ANN ARBOR - The Center for Automotive Research announced it has added Andrew Brown Jr. to its Board of Directors. Brown recently retired as Vice President & Chief Technologist for Delphi Automotive where he was inducted into the Delphi Innovation Hall of Fame. Brown�s accomplished career has included serving as the 2010 SAE International
TROY - Automation Alley will be hosting a trade mission to Cuba in the fall of 2016. But before the trip begins, the technology networking group will host an event on Aug. 6 where international business experts from the U.S. State Department, the Cuban-American Chamber of Commerce and the Christman Company will share their firsthand
LANSING - Pure Michigan will be hosting a live virtual tour of the Detroit Zoo July 17 to provide a real-time vicarious travel platform with guide Tom Daldin, host of the PBS show Under the Radar Michigan. Pure Michigan has once again partnered with Georama to highlight the Detroit Zoo, which boasts 125 acres of
GRAND RAPIDS - Trivalent Group is hosting a free workshop designed to help businesses prevent loss of data in a technology disruption on July 30 at Trivalent Group Headquarters in Grandville. Trivalent Group is a leading cloud and managed services, IT support, business continuity and network services company in Michigan. The free workshop, BIASurvivor (Be
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan's Zell-Lurie Institute has received a pledge of $60 million from the Zell Family Foundation, some of which will be used to create a fund to invest in new student ventures. The Institute, at the U-M's Stephen M. Ross School of Business, was originally established with a $10
LANSING - There was never any question that Governor Rick Snyder was going to sign a bill bringing to an end the state's program of awarding cash incentives to producers as a way of luring film and television productions to the state, but it still marked the definitive end point Friday when his office announced
DETROIT - Internet Advisor Co-Host Foster Braun interviews MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan and they discuss headlines, including Macomb County offers Uber taxi service to jurors, the Henry Ford Maker Faire on July 25-26, and advice for Entrepreneurs. http://www.internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MiTechNews-7-4-15-B.mp3
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple is shaking up the way it confirms whether you're the rightful owner of your iOS device or Mac. Built directly into iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan, a system called "two-factor authentication" will add an extra layer of security that can keep your Apple account more secure, even if someone
WASHIGTON DC - The federal government announced Thursday that the total number of people affected by cyberattacks on the US government's personnel office was more than 22 million. The agency said 21.5 million Social Security numbers were stolen from one source and 4.2 million from another. Both attacks were announced in June. Some people were
ANN ARBOR - Over the next few weeks, MITechNews.Com will be publishing excerpts from cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon's latest book, called There Will Be Cyberwar. The book makes the case that the US military rushed to "network everything" and, like most organizations, neglected to secure its most critical systems. CHAPTERTWO Cautionary Tale. The foregoing