WEST BLOOMFIELD ? Think of Mr. Potato Head for the iPhone. Well that's what Captain Moustache, a start up developing mobile applications for Apple products, wants you to do with its latest product, Simple Pumpkin Face, out just in time for Halloween. Simple Pumpkin Face offers a myriad of exciting face options, backgrounds and words
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor's role as one of the state's biosciences industry hubs will be highlighted on Oct. 26-27 when MichBio holds its 6th Annual Expo and Conference to the Marriott at Eagle Crest in Ypsilanti. MichBio is the statewide trade association for biosciences, and the Expo is the premier annual gathering of biosciences
NEW YORK - Many of the most popular applications on the social-networking site Facebook have been transmitting identifying information - in effect, providing access to people's names and, in some cases, their friends' names - to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. The issue affects tens of
ANN ARBOR - ForeSee Results has resigned New York & Company to measure online satisfaction using its American Customer Satisfaction Index. "We are very serious about turning online browsers into online and offline buyers. ForeSee Results has helped us improve our online conversion rates by accessing attitudinal data to understand who is coming to our
DETROIT - The Michigan Women's Foundation board of trustees announced its support for the formation of a Women's Angel Fund providing access to capital to start or expand transformative businesses and give the Michigan economy a needed infusion of jobs and change. Michigan Women's Foundation will support the investment in early stage women-owned businesses owned
ANN ARBOR - The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business announced the recipients of the Fall 2010 Dare to Dream Grant Program, where students apply for funding to advance their innovative, high-potential business concepts toward launch. Grant recipients were awarded funding totaling
EAST LANSING - A.J. Boggs & Company, an East Lansing-based internet technology company, has added four staff members, David Kuhn, Jacob Jang, Jason Rigdon and Jessica Parks. Kuhn brings over 25 years of experience in software development to the A.J. Boggs? team. As a graduate of Bowling Green State University, Kuhn provides significant industrial and
WASHINGTON ? Financing from the U.S. Small Business Administration's growth capital program increased 23 percent in fiscal year 2010, providing a record $1.59 billion to help small businesses grow and create jobs. The fiscal year 2010 volume is the highest single-year volume in the 50-year history of SBA's Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) debenture program.
SALINE - Latitude Learning, provider of an open-source learning management system received the Ektron 2010 All Stars award for its outstanding and innovative use of technology for Best Extranet Website. Winners will be celebrated at the annual Ektron Synergy conference on Nov. 7 - 10 in Orlando, Florida. Winners of the 20 awards were judged
DEARBORN - The Detroit chapter of TiE (Talent, Ideas, Enterprise) presents a discussion on Global Midwest: Immigration & Innovation as Drivers at TiECon Midwest 2010, Michigan's largest Conference on entrepreneurship to be held Oct. 28-29 at The Henry, Dearborn. In the early 20th century, it was the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of European immigrants who