GRAND RAPIDS - Student, alumni and faculty volunteers from Davenport University are trained and ready to kick off free income tax preparation sessions, available to low- and middle- income tax-filers (less than $58,000 in total family income) at locations across West Michigan. Every year, millions of dollars in tax refunds and credits go unclaimed by
ANN ARBOR - Despite cheaper gas prices, fewer people bought gas guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks, driving gas mileage higher in January for new vehicles sold in the United States for the first time in eight months, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new
DETROIT - Lawrence Technological University and Focus: HOPE will offer LTU’s new Associate of Science in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology degree at Focus: HOPE’s training facility in Detroit. Some 16 students will comprise the first class and upon completing their program will be the latest of more than 115 students who have earned Lawrence
GRAND RAPIDS - Steelcase is getting into wind power in an even bigger way. On Tuesday, the office furniture maker announced a 12-year power purchase agreement with Apex Clean Energy for 25 megawatts of wind power, nearly half of Steelcase’s renewable energy purchases. Under Steelcase’s long-term PPA with Apex’s Grant Plains Wind project, a 150-megawatt
SAN FRANCISCO - By 2020, 5.4 billion people around the world will have a phone, more people than will have electricity, running water or cars on the road. This sobering prediction comes from Cisco’s annual report on mobile traffic growth. Cisco's report forecasts a tenfold growth in mobile data traffic to 366.8 exabytes by 2020. What
FERNDALE - On the Feb. 8 edition of M2 (Squared) TechCast, Linda Daichendt, CEO of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, talks about Mobile Michigan Mondays, Rachele Downs, vice president at Inforum, interviews Justine Sheu, the creator of Detroit Pro:Up, that matches high school students to educational and career development experiences, and Andrew Basile Jr.,
FERNDALE - Crain’s Detroit Business Reporter Tom Henderson appears on the Jan. 25 edition of M2 TechCast to talk about the Venture Capital section published by his business tabloid. Henderson covers Venture Capital, technology and business stories for Crain’s. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-episode-19-tom-henderson-crains-vc-report?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit#t=0:00
FERNDALE - Cybersecurity experts Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann co-host the Jan. 25 M2 TechCast to talk about how the hacktivist group Anonymous has targeted the Michigan State government in response to the water crisis in Flint. Op#Flint is an attack against Gov. Snyder’s Administration to raise the visibility of how a switch to the
FERNDALE - Drone Law Pro’s Enrico Schaefer talks about what’s hot in drone law. The good news is more than 300,000 recreational drone users have registered their drones with the Federal Aviation Administration since the new law triggered on Dec. 21. Disney has asked the FAA for permission to fly a squadron of lighted drones
FERNDALE - Diva Tech Talk joined M2 (Squared) TechCast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on the Feb. 1 edition the Internet radio show. Amanda Lewan and Nicole Johnson Schefler interviewed Christina Mathes, vice president of Client Experience/Mousetap at Ricket Fiber. Also on the show was Matt’s new boss, Bruce J. Annett Jr., Associate Vice
