FERNDALE - Matthew Felan President & CEO of the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance, talk about economic development in the Saginaw-Bay City region. The prosperity zone actually includes eight counties. The group is 100 percent privately funded, by Fortune 50 companies like Dow Chemical, and by hospitals, businesses and academic institutions. The region includes about 550,000
FERNDALE - Red Level CEO David King talks about the managed services provider and how 2016 is developing into a big year for cloud-based services. Red Level is celebrating its 13th year in business. The company provides IT services to small to medium-sized businesses, project based solutions for non-profits and data analytics, hosting and consulting
DETROIT - In Detroit over 2,000 attendees are enjoying a free week of events for Detroit Startup Week, happening today through the end of the week. Bill Ford and Mayor Mike Duggan kicked off the event earlier today talking about the city’s period of reinvention and what that means for big companies like Ford. Bill Ford
PLYMOUTH - Comcast announced Monday it has installed nearly 700 new Xfinity Wi-Fi outdoor hotspots in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak and St. Clair Shores - more Xfinity Wi-Fi outdoor hotspots will launch across other Michigan communities later this year. This announcement complements Comcast’s 654,000 Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots statewide that Xfinity customers can
DETROIT - Uber has already started testing autonomous vehicles with an eye toward using them in their regular ride-sharing fleet someday. Just weeks after Lyft announced plans to begin testing self-driving vehicle technology with partner General Motors, the ride-sharing giant Uber says it has launched its own autonomous vehicle test fleet. A prototype Ford Fusion
ANN ARBOR - While driverless technology has generated a huge buzz, and much interest, nearly half of Americans surveyed by the University of Michigan said they’d prefer to retain full control while driving. Some 46 percent of the 618 people surveyed want to drive their own cars, while nearly 39 percent prefer a partially self-driving
TRAVERSE CITY - In early March, 2016, the FAA started issuing a new version of the Section 333 Exemption which provides for authorization to fly any approved aircraft/ drone/ UAV and provides more flexibility in flying near people who are part of the purpose of your flight operations. If you have an old version of
LANSING - Last week the U.S. Department of Labor published the final regulations that will adjust the definition of exempt employment for certain white collar positions by raising the salary level below which workers will be non-exempt, i.e., eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Back on March 13, 2014, President Obama
LANSING - Small Business Association of Michigan Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, about “spring cleaning” your mobile devices with software updates and password overhauls. To listen, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2385/Spring-cleaning-for-your-mobile-devices
A Boot Camp For Non-Tech Entrepreneurs In Washtenaw County GRAND RAPIDS - The use of Mobile/Wireless technologies are fast becoming a critical element in the growth and productivity of companies in every industry. Often there are entrepreneurs with exciting ideas of ways that they can use these technologies to facilitate growth for their firm or
