DETROIT - Creative Entrepreneurs now have a chance to take a short business course that will tech them how to get their products noticed, marketed and commercialized. Andrea Rosenfeld, founder and CEO of Detroit Art & Business Institute, will conduct the eight-week business course. Classes will run 6 to 8 p.m. on consecutive Tuesdays beginning February 21 at
GRAND RAPIDS - A blockbuster “meet up of meet ups” is planned for Feb. 8 at Open Systems Technologies when GR DevNight and SoftwareGR team up. Invited are some 30 local user groups, meetups, and software events to come share about their events and give coders a chance to meet others with similar interests, and
DETROIT - studiozONE has been named as general contractor for the transformation and renovation of the Toyota Engineering Theater at the Michigan Science Center. This announcement follows Toyota Motor North America’s $1.44 million commitment to the TET, which supports its desire to create the next generation of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) professionals.
DETROIT - AT&T has activated an upgrade to bring faster speeds to nearly 100 cell sites in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston and St. Clair counties. The bandwidth expansion provides additional capacity to the existing 4G LTE on the sites, creating increased data speeds. AT&T customers using the network should experience better service
DETROIT - Online job postings in Michigan between January 2013 and May 2014 showed a need for nearly 47,000 engineering and design workers with bachelor degrees, but only 5,000 degrees were awarded in the state in these areas of study. Similar trends are present in the other industries tracked; postings in IT for candidates with
ROYAL OAK - Drones, CloudTech1, and hot technology at the North American International Auto Show will all be featured Monday Jan. 16 on M2 TechCast, which airs live from 3 to 4 pm. Drone law expert Enrico Schaefer will update FAA rules and regulations for commercial drone operators. Rick Beckers, CEO of CloudTech1, will announce
LANSING - Michael Rogers, communications officer for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, about key tech trends that will affect small business success in 2017, including mobile video, voice recognition and artificial intelligence. To listen, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/tabid/97/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2689/Key-tech-trends-you-need-to-be-on-top-of-for-2017-small-business-success.aspx
MEXICO CITY – A threat by President-elect Donald Trump to put a 35 percent tariff on imported goods produced by U.S. companies in Mexico may already be slowing investment in Mexico’s booming auto industry, according to a Mexico City-based analyst. In addition to a 35 percent tariff, Trump has called for renegotiating NAFTA, the free-trade
SEATTLE - What happens when you connect a flock of flying drones? You get a "collective unmanned aerial vehicle" that's capable of lifting heavier burdens and flying greater distances than smaller drones can, according to a patent recently granted to online retailer Amazon. The Amazon Technologies Inc. patent describes a large and robust flying drone
ROYAL OAK - It’s auto show season here in Detroit, and on Monday ITINTHED dove in a little bit. From a media preview event the night before our show to what’s on the floor that might catch people’s eyes and the latest in connected and autonomous cars, our guests from Mobile Comply and M2Techcast had
