mikebrennan

About Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.

M2 TechCast: FAA Commercial Drone Pilot Certificate Exams Start Aug. 29

ROYAL OAK - Attorney Enrico Schaefer, founder of DroneLaw.Pro, explains how on Aug. 29 the new drone regulations known as Part 107 will be implemented by the Federal Aviation Administration - and how you can become a drone pilot. Part 107 is how the FAA plans to get a better handle on the tens of

By |2016-08-24T07:48:15-04:00August 23rd, 2016|Drones, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

M2 TechCast: Becker Talks C/D/H And The Growing Power Of Cloud Computing

ROYAL OAK - Mark Becker, a partner at C/D/H, said his company has won a lot of awards lately, the 101 Best Companies To Work For, an employee-nominated award, for the fourth year in a row. C/D/H also has been named as one of the top 200 Microsoft Partners in the United States this year,

By |2016-08-24T08:03:50-04:00August 23rd, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

M2 TechCast: ALTality Offers Spellbound Augmented Reality Books For Hospital Pediatric Units

ROYAL OAK - Rachele Downs, Vice President of Entrepreneurial Strategies at Inform, interviews Christina York, CEO of ALTality, who developed the proof of concept for her augmented reality company in November 2014 at a Detroit Startup Weekend. She won first place, gaining her entry to the global competition, where ALTality was named one of the

By |2016-08-24T13:05:36-04:00August 23rd, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

M2 TechCast: Open Systems Technologies (OST) Celebrates 20th Anniversary – $170 Million In Sales

ROYAL OAK - Michael Lomonaco, Director of Marketing and Communications for Open Systems Technologies (OST), joins us on M2 TechCast to help celebrate the company's 20th year in business, and its fourth year in Detroit. OST specializes in business transformation, centered around custom software development, design and data analytics, as well as the Internet of

By |2016-08-24T09:31:09-04:00August 23rd, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Study: Biofuels Increase, Rather Than Decrease, Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide Emissions

ANN ARBOR - In a new study from University of Michigan, co-funded by the American Petroleum Institute, researchers challenges the widely held assumption that biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are inherently carbon neutral. Contrary to popular belief, the heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas emitted when biofuels are burned is not fully balanced by the CO2

By |2016-08-23T21:30:51-04:00August 23rd, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|

Global SmartPhones Sales Up In 2Q, But Apple iPhone Sales Down

EGHAM, United Kingdom  – Global sales of smartphones to consumers totaled 344 million units in the second quarter, a 4.3 percent increase over the same period a year ago, a new report contends. But bad news for Apple is the iPhone continued its downward slide in North America and Western Europe, and even worse in

By |2016-08-19T11:27:14-04:00August 19th, 2016|Connected Tech, Featured, Mobile MI|

M2 TechCast Monday Aug. 22 – SBAM, Bamboo East, TiE-Autonebula, LTU Green Water Infrastructure

ROYAL OAK – On M2 TechCast Monday Aug. 22, Michael Rogers, who handles communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, will talk about his informative podcast series, Amanda Lewan, co-founder of Bamboo Detroit, talks about her pop up Bamboo East, Anu Gopalakrishan, Global Product Manager: Innovation for Ford Motor Credit Company and Vice President of

By |2016-08-19T11:33:28-04:00August 19th, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

M2 TechCast Aug. 8: Olympic Cybersecurity Threats, Patent Reform, LAFCU Tech, Internet Advisor On WJR

ROYAL OAK – On this M2 (Squared) TechCast podcast from Monday Aug. 8, cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann talks about cybersecurity threats that could threaten the Summer Olympics In South America, Intellectual Property Attorney Keith Schonberger explains Patent Reform and Patent Trolls, WJR Radio Personality Foster Braun explains his Internet Advisor show, while Kelli Ellsworth Etchison from

By |2016-08-17T11:59:47-04:00August 17th, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Co-Working Spaces: Where Everyone Knows Your Name

ANN ARBOR - We often envy the remote or freelance worker who saves time commuting and dressing up, but rarely do we consider how many might feel isolated and socially adrift. New research on co-working indicates that the need for such spaces grows as they make a sense of community and building relationships an integral

By |2016-08-16T21:18:42-04:00August 16th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, News|

Nominations Open for Sustainable Business of the Year

GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will again honor local organizations and professionals at The Third Annual Triple Bottom Line Bash on October 12.

As in past years, a nominating committee of past honorees and WMSBF board presidents will select finalists for a vote by the forum membership. To assist the committee in this

By |2016-08-16T20:52:03-04:00August 16th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured, News|