RESTON, VA ? 2012 was a milestone year for the U.S. smartphone market as it finally surpassed 50 percent market penetration and now enters the ?late majority? stage of the technology adoption curve, said comScore in a report called 2013 Mobile Future In Focus. The report examines the U.S. mobile and connected device landscape in
TROY ? Billhighway has expanded its Product Development team with the hire of Ramesh Kandukuri and promotion of team members Joe Koppin and Scott Walmer. In his role as Senior Solutions Architect, Kandukuri acts as a leader and mentor on the product development team; leveraging his 15 years? experience in IT strategy and operational planning.
DETROIT - Verizon Wireless has expanded its 4G LTE network to four new markets across the country Thursday, including Alpena, Michigan. Other markets also launched include Kirksville, Mo., Poplar Bluff, Mo. And Abilene, Texas. Verizon Wireless will be further expanding its footprint in the Northeast part of Michigan later this year. The Verizon Wireless 4G
SAN FRANCISCO - The New York Times' report Monday of state-sponsored hacking in China drew new attention to the sophisticated techniques that would-be infiltrators use to gain access to victims' accounts. But it's not just China, Google said - the techniques used against U.S. government agencies and corporations are being used increasingly by hackers around
NEW YORK - A report released this week by U.S. security firm Mandiant linked the People's Liberation Army to a large number of cyberattacks against U.S. corporations, government agencies, and other organizations. The report specifically pointed the finger at Chinese military Unit 61398, noting that digital forensic evidence led investigators to the building housing that
LANSING - Those released on bail for certain crimes could be required to wear a tracking device and the state's drunken driving law would remain as it is under legislation reported Wednesday from the House Criminal Justice Committee. Anyone charged with an assaultive crime could be required to wear a geosynchronous positioning system-based tracking device
GRAND RAPIDS - Sam Hogg got a master's in business administration degree at Michigan State University's Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, where he worked with MSU's Technology and Innovation Center to create a company, GiftZip.com, that he sold in 2011 to gift card industry leader SVM LP. Hogg, 30, a partner at Open Prairie
SAN FRANCISCO - A new backdoor Trojan for OS X is making the rounds, attempting to set up a secure connection for a remote hacker to connect through and grab private information. The malware, dubbed Pintsized by Intego, is suspected of using a modified implementation of OpenSSH to set up a reverse shell that creates
NEW YORK - While many security experts have been pointing the blame at China for the recent wave of cyberattacks on U.S. companies and newspapers, Bloomberg reports that some of the malware attacks actually may be coming from Eastern Europe. Investigators familiar with the matter told Bloomberg they believe a cybercriminal group based in either
GRAND RAPIDS - As local medical device companies look for new growth opportunities, they may do well to consider serving the burgeoning market in the Middle East, specifically Dubai. That?s the word from Don Beery, director of the two-dozen-member West Michigan Medical Device Consortium, who attended Arab Health 2013 in Dubai in late January. Beery