ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Nov. 7, our guests include Kathleen Norton-Schock will highlight the MCWT gala, plus interview Julie Christ, Founder and CEO of Tech Smart Solutions. David Weaver, Chairman of Great Lakes Angels, will talk about the three companies pitching investors on Nov. 15. Melih Oztalay, CEO of Smart Finds Marketing,
DETROIT - Ride sharing SPLT won the $500,000 top prize Thursday night at the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, while Autobooks, an accounting application, was named second, collecting a check for $100,000. JOOL Health, a mobile-healthcare application, at third, won $50,000. Companies named as top presenters in each category won $25,000 each. The winners are: ProNav
PONTIAC - Individuals will be able to find data ranging from property information including addresses and boundaries to how to find parks and trails and locate floodplains in the new Access Oakland Open Data Portal that went live Nov. 1. “The county has hundreds of data sets which can become meaningful information in the hands
FARMINGTON HILLS - TiECon Midwest 2016, Michigan’s largest conference on entrepreneurship, presented by TiE Detroit, today announced the winners of the TiE2 Midwest Industry Awards. The winners represent the most enterprising startup companies in five focus segments: IOT, Sensors, Fintech, Transportation, Mobility, Health, Fitness and Manufacturing Devices, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence. TiE 20 are an
DETROIT - Online job postings for lightweighting-related advanced manufacturing occupations in Michigan increased by five percent between the second and third quarters, from 28,902 to 30,325, says a new report from LIFT – Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow. The quarterly reports, highlighting the employment trends, top jobs, and required skills in advanced manufacturing through Sept. 30
ANN ARBOR ⎯ A $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation has underwritten the creation of an alliance among the University of Michigan and three other colleges to help researchers commercialize their products. Partners include the University of Michigan Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship and includes the University of Illinois, Purdue University and the University
SOUTHFIELD – St. John Providence and Lawrence Technological University have received state approval to establish a nursing education program. The program, which will open in the Fall 2017 semester in August, will have classroom instruction at Lawrence Tech’s Southfield campus, with clinical and laboratory instruction at six St. John Providence hospital locations around metro Detroit.
FLINT - So 10 years ago, you had this beautiful website designed for your company. The moment it was launched, you instantly saw an increase in sales. This website was your baby. But as time went on, the numbers began to slow down. What was once your baby has gradually transformed into an old, cranky
ANN ARBOR - In July 2015, a pair of hackers commandeered a Jeep Cherokee through its Uconnect entertainment system to attack the vehicle’s brakes, engine and navigation system. Fiat Chrysler responded by patching the vulnerability and then issuing a recall for 1.4 million vehicles. Fast forward to July 2016: Fiat Chrysler announced it would pay
LANSING - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has a wide lead over her Republican opponent, businessman Donald Trump, a survey by Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research showed Wednesday. Though Trump has room to grow in the final days before next week's election, the margin of support for Clinton, at 47
