $150,000 In Prizes To Develop Drones For Agriculture

ARDEN HILLS, Mn. - Land O’Lakes Inc. wants tech innovator to develop proposed solutions that will let farmers use autonomous drones to help develop precision agriculture. The agribusiness giant has launched the Land O’Lakes Drone Challenge with a prize of $140,000 to a grand-prize winner, and two $5,000 prizes for two runners-up. Winners will retain

By |2017-03-15T17:40:40-04:00March 15th, 2017|Drones|