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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.

M2 TechCast: Betsy Creedon Outlines TechTown’s DTX Launch Program For Student Entrepreneurs

FERNDALE - Betsy Creedon, Wayne State University TechTown’s Director of Entrepreneurial Services, talks about WSU’s DTX Launch program a 10-week technology startup accelerator for college students and recent graduates. DTX is accepting applications for summer 2016. An information session is scheduled for Feb. 24 at WSU. To learn more, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-episode-22-dtx-detroit-launch-program?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit#t=0:00

By |2016-02-25T10:31:07-05:00February 21st, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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M2 TechCast: Chastity Pratt Dawsey Of Bridge Magazine Talks Flint Water Crisis

FERNDALE - Chastity Pratt Dawsey from Bridge Magazine appeared Feb. 15 on M2 TechCast (co-hosted by MITechNews.Com Mike Brennan and LTU's Matt Roush) to discuss a story about the Flint water crisis that appeared in Bridge on Feb. 16. The story is about the people of Flint and their mistrust for their government. The mistrust has grown

By |2016-02-22T18:16:16-05:00February 21st, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|
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M2 TechCast: Bridge Magazine’s Coverage Of Flint Water Crisis; Wayne State Taking Applications For DTX Launch

FERNDALE - The Flint Water Crisis as reported by the state’s top investigative news website, Bridge magazine. Reporter Chastity Pratt Dawsey talks about her story that contends how no one in Flint trusts government at any level. In the second half of the show, Betsy Creedon, Wayne State University TechTown’s Director of Entrepreneurial Services, talks

By |2016-02-21T12:14:24-05:00February 21st, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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M2 TechCast Monday Feb. 22: Proposed US Cyberattacks On Iran, Mini-Drones Could Be Exempt From FAA Regs, Update On LTU Summer Science Camps

FERNDALE - We’ve got a really interesting show coming up Monday Feb. 22 on M2 TechCast. It features our monthly cybersecurity news with Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann, Enrico Schaefer’s Drone Law update, and a news announcement about Lawrence Tech’s Summer Science Camps for high school kids. From 3 to 3:30 pm - Richard and

By |2016-02-19T17:01:06-05:00February 19th, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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Red Level Earns Microsoft Gold, Silver Certifications

NOVI - Technology consulting company Red Level has attained Gold Cloud Productivity, Gold Hosting, Gold Midmarket Solution Provider, and Gold Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions competencies and Silver Datacenter, Silver Messaging, and Silver Devices and Deployment competencies, from Microsoft. To earn a Microsoft competency, partners must successfully complete exams (resulting in Microsoft Certified Professionals) to

By |2016-02-19T10:20:25-05:00February 19th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|
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Macomb-OU INCubator Presents: Lean Green Belt Certificate Programs

AUBURN HILLS - As part of Oakland University's Lean Diversification Program and endorsed by the Michigan Lean Consortium, the Macomb-OU INCubator is offering two Green Belt Certificate Programs for business managers looking to develop excellence, nurture innovation, efficiently allocate resources, and eliminate waste. Participants in the Green Belt Certificate program will gain the ability to

By |2016-02-19T17:05:54-05:00February 18th, 2016|Clean Update, Entrepreneurs|
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Report: Smartphones Sales Worldwide Top 1.4 Billion Units In 2015

EGHAM, United Kingdom - Global sales of smartphones topped 1.4 billion units in 2015, up a whopping 14.4 percent from the year before, Gartner Inc. said in a report released Thursday. But in the fourth quarter of last year, smartphone sales only increased 9.7 percent from the same three months in 2014, the slowest growth

By |2016-02-18T19:17:57-05:00February 18th, 2016|Connected Tech, Featured, Mobile MI|
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Report: Wind Energy Installed More Electric Generating Capacity In 2015 Than Any Other Energy Source

WASHINGTON DC - Wind energy installed more electric generating capacity last year than any other energy source in America, contends a report by The American Wind Energy Association. “These impressive results drive home the point that Wind is a cost-effective solution that makes business sense,”  said Chris Brown, President of Vestas, Americas. “More than 500

By |2016-02-19T08:36:29-05:00February 18th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|
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Online Tech Named To 2016 Managed Service Provider 500 List

ANN ARBOR - Data center Online Tech has been named to the 2016 Managed Service Provider 500 list in the Hosting Service Provider 100 category. This annual list recognizes North American solution providers with cutting-edge approaches to delivering managed services. Channel Company RN's MSP 500 list is divided into three categories: the MSP Pioneer 250,

By |2016-02-18T18:46:16-05:00February 18th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|
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Have Fun Learning At Lawrence Tech Summer Science Camps

SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University is now accepting applications for its 2016 Summer Science Camps. Incoming high school sophomores, juniors and seniors have their choice of several camps in June and July. Both day and residential camp options are available. All camps are held in Lawrence Tech’s state-of-the-art laboratories on its Southfield campus. Among the

By |2016-02-18T18:34:21-05:00February 18th, 2016|ESD, News|
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