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Brennan, Roush Co-Hosts Of M2 TechCast Featured in Comcast Newsmaker Interview

SOUTHFIELD - Mike Brennan, MITechNews.Com Editor & Publisher, and Matt Roush, News Director at Lawrence Technological University, were featured on Comcast’s Newsmaker interview series. Brennan and Roush are the co-hosts of M2 (Squared) TechCast that airs live every Monday at 3 pm on the Podcast Detroit Network. Brennan talked about MITechNews.Com and all the changes

By |2016-04-20T21:41:32-04:00April 20th, 2016|Featured, News|

ITINTHED Episode 140 – Interworks, Daily Detroit, Observations About Metro Detroit

FERNDALE - Episode 140 Of ITInTheD featured some great conversations about machine learning, security, the metro Detroit area, how Detroit stacks up…and doesn’t…against other cities around the area.  Where Detroit is falling down, even in the midst of the resurgence underway, and what absolutely, positively has to change if things are every going to really

By |2016-04-20T12:54:55-04:00April 20th, 2016|IT in the D, Podcasts|

U-M’s Daubmann Named Dean Of Architecture At Lawrence Technological University

SOUTHFIELD - University of Michigan Professor Karl Daubmann has been named dean of the College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University. His appointment concludes a nationwide search and will be effective July 1. Daubmann succeeds Glen LeRoy, who resigned last fall to accept the presidency of Boston Architectural College. LTU’s College of Architecture

By |2016-04-20T12:33:14-04:00April 20th, 2016|News|

Boxed Water Celebrates Earth Day April 22 With Partnership To Plant 200,000 Trees

HOLLAND - Boxed Water wants to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 by launching a partnership with the National Forest Foundation to plant more than 200,000 trees in 2016. Boxed Water is an eco-friendly alternative to water packaged in plastic. ReTree, a Boxed Water-NFF partnership, has a five-year goal of planting one million trees by

By |2016-04-19T21:23:18-04:00April 19th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|

Michigan Ties For 3rd Lowest Jobless Rate Among Great Lakes States

LANSING - Just Minnesota and Wisconsin had lower unemployment rates than Michigan and New York among the Great Lakes states in March, figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show. The March numbers also show that 23 states had jobless rates higher than Michigan, including four in the Great Lakes region: Illinois, Ohio,

By |2016-04-19T20:58:25-04:00April 19th, 2016|Politics|

Pure Michigan Ad Campaign Generates $1.4 Billion In Tourism Spending In 2015

LANSING - The Pure Michigan advertising campaign in 2015 resulted in 4.6 million trips to Michigan generating some $1.4 billion spent by these out-of-state visitors, a report contends. The campaign also saw a strong return on investment of $7.67 in 2015 – up from $6.87 in 2014. Data from Smith Travel Research showed that hotel

By |2016-04-19T17:10:00-04:00April 19th, 2016|Featured, Politics|

Apple Working On 3D Touchscreen That Simulates Textures

CUPERTINO - 3D Touch is all well and good, but future Apple devices may incorporate advanced haptic technology which lets software simulate textures ranging from the grain of wood surface to the cold feeling of metal. That’s according to a new patent published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, describing a “Touch Surface

By |2016-04-19T16:16:52-04:00April 19th, 2016|New Products / Contracts, News|

As Search Changes To Voice, Google Adapts

SAN FRANCISCO - Columnist Adam Dorfman notes that people are changing the way they search in response to new technologies and the proliferation of smartphones. What can advertisers and SEOs do to keep up? Everything we know about search is changing fundamentally. An explosion of devices and technologies continues to shape how and where we

By |2016-04-19T16:09:12-04:00April 19th, 2016|Guest Columns|

China Trying To Block Domestic Access To Worldwide Internet

REDWOOD CITY, Ca. - Techdirt readers know that the Chinese authorities have been steadily tightening their grip on most aspects of online life in the country, but there's one area that hasn't been mentioned much: the Web browser. Recently, a new report from the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab identified security and privacy issues in

By |2016-04-19T16:09:32-04:00April 19th, 2016|Cyber Defense|

Detroit Auto Show To Add Auto Mobility Exposition In 2017

DETROIT - The North American International Auto Show is adding a new wrinkle in 2017 - a dedicated exposition focused on the rapidly evolving global auto and mobility markets. AutoMobili-D will feature more than 100 companies, including automakers, tier one suppliers and tech startups - selected by TechStars Mobility. “AutoMobili-D will provide an international look

By |2016-04-19T16:27:26-04:00April 18th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, News|