DETROIT ? Verizon Wireless expanded its 4G LTE network to four Michigan counties ? Calhoun, Clare, Mason and Missaukee. Verizon Wireless is currently available to customers in 491 markets, reaching 287 million people across the nation. In Calhoun County, 4G LTE now extends along SR 99, improving coverage on the south side of Albion. Customers
EAST LANSING - Forgoing the usual discussions by education experts, the Governor's Education Summit launched Monday morning with panels of business leaders and college students discussing how the various levels of education could better work with business to ensure students are prepared for in-demand careers. Governor Rick Snyder, opening the event, called out both the
TROY - Creative Breakthroughs will host an ongoing series of authorized Cisco training courses in May at its Training Facility in Troy. As a Cisco Premier Certified Partner and a Cisco Learning Partner, CBI will offer a variety of courses led by CBI Practice Manager and Senior Cisco Instructor, Matt Just. The training is geared
LANSING - Michigan Council of Women in Technology members and nonmembers are invited to network and hear about the future of technology in Mid-Michigan May 2 from Jeff Mason, executive director of the University Research Council. The University Research Corridor is an alliance among Michigan State University, University of Michigan and Wayne State University to
GRAND RAPIDS ? Forbes Magazine has ranked Grand Rapids as a top 10 city for find employment, citing the metropolitan area's 6.6 percent unemployment rate in February. Forbes cited the top industries hiring as Healthcare, Financial Services, Skilled Labor, Education, IT, and Engineering. The job skills most in demand are Information Specialists, Manufacturing, Administrative, and
LANSING ? Data center Liquid Web is giving its followers access to its most recently constructed Data Center with a Google Street View tour of the web host posted Tuesday. The company has also hidden clues around the Data Center that will allow users to interact in a weeklong scavenger hunt - featuring monetary prizes
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has been named a 2013 Laureate in recognition of the Rural Education Anchor Community Health care ? Michigan Middle Mile Collaborative program. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change. The REACH-3MC project features public-private collaboration, pairing Merit, Michigan's Research and
MT. CLEMENS - Macomb County's courts and other departments are back to pen-and-paper operations after a fire at the old county building Wednesday wiped out the county's servers and phone system. The county did not have a its data backed up off site. ?This is what we warned them about,? County Executive Mark Hackel told
SOUTHFIELD - Sixty-eight teams from 28 communities in Michigan will compete in the state regional championship round of Robofest on April 27 at Lawrence Technological University. Admission and parking are free. Robofest is a competition of autonomous robots - computer-programmed to act independently and not remote-controlled - that encourages students to have fun while learning
GRAND RAPIDS - Rick DeVos said Thursday that his Start Garden fund has invested more than $2.3 million in more than 100 projects during its first year. Start Garden began last spring, investing $5,000 in two potential ideas, projects and startup businesses each week. The fund is backed by $15 million from DeVos? family, and