SAN FRANCISCO - Firefox has a new tool to stop websites from spying on you, going a step beyond typical private browsing settings. The new Tracking Protection option is able to stop advertisements, social media buttons, and other elements on website from tracking your browsing activity. But by blocking these trackers, some sites could look
SOUTHFIELD - The Editorial Board of Technology Century Magazine, the official publication of The Engineering Society of Detroit, has announced the magazine’s editorial calendar for 2016. The calendar of four quarterly issues will be focused as follows: Spring issue: Nanotechnology. We’ll explore all things small, revisiting the magazine’s coverage of these technologies from 2007. We’re
PLYMOUTH – If you want to handle questions from Comcast customers, the cable company has more than 300 jobs at its call centers in Ann Arbor, Plymouth and Sterling Heights. Comcast also has openings at its service centers and in technical operations and marketing. All told, nearly 400 positions are available. Jobs with good benefits.
PHILADELPHIA – Comcast Business has launch its Comcast Business Voice Mobility product, a new type of phone line for small- and medium-sized businesses that includes an easy-to-use mobile app so employees don’t miss a business call or message when away from the desk or traveling. “Comcast Business Voice Mobility provides an easy-to-use mobile app that
FERNDALE – On the November 9 edition of M2 TechCast, John Bebow discusses The Center For Michigan and Bridge magazine; Keith Zendler talks about his new and improved PeopleMovers.Com website, which now has become a Global Community Bulletin Board connecting Detroit to Pune, India; Paula Sorrell names the winners of the $1 Million Accelerate Michigan
FERNDALE – Ferris State University Professor Susan K. Miller talks about LEED technology – high-tech buildings – at the mid-Michigan university. It’s part of the Construction Management degree program. https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-7-ferris?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
FERNDALE – Neal Anderson, with Supported Intelligence in East Lansing, talks about the company’s product, Rapid Recursive Big Data crunching tool and how it was used during the World Series to predict the optimal pitch to get the batters out. https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-7-supported-intel?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
FERNDALE – Former Digital Divas, now Diva Tech Talk, Kathleen Norton-Schock, Amanda Lewann, and Nicole Johnson Scheffler talk about their podcast, which features women in technology and computing, not only in Michigan but beyond – Science, Technology, Engineering, Match and the Arts. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-7-divas?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
FERNDALE – Pamela Dover, Senior Director of Business Development & Marketing for Comcast Business in Michigan, talks about several new service offerings including Comcast Business Voice Mobility, a new type of phone line with a mobile app. Also on the show, Joshua Pearce, Professor of Material Science and Electrical Engineering, at Michigan Technological University talks
ANN ARBOR - A "big data brain trust" has been established by the National Science Foundation to bring together industry, government and academia to accelerate this emerging field and harness it to solve some of society's toughest problems. The University of Michigan will play a leading role in the new Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub
