SAN FRANCISCO - Wearables: Everybody in the tech world is talking about them, but no one has quite nailed it yet. The category, which includes everything from smart glasses that record video to watches that answer phone calls, is generating some of the biggest buzz in the tech industry, and for good reason. Wearables are
DETROIT - Google has extended a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to its seven tech hubs throughout North America, including Detroit's M@dison Block. Startups will have the incredible opportunity to travel to Silicon Valley to pitch Google and its investors. Deadline is Feb. 9. This opportunity comes to Detroit through the Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub Network, which
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler Group Monday reported its January sales were 8 percent higher than the same month a year ago, and the best January sales since 2008. Taking a look at the number, U.S. sales last month totaled 127,183 units, compared with sales of 117,731 in January 2013. The Chrysler, Jeep, Ram Truck, and
SAN FRANCISCO - Eleven students accused of using keyloggers to spy on their teachers' computer systems, infiltrate the school's network, and change their grades electronically were expelled from their California high school. Six of the students have left the district, and five have been transferred to other schools. The students in question allegedly worked with
ANN ARBOR - Twenty five artistic teens will learn how to bring imagination to life when Calty Design Research, the North American arm of Toyota's global design network, opens the doors to its design process for The Neutral Zone?s Art4Life Program on February 27. Calty Senior Creative Designers Robert Hunwick and Adam Rabinowitz will lead
DETROIT ? More than 10,000 business, government and research leaders will gather in Detroit in September to showcase the latest transportation innovations and share ideas and strategies for modernizing transportation at the 21st World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, who will serve as Chair of the World Congress Honorary Committee, said
WASHINGTON DC - The National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program received a highly charged constitutional challenge last week. This first-of-its-kind challenge comes via a motion filed by attorneys for an accused terrorist. The NSA targeted Jamshid Muhtorov, an Uzbek refugee, Colorado resident, whose e-mail and possibly other communications were secretly gathered by the US government.
SAN FRANCISCO - Looking for a reliable security app for your Android device? AV-Test recently checked out 30 different apps, awarding many of them good grades. The January 2014 report lists all the apps included in AV-Test's analysis. One column shows how the app fared at basic protection, while another column displays its record at
ANN ARBOR - A poll released Monday by the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy found that 56 percent of Michigan's local government leaders agreed that filing for bankruptcy was the right thing for Detroit to do. Even so, a similar percentage of those polled, 54 percent, said they thought the state's reputation
DETROIT ? How would you like the chance to get some in-depth Internet training that would teach you how to build websites, iPhone apps and do killer on-line marketing - at a discount? Jan. 31 is the last day to qualify. Grand Circus, a training institute in the heart of downtown Detroit, is offering readers