DETROIT - Mike Brennan, the editor of MiTechNews, is a weekly contributor to our show with headlines from the week’s top tech stories. This time we invited Mike to be our guest co host during the second hour of the show and talk about this broad experience in covering tech news since the early 80’s
DETROIT - Richard Stiennon is an internationally recognized expert on Cyber Security and published author. We asked him how deep the problem of Russian hacking went in the American presidential race and some of the consequences of this blatant “meddling” in the choice of our next leader. Some of his answers may surprise you and
ROYAL OAK - DroneLaw.Pro Attorney Enrico Schaefer said the FAA expects 600,000 licensed drone pilots to take to the skies over the next 12 months. On Aug. 29 the FAA created a remote pilot certificate. Over the past couple of months tens of thousands of people have been taking the knowledge test to get a
ROYAL OAK - Keith Schoenberger, an Intellectual Property attorney with Young Basile, in this episode of M2 TechCast will tell you how to tell a good patent from a bad one. In the podcast, he answers the following questions: We’re talking about the quality of a patent. What does it mean for a patent to
ROYAL OAK - A clone of A2 New Tech Meetup, a monthly pitch night in Ann Arbor, has sprung up in this northern Michigan resort town. Founder A. Russell Schindler CEO of SampleServe.Com, a water testing company, attended an A2 New Tech meeting and “borrowed” the idea, he admitted. TC New Tech started in May
DETROIT - US Army Under Secretary Patrick J. Murphy was in Detroit on Oct. 14 to honor three Army civilian employees who won awards at the 21st Annual Women of Color In Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Conference held at Cobo Center. More than 8,000 people attended the conference and more than 1,500 attended the
DETROIT - Thousands of people will receive cybersecurity training next year, thanks to a new education collaboration announced by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Oct. 17 at the 2016 International Cyber Summit at Cobo Center. A new educational partnership, the Regional Cybersecurity Education Collaboration (RCEC), works to boost the pool of available cybersecurity workers in Michigan
ANN ARBOR - Thirty-five years ago, David Brophy Ph.D saw the need for an event where entrepreneurs could showcase ideas and connect with early-stage investors. The event he founded, the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, grew into the Midwest’s premier gathering of high-growth companies in new and emerging technologies. Brophy, now professor of finance at The
SHENZHEN, China - A $27 million investment from a Chinese firm will strengthen the efforts of the University of Michigan, along with industry and government partners, to advance autonomous, connected vehicles and robotic technologies for a safer and more sustainable future around the world. President Mark Schlissel and Vice President for Research S. Jack Hu
TROY - Windstream will provide optical Wave services to ManagedWay, connecting select data centers in the Metro Detroit market. ManagedWay, a provider of cloud, data center, Internet, transport and IT managed services to business organizations, recently announced the opening of its 45,000-square-foot data center in Troy. With the addition of Windstream’s highly available optical Wave
