MOUNT PLEASANT - This Friday, $45,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the Central Michigan University student teams who submit the top three winning business concepts in the New Venture Competition. 24 teams are participating in the competition, which began last October. The students, from multiple academic disciplines, will present their business plans to
PORTLAND, OR ? Avatron Software, which develop popular applications for the Apple iOS platform, has released of the Air Display app for the Mac App Store. Air Display for Mac turns a Mac OS X computer into a secondary wireless monitor for another Mac or a Windows PC. The original Air Display app debuted in
TROY - What do you really need to do to establish a solid social media presence now and in the future? Find out April 20 at an Automation Alley in-depth series. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and blogging are just some of the tools being used to take businesses to the next level in the digital age.
SOUTHFIELD ? Gov. Rick Snyder's three words for reinventing Michigan are "Simple, Fair and Efficient," Michael Finney, president and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., told about 60 people attending the TiE Detroit monthly meeting Tuesday night at the Southfield Westin. He calls it open source economic development. ?Results over bureaucracy, rejecting partisanship,? Finney
SAN FRANCSICO - Epsilon, which manages e-mail communications for TiVo, JP Morgan Chase, Capital One Financial, US Bank, the Kroger grocery chain, Best Buy, RedRoof Inn and other merchants, said this week that it suffered a security breach that revealed data on some of its clients' customers. Epsilon, which says it sends 40 billion e-mails
TAYLOR - Atlas Oil Company has completed its acquisition of Ro-Di Oil Company of Veerdersburg, Indiana. Ro-Di distributes approximately 10 million gallons of petroleum products annually in the central Indiana region. Ron Hayman, President of Ro-Di Oil, will assist in the transition. His son, RD Hayman, has joined the Atlas Oil team as district manager.
PLYMOUTH ? David Baker, Identity Management Security Consultant, will discuss Secure Data Sharing April 21 during the April meeting of MotorCity ISSA. The reservation deadline is April 18. He has been CISSP certified for four years. He works for CSC, a global outsourcing company, and is on assignment for Chrysler as an Identity Management Security
SAN FRANCISCO - Security company Webroot has announced a new app for Android users. Dubbed Webroot Mobile Security for Android, the application, which runs on both smartphones and tablets, scans apps for malware prior to installation. It also checks URLs to block phishing attacks. The app's identity-protection feature lets users remotely lock and wipe the
DETROIT - What will the Michigan innovation, life sciences, clean energy, transportation and information technology landscape look like 20 years from now? Will the area have emerged as an even bigger player in university and corporate research, or a major factor at all in areas like venture financing and entrepreneurial activity - and, if so,
SAN FRANCISCO - Salesforce.Com said it has acquired Radian6, a social media monitoring service, for $326 million in cash and stock. The deal, which is expected to close in the quarter ending July 31, gives Salesforce technology to monitor, track, and analyze social media across properties such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Radian6, which