ROYAL OAK - If you have a business that wants to migrate to the cloud, how do you take the first steps? Microsoft has selected a group of partners, including Red Level, and has provided the funding for the assessment to the tune of from $3,000 to $7,000 to pay Red Level's consulting fees. That’s
ROYAL OAK - What’s the coolest place to be for kids in metro Detroit this summer? Why the Michigan Science Center, says Tonya Matthews, Chief Creativity Officer and CEO for the MiSci. With exhibits and events for children and adults of all ages, including its all-new STEM Playground, she says MiSci is the perfect place
ROYAL OAK - What is the powertrain of the future? Will it be all electric? Hybrids? The answer is we don’t know the answer, Auto industry expert David Cole, chairman of Auto Harvest, explains in this edition of M2 TechCast. The battery remains the Achilles Heel for auto electrification, he said. A solid state battery
DETROIT - Vince Chmielewski, the president and founder of Visual Compass of Ann Arbor (formerly VCWebdesign in Ypsilanti, MI), joins Internet Advisor to talk about the future of self-driving cars and the impact that they will have on our culture as well as our means of transportation. What are some of the biggest changes coming and when will they hit? Insurance,
PLYMOUTH - Comcast announced that Xfinity Mobile, a new wireless service designed for the way people use their phones today, is beginning to roll out in Xfinity stores in Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Macomb, Plymouth, Rochester Hills, Sterling Heights and Troy this week. Xfinity Mobile combines the nation’s largest and most reliable 4G LTE network with the largest
ROYAL OAK - TechStak is about bringing insight, educational awareness and experts to small businesses, so says founder Nicol Pasuit. On this segment of M2 TechCast, Nicol interviewed Candace Chapman, ContentOro vice president of Marketing and Sales, who talks about how her company offers web sites digital content to attract more readers through a five-step
GRAND RAPIDS — Two advertising services companies have joined forces in a bid to create a “one-stop shopping” experience for their clients. Digital advertising services provider Adtegrity.com Inc. has acquired Media Place Partners LLC, an East Grand Rapids-based media buyer, executives at the companies confirmed to MiBiz. Principals at the two firms say the deal, which closed June 30,
GRAND LEDGE - The mainstream media is full of stories this week about a Wisconsin vending machine company that plans to embed a rice-size microchip in the hands of employees on a voluntary basis on August 1, 2017. According to NBC News: “With the wave of their hands, employees will be able to open doors that
ANN ARBOR - An outdoor fly lab for testing autonomous aerial vehicles is coming to the University of Michigan's College of Engineering this fall, adding to the university's spate of advanced robotics facilities. M-Air will be a netted, four-story complex situated next to the site where the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building will open in
FARMINGTON HILLS - According to RightScale, a Cloud Management Trends blog, cloud adoption has grown by 18 percent every year since 2012. Now, more than 77 percent of private users, and more than 40 percent of small to medium sized business owners are moving to the cloud. Truth is, the cloud has the potential to
