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Deadline To Apply For $80,000 NextChallenge: Smart Cities Competition July 28

DETROIT - The deadline to apply for the $80,000 NextChallenge: Smart Cities competition is just two weeks away. Innovators should submit an online concept proposal by 11:59 pm EDT on July 28. The competition is co-hosted by NextEnergy, DENSO, DTE Energy and Wells Fargo - both at the individual innovator and organization level – to

By |2016-07-14T18:25:53-04:00July 14th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Launches Bug Bounty Program For Vehicle Cybersecurity

AUBURN HILLS - Hackers can get paid a bounty up to $1,500 if they discover potential vehicle cybersecurity vulnerabilities, depending on its impact and severity. That’s the program launched Wednesday by FCA US LLC, the American arm of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. FCA also named the crowdsourced security testing firm Bugcrowd Inc. to manage the program.

By |2016-07-13T18:20:23-04:00July 13th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Cyber Defense, Featured|

ITintheD Ep 152 – What Does Being Black in America Mean – Full Episode

ROYAL OAK - After the events of last week, and rather rapidly, we were lucky enough to get Eric Thomas, Calvin Moore, Billy Strawter, and Khary Frazier in-studio to talk about not just the events of the past week, but also the touchy topic of what it’s actually like to be black in America today,

By |2016-07-13T15:27:17-04:00July 13th, 2016|Featured, IT in the D, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor Podcast: Indy Film Lighthouse Unmanned

DETROIT - Sharma Krauskopf rejoined the show a year after launching an independent film Lighthouse Unmanned about lighthouse keepers, their families and the huge impact of changes in their lives with the advent of technology.  It has been a long trip from Michigan where film incentives money dried up to New York where she found the

By |2016-07-13T12:45:38-04:00July 13th, 2016|Featured, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor Podcast: Play Bigger And Lighthouse Unmanned

DETROIT - David Peterson, like a lot of great smaller competitors, starting with David, King of Israel, discovered that giants aren’t all they are cracked up to be, especially when you “Play Bigger”!  That is the title of his new book about Category Design or playing bigger individually, as a business or any kind of

By |2016-07-13T10:58:24-04:00July 13th, 2016|Featured, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Pokemon Go Collects Private Information From Gmail Account Users

ANN ARBOR - Before you download that Pokemon Go app and start collecting Pikachus and Jigglypuffs, know that the Alphabet spin-off Niantic, Inc. that developed the game is collecting information about the collectors, particularly if you log in from your gmail account. Doing so gives Niantic access to all your account information. Like most apps that

By |2016-07-16T11:48:12-04:00July 12th, 2016|Cyber Defense, Featured|

M2 Techcast: FAA Issues Requirements On Commercial Drone Pilot’s Licenses

ROYAL OAK - Attorney Enrico Schaefer provides another update from dronelawpro.com, his Traverse City-based law practice that specializes in technology and drone legal issues. On June 21, the FAA announcement the new drone regulations that will become effective at end of August. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles remote pilot licenses are now required. Really. The test includes

By |2016-07-11T09:02:26-04:00July 10th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

M2 Techcast: 360 Interactive Offers Digital Marketing To Help Business Find Correct Online Path

ROYAL OAK - Dale Keipert, CEO of 360 Interactive, talks about his digital marketing agency, which he started in 2003 after a career of marketing in the corporate world. Digital marketing agencies do what ad agencies do, but in the online space. What 360 Interactive recommends is a business must figure out what its goal

By |2016-07-11T13:16:35-04:00July 10th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

U-M – Harmful Algal Bloom In Western Lake Erie To Be Less

ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan researchers and their partners predict that western Lake Erie will experience a less severe harmful algal bloom in 2016 than last year's record­-setting event. The outlook reflects less discharge from the Maumee River and a return to an average nutrient runoff into the lake. The 2016 bloom is expected

By |2016-07-08T11:58:57-04:00July 8th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured, News|

Energy Agency Issues Clean Energy Manufacturing Roadmap

LANSING — The Michigan Agency for Energy Tuesday issued a Clean Energy Manufacturing Roadmap, a collaborative effort of the state of Michigan and officials in northeast Ohio to boost jobs in the “energy efficient building technology” industry. “For Michigan, this roadmap demonstrates the opportunities that lie in strengthening clean energy manufacturing to diversify and strengthen the

By |2016-07-08T11:59:27-04:00July 8th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured, Politics|