SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung has tapped Absolute Software to embed the corporate security solutions provider's patented persistence technology onto its mobile devices -- most notably onto the upcoming Galaxy S4 smartphone. Headed for Samsung Knox when it debuts this year, Absolute boasted that Samsung's mobile devices will then be the first worldwide to offer "constant,
SAN FRANCISCO - In September 2011, security companies first noticed a new malware scam for OS X, which posed as a fake Adobe Flash installer, and hence became known as Flashback. Unlike prior scams, this malware took on some new approaches to tricking users by infecting common browsers, disabling Apple's XProtect system, and eventually morphing
MENLO PARK - Facebook unveiled a new Home on Android at a press event at its California headquarters - a family of apps meant to keep mobile audiences always affixed to its social network. Facebook Home consists of a set of the social network's apps that become the home of your Android phone, CNET News.Com
HOLLAND ? A West Michigan manufacturer turned a bad experience with off-the-shelf Enterprise Resource Planning systems into a business opportunity. When Fogg Filler looked to buy an ERP system and realized none of the available solutions fit its needs, it set loose an internal team to develop a system that worked for the company, said
HOLLAND - Four years ago, Fogg Filler Co. needed a new Enterprise Resource Planning system because the system it had custom-built in the 1980s was no longer efficient. The company wanted a new system to improve engineering efficiency and to offer a unified platform for enhanced visibility across the company, said Todd Kemme, engineering manager
GRAND RAPIDS - Investors attracted to deals on the coasts for years overlooked Michigan as a flyover state, but those perceptions seem to be slowly changing as more outside money sets its sights on in-state companies. Just ask Ned Tomasevic, principal of Los Angeles-based private investment firm Toma Capital Management LLC. Tomasevic, who earned his
DETROIT - Compuware Corp. Tuesday announced the availability of its APM Mobile Application Monitoring Service ? what Compuware says is the only free system that combines crash, performance and business analytics for native mobile applications. This new free offering enables mobile operations teams to accelerate time-to-market for new applications and ensure great end-user experiences. Compuware
DETROIT ? Covisint has introduced an enhanced supplier portal that the company says improves usability and mobile accessibility. What?s more, through its Akamai NetAlliance Partnership, Covisint?s Cloud Engagement Platform will feature improved response times for multi-page transactions globally. Compuware says the deal gives Covisint more than 125,000 global points of presence and a content delivery
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute is be featured April 4 and later in the month as the Cause of the Day button on AOL.com, which is visited by nearly 15 million people daily. AOL provides an opportunity to educate consumers and connect them with non-profit organizations that are on a mission to change the
LANSING - Overall approval of President Barack Obama's job performance has increased to its highest level since 2009 among Michigan residents, according to the latest State of the State Survey. The survey also found that approval ratings for Governor Rick Snyder declined slightly, but were statistically unchanged from results in the last survey. His approval