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.

Comcast To Roll Out Pay-As-You Go TV, Internet, Wireless Plans Soon In Michigan

DETROIT - Comcast Thursday announced Michigan will be one of five states where it offers pay-as-you-go plans for Xfinity TV and Internet services, as well as prepaid wireless plans. Both will let people who do not have checking or savings accounts to pay for these digital services as needed. The offers are only available for

By |2016-07-21T17:33:51-04:00July 21st, 2016|New Products / Contracts, News|

Report: Connected Vehicles Must Be Designed With Cybersecurity In Mind

SOUTHFIELD  – Connected vehicles must be designed and manufactured with security in mind, warns a report released Thursday that offers ways in which the auto industry can protect itself from hackers. The report, researched over five months by more than 50 auto cybersecurity experts, was released by the Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center based

By |2016-07-21T17:12:46-04:00July 21st, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|

Internet Advisor: Live News Coverage From Birmingham CEO Of Turkish Attempted Coup

DETROIT - Melih Oztalay of Birmingham was an eye witness to the attempted military coup in Turkey Friday night, July 15.  He has been with us as the CEO of SmartFinds but joins Internet Advisor as a freelance reporter to give a first-hand account of the attempt to take over the Turkish government by certain military commanders.

By |2019-07-09T11:04:46-04:00July 20th, 2016|Featured, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Dr. Dean’s Electronic Garden Basket

  DETROIT - Dr. Dean Krauskopf has been dispensing gardening tips for 25 years as one of the weekend experts on WJR Radio in Detroit.  In all that time his basket of tools has increased exponentially with the help of Internet sites that can do everything from pest management to plant selection.  On our show

By |2016-07-20T15:35:34-04:00July 20th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Mason County Offers Start-Ups $50,000 In Funding – If It Is Based In Mason County

LUDINGTON - Mason County is offering entrepreneurs with viable business ideas or those who run a start-up with less than $100,000 in annual sales to compete for $50,000 in prize money that is on the table until July 31. The fine print is if your company or idea wins, you must either start the business

By |2016-07-20T14:49:26-04:00July 20th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Report: 34 Percent Of U.S. Workers Freelance: 38 Percent Of Millennials

BOULDER, Co. - A new reports says nearly 34 percent of U.S. workers now freelance, and among millennials that figure rises to 38 percent. With interest in freelancing growing among professionals, and employers hiring for more freelance workers, FlexJobs has identified companies recently hiring freelancers in five in-demand career fields for freelance job listings. “The

By |2016-07-20T15:07:59-04:00July 20th, 2016|Featured, News, Uncategorized|

CloudTech1 Offers CIO On-Demand For Small-Medium Businesses

ROCHESTER HILLS - To stay competitive in today’s high-tech business world, Small to Medium Businesses (SMBs) need to keep their IT network up and running. But hiring a Chief Information Officer (CIO) can be beyond many SMBs’ budgets. CIOs can command salaries well over $150,000 a year. Instead of investing heavily in a CIO, organizations

By |2016-07-21T09:07:26-04:00July 19th, 2016|Featured, News|

M2 Techcast Monday July 18: Diva Tech Talk, Red Level, Buy Michigan Now, Motor City Connect

ROYAL OAK - On M2 (Squared) Techcast Monday July 18, Diva Tech Talk professional Kathleen Norton-Schock will interview Tracy-Ann Palmer, Regional Manager, Central Enterprise IT Platform, Cisco, who will discuss how the Internet of Things is Changing the World. Returning to the show will be Robert Tessanne, Red Level Vice President of Cloud & Technology

By |2016-07-15T14:17:17-04:00July 15th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Mobile App Developer Workshop For Non-Techie Entrepreneurs July 28 In Grand Rapids

GRAND RAPIDS - Entrepreneurs who aren’t that tech savvy, but need to know how to speak geek to application developers have a chance to learn how to do that July 28 at a Mobile App Bootcamp scheduled for Grand Valley State University. The workshop is co-hosted by the Michigan Small Business Development Center, the Mobile

Design Action Lab, Bamboo Detroit Collaborate On Project Aimed At Solving Policing Violence

DETROIT - A group of community-minded people in Detroit are focusing this summer on how to solve policing problems, certainly a hot topic with violence raging across the country between police and the citizens they have been hired to serve and protect. Design Action Lab, a free program focused on community-driven problem solving, and Bamboo

By |2016-07-14T19:19:44-04:00July 14th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, News|