TROY - Early bird tickets for DetroitDevDay 2016 are now on sale. The conference is scheduled for Nov. 12 at United Shore in Troy. Use the special discount code PastAttendee and you'll get an additional $10 off the early bird ticket price. Godfrey Nolan will be giving the keynote. Nolan is the noted author of several
ROYAL OAK - Test 4 Time is an automated reward system for youngsters learning mathematics. The reward is the use of a product of their choice for a given amount of time. That could mean time on a video game, a television, a computer, basically anything that plugs into a wall. The amount of time
GRAND RAPIDS - SpringGR is all about turning ideas into thriving businesses. Launched in 2014, SpringGR is an organization offering training, mentoring and networking opportunities for hopeful entrepreneurs in underserved areas of the city and surrounding communities. Director of Business Support, Attah Obando, says, “SpringGR is funded through the DeVos Family Foundation. We ran two
ANN ARBOR – Jeff Zhang, an undergraduate at the University of Michigan in the School of Information, also is an entrepreneur. He’s mentored by Nancy Benovich Gilby, the school’s Ehrenberg Director of Entrepreneurship, a serial entrepreneur herself who has guided eight companies over her career to successful exits. Zhang is developing a project that comes
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will again honor local organizations and professionals at The Third Annual Triple Bottom Line Bash on October 12. A sell-out in its first two years, the event has become the signature function for local sustainable business professionals in West Michigan. This year's edition features our annual awards,
GRAND RAPIDS - An estimated 40 or more area businesses will be participating in the West Michigan Employment Expo October 15 at the DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids. Organized by radio stations WLAV-FM, WBBL-FM, HOT 105.3 WHTS, 94.5 NASH WTNR-FM and WJRW-AM, the goal of the West Michigan Employment Expo is to bring area businesses together
BOSTON - United Parcel Service said Friday it successfully used a drone to deliver medicine to an island near Boston, jumping into a race with competitors such as Amazon.Com to test drone delivery inside the United States. The delivery of an inhaler on Thursday was conducted in partnership with CyPhy Works, a drone maker in
SAN FRANCISCO - GoPro took the lid off the Hero5 Black ($399), the Hero5 Session ($299), and its Karma drone ($799). The cameras arrive on October 2, and the drone follows on October 23. Along with the new hardware, and new software. The new GoPro Karma drone appears to have an original, user-friendly design—which means
DETROIT - The Wayne State University Board of Governors has approved a new undergraduate certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation, designed by the Mike Ilitch School of Business, to provide students with the specialized knowledge and skills to develop and launch startup ventures. Courses will begin in January 2017. The 15-credit certificate is open to students
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Sept. 26, Mike Brennan and Matt Roush will be showcasing organizations working to address the skills gap in IT and working to promote greater Detroit as a great place to come work and live. The Internet radio show will introduce the Opportunity Detroit Tech Council - a non-profit
