LANSING - A bill phasing out Michigan's film incentive program is officially on Governor Rick Snyder's desk awaiting his action. HB 4122 was presented to Snyder on Monday. A spokesperson said last week he is reviewing the bill. The bill has been controversial this term, with the House pushing to end the film incentives in
DETROIT - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan provides a sampling of what's available each Friday in the MITechNews.Com eNewsletter. For instance, Samsung Smart Phones are vulnerable to cyberattack - until the service providers add the patches. Digital Divas podcast, featuring women in Technology. http://www.internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IA-1632-MiTechNews-6-20-15.mp3
DETROIT - Eddie Fritz grabbed the gold at the Michigan Emmy's with his Motion Graphic Presentation: Visual Compass Field Guide: Navigating the Digital Landscape. Congratulations Eddie and the whole crew at Visual Compass.Watch the award winning presentation right here. http://www.internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IA-1636-Eddie-Fritz.mp3
DETROIT - Mobeen Khan, Executive Director of Product Marketing Management for AT&T shares the increasing complexity of a world where more and more of our lives and work are connected digitally. AT&T is on the cutting edge of this booming sector which seems certain to reach trillions of dollars in the near future. http://www.internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IA-1635-Mobeen-Khan-IoT.mp3
DETROIT - Douglas Kelly, President of aimWest shares the vision for promoting technology in the western side of Michigan. More and more technology companies, test labs, entrepreneurs and research centers are following the arc from Detroit to Grand Rapids. aimWestworks to create a common language between the technology and business disciplines. As a non-profit, they
FERNDALE - Episode 97 saw us joined by Sola Obayan of SMAMi.org to talk Social Media Day Detroit, Matt Roush to talk about the Engineering Society of Detroit and his own Tech Century tech blog, and Mike Brennan to talk about the latest goings on with MITechNews, and a whole lot more. From cyber-bullying to
WASHINGTON DC - A CIA-backed startup has discovered login credentials and passwords for 47 US government agencies littered across the Internet - leaving federal agencies potentially at risk of cyberattack. Recorded Future, a Boston-based data mining firm backed by the CIA's venture capital arm, said in a research report that credentials belonging to 47 US
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, opening the door to a
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University's Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics is one of five mechanical engineering departments nationwide selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to participate in a new diversity training program. The others are Purdue, Oregon State, Texas Tech and the University of Oklahoma. The NSF program is called Transforming Engineering Culture to
GRAND RAPIDS - The Apple Watch - for some it's a crucial wardrobe necessity; for others, they might be ambivalent or even apathetic about it. Whatever side of the fence you are on, join host Melissa Birnie as she talks with Leo Dion of Bright Digit who posed the question. What does the Apple Watch