STAMFORD - Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) are projected to reach 2.32 billion units in 2013, a 4.5 percent increase from 2012 ? meaning a third of the world?s population will buy one of these devices this year. The market is being driven by a shift to lower-priced devices in
ZURICH, Switzerland - Taking a page from the way banks and web sites use two-factor authentication to log-in, IBM announced NFC, or near-field communications, to make mobile eCommerce more secure. NFC wireless links can be used to let people exchange contact information by bumping phones together or to pay for products by waving a phone
GRAND RAPIDS ? On Nov. 13, Jay Hidalgo, creator of Demand Gen Coach, will discuss the pace of new technologies entering the market and how these new tools are affecting sales and marketing at the aimWest monthly meeting. Hidalgo is President of The Barzel Group. He will address this technological onslaught by providing an overview
LANSING - Michigan's premiums for health insurance coverage through the federal exchange may be lower than the national average, but sign-ups have been "modest," says Rick Murdock, executive director of the Michigan Association of Health Plans, due to factors such as the fierce advocacy on both sides of the Affordable Care Act, the state deciding
NOVI - Roberta Stempfley, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, and Cheri Caddy, Director of Cybersecurity Policy Integration and Outreach at the National Security Staff, will be keynote speakers Oct. 25 at the 2013 Michigan Cyber Summit. The event is taking place at the Suburban Collection Showplace. Other speakers include: Michigan Governor
DETROIT - Cable and satellite TV services beware. Aereo, a free, over-the-air provider of TV channels through the Internet's cloud, is launching in Southeast Michigan on Oct. 28. Consumers in Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Sanilac, Saint Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne counties will be able to ditch the dish, or cut the cable. Aereo's announcement
LANSING - The Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council filed comments with the state Public Service Commission Thursday that contend Michigan could generate 40 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2035. The comments came on the Draft Report on Renewable Energy prepared by Michigan Public Service Commission chairman John Quackenbush and Michigan Energy Office
Detroit - The Specs Howard School of Broadcasting has been training DJ?s, On Camera Talent, Video Editors, Engineers and a host of other positions for the ever-changing field of broadcasting. Dick Kernen, SH Vice President of Industry Relations, has been a mentor to thousands of those professionals in Michigan, talks about the future of radio,
SAN FRANCISCO - For the first time since Akamai started data-gathering in 2008, Microsoft-DS - aka Port 445 - is not the hackers' primary path of attack, Akamai's latest "State of the Internet" report revealed Wednesday. Instead, hackers have moved to targeting Web users through HTTP Port 80 and SSL (HTTPS) port 443. That hackers
WASHINGTON DC - After eight years as the longest-serving leader of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith Alexander will be making his exit sometime in spring 2014, according to a report. Alexander, who has been in charge of the NSA since August 2005, is expected to depart the agency in March or April of next