DETROIT - 123Net, host of the Detroit Internet Exchange, is providing high-speed connections between businesses and leading cloud service providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and many others. The service directly, securely and dynamically connects businesses and their cloud service provider of choice via Ethernet. Bypassing the public Internet helps
ROYAL OAK - Video Meeting will be rolling out this summer, taking traditional video conferencing to the next level, what co-founder David Simon calls Video Conferencing on steroids, aimed at small businesses and creators. It will have enhanced ability to link to most major social media platforms and include eCommerce capabilities for paid events. Also
SAN FRANCISCO - Net neutrality may be dead, but questions remain about how seriously the Federal Communications Commission considered comments from the public. The FCC's system for submitting those comments was a hot mess. Two million of the 22 million comments submitted used stolen identities, some for people who were dead, including actress Patty Duke, who died in
SAN FRANCISCO - Google and Facebook are allegedly tricking European users into sharing more personal information than they know. A consumer advocacy report by the Norwegian Consumer Council, out Wednesday, said the companies are using "dark patterns," or designs and user interfaces to trick users into unintentionally taking an action, to nudge people "toward the least privacy friendly options to a degree
ROYAL OAK - Lawrence Tech’s Sibrina Collins, PhD, decided to watch the movie “Black Panther” and was intrigued by the fictional element called vibranium, which in the movie displays amazing chemical and physical properties. A thought occurred to her: where would it go on the Periodic Table of the Elements? Collins, executive director of LTU’s
PHOENIX - From lightbulbs to thermostats to doorbells, the items in our homes are increasingly connected and computerized. A similar trend is happening in factories with industrial machines and hardware: The Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT for short, is ready to transform the world of manufacturing. IIoT may involve cutting-edge technology, but it's much
ANN ARBOR - IBM’s announcement that they had produced the world’s smallest computer back in March raised a few eyebrows at the University of Michigan, home of the previous champion of tiny computing. Now, the Michigan team has gone even smaller, with a device that measures just 0.3 mm to a side—dwarfed by a grain
MUSKEGON – Gov. Rick Snyder Tuesday signed into law the framework of the Marshall Plan for Talent designed to connect employers with educators to pair students with in-demand careers. The Marshall Plan encourages apprenticeships and mentorships with an educational focus on certifications and occupational licensing. “As I travel throughout the state of Michigan, the question
SOUTHFIELD - Power management company Eaton is addressing increasing demand for high-voltage electrified vehicle technologies with the creation of its new eMobility business. With a focus on intelligent power electronics, power systems, and advanced power distribution and circuit protection, eMobility is poised to capitalize on a global vehicle electrification market projected to grow to 15
LANSING - Consumer Energy Alliance Tuesday announced the start of an initiative that will launch specifically in Michigan to educate families and small businesses about wind energy production and the new investment, jobs, opportunities and environmental stewardship that comes with it. The new initiative comes at a time when anti-energy activists across the state are looking
