MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - In a bid to play nice with European regulatory authorities, Google announced yesterday that it will soon launch an opt-out option for owners of wireless access points the company uses to gather smartphone location data. "Even though the wireless access point signals we use in our location services don't identify people,
DETROIT ? Wayne State University if hosting a conference Sept. 29-30 to connect scientists, researchers, and community leaders working in academia, industry, and government from across the state of Michigan to explore the future of Michigan?s water resources. The conference will be held at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center and Community Arts Auditorium Wayne State
LANSING - The Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development approved Wednesday the standards farms have to meet to be in the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program and the process for measuring whether they met those standards. The commission has only been required to approve the standards since March when the MAEAP became statutory, but they
LANSING - An advertising blitz this summer put on by the owners of the Ambassador Bridge, which hammers the Michigan Legislature on the New International Trade Crossing, is clearly leaving senators on the front lines eager for both more factual detail on SB 410 and SB 411 and a resolution to the issue soon. But
FERNDALE - Livio Radio, a manufacturer and developer of car Internet radio products and services, Tuesday announced the roll out of its Bluetooth Internet Radio Car Kit. ?The Kit,? previewed at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is a plug-and-play gadget that brings Internet radio and music from your iPod or iPhone
ANN ARBOR ? Ann Arbor SPARK has received its first repayment of a Michigan Microloan. Akervall Technologies, makers of the Protech Dent mouth guard, repaid its $15,000 microloan in just 15 months, nine months before it was due. ?Akervall Technologies is the perfect example of how the microloan funding is suppose to work,? said Skip
ALPENA - Verizon Wireless has completed its $850,000 upgrade of 450 antennas on all of its cell sites between the Saginaw Bay north to the Mackinaw Bridge and east of Interstate 75 to Lake Huron, producing gains of up to one mile. The last tower to receive new equipment is in Roscommon, where a nest
ANN ARBOR ? Michigan is producing more college grads than it has jobs that require such degrees. Worse, many Michigan grads are walking into the job market with degrees in fields that are way oversupplied (law, PR), while engineering and computer openings go begging. If Amy Dobson is a rock and Gentex is a hard
NOVI - The City of Novi is hosting on Sept. 24 its Green Street project, which provides local businesses and organizations the opportunity to showcase their green products and services. Event highlights include City Open House (including representatives from every department), Police Department Open House, Fire Department Demonstrations, Kids? Fun Zone, and Green Street. Each
ANN ARBOR - HookLogic announced that Bain Capital Ventures has pumped $9.5 million into the e-commerce media company to further develop its Software-as-a-Service platform and expand its business across the retail, travel and automotive sectors in North America and Europe. HookLogic is headquartered in New York. Its office in Ann Arbor is focused on developing