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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.

MEDC Seeks Contractors For Business, Travel Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media Campaigns Plus China Representation

LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund has issued four Requests for Proposals for contractors to assist the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Travel Michigan with business and travel marketing efforts regionally, national and internationally. The following RFPs were issued: Travel Marketing MEDC and Travel Michigan are seeking an agency to develop and implement a comprehensive,

By |2016-03-24T10:53:08-04:00March 24th, 2016|Featured, Politics|
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3 Southeast Michigan Early-Stage Companies Split $225,000 From Innovation Fund

WARREN - Three early-stage companies from Livingston, Washtenaw and Wayne counties will receive a total of $225,000 in funding from the Innovation Fund Macomb Community College, Powered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The companies represent a broad spectrum of market solutions, including a configurable, advanced suspension system for the transportation market, an app that provides

By |2016-03-24T10:47:27-04:00March 24th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, New Products / Contracts|
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FourKites Hires Walker As Chief Revenue Officer

CHICAGO - Supply chain logistics company FourKites Inc., announced this week that Dave Walker has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. Most recently Walker was Vice President of North American Sales at Trusteer, acquired by IBM in 2013. As CRO of FourKites, Walker will be responsible for building a global sales organization with a scalable

By |2016-03-24T10:38:22-04:00March 24th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|
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Anonymous Renews Attack On ISIS With OpBrussels

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Anonymous in a new video posted yesterday, renewed its commitment to go after the group, saying that they “will not rest as long as terrorists continue their actions around the world” – under the tag #OpBrussels. As usual, the figure in the video is wearing the iconic V for Vendetta mask, and

By |2016-03-24T10:03:07-04:00March 24th, 2016|News, Podcasts|
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42 Teams Compete For $1 Million In Prizes In Rice Business Plan Competition

HOUSTON – Forty-two teams hailing from some of the world’s top universities - including two from the University of Michigan - will vie for more than $1 million in prizes at the 16th annual Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business April 14-16. New this year are three cash prizes of $100,000,

By |2016-03-24T09:25:53-04:00March 24th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|
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STAHLS’ Reaches Settlement On Patent, Trademark, Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

STERLING HEIGHTS - STAHLS’ has successfully defended its intellectual property rights by reaching a settlement in a federal lawsuit with three defendants that agreed to cease their infringement of STAHLS’ patents, trademarks and copyrighted content related to its Hotronix FUSION heat press equipment, including a specific agreement to stop importation and sales of the infringing

By |2016-03-24T09:11:45-04:00March 24th, 2016|News|
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M2 TechCast: Janette Phillips Mobile-Wireless Tech Council Chair Describes April 21 Event

FERNDALE - Janette Phillips, the chairwoman of the Women In Mobile-Wireless Tech Council, part of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, talks about the group’s second event on April 21 that will explore Application Development, Ethical Hacking, Usability and Agile. Women working in these technology fields will discuss what it takes at RIIS in Troy

By |2016-03-23T15:46:13-04:00March 23rd, 2016|Connected Tech, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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M2 TechCast: Ken Kousky Discusses Blue Water Angels’ Record $4.5 Million In 2015 Investments

FERNDALE - Ken Kousky, president of Blue Water Angels, talks about the record investing year for the angel network. Kousky said a third of the money raised was outside the Blue Water Network, including California, and New York. Kousky said it is getting harder to raise money because most investors park their extra cash in

By |2016-03-23T15:33:10-04:00March 23rd, 2016|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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M2 TechCast: Neal Anderson Explains How SmartBracket Lets You Crush Your March Madness Office Pool

FERNDALE - Neal Anderson led developer for Supported Intelligence, an East Lansing company, talks about a new software tool called SmartBracket that can be used to craft a winning bracket for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Doing so demonstrates the capabilities of its distinctive Rapid Recursive technology for business managers, which was designed to make sequential

By |2016-03-23T12:54:47-04:00March 23rd, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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M2 TechCast: Young Basile’s Schonberger Explains Why Prior Art Searches Needed Before A Patent Application Is Filed

FERNDALE - Keith Schonberger, an attorney with the law firm of Young Basile, outlines what it takes to do an effective patent search, the first step for obtaining strong patent rights. If you are an inventor, you want to listen to this 14-minute segment to protect your product from patent infringement or even if you

By |2016-03-23T19:09:18-04:00March 23rd, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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