SAN FRANCISCO - In a story posted late Tuesday, Wired editor Joe Brown said his Snapchat friends were asking why he was sending them messages with photos of fruit smoothies. That was a surprise to Brown because he hadn't sent any such messages. Other Snapchatters have since complained about receiving these same messages, according to
ANN ARBOR - The Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund has made two pre-seed investments one in healthcare startup AlertWatch and another in ad tech startup AdAdapted. The collective investments total $90,000 and closed in November 2013 and January 2014, respectively. The student-run fund is part of the Zell Lurie Institute at the University of Michigan?s Ross
LANSING - John Nixon, the director of the State Budget Office and the Department of Technology, Management and Budget, is returning to Utah and as a result David Behen, has been named DTMB Director. Snyder simultaneously announced the other replacement for Nixon, who held posts historically filled by two different people. The governor's deputy chief
DETROIT - The Michigan Council for Women in Technology will co-host on March 19 its Girls are IT event, a one-day forum providing hands-on experience to encourage students to pursue technology careers. The event, a collaboration among the University of Michigan-Dearborn, University of Detroit Mercy, and Lawrence Technological University, will draw more than 300 girls
SAN FRANCISCO - A massive distributed-denial-of-service attack Monday reached more than 400Gbps at its peak, about 33 percent greater than last year's Spamhaus attack, the previous DDoS record-holder. The attack was apparently directed at one of the customers of content delivery network and security provider CloudFlare, which first reported the attack, CNET News.Com reported. The
GRAND RAPIDS - IT products and services company OST has promoted Meredith Bronk, its Chief Operating Officer, to President effective April 1. Bronk began her career at OST (Open Systems Technologies) as a Project Manager in 1998. Previously, she served as Vice President of Internal Operations. ?We take succession planning very seriously and have been
DETROIT - If you thought YouTube was just about dancing cats, self absorbed music or obnoxious twerking videos?.think again. YouTube has grown into a remarkably sophisticated resource for individuals and businesses.Sheri Kam is a talented and experienced social media expert who leads us through a two part course in YouTube.on this episode of Internet Advisor.
DETROIT - The world is paying attention to Detroit. During the past couple of years they?ve started to actually hear a few good things too. There are many other positive stories that fail to generate much buzz outside the metro area. On March 13, #313DLove Detroit will bring more than a dozen speakers to the
LANSING - Backers of a ballot proposal increasing Michigan's minimum wage start out in a strong position, according to a new poll released Thursday. The survey, conducted by the Lansing polling firm EPIC/MRA, showed 60 percent of likely voters would vote yes on increasing the minimum wage from $7.40 an hour to $10 an hour
LANSING - On February 12, hundreds of professional women from many different fields came together for Under the Dome, a political get together that could evolve from a meet-and-greet to year-round networking between business and political women in Michigan. Sponsored by Inforum and Dome Magazine, the day-long event started at the Capitol and ended with