DETROIT - Bryan Cantrill is the CTO of Joyent , a cloud container company just purchased by Samsung. He found himself suddenly on stage at a tech conference the day after the election of Donald Trump. Most of the audience was in a state of shock but Bryan challenged them to see this as the long
ROYAL OAK - Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann explains how the Dedicated Denial of Service attack that in October brought down large sections of the Internet on the U.S. East and West Coasts was orchestrated by hackers using a botnet connected to a variety of dumb and unprotected appliances on the so-called Internet of Things. Until
ROYAL OAK - Linda Daichendt, President and Executive Director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, talks about the TiECon Midwest, Michigan’s largest entrepreneurial conference that attracted hundreds of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and other professionals. This year’s theme was Ignite2Disrupt. Connected World. Main tracks will focus on Connected Mobility, Digital Health, Global Connectivity, Fintech and
ROYAL OAK - Maureen Miller Brosnan, executive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, talks about the MVCA awards presented on Nov. 2, including the Above and Beyond Award for University of Michigan Finance Professor David Brophy. Brophy is the founder of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium that attracts hundreds of investors from around the
ROYAL OAK - Hector Acosta, research director at the Workforce Intelligence Network of Southeast Michigan, talks about how the second quarter set a new high in employment in the 16-county region dating nearly a decade to 2007 to the beginning of the recession. With employment expanding by 1.4 percent, some 35,000 jobs were added from
SAN FRANCISCO - Some 2,500 GoPro Karma drones have been sold since its launch. Now GoPro wants you to cease using it immediately and return the drone directly to GoPro Store or the retailer you purchased it to get a full refund because of some of them run have been running out of power prematurely
DETROIT – University of Michigan Associate Professor Nancy Benovich Gilby has been named the Woman of the Year in Technology by the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation. Benovich Gilby is the Ehrenberg director of entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan’s School of Information. MCWT launched the award this year to recognize women in Michigan leading or driving
TROY – So many people wanted to attend Mobile Monday Michigan’s Nov. 14 event on careers in cybersecurity - where big demand has lead to big pay checks - that the connected tech association has decided to stream it on Facebook Live. Those interested in viewing the event via Facebook LIVE should “Like” the Mobile
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Nov. 14, Inforum’s Tember Shea will interview Lisa McLaughlin CEO & Co-Founder of WorkIt Health. Also on the show will be Cristi L. Bell-Huff, PhD, Director, Studio for Entrepreneurial Engineering Design at Lawrence Technological University. Anderson Economic Group will outline six tax changes they hope the Trump Administration
EAST LANSING - Anderson Economic Group has identified six tax policies that President-Elect Trump and a Republican-controlled House and Senate could pursue in the coming years. Several are important for the technology sector. “As surprising as the election results are, we have to recognize that there is a messy order in the peoples’ decisions,” said
