LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder in his inaugural address Saturday called for a culture change in which cooperation, courage and innovation will lead the way to reinvented economy and enhanced quality of life in Michigan. Gov. Snyder made his remarks on the Capitol steps upon taking the oath of office to become Michigan?s 48th governor.
TORRENCE, Ca. - Carmaker Honda is warning more than 2 million of its customers in the U.S. that an e-mail database containing some of their personal information has been stolen. It's not yet 100 percent clear if this breach is connected to the recent breach of the e-mail marketing firm Silverpop Systems, but it sure
NEW YORK - Star Wars-ready holographic calling tops the just released IBM Five in Five list compiled annually in a survey of 3000 researchers who predict five big tech trends for the next five years. Imagine dialing up grandma and having a 3D avatar pop up from the screen. The popularity of video chat services
SAN FRANCISCO - Lookout Mobile Security, which just raised fresh capital to boost its fight against mobile malware, said it has identified the peskiest cell phone threat to date. The Android Trojan, dubbed Geinimi, has cropped up in China and is capable of taking a significant amount of personal data and sending it to remote
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple is being sued for allegedly letting mobile apps on the iPhone and iPad send personal information to ad networks without the consent of users. Jonathan Lalo, who filed the lawsuit on Thursday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., alleges that Apple's iPhones and iPads let ad networks track which
LANSING ? Former Michigan political PR pros Sara and Brad Wurfel are returning from Oregon to take similar jobs in Gov.-elect Rick Snyder's administration. Sara Wurfel will serve as press secretary and her husband, Brad, will serve as director of communications for the Department of Environmental Quality. ?We are so pleased that Sara and Brad
GRAND RAPIDS ? Happy Holidays from MITechNews.Com Editor & Publisher Mike Brennan to all my friends and readers in Michigan and beyond and a prosperous and healthy 2011. Whether you worship God, Buddha, Jehovah, Mohammed, Brahma, or any of the hundreds of other avatars who has returned to our earthly plane to teach us the
GRAND RAPIDS ? If you'd have a great web-based technology business idea, and you'd like to live in West Michigan for 12 weeks this summer, than the Momentum business accelerator program may be what you're looking for. You can apply now for the 2011 program. Momentum is open to any entrepreneur in Michigan or beyond.
WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Communications Commission today officially adopted controversial Net neutrality rules, but the fight is far from over as the FCC's authority to create and enforce these rules may still be in question. With the support of the Democratic FCC chairman, Julius Genachowski, and two other Democratic commissioners, Michael Copps and Mignon
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University, through a partnership with Oakland County and the U.S. Department of Labor, has been awarded a federal grant to cover tuition for engineers living in Oakland County who enroll in its graduate certificate program in defense manufacturing engineering. As many as 15 engineers who meet the funding criteria will have