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.

GAO Offers Family Of Mount On-Metal RFID Tags

TORONTO - GAO announced this week it is offering a complete family of mount on-metal extreme temperature, humidity, and impact resistant RFID tags. Included in this family of UHF tags is the fastenable on-metal tag, the paperclip sized small on-metal tag, the ultra-thin on-metal tag, the magnetic on-metal tag, and the waterproof razor on or

By |2016-02-25T18:00:44-05:00February 25th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

Gongwer News Service Updates Election App For 2016 Campaigns

LANSING - Gongwer News Service is once again making available a smartphone and tablet app that provides easy-to-use information and analysis of this year's elections, with new features, improved functionality and a lower price from the first edition that debuted in the 2014 election cycle. The app, which is available for iOS and Android devices,

By |2016-02-25T11:45:30-05:00February 25th, 2016|Featured, Mobile MI|

Report: Computer, IT, Healthcare Top Fields For Telecommuting Job Listings

BOULDER, Co. - FlexJobs reports that computer/information technology and healthcare are the top career fields for telecommuting job listings. 20 of the telecommuting-friendly companies are computer or information technology-related, while 18 telecommuting-friendly companies are in the healthcare industry. FlexJobs’ annual top 100 companies list is based on an analysis of over 40,000 companies and their

By |2016-02-24T20:34:04-05:00February 24th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

Deadline March 13 For $20,000 Shell Great Lakes Innovation Competition

DETROIT - Attention Great Lakes innovators. Do you have the next great energy idea that will transform our cars, our homes and our communities? The deadline to apply is Sunday March 13. Apply to the Shell Great Lakes Innovation Competition for a chance to vie for $20,000 in grant support and the opportunity to spark

By |2016-03-04T12:05:20-05:00February 24th, 2016|Clean Update, Entrepreneurs|

Davenport To Host Business Skills Competition For Middle School Students

GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University will host its first Michigan state competition for Business Professionals of America Feb. 27 when students from nine middle school chapters will compete in more than 14 different events consisting of computer skills, business fundamentals, speeches and many team events. Davenport University BPA students and staff will assist with judging, grading

By |2016-02-24T20:07:00-05:00February 24th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|

Mobile Monday Ann Arbor: The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Azure Mobile Apps

ANN ARBOR - If you are building mobile apps that needs to interact with a Backend service, you don't want to miss the talk Feb. 29 at Mobile Monday Ann Arbor. With the recent announcement of Parse winding down their backend services, the need for alternative backend services for mobile apps is greater than ever.

By |2016-02-24T19:49:29-05:00February 24th, 2016|Mobile MI|

U-M Has More Fulbright Grants Than Any Other U.S. Public University

ANN ARBOR - For the third straight year, students from the University of Michigan have received more Fulbright grants than those from any other public university in the U.S. The grants - one of the U.S. government's most prestigious awards - were provided to 29 students at U-M to study, conduct research or teach English

By |2016-02-22T21:29:42-05:00February 22nd, 2016|New Products / Contracts, News|

Automation Alley 2016 Report: Southeast Michigan Tech Companies To Outperform Silicon Valley

DETROIT - Automation Alley forecasts economic growth for Southeast Michigan technology companies in 2016 will outperform even Silicon Valley in many key areas, including revenue, research and development, investment and hiring. These findings and more were revealed Monday in Automation Alley’s 2016 Technology Industry Report at a breakfast briefing at the Detroit Institute of the

By |2016-02-27T12:22:01-05:00February 22nd, 2016|Featured, News|

ITInTheD Shoots Video Promotion Of No. 1 World Podcast On SoundCloud

FERNDALE - ITInTheD.Com, the No. 1 tech audio podcast in the world on SoundCloud, has gone video. Bob Waltenspiel the sales guy and Dave Phillips the geek produced a video promo for the show from the Activ8 lounge at Activ8 gaming. PodcastDetroit.Com, the network founded by Bob and Dave, is located on the second floor.

By |2016-02-22T09:57:26-05:00February 22nd, 2016|IT in the D, Podcasts|

ITInTheD Episode 131: Nuspire, Visit Detroit, Daily Detroit

FERNDALE - We got back to “normal” for episode 131 of our weekly live podcast broadcast. Joined by Nuspire Networks, the Metro Detroit Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (Visit Detroit) and Daily Detroit, we had a great series of chats, learned a little more about security, talked about some great cons coming up in the area

By |2016-02-22T09:51:17-05:00February 22nd, 2016|IT in the D, Podcasts|