DETROIT - Professor Jeff Ingalsbe puts some of the recent advances in mobile technology showcased at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain in perspective and explores the threats to our privacy that come with these advances. Matt Hampel of Code for Detroit Brigade shares the vision of this group of technologist who want to solve
TROY - Code ReConnect, an innovative training IT job training program, has been relaunched by Automation Alley. Priority will be given to unemployed candidates and veterans. The first installment of the program, Code ReConnect .Net, will focus on computer programming and Web and app development. Training will take place at Oakland Community College?s Auburn Hills
LANSING ? Fourteen checks for more than $7.6 million were handed out Friday by the Michigan Strategic Fund as part of the Downtown Infrastructure Grant program for public infrastructure improvements. ?These grants will improve Michigan downtowns and spur additional economic growth in the surrounding areas,? said Gov. Rick Snyder. ?The DIG program helps make our
NOVI - ITC Holdings, the nation?s largest publicly traded owner of the power grid, reported sharply higher revenue and net income for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, despite abandoning the acquisition of the transmission lines of New Orleans-based Entergy. The company reported revenue of $255.4 million for the quarter, up from $221.6
LANSING ? Two Michigan entrepreneurial groups became one last month when MIQuest was announced ? the merger of the Small Business of Michigan Foundation and the Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest. Now their combined mission is to make Michigan one of the top states for entrepreneurs in the country. SBAM President Rob Fowler said the Foundation
DETROIT - Michele Grimm, interim director of Wayne State University's Transfer Student Success Center and associate professor of biomedical engineering, just may be one of Michigan?s most active and successful science, technology, engineering and mathematics supporters and advocates. Her track record is like a guidebook for service to STEM fields; her work is paving the
DETROIT - Ed Rudel is not just our Tech Advisor and the main contributor to our ToolKit, he is also the proud father of Talon Rudel, currently a student at Grand Valley University in Grand Rapids along with his sister Shardae. Ed recently applied his considerable skills to helping Talon solve a thorny computer problem
LANSING ? Registration is open for Michigan Shifting Gears as three new three-month cohorts start on April 15 in Detroit, Kalamazoo and Gaylord. ?Michigan?s small businesses and entrepreneurs are growing and searching for qualified talent to help their companies move in the right direction,? said Michael Finney, President and CEO of the MEDC. ?At the
SOUTHFIELD ? Intellectual Property Attorney Matthew R. Mowers has joined the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP as a partner in the Southfield office. Mowers, who also has a degree in mechanical engineering, concentrates his practice in the areas of patent and trademark clearance, procurement and enforcement, licensing, due diligence review, unfair competition,
LANSING - Charlie Moret, who is the Managing Director, Technology-Based Entrepreneurship at TechTown in Detroit, has been selected by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to manage the Michigan Pre-Seed Fund, which has been the purview of Ann Arbor SPARK since its inception. Paula Sorrell, MEDC Vice President Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Venture Capital, made the announcement