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MOSCOW - NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden said his old employer was likely hacked by his new host, Russia. Snowden tweeted Tuesday that the auction of malicious software files allegedly stolen from the NSA may actually be diplomatic signaling by Russia. The software, a set of digital tools, is being auctioned by a group that
EGHAM, United Kingdom – Global sales of smartphones to consumers totaled 344 million units in the second quarter, a 4.3 percent increase over the same period a year ago, a new report contends. But bad news for Apple is the iPhone continued its downward slide in North America and Western Europe, and even worse in
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Veronica Gracia-Wing, associate strategist for Lansing-based Piper & Gold Public Relations, about her tips and tricks for boosting the number of potential customers who follow your small business Facebook and Twitter accounts. Rogers will appear Monday on M2 TechCast
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will again honor local organizations and professionals at The Third Annual Triple Bottom Line Bash on October 12. As in past years, a nominating committee of past honorees and WMSBF board presidents will select finalists for a vote by the forum membership. To assist the committee in this
DEARBORN - The contest is to identify entrepreneurs and startups from the connected transport ecosystem. The emphasis would be on products, areas of applications within the connected transport space, vehicle management, traffic management, vehicle logistics, telematics, navigation, cybersecurity, infotainment and data analytics. During the contest, six finalists will have seven minutes to pitch their product to
ANN ARBOR - The U.S. National Institutes of Health will award an estimated $9 million over the next five years to a new statewide center to enhance the understanding and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center, launched Monday, will support researchers and clinicians from the University Research Corridor,
LANSING - Liquid Web, a $90-million web hosting and cloud services provider, announced this week an agreement to purchase the Cloud Sites business unit from publicly traded Rackspace - what Liquid Web CEO Jim Geiger describes as the new strategy to better serve savvy, skilled professionals who are dependent on a highly available and reliable
GRAND RAPIDS - Atomic Object co-founder and CEO Carl Erickson, a former professor of Computer Science at Grand Valley State University, was walking his dog in January 2015 when he spotted an old building in the Wealthy historic district for sale. Atomic Object’s headquarters just wasn’t large enough anymore to handle his rapidly growing staff.
DETROIT - Bamboo Detroit will go east next week when it opens its first neighborhood co-working location, a pop-up inside MASH Detroit. It’s first satellite shop is called Bamboo East, located on the east side of Detroit. Bamboo East will offer affordable office space, a conference room, wi-fi, coffee, workshops and networking, Monday-Fridays beginning on
ROYAL OAK - Rick Beckers, CEO of CloudTech1, talks about his brain child, the CloudTech1 University. His company is a managed service provider that evolved into a cloud service provider. So he wanted to help folks understand all about the cloud and what it can do. In June he launched his CloudTech1 University to teach
