WASHINGTON DC - Visitors to the US might be asked to relinquish their social media passwords to border agents as part of an attempt to tighten security checks. "We want to get on their social media, with passwords: What do you do, what do you say?" Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told the House Homeland
SAGINAW - Saginaw Future Inc. will be celebrating its 25th Annual Awards Luncheon featuring Nexteer Automotive Mike Richardson who leads a highly skilled team of over 13,000 people and oversees 24 manufacturing facilities, five regional engineering centers and 11 customer service centers across the globe. The Saginaw Future 25TH ANNUAL AWARDS Luncheon will be held
TROY – Two major events took place in January that are of great importance to Michigan companies. The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Mobile Monday Detroit has asked local industry experts who were in attendance at these events to share their insights, experiences, and forecasts
EAST LANSING - The Conquer Accelerator program at Michigan State University announces Wednesday that Travis Stoliker is joining its team as entrepreneur-in-residence. Stoliker, a successful Lansing-area entrepreneur, angel investor and co-owner of Saddleback Barbeque, will provide startup teams with mentorship, support and a fresh perspective. “When Conquer Accelerator’s leadership team approached me to come on
DETROIT - Detroit Institute of the Arts staffers, Richard Scott, Dir. of IT and Megan DiRienzo, DIA interpretive planner, joined us in studio with Lumin, a device that is designed to add Augmented Reality interpretive information to some of the art displays. To listen, click on http://internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1704-DIA-Lumin.mp3
DETROIT - Caston Thomas, CEO of InterWorks, is a noted cybersecurity expert from the Ann Arbor area who has been called the Chuck Norris of Securing and Managing Mobile and Networks. There are new forms of ransomeware that now lock out your entire operating system unless you pay up. Caston also explained the new wireless
ROYAL OAK - To Josh Linkner, creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of all human progress, and as such, he’s spent his career harnessing the spirit of creative disruption. His journey has been non-traditional at every step: he’s been a professional jazz guitarist, 4-time tech entrepreneur, hyper-growth CEO, New York Times bestselling author, venture capitalist,
ROYAL OAK - The cloud. Wrestling. Security conferences. Batman v Superman. Industry trends. Breaking into acting. Episode 181 of our podcast had all that and more as we were joined by Merit Network and Jay R Adams for a great night of chats and discussions about a whole range of topics. Merit Network is at: http://www.merit.edu/
ANN ARBOR - Atomic Object’s Ann Arbor office will grow by 25 percent the custom software design shop hired three new computer science graduates recruited through an artificial intelligence competition. In January, the company hosted the 2017 Atomic Games in its downtown Ann Arbor office, modeled after a similar event held in Atomic’s Grand Rapids office
SOUTHFIELD - Digital Voice and VOIP provider BullsEye has promoted Brian Babich to Vice President, Channel Sales, and Chris Otenbaker to Vice President, Corporate Accounts. Babich is a 22-year telecom veteran who has served in both direct and Channel Sales leadership roles at BullsEye. Babich led the national direct Sales team prior to spearheading the
