SAN FRANCISCO - By 2020, 5.4 billion people around the world will have a phone, more people than will have electricity, running water or cars on the road. This sobering prediction comes from Cisco’s annual report on mobile traffic growth. Cisco's report forecasts a tenfold growth in mobile data traffic to 366.8 exabytes by 2020. What
FERNDALE - On the Feb. 8 edition of M2 (Squared) TechCast, Linda Daichendt, CEO of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, talks about Mobile Michigan Mondays, Rachele Downs, vice president at Inforum, interviews Justine Sheu, the creator of Detroit Pro:Up, that matches high school students to educational and career development experiences, and Andrew Basile Jr.,
FERNDALE - Crain’s Detroit Business Reporter Tom Henderson appears on the Jan. 25 edition of M2 TechCast to talk about the Venture Capital section published by his business tabloid. Henderson covers Venture Capital, technology and business stories for Crain’s. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-episode-19-tom-henderson-crains-vc-report?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit#t=0:00
FERNDALE - Cybersecurity experts Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann co-host the Jan. 25 M2 TechCast to talk about how the hacktivist group Anonymous has targeted the Michigan State government in response to the water crisis in Flint. Op#Flint is an attack against Gov. Snyder’s Administration to raise the visibility of how a switch to the
FERNDALE - Drone Law Pro’s Enrico Schaefer talks about what’s hot in drone law. The good news is more than 300,000 recreational drone users have registered their drones with the Federal Aviation Administration since the new law triggered on Dec. 21. Disney has asked the FAA for permission to fly a squadron of lighted drones
FERNDALE - Diva Tech Talk joined M2 (Squared) TechCast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on the Feb. 1 edition the Internet radio show. Amanda Lewan and Nicole Johnson Schefler interviewed Christina Mathes, vice president of Client Experience/Mousetap at Ricket Fiber. Also on the show was Matt’s new boss, Bruce J. Annett Jr., Associate Vice
HOLLAND - Worksighted has promoted two employees - Nicholas Genther to lead dispatcher on the Remote Support Team, and Andrew Perales to Associate Solutions Designer on the Technical Services Team. Genther will be the first point of contact for customer support and will ensure customer support items are addressed in a timely fashion. Perales will
DETROIT - Detroit Comcast residential and business customers will be able to tap into the Internet with ultra-high speed gigabit service in the second half of this year, Comcast announced Tuesday. Detroit (the city of not the entire metropolitan area) will join Chicago and Miami in late summer or fall. Atlanta and Nashville will get
DETROIT – The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan has added a number of new member organizations and individuals that reflect the continuously expanding diversity of industries that are becoming involved with mobile and wireless technologies. They include: Washtenaw Community College - Advanced Transportation Center (Ann Arbor) Walsh College – Center for Cybersecurity Leadership (Troy) CGS
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has unveiled a new website that will allow visitors to access Merit’s service offerings, as well as videos, webinar recordings and improved event registration. "Merit's website redevelopment is part of a larger strategy to enhance and modernize communications for our community,” said Merit President and CEO Joe Sawasky. “Later in
