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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.

RheTech Receives Environmental Excellence Award

WHITMORE LAKE – Polypropylene-based compounds manufacturer RheTech LLC has received the Pollution Prevention Award from the Washtenaw County Environmental Excellence Partnership Program. The Environmental Excellence Partnership Program (E2P2) recognizes businesses and non-profits that provide leadership in environmental protection and practice environmentally sound behavior in the areas of water quality protection, waste reduction and recycling, and pollution prevention.

By |2016-06-09T20:15:03-04:00June 9th, 2016|Clean Update|
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The Golf Club’s Environmental Metamorphasis Focus Of Sustainable Business Forum

BENTON HARBOR - Michigan’s Great Southwest Sustainable Business Forum will host a program and tour at The Golf Club at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor June 13 to tell the story behind one of Michigan's most significant redevelopment projects in a generation.   Host to last month's 2016 Senior PGA Championship, the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course

By |2016-06-09T20:01:22-04:00June 9th, 2016|Clean Update, New Products / Contracts|
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ACG M&A Conference June 14 Theme Winning The Sport Of Business And Business Of Sports

DETROIT - Winning the Sport of Business and the Business of Sports is the theme for this year's ACG Detroit 9th Annual M&A Conference June 14 at the Detroit Athletic Club. The conference will include a blend of speakers and panels on the state of the Middle Market, the Business of Sports and a look

By |2016-06-09T19:37:52-04:00June 9th, 2016|New Products / Contracts, News|
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U-M Report: Hypoxic Dead Zone Size Of Connecticut To Appear This Summer In Gulf Of Mexico

ANN ARBOR - Farmland runoffs containing fertilizers and livestock waste from the Upper Midwest will create this summer an oxygen-depleted “dead zone” the size of Connecticut in the Gulf of Mexico that could suffocate marine life in the 5,898 square mile hypoxic zone. This forecast was released Thursday by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

By |2016-06-10T12:16:38-04:00June 9th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured, News|
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Ken Rogers To Retire From Automation Alley August 26

TROY - Automation Alley Executive Director Ken Rogers has announced he will retire from Michigan’s leading technology business association effective Aug. 26. He co-founded the organization with Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson and served in his post for 17 years. Automation Alley’s Board of Directors will form an executive search committee and seek input from

By |2016-06-08T16:44:08-04:00June 8th, 2016|Featured, News|
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NextChallenge: Smart Cities – A Connected Tech Competition For Urban Areas

GRAND RAPIDS - Today's cities are facing many common challenges in the areas of safety, emissions, accessibility, and congestion. Detroit's NextEnergy thinks innovation is an important mechanism to proactively address the challenges facing cities to identify opportunities for new business models. Therefore, the non-profit has developed a national competition NextChallenge: Smart Cities which focuses on

By |2016-06-08T14:35:27-04:00June 8th, 2016|Clean Update, Connected Tech, Michigan Mobile Musings|
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ITS America, Mobile Comply Open With The Next Generation Workforce

GRAND RAPIDS - The training required for the future workforce in the automotive industry to support the convergence of technologies needs to begin before students even enter the workforce. The students of today think of the automotive industry like it was when their parents worked there. Getting younger students involved – not just college students

By |2016-06-08T14:32:30-04:00June 8th, 2016|Connected Tech, Michigan Mobile Musings|
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M2 TechCast: Comcast Business Rolls Out 700 More Outdoor Wi-Fi Hotspots In SE Michigan

ROYAL OAK - Irma Clark, Sr. Director, Market Strategy and Development at Comcast Business, Heartland Region, talks about connections through mobile will be three-fourths of total connections in the world in a few years. Comcast also announced more than 700 outdoor Comcast Wi-Fit hotspots in the metro Detroit area. Comcast Business customers in metro Detroit

By |2016-06-08T13:55:07-04:00June 8th, 2016|M2 TechCast, Mobile MI, Podcasts|
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M2 TechCast: Mobile App Bootcamp No. 3 For Non-Tech Entrepreneurs

ROYAL OAK - Keith Brophy, state director of the Michigan Small Business Development Centers, and Angela Kujuva, Director of Innovation, Logic Solutions, discuss the Mobile App Bootcamp for Non-Tech Entrepreneurs that was held last week at Washtenaw Community College, the third one this year in the state. It was aimed at entrepreneurs and small business

By |2016-06-08T17:08:19-04:00June 8th, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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M2 TechCast: Mr. Bean Talks About Motor City Connect’s 10th Anniversary Party

ROYAL OAK - Motor City Connect Founder Terry Bean discusses all the exciting events that were part of Detroit Startup Week in late May. More than 150 events across the city talking about the state of the city from an entrepreneurial perspective. He discusses the up-and-coming entrepreneurial rock stars driving the start-ups in downtown and

By |2016-06-08T13:07:21-04:00June 8th, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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