DETROIT - Richard Jackson, VP of the Southeast Michigan Computer Organization (SEMCO) announced the upcoming 40 anniversary of the organization on the Internet Advisor. The public is invited to the meeting in the auditorium of the Altair Engineering, Inc. , 1820 E. Big Beaver Rd., Troy, MI April 10 at 1:30 PM Click Here to
DETROIT - Rick Broida is the Internet Advisor Gadget Guy and noted Cheapskate. On a monthly basis Rick visits to talk about the latest in gadgetry. This month Virtual Reality is the hot topic with the release of the Samsung Galaxy VR headset. Rick also had valuable comments to make about using VPN (Virtual Private Network)
DETROIT - On the Internet Advisor, Steven Fox, a Senior Cyber Security Officer, US Dept. of Treasury outlined changes that have occurred in exchanging security information with Europe since the Edward Snowden revelations. Safe Harbor originally allowed very liberal boundaries for exchanging data but the new regulations under Privacy Shield provide for very serious penalties for
FERNDALE - Episode 137 was a fun one. We were joined by Falling Down Beer Company and Batch Brewing Company to talk about a great collaboration that they’ve got going on, Falling Down’s anniversary party this Saturday, Batch’s Feel Good Tap and what that’s all about, and the New Mind Group to talk about managed services
FERNDALE - Long-time tech entrepreneur Ron Hesse, founder of GlobalAutoIndustry.Com, started his international business 19 years ago. Since then he’s added GlobalBusinessProfessor.Com, for non-auto folks who want to learn how to do international business, and now has the biggest auto-focused LinkedIn Group - some 86,000 members strong. Hesse also publishes six total eNewsletters covering different
FERNDALE - Open Systems Technology Marketing Director Michael Lomonaco says there have been great changes on the profitability side of IT over the past couple of years. How products are used is vastly different, he said. Everything is coming from the cloud, meaning terms like “Infrastructure As A Service.” Who is driving all this consumption?
FERNDALE - Professor Donald Carpenter, from Lawrence Technological University, was at the White House water summit last week to detail his work on storm-water runoff. Carpenter, a life-long outdoors enthusiast, realized that the only way to clean up the state’s lakes, streams and rivers is to deal with the run off from the urban and
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Rapids mobile app development firm, Mutually Human, had a rare experience this year, the opportunity to work with the producers of an expected international blockbuster movie to produce a tie-in mobile app; an app that just happens to focus on all the locations in Michigan where that movie was filmed. Mutually
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Film & Digital Media Office was responsible for bringing the filming and production of the "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" movie to Michigan, and now that the movie is launching nationwide on March 25th, the MFDMO is also responsible for having engaged a Michigan mobile app development firm to
FERNDALE - On M2 (Squared) TechCast Monday March 28 Lawrence Technological University’s Donald Carpenter will discuss a model parking lot project he created at LTU’s Southfield campus that is designed to allow stormwater to flow naturally into the groundwater under a parking lot. The project was chosen for inclusion in the White House Water Summit
