SAN FRANCISCO - Apple is shaking up the way it confirms whether you're the rightful owner of your iOS device or Mac. Built directly into iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan, a system called "two-factor authentication" will add an extra layer of security that can keep your Apple account more secure, even if someone
GRAND RAPIDS - Trivalent Group is hosting a free workshop designed to help businesses prevent loss of data in a technology disruption on July 30 at Trivalent Group Headquarters in Grandville. Trivalent Group is a leading cloud and managed services, IT support, business continuity and network services company in Michigan. The free workshop, BIASurvivor (Be
MILWAUKEE - A 27-year-old suburban Milwaukee man created an Internet site used as a worldwide malware marketplace that was shut down Wednesday after an investigation by 20 law enforcement agencies across the globe, federal documents filed Wednesday show. The site, known as Darkode.com, was seized by federal authorities Tuesday. A dozen people, including Daniel Placek
AUBURN HILLS - On Thursday, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' Embedded System Quality Engineering team released a Technical Service Bulletin for a software update that offers customers improved vehicle electronic security and communications system enhancements. Similar to a smartphone or tablet, vehicle software can require updates for improved security protection to reduce the potential risk of unauthorized
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic, a supplier of intra-logistics systems for factories, warehouses and distribution centers, has introduced a new order fulfillment solution, called AMCAP, which automates the palletizing of mixed cases. AMCAP - Automated Mixed Case Palletizing - is a high-performance case palletizing system designed to accommodate the growing need to assemble pallets more efficiently.
ANN ARBOR - Limited liability, separating owners from the debts and obligations of the company, is a cornerstone of modern capitalism. But can a corporate officer be held personally responsible for a case of patent or copyright infringement at his or her company? Research by University of Michigan business law professor Lynda Oswald finds case
TROY - Walsh College will host a special Admission Day for new and prospective students at its campus locations in Troy, Novi, and Clinton Township July 23. Admissions and academic advisors will be on hand in a one-on-one appointment setting to discuss Walsh's undergraduate and graduate business and information technology programs, as well as the
PLYMOUTH - Imagine being able to download a 1 gigabyte movie in just 4 seconds. With the new Comcast Gigabit Pro, a residential 2 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) service, Comcast customers in Metropolitan Detroit, Washtenaw County and West Michigan can do just that. But this incredibly fast Internet service comes at a high price. Gigabit Pro costs
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan's Mcity, billed as the world's first controlled environment designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicles technologies, officially opened July 20 - coincidentally the 46th anniversary of the first moon landing. Just as the Apollo mission kicked off a new age of scientific discovery, speakers at the
ANN ARBOR - A new crowdfunding campaign is aimed at helping transform a vacant 3,200 square foot building on the Detroit Community Schools campus into the Brightmoor Maker Space, a place for youth and adults to build their creative making skills and incubate business ideas. The project was launched on the Michigan-based crowdfunding platform Patronicity