FERNDALE – Lawrence Technological University started hosting Summer Science Camps four years ago during Michigan’s recession to rekindle the idea that Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) were still educational programs that lead to great paying jobs. Four years later, STEAM jobs are in great demand as is LTU’s Science Camp. Last year's camp
FERNDALE - The Travel Michigan decision to hire a Florida marketing company to rebuild the Pure Michigan website in a lucrative $400,000 contract has the Michigan web development community up in arms. On Monday, Feb. 29, Travel Michigan Spokesman Michelle Grinnell will appear on M2 (Squared) TechCast to explain the reasoning. Grinnell joins the show,
ZEELAND - Product development and business consultant Disher Corp. plans to invest more than $1.4 million and create at least 42 jobs at its Ann Arbor and Zeeland offices after getting a $200,000 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Since 2000, Disher has helped hundreds of small and large companies and inventors successfully discover,
DETROIT - Just three weeks remain to submit your nomination for the TU-Automotive Awards. This is your best opportunity to boost your company’s recognition in 2016. It is free, only takes a few minutes and you can submit in multiple categories. Nomination deadline is March 11. Previous winners include moovel, Volvo Car Group, Delphi, OnStar,
TORONTO - GAO announced this week it is offering a complete family of mount on-metal extreme temperature, humidity, and impact resistant RFID tags. Included in this family of UHF tags is the fastenable on-metal tag, the paperclip sized small on-metal tag, the ultra-thin on-metal tag, the magnetic on-metal tag, and the waterproof razor on or
LANSING - Gongwer News Service is once again making available a smartphone and tablet app that provides easy-to-use information and analysis of this year's elections, with new features, improved functionality and a lower price from the first edition that debuted in the 2014 election cycle. The app, which is available for iOS and Android devices,
BOULDER, Co. - FlexJobs reports that computer/information technology and healthcare are the top career fields for telecommuting job listings. 20 of the telecommuting-friendly companies are computer or information technology-related, while 18 telecommuting-friendly companies are in the healthcare industry. FlexJobs’ annual top 100 companies list is based on an analysis of over 40,000 companies and their
DETROIT - Attention Great Lakes innovators. Do you have the next great energy idea that will transform our cars, our homes and our communities? The deadline to apply is Sunday March 13. Apply to the Shell Great Lakes Innovation Competition for a chance to vie for $20,000 in grant support and the opportunity to spark
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University will host its first Michigan state competition for Business Professionals of America Feb. 27 when students from nine middle school chapters will compete in more than 14 different events consisting of computer skills, business fundamentals, speeches and many team events. Davenport University BPA students and staff will assist with judging, grading
ANN ARBOR - If you are building mobile apps that needs to interact with a Backend service, you don't want to miss the talk Feb. 29 at Mobile Monday Ann Arbor. With the recent announcement of Parse winding down their backend services, the need for alternative backend services for mobile apps is greater than ever.
