DETROIT - The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation's website design competition drew 51 teams of high school students to vie for $2,775 in cash prizes. For its sixth year running, women from metro Detroit high schools learned creative development and technology principles during the two-month-long program. It is one of the initiatives benefiting
GRAND RAPIDS ? As I was typing out the issue number on this eNewsletter, it hit me ? Vol. 10, No. 1. Means MITechNews.Com ? the first web portal site in Michigan to offer news about Michigan technology and entrepreneurs ? is celebrating its 10th birthday. It?s hard to believe when I left the Detroit
ANN ARBOR - CytoPherx announced it has closed a $34 million funding round that will be used to complete U.S. clinical trials and gain FDA approved for the anti-inflammatory therapy for acute kidney injury. A large syndicate of investors co-led by Early Stage Partners, Onset Ventures and Capital Midwest Fund, participated in the round. Dr.
LONDON - O2 announced O2 Lease, the first smartphone leasing service in the United Kingdom that enables new or existing O2 customers to lease a new smartphone for one year with no upfront payment. The cost is �55 per month including insurance, 750 minutes, unlimited text and 500 MB of data. Small businesses will also
GRAND RAPIDS - MiBiz announced Wednesday that veteran business journalist Mark Sanchez has begun working for the region's largest business publication as a Senior Writer. Sanchez will cover the West Michigan health care, finance and small business beats for MiBiz and its affiliated print and online publications. For the last 25 years, Sanchez has been
SAN FRANCISCO - A recent survey from The Ponemon Institute and PC Tools reveals a real gap between how aware Americans think they are of Internet scams and how likely they actually are to fall for them. For instance, 47 percent of U.S. respondents identified an online survey with a prize as either a scam
ANN ARBOR - Join hundreds of attendees as they take advantage of learning and networking opportunities with fellow entrepreneurs, funding sources and entrepreneurial resources at this year's Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship on January 31 at Skyline High School. ACE'12 is the culmination of GLEQ's Fall Business Plan Competition where winners and cash awards are announced.
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University will host the Business Professionals of America Regional Competition for West Michigan high school students on Jan. 6. Approximately 400 students representing 20 area schools will converge on Davenport's W.A. Lettinga Campus to compete in more than 50 business and technology events. ?Business Professionals of America is a great opportunity
DETROIT - Following the successful launch of the iRule cloud-based universal remote control system for Apple's iOS, the company has released iRule for Android, featuring all the same functionality and customization available in the iOS version. iRule is an application that transforms the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad, and now Android devices, into a universal remote
BIRMINGHAM - Let this be the day that you change your password practices. On December 24th, 2011, Anonymous, the group of hackers that includes anyone who chooses to adapt that label, announced that they had broken into the servers of the defense intelligence organization Stratfor. Despite Anonymous? belief in a vast military-industrial-government conspiracy, Stratfor is