WASHINGTON DC - In an op-ed piece published on Wired.com Wednesday, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission laid out his proposal to treat both wired and wireless data services as public utilities under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. If Wheeler's rules pass, broadband providers - like Verizon and AT&T - will
WASHINGTON DC - Tom Wheeler, chairman of the FCC, wants to reclassify broadband as a utility in order to protect the open Internet. Wheeler confirmed Wednesday that he intends to bring wired and wireless broadband services under utility-style rules based on Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. He said Title II would bring
LANSING - Cyber jobs are a hot topic right now for most age groups in America. Over the past year, I?ve received many calls from parents with 16 - 18-year-old young adults heading off to community colleges or universities asking for general guidance on cybersecurity careers. I also get contacted via a social media websites
LANSING - Tech entrepreneurs are on the rise in Michigan and playing an increasingly prominent role in Michigan?s economy, with the number of tech start-up companies in Michigan more than tripling over the past four years, says a top executive at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. ?No other state does what Michigan does to fund
DETROIT - Forget Kim Kardashian...I think we accidentally broke the internet last week. Or at least our site came close to breaking. One of our posts trended worldwide, and whacky mayhem ensued...but more on that in a moment. We've got several entries for you to check out, we're going to experiment and tweak the way
LANSING - StudentsFirst Vice President of State Affairs and former State Representative Tim Melton made the following statement regarding Governor Rick Snyder's State of the State speech. During the speech, Gov. Snyder called for the implementation of teacher and administrator evaluation as well as continued efforts to improve pre-school through 3rd grade reading: "I applaud
WASHINGTON DC - Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, never dreamed he'd be fodder for late-night TV comedians. But 12 months into his agency's rewrite of rules governing Internet access, he's still trying to explain his plan for saving the Internet. A former wireless and cable industry lobbyist and venture capitalist appointed to
CUPERTINO - Apple has a lot to do to top 2014. This year, Apple introduced larger screen iPhones, showed off its first wearable and launched a mobile-payments service. That was on top of updates to its Mac and tablet lines and improvements in its mobile and computer software. Apple also made its biggest acquisition ever
NOVI - Events of 2014 have trigged more changes in Michigan?s energy landscape than we?ve seen in a number of years. More renewable energy is coming online, and plans are being made to shut down number of coal-based generation units around the state as new federal clean air standards phase in. Each of these changes
DETROIT - Returning to its roots as a mainframe software provider, Compuware has spun off is application performance management software unit. Users of mainframe optimization software and APM software could each benefit from the split. The companies acting separately should be better able to serve constituents than a monolithic single entity could, say the respective