SAN FRANCISCO - Users of the iOS app called Signal can now encrypt their text messages and their phone calls for free. Version 2.0, released Monday adds the ability to send free end-to-end encrypted messages to people across the world. Your messages can include text, pictures and videos, which are all encrypted to thwart people
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan League of Conservation Voters gave Gov. Rick Snyder a ?C? for the second half of his first term in office, in a new study released Thursday. How Green is Your Governor? 2013-2014 Report Card offers a detailed analysis of the performance of Governor Snyder, his administration and the agencies he
BARCELONA - Tom Wheeler, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission, Wednesday defended his agency's move to regulate the Internet, ensuring that broadband players would be unaffected by his light touch approach to the rules. "This is no more regulating the Internet than the First Amendment regulates free speech in our country," Wheeler said in
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio, the state?s life sciences trade association, has posted five new jobs in its data bank, including located in Michigan. Research Scientist Xoran Technologies LLC - Ann Arbor Position will design and develop computed tomography (CT) scanners based on new flat-panel detectors, while insuring superior image quality. Provide technical research, review and
DETROIT - The Varnum law firm will open its sixth office and second in Southeast Michigan in the Federal Reserve Building in downtown Detroit. The office space is currently undergoing build out and is expected to open in the second quarter of 2015. For the past nine years, Varnum has served clients in the Metro
DETROIT - To help app designers and developers put out the best product possible, Mobile Monday Detroit, is presenting a panel of Michigan-based experts who will provide information on creating useful and intuitive user experiences, ensuring security of user data, and overcoming the design challenges of the multi-platform and multi-device environment. Speakers will include: Jodi
SAN FRANCISCO - A newly discovered encryption flaw known as FREAK attack left users of Apple's Safari and Google's Android browsers vulnerable to hackers for more than a decade, researchers told the Washington Post. Users of the browsers were vulnerable to having their electronic communications intercepted when visiting any of hundreds of thousands of websites,
DETROIT - Learn go-to-market strategies from two extraordinary entrepreneurs and pitch your product for prizes through Best Shot on March 12 hosted by Bizdom. Free to attend. Refreshments provided. Best Shot Workshop speakers include Tom Sesti and Steve Schwartz. Start earning sales revenue for your business with knowledge and resources from the Best Shot workshop.
AUBURN HILLS - Facebook has changed quite a bit since it was founded 10 years ago. Join Social Media Club Detroit, the Macomb-OU INCubator, and Mike McClure, Social Media Director for the Yaffe Group, for an introduction to Facebook for Business 102. This presentation will be a guide for those looking to build a business
BARCELONA - Network equipment makers Ericsson and Nokia Networks are demonstrating the fifth-generation technology on the show floor here at the Mobile World Congress show. And a parade of executives and one government official have taken to the stage to extoll 5G's virtues. "The 5G infrastructure is expected to become the nervous system of the