ROYAL OAK - Mike Rogers, communications director of the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks about the 50 Companies To Watch winners that will receive their awards at a special ceremony on May 4. SBAM also announced the Innovation Award winner, OPS Solutions, a Wixom company that provides an Augmented Reality device for workplace training.
LANSING – Michigan’s technology industry employment grew by an estimated 5.1 percent in 2016 as employers added more than 10,700 new jobs, according to Cyberstates 2017, the definitive annual analysis of the nation’s tech industry released Monday by CompTIA, a technology association. With an estimated 221,994 workers, Michigan ranks tenth among the 50 states for
WASHINGTON DC - More than 770,000 U.S. drone registrations have been filed in about 15 months, the Federal Aviation Administration's Michael Huerta said at a conference last Monday. That's an increase of 100,000 in the past three months alone. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, FAA administrator Huerta said the agency
ANN ARBOR - I have been involved in the software talent space for over a decade. When I joined Ann Arbor SPARK in 2006 to develop programs to attract, develop and retain talent, software talent was the number one issue. When I developed state-wide talent attraction programs as SVP of Talent Enhancement for MEDC from
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday April 3, Tonya Matthews, PhD, CEO of the Michigan Science Center will talk about the first anniversary of her successful STEMinista program that introduced middle school girls to STEM. Greg Doyle from Tech248 will interview Mark Hillman from MadDog Technologies. Tom Kelly from Automation Alley will talk about
DETROIT - Tonya Matthews, PhD, the CEO of the Michigan Science Center, talks about the first anniversary of the STEMinista program, created by her to introduce middle school girls to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math - in hopes they will pursue careers in STEM and help Michigan fill tens of thousands of unfilled jobs in
STAMFORD - Connecticut officials are considering equipping drones with "deadly" weapons for use by local police, the Associated Press has reported. North Dakota is presently the only state in which police can weaponize drones, but they are restricted to non-fatal equipment like stun guns, according to the AP. "Obviously this is for very limited circumstances,"
CLINTON TOWNSHIP - Business owners in this community of some 100,000 people will be required by Oct. 1 to install and pay for security cameras and surveillance systems after a new ordinance hits the books on April 1. Surveillance cameras will soon be mandatory at party stores that sell liquor, hotels, banks, pharmacies, gas stations
LANSING - Michael Rogers, communications officer for the Small Business Association of Michigan, chats with tech expert and small business owner Tony Merlo about five key technologies to implement in your small business, and how to improve your business online messaging. To listen to the SBAM podcast, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/tabid/97/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2776/Five-key-technologies-to-implement-in-your-small-business.aspx
LANSING - Telecommuting offers numerous positives for both employers and employees. A few of those benefits include increasing employee productivity due to fewer distractions, improving employee satisfaction and retention rates, saving employee commuting costs, and offering employees more flexibility with their schedule. According to Global Workplace Analytics, a San Diego-based consulting firm that specializes in
