SEATTLE - Microsoft is taking a stand against one of the more vile behaviors on the Internet: revenge porn. The software maker opened a dedicated reporting websiteWednesday for those who have fallen victim to the malicious posting online of sexually explicit photos or videos, often alongside sensitive private information like a phone number or address.
DETROIT - Do you have a great mobile app that you want to demonstrate to a live audience? Now is your chance! The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan (MTAM) has two great opportunities for Michigan mobile app developers to showcase the great work they're doing to a live audience. Learn more at the link below:
TROY - Deniella Ortiz-Lalain has been elected president of the Association for Women in Communications Detroit Chapter. Director of Communications for OpTech, LLC, Ortiz-Lalain has been a dedicated AWC member since January of 2012, serving the 77-year-old organization as Matrix co-chair for two consecutive years and most recently as its immediate vice president of programs.
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan's Mcity, billed as the world's first controlled environment designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicles technologies, officially opened July 20 - coincidentally the 46th anniversary of the first moon landing. Just as the Apollo mission kicked off a new age of scientific discovery, speakers
PLYMOUTH - Imagine being able to download a 1 gigabyte movie in just 4 seconds. With the new Comcast Gigabit Pro, a residential 2 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) service, Comcast customers in Metropolitan Detroit, Washtenaw County and West Michigan can do just that. But this incredibly fast Internet service comes at a high price. Gigabit Pro
WASHINGTON DC - Venture capitalists invested $17.5 billion in 1,189 deals in the second quarter of 2015, the first time since the fourth quarter of 2000 that VC investing has exceeded $17 Billion. Software companies captured $7.3 Billion of this total, the highest ever recorded. So says the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the
ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan describes the new VideoMeeting platform that will launch this fall and allow anyone anywhere collaborate from the cloud in live video. To listen, click on http://www.internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/VideoMeeting-Explanation-1.mp3
DETROIT - In May, Royal Oak proposed the creation of a Smart park and put the matter to a vote of its citizens through a crowd funding site. The space will be for public gathering, free WiFi and digital information about the town's businesses.Royal Oak needed to raise $60,000 by the time the campaign ended
FERNDALE - ITInTheDEpisode 100: The night of bad puns, occupancy code violations, Bob being rendered speechless, mayhem with puppets and so, so much more. Had a really great night for episode 100 of our live weekly podcast, and with a room full of lively guests, we definitely didn't have a lack of topics, voices, opinions
KALAMAZOO - The Organic Consumers Association plans to confront Michigan Rep. Fred Upton on Friday about his stand on a bill that would preempt states' rights to label foods organic - Non Genetically Modified Organism. The group hopes to meet with Upton on Friday at 1 pm at his Kalamazoo office at 157 South