DETROIT — Two of Michigan’s smallest municipalities now have high-speed 4G LTE wireless service from AT&T thanks to recent system upgrades. The city of Omer, with a population of 313 in the 2010 Census, is Michigan’s second smallest city. It’s in Arenac County on US-23, where the improved tower is located, east of Hagley Road.
SAN FRANCISCO - Security firm McAfee discovered the latest attack, called LeakerLocker, which affects Android phones through apps downloaded from the Google Play store. Most ransomware locks up your files or hard drive, but LeakerLocker takes your private data and browsing history and threatens to share it with the friends and family on your contact
ANN ARBOR - Just when you thought it was safe to go into the water, University of Michigan researchers and their business partners predict that western Lake Erie will again experience a significant harmful algal bloom this summer, approaching the record bloom of 2015. The Lake Erie forecast was released Thursday by the National Oceanic
DETROIT - Blogger turned entrepreneur Amanda Lewan announced this week that she has signed a lease for the fourth floor of the Julian C. Madison Building in downtown Detroit to handle demand for her co-working space. The new lease adds 3,000 square feet, bringing the capacity to near 10,000 square feet. Bamboo Detroit currently leases approximately 6,000
LANSING - Jeff Mason is back at the Michigan Economic Development Corp., but this time as the state’s chief executive officer. His appointment was approved Wednesday by the MEDC executive committee. He assumed the post, vacated in January by Steve Arwood, immediately. Mason, 58, has extensive experience in economic development, including serving as senior vice
SAN FRANCISCO - More than 14 million records of Verizon subscribers who called the phone giant's customer services in the past six months were found on an unprotected Amazon storage server controlled by an employee of Nice Systems, a Ra'anana, Israel-based tech company. Verizon has a base of 113.9 million total customers. The data was
MANKATO, MN. - How does a small country — with about the same population count as Switzerland — position itself to compete in the fast-pace cybersecurity global marketplace? In this article, we’ll explore the factors that have enabled Israel to position itself as a key future player in cybersecurity. In a follow-up article, we’ll look
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech announced Thursday it has extended its hybrid cloud offering to support Microsoft Azure managed services. This extension is the first step for Online Tech towards integrating the public cloud into their suite of hybrid IT products, which includes colocation, virtual private cloud and data protection services. This new service includes
ANN ARBOR - LLamasoft has signed an OEM partnership with LynnCo Supply Chain Solutions, which will use LLamasoft technology to model, analyze, optimize, and simulate a client’s enterprise supply chain network. “LynnCo’s clients typically have supply chain vulnerabilities around services and costs that require a consultative approach and tailor-designed solutions,” said Ed Gort, Vice
LIVONIA - Ever feel like you’ve become a business catchphrase? You’re doing more with less. Trying to get your ducks in a row. Thinking outside of the box to move the needle. Yeah, we get it — basically, you’re trying to do everything you can to manage your organization’s technology and other business expenses, but
