ANN ARBOR - The Whole Brain Group has hired two new members for its Integrated Digital Marketing team. The new hires will allow Whole Brain Group to expand the types of services offered to clients to include advanced social media marketing, blogging, and online ad campaign analysis and management. Megan Cough joins the Whole Brain
COOPERSVILLE - IT Resource has hired Steve Nowak, a Microsoft Certified Professional, as a Network Engineer II. His main role at IT Resource will consist of working on customer projects and assisting with support. Nowak, whose area of expertise lies in the fields of Microsoft Products, Hp, Dell, IBM servers, and Motorola Wireless and Wired
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware has been discovered on computer systems in Europe that has identical code to the Stuxnet worm and could be the precursor to the next big computer attack on critical infrastructure systems, Symantec reported this week. A second Stuxnet attack was predicted in Cyber Styletto./p> Unlike Stuxnet, which targeted specific Siemens SCADA
RESTON, VA - 72.2 million Americans accessed social networking sites or blogs on their mobile device in August 2011, an increase of 37 percent in the past year, comScore reported. The study also provided new insights into how mobile users interact with social media, finding that more than half read a post from an organization,
LANSING - Michigan's corn farmers applauded Lee Sesquicentennial Farms in Shiawassee County as part of a ceremony celebrating a milestone for the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program in recognizing the 1,000th farm to be verified under the innovative environmental program. Jody Pollok-Newsom, Executive Director of the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan, on Monday joined a
LANSING - Nearly half of Michigan's local governments say they are either "somewhat" or "significantly" having trouble keeping their fiscal condition in order, according to the results of a survey conducted by the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy. But that is actually an improvement compared to earlier surveys. In a similar survey
LANSING - Legislation to require Internet retailers to collect Michigan sales tax on purchases made by state residents was opposed by several operators of small sites, saying the legislation could dramatically hurt their business, in the second hearing before the House Tax Policy Committee held Wednesday. But the committee held off acting on HB 5004
ANN ARBOR - The roles Sharon Matthews has fielded so far are hardly the stuff of cakewalks: high school dropout; single mom; gunshot victim. But her toughest role yet begins next month: Guinea pig. The 41-year-old Detroit resident and her 15-year-old daughter are among the 11,000 Michigan families banned from welfare, as the state of
STAMFORD, Conn. ? Media tablets, Internet of Things, Mobile-Centric Applications, In-Memory Computing, and Cloud Computing are just some of the top 10 technologies and trends that think tank Gartner Group believes will be strategic for most organizations in 2012. Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise
LANSING - On October 28, Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Holland-based Lakeshore Advantage will team up to host Pure Michigan Opportunity Lakeshore - an event designed to bring together young professionals, college students, and recent college graduates with Lakeshore area employers with more than 300 jobs to fill. In addition to the career networking opportunity,