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Connect Michigan – Broadband infrastructure Interactive Map
Michigan Connects TM – Michigan’s most comprehensive source of fiber optic data, is a connection point for businesses, economic developers, planners and consumers seeking information about Michigan’s rich broadband resources. This interactive mapping application uses Esri ArcGIS for Server technology (with the ArcGIS API for Flex) and offers open access to extensive GIS capabilities to publish and share geographic data, maps, analyses and models.
The app provides users with a list of broadband providers that fall into three categories:
- carriers with fiber optic networks within ¼ mile of the user’s click or address;
- carriers offering broadband service at speeds of 100Mbps or faster by any technology platform; and
- carriers with fiber optic networks in the municipality where the user clicked or the address is located.
Additionally, this application allows users to find a comprehensive list of ultra-high-speed network connectivity throughout the state, among other key features, including:
- Detailed data and analytics about last mile and long haul fiber optic networks from commercial and public-sector providers.
- Resources and information designed to support site selection for bandwidth-intensive enterprises and industries, including data center operations.
- Fiber optic and last mile broadband data provided by 100+ of Michigan’s telecommunications carriers searchable to street level
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Six digital Valentine's Day gift ideas
I’m a serious procrastinator – so serious that I usually end up ignoring shipping deadlines before major holidays, which means that I usually end up scrambling to find gifts in the $1 aisle at Target. Yeah. Don’t be me.
Actually, with technology, you don’t have to be me — because everything, or at least everything that matters, is digital these days. In other words, there are plenty of real, legitimate gifts you can give to your significant other on Valentine’s Day that come in digital format. Match the gift to the recipient and you’ll look thoughtful and caring instead of like the lazy procrastinator that you are. Here are a few digital gift ideas to get you started: The Rest of the Story
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Hemingwrite: Setting Your Thoughts Free
Distraction is one of the constant variables when visiting the Internet. No matter how strong your resolve in most cases if you are typing your content into a blog, document or whatever, suddenly an email pops up or a tweet appears or a calendar announcement suddenly taps you on your psychic shoulder and you are taken off task. Imagine using a device that allows you to use all the advantages of digital word processing without the distractions of a browser. You aren’t dreaming, you are thinking about Hemingwrite, a device created in Detroit and launched through FirstGiving crowd source.
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Microsoft's HoloLens: How it works
CNET Nick Statt @nickstatt January 24, 2015 1:41 PM PST
Microsoft has a vision for the future, and it involves terms and technology straight out of science fiction.
But are we actually glimpsing that future? Yes and no.
Microsoft’s HoloLens, which the company unveiled at its Redmond, Wash., headquarters on Wednesday, is a sleek, flashy headset with transparent lenses. You can see the world around you, but suddenly that world is transformed — with 3D objects floating in midair, virtual screens on the wall and your living room covered in virtual characters running amok.
Technology companies have long promised to bring us the future now, reaching ahead 5 or 10 years to try to amaze consumers with the next big breakthrough. Hollywood, on the other hand, has shown that tech in action (or at least simulations of it).
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Microsoft Surface 3 Hits 1 Billion in Sales
Has Microsoft’s tablet PC finally come of age? Earlier this week Microsoft said Surface revenue hit $1.1bn for the most recent quarter – up 24 percent year on year – driven by Surface Pro 3 and accessories. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said of the rise: “The value proposition of being the most productive tablet is resonating.”
The company revealed that the third version of the Surface, the two-in-one device first launched two years ago, is selling faster than previous versions. “Surface Pro 3 volumes are pacing over three times the rate of what we saw with Surface Pro 2,” said Microsoft CFO Amy Hood.
So can it be finally said that Surface is a success? It depends on which metrics you use.
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Shane Turns Blue for Special Olympics
Our own Shane Hamelin will be taking a quick dip in the Detroit River on Feb 14. The only thing that could get him to something like this is the chance to raise money for Michigan’s Special Olympics. Please join Shane in making a donation to help with this worthy cause. Click here for more information. …
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Internet Advisor Predictions 2015
IA experts and friends look ahead to 2015:
Emily Hay Social Media Predictions for 2015
Richard Stiennon Security Predictions for 2015
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IA Crew Predictions: 2014
The envelope has been unsealed and here is what the IA experts saw when they looked into the mists of 2014:
Emily Hay Social Media Recap and Predictions
Shane Hamelin PREDICTIONS 2014
Richard Stiennon 2014 IT Security Predictions
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What next for the future tech of 2015?
CNET
by Jon Skillings @jeskillings D
Every year, we capture a little bit more of the future — and yet the future insists on staying ever out of reach.
Consider space travel. Humans have been traveling beyond the atmosphere for more than 50 years now — but aside from a few overnights on the moon four decades ago, we have yet to venture beyond low Earth orbit.
Or robots. They help build our cars and clean our kitchen floors, but no one would mistake a Kuka or a Roomba for the replicants in “Blade Runner.” Siri, Cortana and Alexa, meanwhile, are bringing some personality to the gadgets in our pockets and our houses. Still, that’s a long way from HAL or that lad David from the movie “A.I. Artificial Intelligence.”
Self-driving cars? Still in low gear, and carrying some bureaucratic baggage that prevents them from ditching certain technology of yesteryear, like steering wheels.
And even when these sci-fi things arrive, will we embrace them? A Pew study earlier this year found thatAmericans are decidedly undecided. Among the poll respondents, 48 percent said they would like to take a ride in a driverless …
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