TROY - Automation Alley?s new slogan is "Technology's Matchmaker for Business." In its just released 2012 Annual Report, the Southeast Michigan technology marketing organization details just how the organization is putting those words into action ? by pairing companies with growth opportunities. ?At Automation Alley, we?re committed to building business relationships that bring partners together
SAN FRANCISCO - The Electronic Frontier Foundation is warning that some companies should not be trusted with your data, but some should, and actively fight on the user's behalf. Out of the 18 major Web and technology companies listed in the latest report from the U.S. privacy and civil liberties group, only six firms had
SAN FRANCSICO - As Consumer Reports shows in its annual "State of the Net" report, carrying a modern mobile phone is a heckuva convenience but creates all sorts of problems that go beyond what most people realize. The magazine interviewed 1,656 adult smartphone users and extrapolated the results nationally, CNET News.Com reported. ? Many users
LANSING - Are you a young budding artist looking for an opportunity for your artwork to appear on hundreds of T-shirts? Could you use some extra money for your future? If so, then get your creative fuels flowing because the Michigan Corn Growers Association needs an engine-revving design for its annual Ethanol Night at the
SAN FRANCISCO - Daily deals Web site LivingSocial is the latest database target for hackers, who have compromised the personal information of more than 50 million people. In internal LivingSocial e-mails obtained by AllThingsD, the unknown culprits appear to have made off with the names, e-mails, birthdates, and encrypted passwords of what appears to be
WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Small Business Administration and the W20 Group on May 8 will present Blogging 101, the second topic in the five-topic social media webinar series that will run through June. The webinar will help small business owners create content to connect with their customers and market their products. Blogging is a beneficial
GRAND RAPIDS ? In a rambling, often disjointed, but thoroughly entertaining presentation by Fox News Military Analyst Col. David Hunt at the Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference and Expo said other communities should simulate the "warzone" experience of Boston to prepare for terrorist attacks. Hunt said the terrorist attack during the Boston Marathon last
GRAND RAPIDS ? In June, the state will publish its Michigan Cyber Disruption Response Strategy that will outline exactly how Michigan government and business will respond should the state's electric grid, water treatments facilities, or communications networks get hacked. Dan Lohrmann, Michigan's first Chief Security Officer, disclosed the information during the Great Lakes Great Homeland
LANSING - There are 311 full-time virtual schools nationally, including two in Michigan, and that number should not grow until officials can determine why they are underperforming traditional schools and showing a lack of diversity in their student bodies, the National Education Policy Center said in a report released Thursday. Lawmakers and others have been
DETROIT - Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index increased in February, up 0.1 points to 117.8, 47 points, or 66 percent, above the index cyclical low of 70.9. The index averaged 114 for all of 2012, 11 points above the index average for 2011. January?s index reading was revised up from 101.1 to 117.8. ?Our