ANN ARBOR - Michigan’s agricultural economy could soon feel the sweeping ramifications of a law passed by Vermont if the U.S. Senate fails to act to prevent this small Northeastern state’s mandatory, on-package GMO labeling law from taking effect. In the absence of action, the federal government will essentially cede control of national food labeling
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Uber confirmed Tuesday that it has made a strategic investment and auto leasing deal with Toyota, which announced last November it was pouring $1 billion into its Research Institute in Ann Arbor to develop self-driving technology. “Toyota is a global leader in the automotive industry and Toyota vehicles are among the
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks about the basics of small business crowdfunding with Sandra Cochrane, technology and business consultant for the Michigan Small Business Development Center. Sandra assists start-up and early-stage high-tech companies.Services she provides to clients include business plan development, accessing capital, strategic planning,
TRAVERSE CITY - The FAA is requiring operators to have a special operations manual if you want to fly within 500 feet a of people, Including people who are part of the purpose of the flight operation. While it is possible that the FAA 500 foot rule for drones and UAV – and FAA requirement for
ROYAL OAK - When you drive up, it’s a nondescript building off of 11 Mile Road in Royal Oak. The signs aren’t installed yet. The awning hasn’t been changed in color from red to either the black or green of the network colors. But inside, it’s already a hive of activity. A number of show hosts
ROYAL OAK - Bob and Dave from ITInTheD we’re joined on the May 23 show by Tom Nardone of PriveCo and the Detroit Mower Gang, as well as the folks behind the upcoming Healthcare Hackathon. Our Podcast Detroit studio has taken the next step in its evolution by moving to a dedicated building with multiple
DETROIT - If there is one question that dominates our email and our listener call ins, it is “What kind of computer should I be buying?” When Gary and Foster started the program back in 1998, the answer tended to presume that you meant, “What kind of PC should I be buying?” and the usual
FARMINGTON HILLS - Great Lakes Angels is hosting a workshop on June 14 to teach entrepreneurs, investors and consultants how to do valuation of early stage companies, part of the Angel Resource Institute education program on angel investing. This is probably the most important question an investor and entrepreneur will ask and answer before executing
LANSING - First, there was phishing … then came spear phishing … and now there is whaling — and other new sophisticated social engineering techniques. The bad guys are modifying their deceptive practices. Here’s what you need to know. Just when you thought you had seen it all regarding online phishing scams, along comes a
FERNDALE - Gary McGraw, the CTO of Cigital, joins two other cyber security experts, Dan Lohrmann of Security Mentor and Richard Stiennon of IT Harvest, to talk how Washington DC has become transfixed with building better cyber weapons, but not better cyber defenses. Cyber threats cost Americans billions of dollars each year and put U.S.
