ROYAL OAK - Drone Law Pro Enrico Schaefer discussed how his law firm and nine aircraft related companies will be joining the Automation Alley trade mission to the Paris Air Show in June 19-25. Schaefer also shared more details about the Drone Racing Cup competition scheduled for Grand Rapids July 21-23 and about new drone
ROYAL OAK - Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann discusses physical attacks, including Manchester, England, where 22 people were killed by a terror attack. From the good to the bad to the ugly, stories poured in regarding developments. To read Lohrmann’s column on this subject, click on https://dev.mitechnews.com/guest-columns/manchester-bombing-good-bad-ugly-online/ To listen to Lohrmann’s analysis, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-techcast-episode-84-dan-lohrmann
ROYAL OAK - Tech248 Co-Founder Irene Spanos interviews 365 Retail Markets' CEO Joe Hessling and COO John Chidiac who explain the rapidly growing, self-checkout technology company that has been revolutionizing the vending machine industry since 2008. 365 Retail Markets is a turnkey, unmanned market that allows customers to increase sales, improve the customer experience, and increase
DETROIT - If you’re interested in mastering your Facebook marketing skills, Grand Circus in Detroit will soon be offering free social media training for up to 3,000 Michigan residents through a first-of-its-kind program sponsored by Facebook. Classes start later this summer. But you have to apply to get in. Natch. You can do so by
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday June 12, auto expert David Cole, chairman of Auto Harvest, will update listeners on the latest auto tech trends. Tember Shea of Inforum will interview Alexa Jones, CEO of TheraB Medical, a East Lansing startup working to launch its first product, SnugLit. SnugLit is a wearable, portable solution
LANSING - Selected new developments in distressed communities would be able to capture any new income or sales taxes generated toward the development costs under legislation signed Thursday by Governor Rick Snyder. The package, pushed by the Michigan Thrive Coalition, would allow creation of transformational brownfield plans. Developments under such plans would be able to
LANSING - Michigan should not run low on power this summer, the Agency for Energy said in its annual forecast. The agency said overall electric use should be down 2 percent compared to 2016, with residential use down 3.6 percent. But rates are up 2.5 percent, the report said. Natural gas use should also be
DETROIT - Techstars Mobility announced Wednesday four new partners for Techstars Mobility for 2017: Next47 (division of Siemens), Bosch, InMotion (powered by Jaguar Land Rover), and AAA. In addition, Mighty AI, is opening an office in Detroit operating out of the Techstars Mobility office. The four new partners join existing partners Ford, Verizon, Dana, Honda,
WASHINGTON DC - On Monday, the National Security Agency contractor was charged in a Georgia court with releasing classified material to a news outlet. The top-secret information was an NSA report from May 5, which was first released to The Intercept, detailing Russian hackers trying to compromise US officials less than two weeks before Election Day
NOVI - Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. announced the appointments of Jonathan P. Banas as executive vice president and chief financial officer and Peter C. Brusate as vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer, effective June 7. Banas replaces Matthew W. Hardt, age 49, who has resigned from his position as executive vice president and chief financial
