FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - International Data Corporation forecasts that the Big Data technology and services market will grow at a 27 percent compound annual growth rate to $32.4 billion through 2017 - or about six times the growth rate of the overall information and communication technology market. Although there are multiple scenarios that could unfold and
DETROIT - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is extending the enrollment deadline for some of its individual health plans to Dec. 31, giving Michigan consumers another week to enroll in a health plan and ensure uninterrupted coverage into the New Year. Deadline extended to December 31 for off-marketplace plans - for consumers who do
SAN PAULO, Brazil - Edward Snowden has written an extensive open letter to the people of Brazil to offer his help and revealing NSA spying in exchange for permanent asylum. In a broad letter published Tuesday by Brazil newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo, Snowden asks Brazil for the second time to grant him asylum. To
MINNEAPOLIS ? Be afraid, very afraid if you shopped at Target stores between November 27 and December 15 when some 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been hacked. Anyone who did is urged to check their credit card and bank statements for any unusual activity. On Thursday, CNET News.Com reported the retail
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan's economic axis is tilting west, which will likely create thousands of good-to-high-paying jobs in the Grand Rapids and Traverse City regions, as well as Ann Arbor, over the next decade, contends a Bridge magazine survey. While metro Detroit is expected to add the largest number of jobs in Michigan, the highest
LANSING - Road projects announced Thursday by the Department of Transportation and legislators as part of a special pool of funds largely went to roads situated in districts held by Republican members of the Senate and the House. As part of the 2013-14 fiscal year budget, the Legislature and Governor Rick Snyder set aside $115
BIRMINGHAM ? Cyber security expert Richard Stiennon and his new podcast update, Stiennon on Security, have joined the F7Studios podcast network. Stiennon in his Weekly updates will provide commentary and opinion, plus news analysis and news summaries to his large audience. Stiennon is the most followed IT security analyst on Twitter. He is author of
SAN FRANCISCO - On smartphones, Facebook-owned Instagram proved more popular than its social-networking rival and would-be acquirer Twitter, according to new data published by analytics firm Nielsen. The firm ranked Instagram seventh on its Top 10 list of smartphone apps and counted an average monthly audience of roughly 32 million people, CNET News.Com reported. Instagram
WASHINGTON DC - In a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday, executives from top technology companies urged the administration for swift reform regarding the federal government's spy programs, according to a report by The Hill. "We appreciated the opportunity to share directly with the President our principles on government surveillance
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Women's Foundation is strengthening its statewide reach through the appointment of Judith Welch as the Executive Director of West Michigan, in its Grand Rapid?s office, effective January 2, 2014. ?The board and I are delighted to welcome Judith Welch to our executive team, said Foundation President and CEO Carolyn Cassin. ?Her