TORONTO, Can. - Vendors and analysts may be touting the value of social media in the workplace, but a majority of companies are still resisting, according to a new study. The study, The 'Killer Apps 2012' report was compiled by Easynet and Ipanema Technologies, and was .based upon online field research conducted in March and
KALAMAZOO ? One of those technology home runs that Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to hit in Michigan - mophie, the manufacturer of the juice pack, billed as the first ?Works With iPhone? portable battery solution certified by Apple - announced it will build a 30,000-square-foot call and distribution center at Western Michigan University?s Business Technology
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Iserv Co. acquired 31 other telecom and Internet Service Providers in the 11 years that Victor Shepherd served as CEO. On June 1, the acquirer was acquired by an even bigger fish, 382 Communications, which plans to hire upwards of 50 new employees as the Boston-based telecom company shares Iserv's data
GRAND RAPIDS ? In late September, computer hackers and the IT security professionals who cross digital swords in Grand Rapids at a two-day conference to share the latest measures and counter measures on computer network security. GrrCON (pronounced ?Grrrr Con?) will run on September 27th and 28th, at the DeVos Place. Significant portions are dedicated
LANSING - The House unexpectedly, but unanimously, approved an election reform bill Wednesday that would address some of the issues that arose following the revelation that House Speaker Jase Bolger and Rep. Roy Schmidt (R-Grand Rapids) plotted to have Schmidt switch parties at the last second and find a straw candidate to run against him.
LANSING - Michigan ranked fourth among the top 10 clean energy states in the second quarter according to a report by Environmental Entrepreneurs, a business group that promotes environmental policy. Michigan, the most recent report showed, announced 9 projects with 1,319 possible jobs attached. The state ranked 13th in the group's first quarter report. "Taking
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan and the International Genomics Consortium have launched a new joint venture that will help usher in an age of personalized medicine. Called Paradigm, the new nonprofit company brings together the expertise of the U-M Health System and IGC, two leaders in using genetic information to understand and treat
WASHINGTON D.C. - A federal court has ruled that warrantless cell phone tracking by police is legal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit yesterday ruled that law enforcement officials were within their legal right to track Melvin Skinner, an alleged drug trafficker, through his cell phone before his arrest in 2006. According
SAN FRANCISCO - We've all heard about phishing attacks - those spammy e-mails you get in your in-box imploring you to divulge your personal information. Now those annoying scams are coming to a cell phone near you - it's called smishing, or phishing via SMS text message. Text messaging is the most common nonvoice use
LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted political asylum by the Ecuadorian government after taking refuge in its London embassy on June 19. The asylum decision follows a U.K. Supreme Court ruling in May authorizing Assange's extradition to Sweden to face questioning over alleged sexual crimes, CNET News.Com reported. Ecuadorian foreign minister Ricardo